4G Retractable Aerial

[giblet]

Am I the only one who is not a fan of the retractable aerial on the 4G? Looking to replace it with one that doesn't retract, a quick google shows that people have used the bee sting type. Has anyone used something smaller at all? Alternativley can I just pull a fuse to stop it from retracting? Looking to buy a HU so I can just use my phone for music and as a result I won't need the aerial for the radio.

[4thgenphil]

s2000 aerials are a popular mod!

[Pushki]

Mine's wired into an OEM half-mast switch that gives me the power to have it up or down.
I always leave it down because I listen to MP3s, not the radio.

[4thgenphil]

just a thought you could switch the signal wire from the stereo to the aerial to retract it fully as and when you wanted would be easy to do aswell!

[giblet]

Mine's wired into an OEM half-mast switch that gives me the power to have it up or down.
I always leave it down because I listen to MP3s, not the radio.

How hard was it to wire in? Looks like I need to add on OEM half-mast switch to my shopping list

[Crazy_C]

There is a wire (believe it is brown with a white stripe from memory) that will send a signal from the stereo to the aerial motor to extend it up. On my old 4th gen, I had it wired on a switch so that when I was listening to CDs or my iPod, the aerial was down, and then when I wanted radio, I flicked the switch and the aerial went up

Just cut into the wire, fit a 2 way switch in there, so that one way the aerial won't go up as the signal from the radio is interrupted, and the other way it works as per normal.

[Pushki]

As Crazy says, any switch would do. I wanted OEM so that it didn't look out of place.



I put blue LEDs in them. I've now changed the fog switch to a red LED.

[indigolemon]

I just pulled the side panel in the boot back, and unplugged the connection to the aerial from the aerial itself. Problem solved.