Fitted my new ariel today

[tinbum]

UMMMMMMMMM anybody who says this is easy, I wish I was you.
Took me two hours of sanding, grinding and glueing.......its looks cool once fitted, but oh my god what a mightmare !!!!!

 

[Nutkin]

what was the problem?

 

[jonnie5]

Sorry to here it was a bit of a pain. I'm sure the end result is just the same though.

 

[BCM]

what kind of aerial you get!?

 

[RobM]

What the heck were you doing that required all that work? New aerial should be a case of pulling the standard one off and screwing the new one in!

 

[BCM]

exactly!

 

[olaf]

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!

And why did you need to do all that work?

 

[HarveyGTI]

you see the frightening key words here are:

Sanding
Grinding
Glueing

now either you got the wrong one, or you should not be let near a car.

 

[Danbo]

LOL, I'm intrigued now.

 

[Jay20VT]

Come On We're Waiting!!!

 

[amccan10]

Shark fin aerial?????

 

[Danny_FR]

I reckon he's pulled the base clean off the car when he tugged the ariel!

 

[ADAM_84]

Maybe fitted a big long taxi ariel?

 

[tinbum]

Ok..................lol
NO it wasnt a shark fin and NO it wasnt a taxi ariel, my car maybe yellow but its not a taxi....not yet anyway.

I got a S2000 ariel but it just didnt fit, the thread was no way long enough, believe me I pushed and pushed but there was no way it was going on without sanding (well i used a grinder) a slither of the top of the ariel housing....

I know what you are all thinking, and its not that bad, it looks good, infact it looks cool. I reckon Honda might have flogged me a dodgy ariel or something, I have read other peoples notes on here tho that have said theirs wudnt push on either, so reckon it pot luck on the ariel you get !!!!

 

[Alpha]

I did mine the other day, it was an S2000 aerial too, I watched him take it off the car in the showroom!! It only took me 5 mins once i'd worked out how to get the original one off. You must have been given a strange one!

 

[BCM]

God help you when you do summit a bit more " challenging" paint calipers or change the discs!
I wouldnt want to be there!

 

[tinbum]

God help you when you do summit a bit more " challenging" paint calipers or change the discs!
I wouldnt want to be there!

Im telling you mate, you would not have got the ariel to fit, so less of the lip please !!!

 

[Cyclone]

you see the frightening key words here are:
Sanding
Grinding
Glueing

It's one of those new fancy wooden ones...

 

[olaf]

Tin - you getting a pic of the finished work then?

 

[HarveyGTI]

It's one of those new fancy wooden ones...

PMSL!!