Dam, broke my aerial off!!!

[PDR]

(Looks as though some one has dug up this old post... aerial has long since been fixed,, bought a replacment mast from e-bay)
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Anyhow on Saturday evening while backing out of a tight parking gap I managed to snap my electric aerial on a branch wasn’t anything I could do except cut the dammed thing off.

So the question is, does anyone have a spare electric aerial? Does any other Toyota model fit? Or should I be looking to fit something that is less liable to damage?


Surf is covered in mud…..

[Maverick]

Roughtrax do a replacement mast which takes 2 minutes to fit with only a set of pliers.

[dieselboy]

i keep repeadedly bending mine off. ill be getting a rubber one from whoever sells them

[stormforce]

roughtrax do the small rubber ariels which fit perfect where the leccy ariel goes.I will get one once mine gets broken off

[graham78]

got me a bendy rubber one from halfrauds - works a treat... little wierd the size of the screw, if you get one you'll see what i mean,

cost me ess than a tenner...

ttfn

graham

[mud skipper]

cheapest way is to turn your stereo off when offroad

[Diezel Weazel]

Cheaper is to put a tape on !!!! or CD if ya Posh .......

There's always a Payback .... Ya just wont hear or see it Comin !!!!

[dieselboy]

cheapest way is to turn your stereo off when offroad

previous owner took mine off off road. now its permanantly up. like what happens when you take those special bed time sweets

[MudSurfer]

I snapped mine off the day I picked my Surf up.......think I'll order one from RoughTrax after spacking about too long trying to repair the one I've got.....

[Snoop]

Pretty sure mine's doomed. It was fine until Tony did the 2" lift on my truck, that seems to have raised it just enough that it catches on a tree on my way home now

[hiroler]

try toyota direct they are cheaper!! now thats a first!!

[Shropshire Tim]

Bent mine the first time I put it through the local car wash. I forget the aerial wasn't part of the windscreen, like on the last car (Duhh!!).

I had to drive out half way through the wash, to avoid it getting snapped clean off. Still works.....

[dieselboy]

try toyota direct they are cheaper!! now thats a first!!

for which?
roughtrax want almost 30 quid for the rubber one and im too tight for that right now

[dieselboy]

who can give me some advice. my aerial broke and now i have wedged it back in with a screw. but picking up stations is $$$$. and were going to france so want to be able to get those at least.

whats the cheapest option and easiest. i dont care if its rubber or the same electronic metal one. i just want it working, and to go down by itself if its metal so i dont take it off again.

how hard is the mast to fit?
can i buy a rubber one and leave the lead still wired up in the car? i really dont want to have to take the dash apart.

thanks..

[Diezel Weazel]

Do a search Ariel or Ariel Replacement, Hope this helps

There's always a Payback .... Ya just won't see or hear it Comin !!!!