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| Author: | Chop [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Replacing pillar mount aerial |
My aerial on my 93 vit is shagged, have found a replacement but want to know if these are a bitch to replace? i.e getting the cable down to the dash? Cheers Chop |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Chop wrote: My aerial on my 93 vit is shagged, have found a replacement but want to know if these are a bitch to replace? i.e getting the cable down to the dash?
Cheers Chop i'd say its a bitch, maybe see if you can unplug it from the radio, pull some slack out of the pillar... chop the old aerial off, tape the new plug to the old cable pull it.... just don't pull it like buzooka does 
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| Author: | royce [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
tape some thin wire, like one side of some speaker cable to the old cable (cut the plug off to make it super easy) then you can tape the new lead to it to pull it back through its pretty easy just dont force anything |
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| Author: | whincup [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
royce wrote: tape some thin wire, like one side of some speaker cable to the old cable (cut the plug off to make it super easy) then you can tape the new lead to it to pull it back through
its pretty easy just dont force anything good idea... or maybe some really strong fishing line. dunno if it would be tougher, but would have some small stretch in it, which i reckon might help avoid breaking somewhere. I could be wrong though... |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
whincup wrote: royce wrote: tape some thin wire, like one side of some speaker cable to the old cable (cut the plug off to make it super easy) then you can tape the new lead to it to pull it back through its pretty easy just dont force anything good idea... or maybe some really strong fishing line. dunno if it would be tougher, but would have some small stretch in it, which i reckon might help avoid breaking somewhere. I could be wrong though... tried breaking speaker wire lately? 
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| Author: | stockman [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Some aftermarket aerials give good reception where you could just mount it under the dash. |
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| Author: | Chop [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Yeah will do the wire/fishing line trick, just seeing if there wasnt any stupid only just bigger than the plug holes to get it through on the way down 
Chop |
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| Author: | Joe [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Let us know how ya go,mine shit it self aswell but i haven't tryed to change it cause i thought it would get stuck 
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| Author: | MacDaddy [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Personally, i dont think much of the aerials the Vits or the GV come standard with, they work fine in the city, but once you are out of the city a bit, they dont work so good, they are basically only one piece about 40cm long once you pull them out. the sierra's at least had a 3 section pillar mounted aerial... i am looking at alternative aftermarket aerials, but in no rush just yet...
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| Author: | shabz [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
Instead of speaker wire etc try an old wire coat hanger. I use this all the time, especially when passing wires through the firewall, under carpets etc... |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
MacBear wrote: Personally, i dont think much of the aerials the Vits or the GV come standard with, they work fine in the city, but once you are out of the city a bit, they dont work so good, they are basically only one piece about 40cm long once you pull them out. the sierra's at least had a 3 section pillar mounted aerial... i am looking at alternative aftermarket aerials, but in no rush just yet...
something like this would be ideal to pick up all those alien transmissions 
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| Author: | whincup [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
atari4x4 wrote: whincup wrote: royce wrote: tape some thin wire, like one side of some speaker cable to the old cable (cut the plug off to make it super easy) then you can tape the new lead to it to pull it back through its pretty easy just dont force anything good idea... or maybe some really strong fishing line. dunno if it would be tougher, but would have some small stretch in it, which i reckon might help avoid breaking somewhere. I could be wrong though... tried breaking speaker wire lately? yes. its a hobby. 
no, sorry, i wasnt very clear what i meant. what i meant was the elasticity of the fishing line might make it less likely to break where you taped it to the old wire... i think you're better off breaking wire/fishing line,etc, that you're using to pull it through anyway than the old/new aerial wire. |
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| Author: | MacDaddy [ Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Replacing pillar mount aerial |
atari4x4 wrote: MacBear wrote: Personally, i dont think much of the aerials the Vits or the GV come standard with, they work fine in the city, but once you are out of the city a bit, they dont work so good, they are basically only one piece about 40cm long once you pull them out. the sierra's at least had a 3 section pillar mounted aerial... i am looking at alternative aftermarket aerials, but in no rush just yet... something like this would be ideal to pick up all those alien transmissions l:Oh hardy ha ha... Aliens dont use transmitters, they use Telepathy ! But that would be a cool Aerial to listen to radio from all over the world !
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