1) Wait nearly three weeks for the 3” Mangowalk to arrive
2) Try and unscrew old aerial by hand – fail
3) Find mole grips, mash-up old aerial but remove successfully
4) Try to remove remaining threaded stump from aerial base
5) shear-off remaining threaded stump :x
6) Swear profusely
7) Phone stealers to order in new base P/No. 65.20.6.913.897 (pay £10 for the base and £6.50 for the aerial!)
8 ) Wait two days for it to arrive, get woken early morning by stealers text telling me it had arrived
9) Look at TIS – it’s a ‘screw’ holding it on.
10) Cant find stubby screw driver. Nip to Tescos and buy a disposable multi-pack of screwdrivers (£1 – bargain! – note the word disposable)
11) Try stubby Philips screwdriver – nope
12) Swear
13) Discover screw 'kind of' undoes with an allen key
14) Discover, when off, it is actually a T25 torx bit
15) Fit new base
16) Fit new aerial
17) Consider hanging up my modding hat for good
18)
Why are the simple quick jobs never quick and simple and always end up costing more – over 100% more in this instance!?
The above is for those of you who didnt manage to do one of the simplest mods in 30secs
And for those of you that did, appreciate that it did!
Stubbies are the way to go. if you havent done the stubby mod yet, dont let the above put you off - it 'should' be a simple mod.
David
2) Try and unscrew old aerial by hand – fail
3) Find mole grips, mash-up old aerial but remove successfully
4) Try to remove remaining threaded stump from aerial base
5) shear-off remaining threaded stump :x
6) Swear profusely
7) Phone stealers to order in new base P/No. 65.20.6.913.897 (pay £10 for the base and £6.50 for the aerial!)
8 ) Wait two days for it to arrive, get woken early morning by stealers text telling me it had arrived
9) Look at TIS – it’s a ‘screw’ holding it on.
10) Cant find stubby screw driver. Nip to Tescos and buy a disposable multi-pack of screwdrivers (£1 – bargain! – note the word disposable)
11) Try stubby Philips screwdriver – nope
12) Swear
13) Discover screw 'kind of' undoes with an allen key
14) Discover, when off, it is actually a T25 torx bit
15) Fit new base
16) Fit new aerial
17) Consider hanging up my modding hat for good
18)
Why are the simple quick jobs never quick and simple and always end up costing more – over 100% more in this instance!?
The above is for those of you who didnt manage to do one of the simplest mods in 30secs
And for those of you that did, appreciate that it did!
Stubbies are the way to go. if you havent done the stubby mod yet, dont let the above put you off - it 'should' be a simple mod.
David
Liverpool
Sorry mate but reminds me when i lost it i had just got my Calibra back from bodyshop after new bonnet fitted and sprayed after a head on the car looked superb so after giving her a wash i popped the bonnet up but forgot to put the wipers back down and all i saw were little flakes of silver paint falling onto the firewall 
:x :x remember my old man saying i thought you was pissed off when the bucket shot across the front garden and the neighbours started putting their fingers in the kids ears
