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shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:16 pm
by csgarside
hi every one iv just baught a shark fin areil off ebay with the intention of ditching the poo looking standard one it looks like a riding crop an ex used to like useing lol any way just wondered if any one had any experience with them how hard are they to fit n are they any good

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:24 pm
by andy w
I ave one mate and the problem is there is two wires on the original aerial and if urs is like mine ur wire might be to short so the only place that stocks the extension aerial wire to fit it is halfords and they are £7.99

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:25 pm
by johnny
Apartenly there crap when retro fitted never used one myself due to such bad reviews on them, channels are ment to be very hard to tune and find

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:25 pm
by Barraclough
Yeah you need an extension. I got one but left un connected as don't use radio!

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:27 pm
by andy w
Not sure about frequency cus don't the original have a frequency booster built in

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:38 pm
by csgarside
andy dose the one u ave fitted work properly like n where dose the ariel wire run in the car

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:39 pm
by csgarside
n whats every onse view on how they look

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:50 pm
by andy w
csgarside wrote:andy dose the one u ave fitted work properly like n where dose the ariel wire run in the car
lol here is the fun part for ya u need to trace the wires in the same place as the original goes which means strip all the passenger side apart and need to get the extension wire for mine yet mate ain't had the time to Finnish it

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:51 pm
by Barraclough
ImageI prefer the bee sting style

Re: shark fin

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:53 pm
by andy w
Be honest there ain't alot of diff between the two. Both look good on the car :)

Re: shark fin

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:00 am
by Barraclough
Fair point haha

Re: shark fin

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:08 am
by csgarside
cheers every one

Re: shark fin

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:13 am
by andy w
Ur welcome mate hope ya get it sorted :)