It has to see the sky, and un-obstructed. The hockey puck is paintable - the Terk model is. I don't think you could do much good side mounting, and I am afraid you may have too much signal loss if you try a thru-glass mount.
The antenna has been one of the biggest complaints about satellite radio; both XM and Sirius. Most of the aftermarket ones use self-adhesive pads and run the lead-in wired through the hatchback gasket. The stock antenna for the Sirius setup offered by Chrysler requires drilling a hole and passing the antenna wired through the roof.
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