E30 Zone

I just got a replacement aerial and it has 3 wires going to a relay on and 2 to the motor

I have brown, red and white, I presume brown is the ground as it has a lug on it but what do I do with red and white, is red perm live and white remote(switched) live??

cheers in advance

I went with the above wiring and it worked ok, its a bit noisey on the way up and down, seems to be the motor. also its very long but i suppose there is nothing i can do about that or can you get shorter after market ones

they do sound noisey but thats just what there like, i think its because there fixed to the body work so the sound tavels through the car

It's a great noise when the old skool aerial goes up - means something works It's like the noisy electric wing mirror adjustment !

In my 2nd E30 the aerial went up when I turned the stereo on, in my 3rd it went up when I turned the ignition on and the one I have now doesn't have an aerial - got a pound store fm aerial in the boot

fingerman wrote:It's a great noise when the old skool aerial goes up - means something works It's like the noisy electric wing mirror adjustment !

In my 2nd E30 the aerial went up when I turned the stereo on, in my 3rd it went up when I turned the ignition on and the one I have now doesn't have an aerial - got a pound store fm aerial in the boot

you can wire them upto the ignition or radio i prefer them wired to the radio

which wire do i use for radio, i used the blue wire and it comes on with ignition, which one is the radio wire the white one or the orange (illumination) wire

ive always wired the signal cable to the blue wire on the radio that will make it come on with the radio rather than ignition

your probably right, i never switched it to cd yet

gar81 wrote:your probably right, i never switched it to cd yet

just turn the radio off and it should go down

i turned stereo to cd but aerial did not drop. I am using the blue wire, there is a orange wire (illumination) and a white wire, I can't get 12v on either wire when i switch from cd to radio. its a jvc kd-g343 stereo.

Will i just have to put a switch on it????? I have a blank for switch beside rear window heater, can i get a switch that would fit there.

yer you will have to turn stereo fully off