Hello from me and the BRZ

[richardcarman 29]

Well I'm loving it, what a car, picked her up Saturday and first wash last night. First change is the audio and that aerial!! Any suggestions?

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[Keethos 842]

Congrats and glad you're enjoying it. Any head unit will be better than the OEM one but as for aerial, you can easily go stubby or shark fin. There are various shark fin ones around, the more expensive ones like the beatsonic ones are good because they go over the existing aerial base and connects to it where as I brought a very cheap one off ebay (about a tenner I think) but this removes the aerial completely and in order to have the aerial to work, you'll need to splice the existing connector to it which I haven't bothered as I don't listen to the radio at all.

[Paul 442]

I have a 4" stubby aerial bought from Amber Performance, reception still good and it looks much better.

[richardcarman 29]

Seen a 2" Perrin might try that

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[Paul 442]

The 2" is supposed to be a bit hit and miss on reception, but if you don't use the radio much it could be a winner.

[Willtl 54]

I have this in mine

[Lauren 2259]

I do like my Alpine head units. Granted not cheap, but very good. 

I have had one of these along with a custom pro-install of everything else for three years now. 85K miles and still going well, navigated the Alps twice. All good. http://www.alpine.co.uk/p/Products/navigation-systems6/ine-w925r

 

[Deacon 1357]

@Lauren's suggestion is on sale here:-

http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-alpine-ine-w925r_p-28178.htm?gclid=CjwKEAjwjca5BRCAyaPGi6_h8m8SJADryPLhiMPnj0hgF6WB7Y12Zbo7-4dHRh25FMWb7c-TYqxOtRoCn1_w_wcB

Just under £700.

[Mark-in-Stoke 488]

11 hours ago, richardcarman said:

Seen a 2" Perrin might try that

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I tested both the 2" and 4" perrin antennas for tarmac sportz a couple of years back and found the 2" terrible for reception, so opted for the 4" which in my opinion looks better and performs much better than the 2".

Give Chris at @Tarmac tarmacsportz a call for prices

 

 

[richardcarman 29]

2' Perrin working fine for radio, spent 8 hours doing a full detail and a ceramic coat yesterday, she's cleaned up nicely

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[Paul 442]

Looks great in that colour I have to admit.

[richardcarman 29]

Yeah it's by far my favourite, the White was a close second

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[Brig 10]

Got a sharksfin from a company called light in the box. Loads of colours supplied with but or bolt fittings and goes over existing Arial fixed in place with a 3m pad. Looks the business and works. All for 13 quid. 

[TTR 509]

Always happy to see another BRZ 

Welcome to the club!

[Philip 14]

On 10/05/2016 at 9:38 PM, Mark-in-Stoke said:

I tested both the 2" and 4" perrin antennas for tarmac sportz a couple of years back and found the 2" terrible for reception, so opted for the 4" which in my opinion looks better and performs much better than the 2".

Can I ask how the Perrin 4" compared with the stock aerial for reception?

90% of my listening in the car is to Radio 4, and there are a couple of places on my daily commute where reception gets very noisy, so I'd like to try replacing the stock aerial with a better one. I don't care what it looks like, just what it sounds like, so if anybody knows of a better aerial, regardless of shape or size, please let me know.

[Mark-in-Stoke 488]

Philip, it's a long time since I tested them, I can remember the 4" wasn't any better than standard one it just looked better and the 2" was terrible in my area.

There's a picture of them on the first page

 

[Paul 442]

They don't perform any better, they're just shorter and (IMHO) look better.

The 2" is dire, the 4" is what I have on and I'm happy with it.

[Philip 14]

Thanks. Don't suppose you know what the screw size is for the connector (e.g. M5, M6)? - I'm wondering about trying an 18" or 20" from eBay and seeing if that helps.