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[BlAck0ut]

At the moment I have a black rubber aerial coming out of my left wing on ym car which to me looks real bad. I've seen a few of the aerials that come out of the front roof part of the car near the windscreen that are sloped backwards.

I was wondering where these are available as I havn't seen them on any Mini sites or in any adverts so if anyone has any idea where to get one from...

Also how would I block up the hole made by the previous aerial on the wing?

[Guess-Works.com]

Easiest thing with the hole on the wing, is a rubber grommet... you'll spend hours with filler fibreglass or welding a plate, then paint, just for the sake of a 10 second job.

The aerial above the rear-view mirror was a standard item it in the 70's and I'm fairly sure you'll get something similar from your local motor-audio shop ( or even Halfords )...

or...

put a glassfibre one on that back as per more modern cars...

[Brawlyrox]

Do u really want to be cutting a hole in ur roof? it isnt worth it...

[Guess-Works.com]

No different to putting a hole in any other panel, and roof aerials only need a small hole to mount them.

The one I have is from Maplin, part number QS92A, however never got round to fitting a radio so can't vouch for its operation, but it fits on the roof nicely, and comes with enough cable to go from the back of the roof, down the NS channel, with the other wiring to the normal mounting point for a radio, with a good handfull of cable to spare so should reach a central console mounted device aswell, and at less than a fiver is a real bargain...