Dodgy Aerial/Base

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Dodgy Aerial/Base

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It seems since i've had the car all i've had is problems!

so, the car (6n2) came with one of those crappy aluminium look aerials from halfrauds. So i ordered an Sk aerial the other day from ebay. The aerial came today, except when i went to unscrew the existing aerial it wouldn't budge. So, i whipped out the mole and it started moving. But it's not actually unscreweing. It's turning, but not going anywhere, which means that the aerial was either the wrong size and has been rammed in ther so badly that the threads aren't threads anymore, or its just broken...

in either case, im PISSED!

any ideas?

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are you sure its not an anti theft aerial? could have a ball on the end which you remove by just giving it a good tug!
put a towel behind the aerial on the roof so that it doesn't accidentally scratch your roof when it pops out, and make sure you don't bend the roof!

if it still doesn't budge then i'm not sure what you can do?
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Post by Jamoygti »

yeah, one of my mates suggested that...
I'll give it a good tug tomorrow. Just worried that i might pull the base off as well!

ah well.
Thanks alot tho m8. c what happens i guess.
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i've tried everything, pushing and pulling, twisting etc.

All of which has come to nothing. It still sits in there.

It spins freely, but does not want to come out.

It's one of those anti-theft ones, but surely you must be able to take them out???
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just come back from halfords, to see if they could take it out. sadly, no. The only way it seems is removing the whole aerial base and replacing it with a new unit.
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Post by Jamoygti »

pulled the aerial off. it took with it the screw thing in which it screws into. deffo need a new base now. covered the gaping hole up with some sealant to stop it leaking water, but yah, all this for an s2k aerial :P
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Worth it in the end mate!! Least you'll have a decent looking aerial, you'll forget about the expenses in a month. Plus most 6N2 bases are corroded so need replacing anyway 8)
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haha yeah, it ws corroded anyway to be fair.

you reakon its easy enough to replace?
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Post by Tim_GTi »

Definitely, just ring up vagparts, they're a relaly popular thing to buy (I've bought one before).

If you need just the rubber seal its about £13, if you need the base too it'll cost you around £35
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yeah its the whole thing i'll need.

easy enough to do myself? is there a guide on here for replacing the whole unit?
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is the aerial base easy to take off?
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Yeh man takes 10 minutes, I asked someone to help me to hold the roof lining back
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does it need to be done from the inside or outside?
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Inside, read that guide I posted a few posts up
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