a question to who ever has a smoothed aerial

1. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #1 24th January 2010, 17:17

   once you've smoothed your aerial how do you get signal? ive heard of hidden areials but not heard great things about them, i heard of some one attaching the aerial to the body of the car and works fine, just want to know what people have done to keep good signal?
2. prescott1988 L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 50

   #2 24th January 2010, 17:50

   im going to smooth my areial off next week too. i was just going to leave it off and have no signal.
3. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #3 24th January 2010, 18:30

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by prescott1988 im going to smooth my areial off next week too. i was just going to leave it off and have no signal.

   yea the only problem with that for me is that i use my car a lot for work, traveling to and from uni and sometime its nice just to have the radio on i dont always want non stop music playing lol
4. FisherVTS Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Milton keynes Posts: 1633 Saxo 1.6 16v VTS

   #4 24th January 2010, 18:33

   Had my arial all smoothed off and i still get signal, not a perfect signal but its still good enough to hear
5. chrisvtr1989 Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 dunstable, luton Posts: 1563 mk2vtr

   #5 24th January 2010, 18:33

   stick it to the underside of your roof. should get a signal with that. thats what i done and still get a signal
6. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #6 24th January 2010, 19:10

   alot of people just dont use the radio afterwards and roll with no signal
   
   could you not run an aerial up your a-pillar on the interior behind the cover?
7. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #7 24th January 2010, 22:55

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chrisvtr1989 stick it to the underside of your roof. should get a signal with that. thats what i done and still get a signal

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by LSOfreak alot of people just dont use the radio afterwards and roll with no signal could you not run an aerial up your a-pillar on the interior behind the cover?

   you both got good ideas ill give them a try i just thought that there would be a set thing to do considering a lot of people do this
8. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #8 24th January 2010, 22:57

   i got signal when i took mine off...
   then i filled my roof with expanding foam... now i get no signal what so ever!
   
   although you could get a DAB adaptor, and stick it anywhere inside the car and will work fine.
9. MikeYost Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2770

   #9 24th January 2010, 23:00

   i dont even get signal with an aerial
10. Graemep Saxperience Addict Joined: Sep 2004 Warrington, Cheshire Posts: 11649 FN2 Civic Type-R

    #10 24th January 2010, 23:05

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tonto_VTR i got signal when i took mine off... then i filled my roof with expanding foam... now i get no signal what so ever! although you could get a DAB adaptor, and stick it anywhere inside the car and will work fine.

    howcome you put expanding foam in the roof dude?
11. fraggle_VTR Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Wales Posts: 448 2002 Saxo VTR, 2000 mango forte

    #11 24th January 2010, 23:11

    i used attached a length of electrical wire to the ring that goes around the aerial base
    just below the roof and ran this along the top edge by the windscreen and attached with tape, get a signal no probs.
12. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

    #12 24th January 2010, 23:12

    i got an amplified aerial off ebay for like £10 and put it behind the windscreen pillar trim. Works reallyyyyy well
13. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

    #13 24th January 2010, 23:36

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Graeme howcome you put expanding foam in the roof dude?

    i was getting stupid windscreen flex, and on the sunroof, so i foamed and siliconed the sunroof shut and foam the gap in the roof betwen the sunroof and windscreen to stop it flexing during bass!
14. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

    #14 24th January 2010, 23:57

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by J222JRA i got an amplified aerial off ebay for like £10 and put it behind the windscreen pillar trim. Works reallyyyyy well

    wicked mate i think that is my best bet