arial

[[han]]

 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

[mix]

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

I just whacked mine up when i got the car and never puched it back down....was fairly crooked when i scrapped it

[Mr Blue]

take the arial off and block the hole with a rubber ariel grommet

I just earthed the inner ariel wire to the car's ground and i get full reception

[92 rocks]

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..

[...joe]

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?

[Rain]

isnt arial in the little mermaid?(i was a kid once )

aerial***

[Mr Blue]

works fine for me Joe. I just earthed it to the metal behind the dash.

[Ozz]

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

[spacedGTI]

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!

[[han]]

i'll ask my bro to wire me a leccy one up i think.. darnt attempt this one myself