Does anyone replace antenna of Tiguan

[djdavian]

You can replace a Tiguan's antenna with any styled antenna. I purchased a Richbrook 'Sabre' Anti-Theft Car Radio Aerial. It is very short and looks fantastic.
There are no issues with the radio reception either!

[aussietig]

Here's my Tig with a DIY Mk5 (non-GPS) shark fin antenna installed.




Have since upgraded to a Mk6 (non-GPS) shark fin antenna:

[Transporter]

Of the ebay $20 and 30s to fit.

[Tony Tiggy]

All this talk of antenna's and reception has prompted me to ask the following question:

How can I increase the signal strength / reception for AM band?

I am based in Sydney and am a keen cricket / NRL fan and always listen to these on the radio (ABC), however I have noticed that the Tiguan has a much compromised AM band reception compared with many other vehicles. e.g. BA/FG Ford Falcon

I know that AM is very old school and that its probably not even used in Europe anymore, its just a pity that VW didn't enable the digital/sat radio for the standard stereo system on Australian spec Tiguans.

[donweather]

It just unscrews from the base.


I picked up the Sharan replica stubby antenna from Dubaddiction it was cheaper than getting one off ebay at the time.
Tim is a forum member and very good to work with.
Shipping was fast and everything works well, no loss in reception.

Just thought I'd update this. There is loss in reception for the long distance radio channels. For instance I live in Brisbane and used to listen to a sunshine coast radio channel with qood reception on the original Tig antenna. Have since changed to the DUB Addiction stubby antenna and noticed a considerable loss of reception for the sunshine coast channel. Would assume the same will occur for the Brisbane radio channels when either on the Sunny Coast or Gold Coast.

[Captain Bungers]

Thought I would throw this out there - I got one of these (I can't remember the seller though - this is just an example):

Richbrook Sabre Anti Theft Car Aerial Short Chrome | eBay

I'm pretty happy with the reception and I live in a rural area.

[Transporter]

That's a nice looking antenna.
Hmm...not available to Australia.