E30 Zone

My aerial seems to have been snapped off at one point, how do I go about replacing it, and where can i get a new aerial from?! How does the motor work etc? Thankyou

BMW sell em at about 150ish

I bought a power aerial from my local car bits shop for around £30.
If you pull the boot side trim back you will see the gubbins,should be able to re-use the existing wiring.

wowwww thats alot more than I expected! thankyou.

Isn't just the mast replaceable on the genuine BMW item?

I bought a new electric one from ebay, the make of my original was beru so bought another the same. If its just the mast you can usually get replacement masts for cheaper. I think Hirschman aerials also fit

BMW supply Hirschman aerials, I bought a black mast one about 3 years ago and it was £80 odd

The masts are replaceable and cost around £30 from BMW

That was the best reception id ever had in a car, its better than the poxy DAB I use now

braxtonator wrote:BMW sell em at about 150ish

for an aeriall???!! thats crazy!

why dont you just buy a universal electric aerial?

So boycott BMW

This is the exact aerial they sell but without the BMW box

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HIRSCHMANN-AUTA-2 ... 056wt_1167

I dont like em they always funk up at some point or get bent.
i'm looking at buying an m3 roof Ariel

Edit: found one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-M3-TOURIN ... 5ad3911c70

found cheaper anywhere else and powered?

mc_hawkings24 wrote:.... and powered?

?? Nothing 'powered' about a touring aerial. The mast is removable (like a bayonet light bulb), but that's about it.

Brianmoooore wrote:

mc_hawkings24 wrote:.... and powered?

?? Nothing 'powered' about a touring aerial. The mast is removable (like a bayonet light bulb), but that's about it.

as in power amplified, im still in my school days and like my pirate radio stations you see

DanThe wrote:So boycott BMW

This is the exact aerial they sell but without the BMW box

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HIRSCHMANN-AUTA-2 ... 056wt_1167

Im buying one now as i got a halfords jobby which leaks

I have the hirschmann aerial, it was a real bargain, the only thing that is strange is that when it goes up or down it makes a loud fuzzing sound, like when you are tuning for a radio station.

Yours must have rust inside it

braxtonator wrote:Yours must have rust inside it

Why? It was brand new a month or two ago. And was the first ever aerial the car has ever had fitted.

mc_hawkings24 wrote:

Brianmoooore wrote:

mc_hawkings24 wrote:.... and powered?

?? Nothing 'powered' about a touring aerial. The mast is removable (like a bayonet light bulb), but that's about it.

as in power amplified, im still in my school days and like my pirate radio stations you see

I think you need a 'bee-sting'

are those roof aerials any good reception wise?

I've had beestings before and well dont think it would look right at the front lol

No, compared to a Hirschmann mast they are crap

Ollie_bwoii wrote:

braxtonator wrote:Yours must have rust inside it

Why? It was brand new a month or two ago. And was the first ever aerial the car has ever had fitted.

Because of all my E30's ive never had the noise u describe.
Ive had a humb that the motor makes when it is engaging

Ollie_bwoii wrote:I have the hirschmann aerial, it was a real bargain, the only thing that is strange is that when it goes up or down it makes a loud fuzzing sound, like when you are tuning for a radio station.

The aerial in my Saab diesel turd does this as well as in my e30 I suspect its interference caused my the motor in the aerial.

DanThe wrote:No, compared to a Hirschmann mast they are crap

Can't say I've noticed any difference in reception quality between my E30 saloons and tourings, and signal levels around here are not brilliant! My E34 is noticeably poorer though. That uses the rear window element as the actual element, and I suspect a problem with the amplifier/filter tucked away behind the trim at the side.

E34 touring glass aerial is utter shite, this is why I used a DAB set, spent £50 on a roof mounted DAB aerial and its not as good as the old Hirschmann mast with a DAB splitter.

I used an E34 amplifier on my chromie as I didnt want to drill the quarter for a mast, used a loop of wire under the rear shelf. Its as crap as the E34 one
Ive got an E36 amp to fit when I get round to it

DanThe wrote:So boycott BMW

This is the exact aerial they sell but without the BMW box

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HIRSCHMANN-AUTA-2 ... 056wt_1167

ive got one of these, very good

Alex wrote:

DanThe wrote:So boycott BMW

This is the exact aerial they sell but without the BMW box

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HIRSCHMANN-AUTA-2 ... 056wt_1167

ive got one of these, very good

Straight fit?
I currently have a Tesco baggy jammed in the whole

yep 3 wires and the aerial lead

Alex wrote:yep 3 wires and the aerial lead

I swear theres only 2 wires back there.
What colour are the wires

Mine was Earth (might be a very small one to body), power and HU switch

I had 2 wires, a red an d a white one, then the aerial cable, and the short black earth cable!