aerial and exhaust trim

[geoffk]

Having now been over the car fully I would like to replace the aerial (probably been thgrough a car wash so looking tatty) and put some trim on the exhaust.
Can anyone advise me on the best replacement aerial (that is just the same fitting) and what type of exhaust trim to get and where.

Thanks.

Geoff

 

[Tell]

Well if it's a 2.0 TDI with a double pipe then there is a seat crome sporty trim pipe but if you do get that do a deal with your dealer to get it fitted either free at service or for a reduced cost, don't do what I did of trying to fit it yourself else you loose your bargaining power over the dealer once you have bought it. Basically for the Seat crome trim you have to cut off a chunk of pipe and that needs ideally an exhaust pipe cutter which is a ratchet type of thing and it needs to go on ramps to do the job. If you try to do it yourself it's a very nasty job with a hacksaw and I'm too old for that and my brother was as well. Gave up on that. Someone in the past who posted did it themselves, but you need muscle and will power if you try to hack it off yourself.

Pass on the aeriel, to me the VW ones look much the same which I'm sure someone will tell you they all are, they seem to be common across a lot of manufactuers. There is the dumpy small one you can fit off a Civic ???, look in the 2004 posts for that one, I found it recently and it's been talked about in the last few months, that's where you garage the car and the swing up roof hits it. A guy in 2004 sorted that one out.

 

[hon_n_gem]

how much did the tailpipe trim cost inc fitting? im totally against it but my other half doesnt want to fork out on a new exhaust!

 

[Tell]

65 - 75 pounds or so, but they wanted that to fit it as well [x 2], others in 2005 got theirs fitted free at service, hence why I said don't buy it and walk out the door if you can swing fitting back onto the garage else when you find you need help they will charge you for it.

 

[hon_n_gem]

thats not too bad then! will hopefully get it fitted at seat then! cheers for the advice

 

[Doddsy]

As i said in a previous thread my wife bought a new reference sport 1.9 tdi in march and it looks sporty enough with sports interior and discreet body kit alloy wheels etc and a ridiculous peashooter pipe out the back even though the apron has a much larger cut out to accept tailpipes from the performance models so we bought a single oval trim from seat which is a remus one with seatsport on it and it looks great ... not cheap for what it is £50 but looks like its standard it did involve hacking 90mm off the original pipe which did cross my mind what was i doing laying underneath a car with 70 miles on the clock hacking at it with a saw but it only took half hour and don't stick out the back i also stuck the screws in with locktite