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My first mini mod.
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yes i would be interested got mine finally through the paypal stuff so should come sometime next week 
had quick go with mine and seems pretty solid any tips...
had quick go with mine and seems pretty solid any tips...
Just a quick note
I've found the radio reception to be abit 'iffy' in parts of the West Midlands, so much so i've swapped back to the original - no problems now.
By iffy I mean in heavily built up areas losing the reception briefly or having inteferance.
I've found the radio reception to be abit 'iffy' in parts of the West Midlands, so much so i've swapped back to the original - no problems now.
By iffy I mean in heavily built up areas losing the reception briefly or having inteferance.
I have thought of an idea on solving the reception problems. will give it a try to see if works first.
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Erm, in short, no. Wrapped some wire around the base and coiled it full way up the aerial, made bit of difference, but funny wire, may not be that conductive, might try something else.
Is this all about surface area? The orginal aerial has the conductive wire wrapped around all the way to the top. With the smaller aerial it's got to suffer from the smaller area and the fact it's just a straight piece of metal... Naturally a coil of wire is more electrically conductive...
I have coiled the wire around, increasing area, but type of wire maybe effecting siganl conductivness. Will try copper maybe, actually used cheese wire. Bloody hurt winding it!
Just recieved mine and it looks wicked, didnt realise it would be so small
Dosnt seem to be any reception problems either at the moment, but will have 2 take it for a spin before im sure of that, great find Daffy
Dosnt seem to be any reception problems either at the moment, but will have 2 take it for a spin before im sure of that, great find Daffy
I was going to get the Citroen aerial but finally decided on a bee sting one as I thought the Citroen one was a bit too stumpy lol.
For those interested in the Citroen one, here is the seller's ebay shop for them http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Citworld
Here's the one I went for ebay link. The reception isn't that good compared to the standard aerial. It does come with two whip pieces but I put the shorter one on so the longer one should give better reception, but I never use the radio anyway so it doesn't bother me lol.
Looks a lot nicer though compared to that dodgem mast standard aerial
A few piccies:
For those interested in the Citroen one, here is the seller's ebay shop for them http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Citworld
Here's the one I went for ebay link. The reception isn't that good compared to the standard aerial. It does come with two whip pieces but I put the shorter one on so the longer one should give better reception, but I never use the radio anyway so it doesn't bother me lol.
Looks a lot nicer though compared to that dodgem mast standard aerial
A few piccies:
all i can say its a citroen part its bound to be crap... s2000 one should be much better due to being a honda part
I bought one of the Citroën/Peugeot 6561.N3 aerials from Citworld on eBay yesterday & it arrived today. Just fitted it on my Mk4 Ibiza this evening and it looks cool. ![[B)]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/shades.gif "Cool [B)]")
I'm expecting radio reception to suffer because the original SEAT one is so much longer, but then I rarely listen to the radio anyway.
I put the car through the local car wash sometimes (yes I know that's not good for the paintwork) and despite the fact that I would lay the original aerial flat, I was always worried that the brush would catch it on the way back over the car. Now, I can just unscrew the new stubby aerial, and if it ever gets stolen it's not going to cost much to replace.
Thanks for this thread.
I'm expecting radio reception to suffer because the original SEAT one is so much longer, but then I rarely listen to the radio anyway.
I put the car through the local car wash sometimes (yes I know that's not good for the paintwork) and despite the fact that I would lay the original aerial flat, I was always worried that the brush would catch it on the way back over the car. Now, I can just unscrew the new stubby aerial, and if it ever gets stolen it's not going to cost much to replace.
Thanks for this thread.
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Just bought one of these for my car (Panda 100HP)
Don't listen to the radio that much anyway so as long as it looks better then i'm happy.
Don't listen to the radio that much anyway so as long as it looks better then i'm happy.
http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=&product=FMVWSTUB , i wonder if the signal would be better with the one from forge they are more expensive at 15quid a peice....
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