roof aerial removal

[darmon]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if someone may be able to help me.

I have an anti-theft roof aerial on my Leon, I'm trying to remove this for a smaller, more subtle aerial, but I just cant!

I can unscrew it but it just doesnt pull off.

Is there a way to remove this?

Cheers
Si

 

[daveyonthemove]

Takes commitment and weetabix.
Get a good firm grip, and pull. DON'T lever it up with your elbows, or you will put tiny dinks in the roof!

 

[darmon]

Takes commitment and weetabix.
Get a good firm grip, and pull. DON'T lever it up with your elbows, or you will put tiny dinks in the roof!

I shall have to try that after breakfast tomorrow then

so its OK just to pull at it- i'll unscrew it tomorrow and then give it a pull, and see what happens! Cheers mate.

 

[rhumber]

Also before you get flamed please use the 'search' function as this question has been asked many times before

 

[stuart86]

lots of people have asked this

someone even made a contraption to help get it off.. i thought that was a bit excesive tho

just unscrew will its loose and give it a good hard tug.

 

[caveo]

iv seen some shark fin aerails on ebay , does anyone recamend doing this and would it be a hard job ( they were only 13 quid )

 

[darmon]

apologises- i'm still getting used to the site!

Thanks for the help though, I had a go this morning and it came off without problems!

So I can try and put the new one on tonight. I'm guessing its probably best to try and get the thread out of the old aerial and use that with the new one, so that the anti-theft system is still there?

 

[stuart86]

unlikely that will work

you can put a new arial on but i doubt you will have the anti theft feature.

most people put the honda s2000 arial on but im looking for something else so i dont get the overhang lip where the arial meets the car.

 

[darmon]

well, i tried to get the old thread out of the other aerial at lunch time- but i couldnt do it.

I tried to fit the new aerial, but the thread seems slightly too small for the rubber on the roof, so trying to find away around it.

Failing this- i'll return it and go for another aerial!

 

[stuart86]

what arial are you replacing it with?

if you push a bit harder you will find the thread just catches enough to tighten it

 

[sykesytdi]

aerial removal???

hey all i tried to remove my ariel last night to put on a bee sting one but i couldnt get it off...... un screwed it all the way but it wouldnt come off..... didnt wanna pull it in case it snapped off...... done a search but cant find any info..... thanks guys

 

[secretcyril]

sykesytdi, if you do a search there is alot of information on this, try this.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/search.php?searchid=3527877

If you unscrew it & then pull it off using a pair of pillars, try to hold down the roof mounted hood. Did mine yesterday.

Hope this helps

 

[sykesytdi]

i honestly looked and couldnt see anythin dohhhhh..... cheers mate

 

[sykesytdi]

it says no matches on that link buddy

 

[secretcyril]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=172230&highlight=remove+aerial

Try this????

 

[sykesytdi]

thanks mate will try it when i get home

 

[LEE69]

Yeah a good hard tug ill remove it, did mine at the weekend.

 

[Bosher]

i found when i fitted my bee sting that the threaded stud was a bit on the short side if u screwed it fully into the aerial. So unscrewed it a bit then wound it into the base part... all nice and secure now as it squidgies the rubber on the base..

 

[MarkE]

done a search but cant find any info

Good job you never searched for "aerial removal" or you might have found something useful...