Chopped off the shark fin :(

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So I was backing into the garage the other day and didn't realise it didn't open up fully, then KER-RUNCH! Snapped the shark fin antenne right off

What can I do about it?

[tigger73]

Just think yourself lucky it was only the shark fin. It could have been a lot worse if the roller door was just 5cm lower.

Depends if you want to replace with OEM part or get a copy... plus how long you can afford to have the car off the road as it possibly won't be weather-proof with a broken antenna housing.

JKU have these (you would have to check if they're in stock): genuine VW Shark Fin GPS Antenna in Piano Black OEM 3C0035507P Euro Car Upgrades

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Just think yourself lucky it was only the shark fin. It could have been a lot worse if the roller door was just 5cm lower.

Yep! I was thinking that too...

Depends if you want to replace with OEM part or get a copy... plus how long you can afford to have the car off the road as it possibly won't be weather-proof with a broken antenna housing.

JKU have these (you would have to check if they're in stock): genuine VW Shark Fin GPS Antenna in Piano Black OEM 3C0035507P Euro Car Upgrades

Do you know if they are easy to install? I only need the black plastic shark fin replaced - I've snapped the triangular fin off the black bottom bit, rather than the whole black thing.I've currently masking taped the gap so it's rain proof (and that's real handy in Melbourne! )

[tigger73]

Do you know if they are easy to install? I only need the black plastic shark fin replaced - I've snapped the triangular fin off the black bottom bit, rather than the whole black thing.I've currently masking taped the gap so it's rain proof (and that's real handy in Melbourne! )

I haven't done this one but I believe you may need to remove a few of the trims and drop the head liner to get access to the nut holding the antenna in place... that is if you have sat nav. If you have a non-sat nav car it'll just be a decoration antenna (I believe) so you should just be able to remove with fishing wire like debadging. You may still have a hole in the roof where the sat-nav cable would have gone so you'll have to replace with another "antenna" to cover the hole.

Don't quote me on this as I don't have a Scirocco - maybe someone else can confirm, however I believe this is the case.

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I haven't done this one but I believe you may need to remove a few of the trims and drop the head liner to get access to the nut holding the antenna in place... that is if you have sat nav. If you have a non-sat nav car it'll just be a decoration antenna (I believe) so you should just be able to remove with fishing wire like debadging. You may still have a hole in the roof where the sat-nav cable would have gone so you'll have to replace with another "antenna" to cover the hole.

Don't quote me on this as I don't have a Scirocco - maybe someone else can confirm, however I believe this is the case.

Non-sat nav luckily...yeah there's a hole there where the antenne has snapped off, but it probably is decoration like you said because the radio still works and there's no electronics in the fin.