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Hi all,

I have been looking for a replacement for my electrical antennae.

I want to have it replaced with a short stubby one, as seen here:

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/product_info. ... ts_id/1646

But this kit can't be fitted to electrical antennaes.

Has anyone out there successfully fitted this in? Did you also replace your aerial base with one of these?

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/product_info. ... ts_id/1405

Any help would be much appreciated

sliq

I don't know for sure, but it could be that the electric antennas we have, have the coax cable permanently wired into the antenna, and so you would have to cut it and re-terminate it with the correct plug, or run another coax from the radio to the antenna.
I doubt the length of the antenna below the guard would be too long to fit as these types of antennas usually have a very short base.
It could also be that the hole in the guard for the electric antenna is too large.

Personally, having a screw in and out antenna would worry me, becuase there would be times I would forget to take it off, only to find it missing or broken by the time I got back.

i kinda like the short rubber ones without the motor that drives it up and down

any sort of gb on the horizon??

A good friend of mine owns and antenna company called Mobile 1.
I'm sure he could make us a custom made antenna for our 5's.

He made us a whole lot of rubber duckies with magnetic bases for the old AM radios we used to use for club runs and they worked very well.
Far better than the UHF radios that they use now that can't even get from the front of the pack to the last car in the group.

Hey, I'm interested if you can organise a GB or find a source somewhere.

Not a fan of the OEM long retractable antennas. Looks really oldschool.

I've seen them on the NA's. Just dont know where to get them.

In for stubby too!

s2000 ones might work

I wouldn't mind a "shark-fin" type

Benny wrote:I don't know for sure, but it could be that the electric antennas we have, have the coax cable permanently wired into the antenna, and so you would have to cut it and re-terminate it with the correct plug, or run another coax from the radio to the antenna.

There is a plug that plugs into the side of the electric antenna

Its just a standard antenna plug that you find in most jap cars

With the manual base + stubby aerial kit I don't see why it wouldn't work

tien's spot on.

i bought the manual base with a stubby antenna for mx5's.

will let you guys know how it goes when it comes in. i'll do a write up if i can.

sliq wrote:tien's spot on.

i bought the manual base with a stubby antenna for mx5's.

will let you guys know how it goes when it comes in. i'll do a write up if i can.

easy as

if your look at the antenna base you have on your car at the moment

the chrome base is like a nut, if you turn that anti clockwise
there is also a nut/bolt behind the boot trims as well can't exactly remember

If you have trouble give me a yell

have you done this mod already? pics?

sliq wrote:have you done this mod already? pics?

haha yeah something like that

Not the same antenna though

But I have since gone back to stock

I much prefer the antenna not there at all (only when the radio is not used)

how did you find the reception on the shorter antenna?

sliq wrote:how did you find the reception on the shorter antenna?

Still pretty good

Mine was the S2000 a like one I'm pretty sure

Where the antenna angles back like 45 degrees

I might find it and put it up for sale