View Full Version : Changing The Aerial **VIDEO GUIDE**
Tools/Parts needed :
Your hands
Car used :
10 Plate Ibiza 1.4 SC Sport
Time needed :
15 Seconds Max
Difficulty :
0.5/5 - I'd give it zero but can't!
This is what the standard aerial looks like :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial.jpg
Nice eh!! And we'll be replacing it with this (5mm Grub Screw) :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial1.jpg
and a quick comparision of the two :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial2.jpg
Video Guide :
Clicky Clicky! (http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Vids/?action=view¤t=Aerial.mp4)
All you need to do is unscrew the aerial (anti clockwise) until it won't unscrew anymore, hold the base on the aerial by the car and wriggle the aerial side to side. If done correctly the aerial will come off and you can fit your new aerial!
You are the man!!!!!! OK so it really is THAT easy then. I like the stubby aerial mate, think I will get me one of those. How's the reception?
Reception on it is the same as normal to be honest mate although I don't listen to the radio much
Schweet, I guess I can get one from Halfrauds?
No mate you will have to get it from eBay ;
This is the one I bought (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Short-Stubby-Car-Aerial-fits-Seat-Leon-Ibiza-Cupra-R-/220697515878?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item336298d766#ht_1686wt_922)
Quadrablast
28-11-2010, 04:37
Thanks for the great guide! I wonder how they can call the aerial "theftproof" as they do here.. I pulled mine off and have ordered a new one, 55mm long, looks like yours but mine is in chrome :)
Thanks for the great guide! I wonder how they can call the aerial "theftproof" as they do here.. I pulled mine off and have ordered a new one, 55mm long, looks like yours but mine is in chrome :)
Cheers mate. I know what you mean, I guess it takes an extra second but hardly "Theft Proof" :lol:
jamie8954
03-12-2010, 13:58
im selling stubby aerials same as honda civic type r ones £8 posted if interested
Tools/Parts needed :
Your hands
Car used :
10 Plate Ibiza 1.4 SC Sport
Time needed :
15 Seconds Max
Difficulty :
0.5/5 - I'd give it zero but can't!
This is what the standard aerial looks like :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial.jpg
Nice eh!! And we'll be replacing it with this (5mm Grub Screw) :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial1.jpg
and a quick comparision of the two :
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Biza/aerial2.jpg
Video Guide :
Clicky Clicky! (http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy127/SC16v/Vids/?action=view¤t=Aerial.mp4)
All you need to do is unscrew the aerial (anti clockwise) until it won't unscrew anymore, hold the base on the aerial by the car and wriggle the aerial side to side. If done correctly the aerial will come off and you can fit your new aerial!
Thank you been trying for ages to get the aerial off.
bowie
Thanks mate its all about the wiggle i would have never got it off otherwise.
Thank you been trying for ages to get the aerial off.
bowie
Thanks mate its all about the wiggle i would have never got it off otherwise.
No worries
watchboy
06-04-2011, 13:36
Nice work again SC16V!
I was thinking of getting the *****(working) antenna and have it painted. :think:
Donnyboy
07-04-2011, 08:42
Could someone tell me how long the standard aerial is??
I had a Honda one on my Leon and the threads corroded. I've put the standard one back on as the threads on after market ones won't catch, but its 40cm long I think.
Going to try and get price from dealer for Ibiza one..................unless anyone knows where to buy them?
nice.. bin tryin to get mine off thought u werent spost ta remove it by the thread:confused:
my aerial seems to be an anti owner version. i have held the base and waggled until the roof looks like it will come off - wont budge :(
cupra_ahhh
15-05-2011, 16:25
my aerial seems to be an anti owner version. i have held the base and waggled until the roof looks like it will come off - wont budge :(
Yeah same here, got an 04 LCR and it wont budge, i can unscrew it ok, but cant seperate it from the base. :( im going to a zoo next weekend and wanna be able to take it off rather than the mknoeys pull it off....im dreading it, gonna take my rear wiper off too, and fold my mirros in.
Wallace90
02-09-2011, 10:01
Great guide i need to replace mine as someone has bent mine now :(
how much would the standard cost ?
cupra_ahhh
02-09-2011, 10:17
Great guide i need to replace mine as someone has bent mine now :(
how much would the standard cost ?
Got mine from a Seat dealer for about £7.50 I think it was.
Wallace90
02-09-2011, 10:19
ill have to pop in then, just hope it isnt repeated
I paid about that for the small stubby one
Aha, just remembered when i tried to take it off, it wouldnt come off... now i realise what i did wrong. . . . didnt pull hard enough :rofl: Thx for the vid. very helpfull :clap:
mobil one
29-12-2011, 17:31
unfortunately the video showing how to remove the aerial mast is not available to view.
i have tried to remove my mast, just to be able to enter a car wash, but it will not unscrew by the method described.
Are you not able to see the video? It works for me :confused:
mwillis551
30-01-2012, 22:32
what car is small ariel off? And is it possible to completely take the bit that the aerial screws into off??
what car is small ariel off? And is it possible to completely take the bit that the aerial screws into off??
This is the one I bought (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stubby-Short-OEM-Aerial-Sharan-Ibiza-Skoda-Golf-VW-/320833386652?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ab328f89c#ht_1291wt_1048)
I think you can but would need to remove the roof lining