Shark Fin Aerial

[weeksuk]

noticed a few of these on ebay for the leon, anyone had one put on??

secondly, would you get one?

 

[Pabs]

RobDon has had one one - but apparently reception was below-par.

Shortest I would personally go would be the honda S2000 aerial - which is what I have. About 1/4 of the length of the original, and reception still very good

 

[weeksuk]

RobDon has had one one - but apparently reception was below-par.

Shortest I would personally go would be the honda S2000 aerial - which is what I have. About 1/4 of the length of the original, and reception still very good

is it just a case of unscrewing the end and putting the s2000 one in its place or do you have to change the housing etc

 

[nibbles]

yes when u unscrew it u have to give it a good tug

 

[Pabs]

http://www.seatcupra.net//knowledge_base/leoncupra.co.uk_guides/honda_civic_aerial_522.html

 

[foxes]

I not keen on the shark fin.Keep it for the BM boys.
The Honda Aeriels do look better,but which one.
I think the s2000 does look the biz

 

[RobM]

Have to agree, not for me really. It's trying to be a BMW part, and that's just not cool. The only saving grace is the fact that the Leon aerial is at the back of the roof.. looks stupid at the front of the car!

 

[RobDon]

Reception wasn't great on it, had one for a while, looked OK, nothing to break or steal, but ultimately I went back to the standard type aerial for better reception.

 

[Tyler Owen]

I can't get my Aerial off !!!

I've tried pulling on it once it's unscrewed, but still in there tight !!

I've been pulling on it to the extent that the roof is flexing around the aerial base !!

 

[bruceR]

Yep Tyler that sounds about right but one more good tug should see it come out, I had the same problem with mine but held the roof section with one hand while "tugging" with the other - I ended up putting the original back on as the honda aeriel didn't fit , the thread was too short!!

 

[davidol]

what about the new golf mk5 aerial, that looks sweet

 

[RobM]

Yep Tyler that sounds about right but one more good tug should see it come out, I had the same problem with mine but held the roof section with one hand while "tugging" with the other - I ended up putting the original back on as the honda aeriel didn't fit , the thread was too short!!

There is a trick to it to get the Honda aerial on. Yes the thread is short, but it's still doable. What you need to do is really push the aerial into place very hard while turning enough just to catch the thread. Once you have caught the thread it's plain sailing, but you need a considerable amount of effort to push the aerial on.

 

[acidstrato]

or u could just take a blade and trim the edge about 2mm and it'll go on without any hassle

 

[RobM]

I personally think it looks tidier if it's not been cut. I was tempted to cut mine to make it easier but after seeing the pics I decided against it. It is a bit of hassle, but it's something you only need to do once!

 

[nibbles]

I personally think it looks tidier if it's not been cut. I was tempted to cut mine to make it easier but after seeing the pics I decided against it. It is a bit of hassle, but it's something you only need to do once!

i had to trim just a couple of mm off then went on

 

[gus1690]

yeah as above i changed my standard aerial for a honda s2000 one, the thread is short but put pressure on it and twist and the thread will catch, this will save you having to trim some of the rubber off it.

 

[richybigman]

I have the s2000 aerial but i find reception on local stations to be bad. Radio 1's fine but anything else just doesn't work well.

 

[gus1690]

I have the s2000 aerial but i find reception on local stations to be bad. Radio 1's fine but anything else just doesn't work well.

really? can't say I have found it a problem to be honest, nothing but perfect reception.

 

[richybigman]

Probably my car, nothing ever goes right. LOL!

 

[gus1690]

Probably my car, nothing ever goes right. LOL!

Well after having the car for a week after getting told it was standard I found it was remapped and then for the last 2 weeks car keeps going into limp mode and I need a new turbo!!

Thats bad luck!