E30 Zone

as the title says really, do they do a shorter ariel rather than the standard one that makes it look like a remote control car?

have no idea about bmw or if you could get a shorter antenna and awap it over easily, but you could always buy a universal one and look for the lengths

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=e ... m270.l1313

i looked at a few on ebay they all seem to be 39" antenna length

I like the remote control look, amazed no kids have snapped it off yet - they probably don't even know what it's for.

Anyone tried the e36/7 antenna mod?Should be plug and play.

I just cut my original arial in half with a hacksaw then pushed the rubber cap back on after. I've got no loss of signal and it looks 10 times better.

Convert to a manual one instead of electric?

Then you can choose how far you extend it - the joy of telecopability......

The top of the range E30 models have always been fitted with a much shorter aerial.

^^^^this

you want a shorter ariel...
buy an m3 or a touring.
simples

Halfords use to do a "mini" extendable one that was only half the height, not sure if they still do though, was a few years back

i think the 318is has the same ariel as an m3 on the roof infront of the sunroof.

unmol wrote:i think the 318is has the same ariel as an m3 on the roof infront of the sunroof.

the 2 ive owned did not, they had normal e30 ariel on left of the boot

Ariels have to be on a geometric regression of the wavelength, so 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8th etc. Wavelength at the middle of the band is just over 3m, so ariels will be 3m, 1.5m, 75cm, 37.5cm.

Just puTting a manual ariel down a bit will work, but not as well!

I used a glass one and had the hole in the rear quarter welded up and smoothed over.. reception was a bit worse but not too terrible (it was amplified) and it was a nice subtle touch!

o ok, the "is" i had had it infront of the sunroof. i think

ndg wrote:Ariels have to be on a geometric regression of the wavelength, so 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8th etc. Wavelength at the middle of the band is just over 3m, so ariels will be 3m, 1.5m, 75cm, 37.5cm.

Just puTting a manual ariel down a bit will work, but not as well!

Oh.

So you learn something new every day......

I've fitted these to a few e30's, i think there quite era