Ok sounds odd but i dont no how to replace my anttena im guessing im going to have to take of my side left panel which is a pain in the arse, ive got a VR 96, any help please?
Sweet az
To replace a manual aerial, you need to remove the inner plastic mudguard liner, the side kick panel inside the passenger footwell and the lower dash cover panel under the glovebox. The whole aerial is replaced as a unit, not just the mast.
The guard lining is retained by a few self tappers and a number of plastic scrivets, which can be pulled out by using good pliers. To gain access to them, jack up the front left hand wheel and remove it, then remove the scrivets and about four screws around the wheel opening. Once you have removed all the retainers, pull the lining out of the opening and you will see the remains of the aerial. It should have been held in by a small bracket bolted to the inner guard panel and will also have a small earth wire running to a mounting tab just above the mounting bolt. The wire just pulls off the tab.
Inside the car, the lower dash panel is just clipped into place at two spots. Just pull it down and it will drop away. Unscrew the footwell light if there is one.
The kick panel also unclips which gives access to the lead where it feeds outside the car.
The aerial lead feeds through a grommet in the inner guard and connects to the radio lead above the glovebox. Just unplug it and feed the lead out through the inner guard, release the mounting bolt and remove the old aerial.
Reverse the whole procedure to install the new aerial. Keep the aerial mast retracted during installation.good luck i hope all works out well