Replacement Aerial Costs ?????

[richard@thebrae]

I have just been quoated for a standard Replacement Aerial for my Passat Estate by my local VW Dealer the following prices.
Base Part £75.81
Whip Part £53 .01
Total of £128.82 for a Car Antenna. I am stunned at this price.!!!
I know it has a built in amp, but I can by a Hi Fi Amp for this price.
Can anyone tell me different please or provide an alternative solution.
Regards Richard

[snapdragon]

http://www.vagparts.co.uk/

£35 for base, £17 for whip.

Your dealer is charging a lot more than mine did.

[BLASTER]

just go to halfords, mine was about a tenner just the whip mind!

[richard@thebrae]

Thankyou Snapdragon, your link and costs confirmed.
These prices I can live with.
Many Thanks (again) Richard

[PeoplesMan]

I bought a whip on ebay a while back.... Cost about a tenner in euro too.


When it arrived though there was a big note to say " To replace your stolen whip "

Made me all warm and fuzzy to know that it isnt just me that has mine nicked all the time

[savs]

Some bugger "borrorwed" my whip aerial not so long ago.
Today i went to local scrappie and aquired new whip aerial for 93p!! It came off a quite mangled peugot. Bloke said it should have been a couple of quid but i only had 93p so he called it quits. Fits perfectly and i've got all my radio channels back. Never forget your local car scrapper.

[richard@thebrae]

To update you all I purchased from vagparts a "genuine replacement" as per Snapdragons post, at a total cost of £66.
It returned my radio reception to normal.
I also traced an amplified replacement made by "Beru" a top manufacturer at Eurocarparts at £22, but i could not get a proper description all it said was "it was a replacement for a Golf mk1V and it is amplified".
The Beru site just displayed a fancy modern looking unit, too advanced for an old codger like me.
Hope this helps somebody to avoid these ridiculous dealer prices.