Z4 E89 Aerial Snapped! Fustrated

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sunnydays

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Hey all,

Fustrated! Bought a stubby aerial, when removing the old one it sheared off and has now left its screw in the base.

Anyway to fix this?
 
Bolt extractor. Be sure you use a smaller sized extractor first - then you can use a larger one if need be. Also, go SLOWLY, protect your paint and be careful! Good luck!
 
I hate to say that because the part has snapped due the the threads being seized - tapered extractors are going to struggle to remove the offending part.
 
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
 
sunnydays said:
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
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Drill it out and stick a coat hanger in there, maybe it'll start a new craze and help do away with the stubbys :fuelfire:
 
Be jesus...

You have made yourself a job there....

You either buy new and fit it,or remove it and work on getting the screw out..

A local engineering company might do it for beer money....
 
DMC63 said:
sunnydays said:
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
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Drill it out and stick a coat hanger in there, maybe it'll start a new craze and help do away with the stubbys :fuelfire:
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It was while removing the coat hanger to fit a stubby that it snapped... keep up :P
 
sunnydays said:
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
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Rob
 
Pastry said:
DMC63 said:
sunnydays said:
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
Click to expand...
Drill it out and stick a coat hanger in there, maybe it'll start a new craze and help do away with the stubbys :fuelfire:
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It was while removing the coat hanger to fit a stubby that it snapped... keep up :P
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Call this divine intervention, you must have a guardian angel that is doing it's best to ensure your car doesn't look stupid. :rofl:
 
Smartbear said:
sunnydays said:
Just got off the phone with my local BMW dealer. £67.50 excluding fitting for the base. Does that sound right?

Thanks all
Click to expand...

New genuine base on eBay 122260635691
£10 buy it now, change it yourself or use an Indy-save yourself a bomb.
Z4forum, saving members a fortune :thumbsup:
Rob
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Unfortunately this is just a cover, not the base where the aerial is snapped.
 
Strange this should happen as of all BMWs I've owned the E89 was the only car where I couldn't remove the aerial as it was seized so I never bothered in case it sheared the screw fitting.

Tim.
 
Let me get this straight .... you've found yourself in this pickle because you wanted to fit a 'stubby' so that you could get worse radio reception ??? ... :roll: .................. I've only just found out what a stubby is ... come to think of it I've only just stopped calling the radio a wireless ... and I don't really know how to work it anyway! :oops:
 
This is now resolved guys, had my mechanic look at it and he removed the stuck bolt with ease. The new stubby looks great! Much more modern :)
 
sunnydays said:
This is now resolved guys, had my mechanic look at it and he removed the stuck bolt with ease. The new stubby looks great! Much more modern :)
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Good result, however :worthless: :wink:
 
Kingfisher said:
Let me get this straight .... you've found yourself in this pickle because you wanted to fit a 'stubby' so that you could get worse radio reception ??? ... :roll: .................. I've only just found out what a stubby is ... come to think of it I've only just stopped calling the radio a wireless ... and I don't really know how to work it anyway! :oops:
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So, just to keep the argument ( :P ) running - I have a stubby aerial & haven't noticed any loss of signal quality!
 
Someone on another post was complaining about poor reception with a 'stubby' - maybe he lived in the Highlands! .... I remember when I had a E86 three years ago it didn't have an aerial at all - presumably someone had knicked it or broken it off - I never played the radio myself but my wife used the car to go to the station weekdays and listened to it every day with no complaints. ... :) ... My present E89 has got a dangerous looking thing that looks like it was borrowed from a narwhal ... I bought the car in November but haven't turned the radio on yet ... maybe I should try it!
 
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