Yep. Ill 3rd the notion that they simply unscrewed it and walked off with it.

 

Are you sure it didn't just "fall off"? Because i gotta tellyou, my antenna has come loose several times. I've take a wrench to it each time and then i finally got fed up with it and put a dab of loctite on the end of it.
What happens is it wobbles going down the road alomst in a circular pattern and that is what loosens it up. I've watched it do it while driving down the road and when i pulled off the road to tighten it up, it had 2 turns left before falling off.

Just something to keep in mind when installing another.

 

2nd this..

But I don't put loctite on mine.. every car wash in my area takes it off and I just have to go in and tighten it after the wash.

 

they just unscrewed it. And yeah carwashes make me take mine off, when my truck used to fit in a car wash. Now I don't have to take it off anymore.

 

So no more automatic car washes??? that blows

 

ugh I took my truck through an automatic car wash once....never again

 

Sounds like risky business letting total strangers rub your truck?

 

If mine stayed on the pavement, then yes.

Too many mesquite trees pin stripe her for free(LOVE FREE!) so what's a crap car wash going to do? :P I'll see if I can get a pic uploaded tomorrow, but it usually buffs out.

 

Yeah that is something to keep in mind...But it was odd that it was on there for less than a 2 min drive and it was gone that morning

 

Wow, Go with the three inch stubby, Your misfortune can be your next mod.