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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: [han] on 20 August 2005, 21:42

Title: arial
Post by: [han] on 20 August 2005, 21:42: i want to replace my arial on my car, would love a beesting, but dont want to risk drillin hole in my roof, so i have decided a nice new shiney one to replace the old one on the bonnet would be great! its currently one of those pully uppy ones, and i forget to do it, so when i come to listen to my radio, i have to ask my lil bro to reach outta window n pull it up!! unfortunately its a stubborn fooker and don't like being pusshed or pulled in either direction! is it possible to fit an automaticly rising one on a 1.6 driver, 1992?

help! xx
Title: Re: arial
Post by: mix on 20 August 2005, 21:59: Most likely.....all you would have to do is wire it in to a ignition live cicuit and the power lead that goes to the stereo (i think), so when you turn it on it shoudl go zoommm.....bang.....music..... but someone will no the technicalities of it :smiley:

I just whacked mine up when i got the car and never puched it back down....was fairly crooked when i scrapped it :grin:
Title: Re: arial
Post by: Mr Blue on 20 August 2005, 21:59: take the arial off and block the hole with a rubber ariel grommet :wink:

I just earthed the inner ariel wire to the car's ground and i get full reception :cool: :cool:
Title: Re: arial
Post by: 92 rocks on 20 August 2005, 22:03: Difficult to find one to fit leccy wise, BMW will fit but you need the shorter motor due to wheel arch liner and the angle on the top wing face..
Title: Re: arial
Post by: ...joe on 20 August 2005, 22:36: you can get an electric one from euro car parts i seem to remember. hey blue does that actually work? its not dodgy doing that is it?
Title: Re: arial
Post by: Rain on 21 August 2005, 11:28: isnt arial in the little mermaid?(i was a kid once :P)

aerial***
Title: Re: arial
Post by: Mr Blue on 21 August 2005, 11:30: works fine for me Joe. I just earthed it to the metal behind the dash. :smiley:
Title: Re: arial
Post by: Ozz on 21 August 2005, 13:33: Fitted the universal leccy one from maplin to my mates golf and it looked fine, piece of piss to fit too, just connect it to the battery (fused) and then run a wire to the remote from your h/u (usually the blue wire coming out the back of your h/u). I put a switch in the wire to the H/U so that you can have a switch on the dash for when you want the ariel to go up and down, kinda cool and means if you're listening to cd's etc you dont have to have the ariel sticking up, just need to flick the switch whenever you want the radio.

Tim
Title: Re: arial
Post by: spacedGTI on 21 August 2005, 16:13: I know drilling your roof is a bit daunting, but I think it's worth it. You have to plan it, and take it in steps up to 10mm. It's a pain I guess, having to take all the stuff off like the roof lining, belts, and plastic trim to feed it through to the front.

Worth it though!
Title: Re: arial
Post by: [han] on 21 August 2005, 16:57: i'll ask my bro to wire me a leccy one up i think.. darnt attempt this one myself
Title: Re: arial
Post by: sellers on 21 August 2005, 23:17: nah i'd never drill through my roof, too much to go wrong with me

best think to do, dont pull your aerial all the way up so it looks like your a redneck with a CB, pull it up 2 lengths ( :rolleyes: excuse me) Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â then autosol it so it comes up nice and shiney, then either leave it, decorate in tinsel and xmas or plonk a smiley face on it or something :wink:
Title: Re: arial
Post by: mix on 21 August 2005, 23:55: Quote from: sellers on 21 August 2005, 23:17
nah i'd never drill through my roof, too much to go wrong with me

do you have the visions of slipping and screeching across the roof with the drill on full whack :wink:

What you really want is a six-foot "whippy" tastefully borrowed off a 60's police car :grin:
Title: Re: arial
Post by: mix on 22 August 2005, 00:05: Like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LUCAS-CLASSIC-AERIAL-FIBRE-GLASS-for-CAR-BOAT_W0QQitemZ7994331694QQcategoryZ9903QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem