Seat Leon Cupra Aerial

[Martyn85Rockell]

Hi, i have a 2001 (51) plate seat leon cupra and was just wondering how to remove the locking aerial and are they easy to replace like the screw in ones? Many Thanks if anyone can help.

Martyn

 

[itfben]

bump

 

[IFlip92]

I too am wondering the same thing as I cant find a proper replacement aerial that actually works with the original locking aerial bit.

 

[Pudders_]

I removed the existing aerial and replaced it with a stubby citreon one, looks good but reception is very poor.

 

[IFlip92]

Seems like the only way to go is to replace the whole aerial base so then you can just fit in any screw in aerial. All these universal ones dont work because the original aerial has a little xtension coming out of the screw thread and goes in deeper into the base. Or at least....that's my theory

 

[matt1288]

i changed mine this morning. just give the original one a bit of a tug to get it out, and i got a generic stubby or ebay that fitted fine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220754538172&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

that said, i havent been out in it yet so reception could be aweful for all i know

 

[IFlip92]

Yea I got that one at first and I couldn't catch anything with it, but I must say I like the way it looked. With that said I tried to make my own one out of the stubby and the original with disastrous results lol. Took me a few hours and I chopped the original aerial just enough to get it in to the stubby. Got the stubby antenna out and put the chopped antenna inside. With that said it screws in the base but still doesn't work. I believe with the original aerial base you need something that has a screw like the original one, with that xtension that comes out of the screw thread like so:

Any other aerial wouldnt work with the stock aerial base. So I think what I'm getting to here is that I need to replace my aerial base with an aftermarket one and put the Bullet Aerial (which doesn't pick up any radio either) in and then maybe, hopefully it will work :/

 

[cupra_r_ick]

chop your old one in half