Shark Fin aerials

[Cupra20]

i have been tempted to buy one as a replacement to the OE one and an alternative to the S200/civic one

has anyone fitted one and do they work ok with the radio?

 

[cus]

i thought they were just for show? maybe wrong though

 

[C3 LJG]

I had one on the ibiza for a while but was sh1t didn't get any reception but look loads better.

Its now on the golf purely for looks till i want to spend the £50 that a genuine one costs!!!

 

[widdowd]

Got an original MK5 Golf one(Same as Lukes picture above) and it works very well....Infact just as good as the standard one...


Daz

 

[Cupra20]

So the Mk5 golf one bolts stright on in place of the std ibiza one?

You got any prices for the mk5 one?

 

[nev]

i'm sure i've driven without an aerial before and had nearly perfect reception

 

[widdowd]

So the Mk5 golf one bolts stright on in place of the std ibiza one?

You got any prices for the mk5 one?

Expensive I'm afraid Got quoted £60 + Vat from VW... Found mine at a auto jumble and paid £10 for it brand new in box .... And yes it bolts straight on..


Daz

 

[C3 LJG]

Expensive I'm afraid Got quoted £60 + Vat from VW... Found mine at a auto jumble and paid £10 for it brand new in box .... And yes it bolts straight on..


Daz

The audi one is cheaper then, got quoted £50+vat and that does both the radio and gps.

 

[SEATCOOBER]

these aerials are very good if you buy a quality one, the design of these aerials are off jet fighters for the uhf/vhf radios that they use ,so the range will be good so your reception should be good 2, but you get what you pay for!!!!

 

[Cupra20]

What audi one is it? off the a3?

Do seat have any on the new models that might fit?

 

[C3 LJG]

Its off the new shape TT and most of the newer big audis not sure if SEAT do it on any cars don't think so.

 

[Cupra20]

cool cheers mate, i will have a look on ebay and the like to see if there is one kicking around at a decent price before i go to the stealers.

 

[Mat]

sorry for goin off topic. But where you get those rear lights from? They look cool on the car! I have standard, but I tinted em so they look better (black car + darker lights = cool)

whenever i follow i beeza wi "standard" rear lights, i always think they should be tinted, well if ots a blackone anyway.

other than lexus lights and LED style rear light, i didnt think there was an alternative. but hey, they look good

 

[Cupra20]

I went to get one of the A3/mk5 Golf aerials at the weekend and was told that they do the gps and satnav and was told that they wouldn't work, has anyone got a part number of the one that they used and is known to work, i was told this in both audi and vw dealers.


Thanks Tim

 

[beezanick]

The reception will be significantley less with any aeirel which is smaller than standard. Without going into too much boring detail - for the best reception an aeirel should be half the wavelength. For FM this is about 1.5M. Most cars now use 1/8 length which would be about 40cm. The reception on these is far less but better electronics means that the signal can be amplified better.

To make a stubby or sharkfin work you would need to add an amplifier in to the circuit to get decent quality (might be built into some of them?)

End of physics 101

 

[Cupra20]

I cant imagine it being any worse than it is already lol, the only thing that i want to make sure is that it will fit before i buy one.