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Offline 182_blue

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Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« on: 04 May 2008, 17:25 »
As title, is is hard, i know it must involve removing the roof lining, but is there a connector to join up the cable etc , anyone got a pic of a genuine one fitted ?

ps i saw this on ebay but it looks HUGE


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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #1 on: 04 May 2008, 17:29 »
if I was you I would go for the 08 model year combined sharks fin and ariel, VW must of changed it for a reason and I think its because radio reception is not as good with just a sharks fin.
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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #2 on: 04 May 2008, 17:31 »
I have this fin on my car...its not that bad  :smiley: I quite like it and so do other people as they have tried knicking it off my car....

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #3 on: 04 May 2008, 17:32 »
if I was you I would go for the 08 model year combined sharks fin and ariel, VW must of changed it for a reason and I think its because radio reception is not as good with just a sharks fin.

any pics ?

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #4 on: 04 May 2008, 17:33 »
I have this fin on my car...its not that bad  :smiley: I quite like it and so do other people as they have tried knicking it off my car....

piccys ?

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #5 on: 04 May 2008, 17:39 »
I have this fin on my car...its not that bad  :smiley: I quite like it and so do other people as they have tried knicking it off my car....

piccys ?

Will get some for you for tonight... :smiley:

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #6 on: 04 May 2008, 17:41 »
I have this fin on my car...its not that bad  :smiley: I quite like it and so do other people as they have tried knicking it off my car....

piccys ?

Will get some for you for tonight... :smiley:

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #7 on: 04 May 2008, 18:21 »
I fitted a shark fin the day I got my car...
I ordered it from ebay - and had to chop the connector off the original and solder it onto the new one.
FM works perfectly - but I get NO AM whatsoever.
If I hadnt cut the original off I would swap them back.  The fin looks better, but I miss AM for the footy  :angry:
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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #8 on: 04 May 2008, 18:30 »
I fitted a shark fin the day I got my car...
I ordered it from ebay - and had to chop the connector off the original and solder it onto the new one.
FM works perfectly - but I get NO AM whatsoever.
If I hadnt cut the original off I would swap them back.  The fin looks better, but I miss AM for the footy  :angry:


i don't think i have listened to AM for over 10 years LOL

actually make that 20

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Re: Fitting a sharks fin ariel ?
« Reply #9 on: 04 May 2008, 18:34 »
VW OEM shark fin like on mine is like this ...



slightly different to the pic you posted.