OcUK BMW aerial challenge

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:17

Some little dick snapped off my aerial in Hackney on Saturday, I've since spent the next two days searching in vain for a replacement base. I have the screw in aerial thing but need a new bit that it screws into because thats filled with snapped off aerial bits and pieces :mad:

please help it's driving me slowly mental, surely someone else must have required one of these items before, my google and bmwoem searching skills are clearly crap

xxx

paradigm · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:21

Is it the shark fin style one?

Because if it's not, I've never seen a "normal" style aerial on an e46, the radio aerial is part of the rear windscreen heater.

EDIT: unless it's this http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BL92&mospid=47621&btnr=65_1788&hg=65&fg=30

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:23

oh yeah that would help if I did'nt assume everyone knew what my car was

It's not a sharkfin one, its for a convertible e46 m3 (facelift model)

paradigm · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:24

In which case, see my edit

antijoke · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:25

Is it anyone of these?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BR92&mospid=47606&btnr=84_0453&hg=84&fg=50

I guessed the age of your car as 2005....don't know why.

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:27

coz it's a convertible the aerial is external and not built into the rear glass, see back left in this piccie

aren't I the lucky one

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:29

anticonscience said:
Is it anyone of these?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BR92&mospid=47606&btnr=84_0453&hg=84&fg=50

I guessed the age of your car as 2005....don't know why.

yes it is, but it's on the left and it's not part 7 and it's not part 6, it's the bit in the middle, most annoying

paradigm · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:29

paradigm said:
EDIT: unless it's this http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BL92&mospid=47621&btnr=65_1788&hg=65&fg=30

I'm pretty sure it's this one.

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:32

oohh after your link I searched on that part code for the base (it's £150!) but this page has appeared

http://www.realoem.lv/showparts.php?lang=en&hg=84&fg=50&btnr=84_0061&mospid=47708&gear=

interesting and very helpful!

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 09:32

paradigm said:
I'm pretty sure it's this one.

it's completely not that one, thats the bit I have, its the bit it screws into

paradigm · 3 Oct 2011 at 10:00

Will Gill said:
it's completely not that one, thats the bit I have, its the bit it screws into

That's my point though, the other aerials linked are not the radio antennae, but are infact for communications systems (car phone, bluetooth external aerial, gps).

If this is the radio aerial that you have lost the screw part of the base, it doesn't appear to be listed as a part.

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 10:28

ah well that's me showing my age

its the only external snap offable aerial on the car

pepsilol · 3 Oct 2011 at 11:02

Pretty sure Quarry Motors have an M3 convertible in....

HummuH1 · 3 Oct 2011 at 13:25

Will, is it part 2 in this diagram? http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BR92&mospid=47606&btnr=65_0662&hg=65&fg=30

If so, I think they used to be about £12 from BMW.

EDIT: seems you have found it. part number is listed as 65206909605

BigT · 3 Oct 2011 at 14:26

Can you not weld something to the bit of aerial that is still stuck/screwed into the base and then "unscrew" it to get it out that way?

Will Gill · 3 Oct 2011 at 18:12

BigT said:
Can you not weld something to the bit of aerial that is still stuck/screwed into the base and then "unscrew" it to get it out that way?

tried making a flat head screwdriver notch in it but the metal is just too mallable (sp?), then tried drilling it out that made things worse so I decided the internet was my next friend.

found the partcode thanks to one of the links above, ordered from my friendly OEM part chap and £9 lighter I'll soon be back on track :cool:

merci beaucoup tout!