Internal Aerial

[Kedge]

Will need to wire in a stereo for mu car soon and since mine has never had a stereo fitted its not got an aerial in the rear quater.

With this in mind i'd rather not drill a hole and instead was wondering if there is an aerial on the market i could mount inside the car?

Can a quck look on Google but not found much yet.

Cheers
Dave

[Ollie_bwoii]

I believe danthe has done this with his chromie! I personally am going to drill a whole and fit an electric aerial!

[Kedge]

Cool, might have a word with him then.

Personaly i'd not both with and electric aerial, looks so much better not having anything there at all.

[Ollie_bwoii]

I have brought it, and personally like the look of them!

[armanib]

they sell em on ebay go near rear window iirc and reception is poo on em im currently thinking of sumwer to mount mine but may just shove her on the rear wuarter

[harry_p]

halfords do an internal aerial you stick to the glass. not sure how well they work though.

my e36 compact was fitted with an internal aerial from the factory which uses the rear heated screen elements, it's got the best radio reception of any car i've ever used, so internal aerials can work.

[hoshy]

I'm more than happy with the internal e36 antenna - I've owned two now and both have worked great. Would be a good retrofit to an E30 IMHO

[harry_p]

if you decide to go external, c3 bmw still sell the m3 / touring aerial which mounts near the front of the roof.

much better looking and less 70s than a rear wing mounted extendable heap of crap, factory bmw parts still too.

[StuBeeDoo]

my e36 compact was fitted with an internal aerial from the factory which uses the rear heated screen elements, it's got the best radio reception of any car i've ever used, so internal aerials can work.

I'm thinking about doing this on my touring.
The best radio reception I ever had was in my Orions - they both had HRW aerials.

[BadDave]

I've used the amplified ariel's on the windscreen before(the cheap halfords type) and found them to better than the std tourer ariel's tbh.
Purchased it from my local car parts shop(NOT Halfrauds)

I had it mounted at the top of the screen(on the solid green tint section)right behind the mirror and it was less noticeable as well

This type of thing.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Car-Windshiel ... 286.c0.m14

[StuBeeDoo]

found them to better than the std tourer ariel's tbh.

IMHO, that wouldn't be difficult - the touring/M3 aerial isn't one of BMW's better ideas. I binned mine and fitted a generic roof aerial in its place.
Dave.... Any idea if the aerial in the link you posted would be any good with DAB???

[BadDave]

[Dave.... Any idea if the areial in the link you posted would be any good with DAB???

Sorry Stu.
I've no idea,but i'd guess not

There are a few DAB antenna's available though

http://motors-parts.shop.ebay.co.uk/i.h ... cat=131090

HTH

[robbo86]

How easy would it be to fit an e36 internal aerial?

[StuBeeDoo]

How easy would it be to fit an e36 internal aerial?

Dunno, but that's probably what I'll end-up doing to mine.

[robbo86]

Sweet, let me know if you do stu!

[StuBeeDoo]

How easy would it be to fit an e36 internal aerial?

Dunno, but that's probably what I'll end-up doing to mine.

Right. I've scored the E36 aerial amp and cables - thanks to Lee (E30BeemerLad).
When my car comes back from the bodyshop, I'll attempt to get it fitted and connected to the analogue side of my headunit. Then I can use the roof aerial for DAB only which should mean I don't lose quality when using FM.

I'll report back when I have something to tell.

[robbo86]

Cheers Stu, I wait with bated breath.

[jonny323i]

e34s had the ariel built into the window too mine had perfect reception better than i have had on any other car

[e301988325i]

My E36 touring has an internal aerial, with what looks like an amplifier too. Great reception.

[cypriot_boy_2k7]

any pics

[cypriot_boy_2k7]

the amplifiers are on ebay how do u wire them up?