stuck with fiiting my bee sting areil!

[shanehandley]

i just got a bee sting areil and went to fit it 2day!the black rubber sale round the boot the bit you have to take of to get roof lining down i cant get off its like its been stuck down, does any1 no how to get it of?

when i get that far how far back do i have to fit it if im going to have a gsi spoiler fitted?

where do i lead the cable and do all the wires at the end go into the back of the head unit or if not where do they go?

Last question :) how do you remove the side areil?

thanks for any help you can give me :D

[shanehandley]

can any1 help as im gonna try and do it agin 2moz

[Chris LR]

I would like to help but I decided on a DIY internal one, is there a guide on www.nova-land.com? Or a similar post?

[ZuG]

i just fitted one at the front of my roof, cant even get a signal on it :(

[mikeoxford]

i just fitted one at the front of my roof, cant even get a signal on it :(

the halfords one by any chance? :lol:

[adam2472]

My m8's got one from halfords,,, cant get a signal on it neither.. im thinking of gettin one., shud i stay away from the halfords one's?

[mikeoxford]

if u ever want a radio reception!

altho i think the amplified aerials from halfords are ok.

[TUBZGSXR]

shit ive got the halfords one! shit! hope it works, are they realy that bad! i coudl take it back and get pissed off enough to get my money back maybe.......... :roll:

[ade]

I have a halfords one and its fine - my head unit picks up everything!

You need to make sure you have the halfords one with the extra long cable though - otherewise you'll need to get an extension cable

The rubber will come off = best thing to do is find an area where its lose (corners by lights for example and just pull. It'll fit back easily! (keeps shape and is on like a continupus running clip!)

Once removed, carefully peel back the roof lining from the edge of the car (under the rubber seal). best doing this width of the roof. Put hand inside cavity and you might need to peel back the roiof insulartion. If it falls down dont worry its on double sided glue so will stick back up.

Youre best setting the ariel back about 6" from the edge of roof - best thing to do is open hatch and sit ariel on roof to see where it will come. Remember to mark exact centre. Think this is about 24" - not too sure though.

Drill hole in roof (watch the roof lining underneath), seal bare metal then fit ariel. I'd run a small sealant (not silicone sealer) under the bit that sits on the roof and after bolted up seal the underside also.

Run cable to the drivers side of the car down either the B pillar if you can reach - or the C pillar, along side of car (remove rear 1/4 panel) out just behind by the bottom of the B pillar and along under the door edging trim (have to unscrew this to slot it under) then along behind the barpet under the dash into the radio

Sounds like the extra cables are some kind of signal booster. never used one so dont know how this works.

As for removing wing ariel - easiest way is to remove wing, then remove ariel (after removing indicator), then fill hole (epoxy reson a plate on the underside of hole and fill with body filler once set - sand and spray) or use a blanking grommet (easier) - refit wing remembering to reseal it (use proper car mastik not silicone sealer).

To remove wing - see haynes - you'll prob need to remove bumper

Aint life easy!

Ade

[shanehandley]

the areil is now fitted!

it was peice of pi$$ thanks for every1s help!

just got to remove the side areil now is this hard and what do you have to do what do u do wiv the old wires from the areil .

shane.

[novaboy_southwest]

i have seen cars with no arial at all what they have done is run the wire up to the roof and solderd it on (inside) so no arial on car and using roof as arial mint idea and u get no hassel with water and rust around arial

[adam2472]

ive been looking for an interanl arial kit for ages!!

that sounds like a gud idea but dunt like the sound of solderin it to the inside of body work.. aint that what the earth cables are conected too.. i duno much bout lectronics but couldnt that mean if somin shorts it cud go down that cable into head unit??? :roll:

[ZuG]

lol yes mines a halfords, very very shit. wheres the best place to get a decent one?

[mikeoxford]

lol yes mines a halfords, very very s**t. wheres the best place to get a decent one?

off a corsa or similar