MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Gtiain on February 27, 2012, 04:17:37 pm

Title: Stubby ariel
Post by: Gtiain on February 27, 2012, 04:17:37 pm
Can someone tell me which ones I can use? I'm lost. Thanks :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Billy on February 27, 2012, 04:57:21 pm
Can someone tell me which ones I can use? I'm lost. Thanks :happy2:

I fitted a VW Sharan one to my Edition 30 the other day - works a treat.

I just got it off of ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stubby-Short-OEM-Aerial-Sharan-Ibiza-Skoda-Golf-VW-/320852582274?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ab44ddf82
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: fab5freddy on February 27, 2012, 05:00:34 pm
This ones a bit longer  :booty:

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-VW-Stubby-Aerial-Rod-New-Polo-2009-/170780272482?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27c34c2762 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-VW-Stubby-Aerial-Rod-New-Polo-2009-/170780272482?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27c34c2762)

I had the sharan one before. Reception wasn't great, prefer this one IMO and no reception worries  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Jibba on February 28, 2012, 04:27:07 pm
I got the Sharan one. Just to let you know It does reduce signal IMO.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on February 28, 2012, 04:36:34 pm
I got one off eBay for £7ish. It's only about 2inches long. Fits in fairly well with the OEM base
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: MC71 on February 28, 2012, 06:23:27 pm
Go for the MY10 Polo aerial, reception is  :happy2:, Fleabay £15ish or stealers £ ?
Read a couple of neg' comments about the Sharan reception.

Fitted mine the other day, 1 minute switch over (and for 50 seconds of that i was having a cup of tea!!!)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fmcaborn%2FMy_car%2Fnewcar012.jpg&hash=bbb4116e43ff2529cefe1adacd1322c447d0a80a)
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: E30Dom on February 28, 2012, 07:51:53 pm
I did same as above(MY10 Polo) as my sharan one lost signal, but worked perfectly on my R32... weird! lol
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Billy on February 28, 2012, 08:56:24 pm
I've been using the Sharan one for about 5 days with no reception issues.

If it does start playing up I'll look in to getting the Polo one  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: brookesb32 on February 28, 2012, 09:36:17 pm
I also have te Sharon aerial, best looking IMO. I have noticed slightly less signal on a couple of stations but not enough to bother me enough to remove it  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: gillm on February 28, 2012, 10:11:20 pm
Anyone got the part number of the polo one ?
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: MC71 on February 28, 2012, 10:34:38 pm

Part Number for the polo aerial is 6R0 035 849  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: gillm on February 28, 2012, 10:39:22 pm
Many thanks will try tps tomorrow
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: berg on February 28, 2012, 10:57:27 pm
got the polo one off e bay, no reception issues
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Tinytim on March 01, 2012, 12:16:21 am
Many thanks will try tps tomorrow

Did you have any luck at TPS?

Can anyone post a pic of their Sharan one fitted so I can see what it's like.
The polo one looks a bit too small.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: monte on March 01, 2012, 12:19:49 am
Many thanks will try tps tomorrow

Did you have any luck at TPS?

Can anyone post a pic of their Sharan one fitted so I can see what it's like.
The polo one looks a bit too small.

Sharan aerial is shorter than the polo one.

Had mine for years, and it's got great reception!
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: blackmagic on March 01, 2012, 12:30:21 am
I bought the Polo one the other day but it won't fit my base.

Anyone else had issues!

Thread is completely different to mine. The polo aerial thread is much wider appart that the GTI one. So its sat in limbo in my man drawer untill decide what to do with it.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: vRS_Pagey on March 01, 2012, 04:23:27 pm
Tried the Sharan, Polo and Honda Civic one, all fit (with a bit of modifying) but none of them give a very good reception so I went back to OE.  :sad1:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 01, 2012, 08:16:14 pm
Can't see any on eBay or am I missing something lol

Any links please????
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: vRS_Pagey on March 01, 2012, 08:22:49 pm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stubby-Short-OEM-Aerial-Sharan-Ibiza-Skoda-Golf-VW-/320852582274?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ab44ddf82

