Broken Antenna
 

I have a broken antenna on my 96 Jetta.
I have been told I have to remove the fender to replace it.
Is this true? I have already tried the "Pep Boys" fix with an aftermarket
and it just doesn't work worth a darn. (fading reception in and out).

Any help is appreciated.
Terry
terry at Neighbors Enterprises dot com

Broken Antenna
 

Hmmm, I'll give that a try this weekend. Thanks.

"IR" > wrote in message
...
> I'm going through the same thing with a 1990. All I did was
> remove some screws on the plastic sheild in the wheel well and
> reach up into the fender. My aftermarket antenna just doesn't
> make good electrical/mechanical ground connection. I'm thinking
> about a stock antenna...
>
> Terry Taylor wrote:
> > I have a broken antenna on my 96 Jetta.
> > I have been told I have to remove the fender to replace it.
> > Is this true? I have already tried the "Pep Boys" fix with an
aftermarket
> > and it just doesn't work worth a darn. (fading reception in and out).
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > Terry
> > terry at Neighbors Enterprises dot com
> >
> >

Broken Antenna
 

I'm going through the same thing with a 1990. All I did was
remove some screws on the plastic sheild in the wheel well and
reach up into the fender. My aftermarket antenna just doesn't
make good electrical/mechanical ground connection. I'm thinking
about a stock antenna...

Terry Taylor wrote:
> I have a broken antenna on my 96 Jetta.
> I have been told I have to remove the fender to replace it.
> Is this true? I have already tried the "Pep Boys" fix with an aftermarket
> and it just doesn't work worth a darn. (fading reception in and out).
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Terry
> terry at Neighbors Enterprises dot com
>
>

Broken Antenna
 

You could also do this. Remove the fender antenna. Fill hole with a cap for
now or do a DIY body repair. Next, lower the back headliner enough to drill
a hole with the right sized antenna hole drill bit in the back of roof. Get
a roof antenna and fish the wire to the front. The plus of a roof antenna
is that you can easily replace the whip after it cracks and gets old. It's
also easier to work on IMO.

In article >, Terry Taylor > wrote:
>Hmmm, I'll give that a try this weekend. Thanks.
>
>"IR" > wrote in message
...
>> I'm going through the same thing with a 1990. All I did was
>> remove some screws on the plastic sheild in the wheel well and
>> reach up into the fender. My aftermarket antenna just doesn't
>> make good electrical/mechanical ground connection. I'm thinking
>> about a stock antenna...
>>
>> Terry Taylor wrote:
>> > I have a broken antenna on my 96 Jetta.
>> > I have been told I have to remove the fender to replace it.
>> > Is this true? I have already tried the "Pep Boys" fix with an
>aftermarket
>> > and it just doesn't work worth a darn. (fading reception in and out).
>> >
>> > Any help is appreciated.
>> > Terry
>> > terry at Neighbors Enterprises dot com
>> >
>> >
>
>


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Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...

Broken Antenna
 

I just replaced the antenna again on my 1990 with another
generic antenna. This time instead of one with "rails" on
the bottom I found one with a round retainer ring. Seems
to work a lot better.

I gave up on fishing the coax through this time though...
I just spliced new into old. Hopefully the most maintainance
it will need is resplicing...works great right now.