Sharkfin aerial query

**Fash** · 25th October 2009, 16:50

Hi, has anyone done a sharkfin aerial on a vec c ? Think mine would look nice with one on and wondered if anyone had done it already, how much and of course, how easy it was to do...
Photos would be nice

Ta
Steve

**david.aka.judas** · 25th October 2009, 17:05

dont do it m8 - it looks really bad and the vx reception isn't good enough to live with it.

do a grange hill and 'just say no'..........

**sristeven1** · 25th October 2009, 19:17

i have done it no problems with reception and no it does not really bad

**PeterVV** · 25th October 2009, 19:24

**mucklestone** · 26th October 2009, 19:09

Heres mine, I modified the fin to include a washer in the back you can just see the hole. Took about a day to glue one from the front of an escort (i think) into the fin. In the picture it looks a different colour but it was taken last winter and the car is just realy dirty!!! And then there is a much more recent shot from further away..... Reception is rather poor though...

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**david.aka.judas** · 26th October 2009, 22:04

Reception is rather poor though...

see - told you.

dont forget it depends on the reception strength before you start.

did you hear about the two aerials getting married, the wedding was pants but the reception was great.

**muffking** · 27th October 2009, 00:04

I've got one too.

The radio reception's poor, but I use an iPod transmitter so that suits me

**Dose** · 27th October 2009, 00:06

Originally Posted by Judas

Reception is rather poor though...

see - told you.

dont forget it depends on the reception strength before you start.

did you hear about the two aerials getting married, the wedding was pants but the reception was great.

get your coat sir

was thinking thinking about on of these too..where you get yours from muffking?

**muffking** · 29th October 2009, 15:49

Originally Posted by Dose

get your coat sir

was thinking thinking about on of these too..where you get yours from muffking?

Ebay. Only cost about a fiver and came in silver too

**Bullylad** · 2nd November 2009, 21:19

I replaced mine for a bee sting one off fleabay. It affected the reception strength which also caused problems with the sat nav. Result - The sat nav didn't know there was a 3 hr jam on the motorway it took me on because i could not get the traffic info through the new aerial.

I like the shark fin ones but stick with the original if you want the sat nav to work.