The Polo one needs a couple of mm shaved off the end near the thread so it fits properly.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vw-Stubby-Aerial-polo-golf-bora-/180831691586?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a1a68a342#ht_500wt_1287
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: david25 on March 01, 2012, 08:31:34 pm
This is what the Polo version looks like

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fds.dial.pipex.com%2Fprod%2Fdialspace%2Ftown%2Fparade%2Faq57%2Fpolo1.jpg&hash=ef9c00d4c07c089a5b9ddc34925b7ff3781bb1e3)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fds.dial.pipex.com%2Fprod%2Fdialspace%2Ftown%2Fparade%2Faq57%2Fpolo2.jpg&hash=cadcdd7d55fae9593ea758850fef87eeb27162a2)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fds.dial.pipex.com%2Fprod%2Fdialspace%2Ftown%2Fparade%2Faq57%2Fpolo3.jpg&hash=8f4253e91fb847cb44c29ba6db40a5fdfb5ddaf8)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fds.dial.pipex.com%2Fprod%2Fdialspace%2Ftown%2Fparade%2Faq57%2Fpolo4.jpg&hash=d93ba7d9cd098fd8151040dc3299714019654b8e)
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 01, 2012, 08:43:04 pm
Which one will fit without any mods please? Just a straight swap
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: MC71 on March 01, 2012, 08:51:06 pm
The one above (MY10 Polo aerial)  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: gillm on March 01, 2012, 08:55:07 pm
as above i picked mine up today from tps
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 01, 2012, 09:12:28 pm
How much was it then please??
Don't think there's a tps in Doncaster?
Have you a part number? I will order one. Can I order on the Internet
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Mk5 GTian on March 01, 2012, 09:15:37 pm

Mine is only about an inch tall, looks like one of those shark fins that BMW's have. Is this normal?
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: MC71 on March 01, 2012, 09:42:42 pm
How much was it then please??
Don't think there's a tps in Doncaster?
Have you a part number? I will order one. Can I order on the Internet

Part number is 6R0 035 849  :smiley:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: gillm on March 01, 2012, 09:46:28 pm
£12.98
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 01, 2012, 10:02:45 pm
12.98 from dealer or tps??
There's no tps near me you see
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 02, 2012, 10:21:54 pm
Paid £13.40 for it today from local vw dealers.
They had them in stock
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Tinytim on March 02, 2012, 11:20:52 pm
Should the Sharan get a decent reception?
Being so all I can't see how it can do.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: al-tdi170 on March 02, 2012, 11:32:26 pm
im not sure?
i got the same ona as david25's piccies, no reception issues at all.
looks far better than the standard aerial
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: brookesb32 on March 02, 2012, 11:35:51 pm
Should the Sharan get a decent reception?
Being so all I can't see how it can do.

Got the Sharon on mine, works fine  :happy2:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: phil1975 on March 03, 2012, 10:32:29 am
I have a 2006 gti, with the polo short ariel part number 6r0 035 849. No issues with reception or fit.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Tinytim on March 03, 2012, 10:10:49 pm
Just bought a polo one today.
TPS branches must vary as it was £18.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Frenzy on March 03, 2012, 10:16:48 pm

Mine is only about an inch tall, looks like one of those shark fins that BMW's have. Is this normal?


We're discussing ariels in here, embarrassing bodies would be a random chat topic  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: Mk5 GTian on March 04, 2012, 06:43:33 am

Mine is only about an inch tall, looks like one of those shark fins that BMW's have. Is this normal?


We're discussing ariels in here, embarrassing bodies would be a random chat topic  :signLOL:

Ha Ha!  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: drexel75 on March 04, 2012, 10:00:02 am
I've had no AM reception since I got my car a year ago. Would a stubby aerial possibly give me AM reception. FM can be a bit poor at times as well.
Title: Re: Stubby ariel
Post by: manc01 on March 04, 2012, 08:53:46 pm
I'm using mk6 polo aerial and reception on fm is fine. Also the dealer was surprisingly q cheap, think it was £14..ish. I tried car breakers and they said £25?! Told him u having a laugh...much cheaper from a dealer :P