Radio Aerial

My neighbours have a DAB radio in their Jimny that Halfrauds fitted.Halfrauds also fitted a very discreet but very effective DAB aerial that is just a thin wire in a clear plastic film, to the top of the windscreen on the passenger side; its hardly noticeable! I'm always amazed at its performance when I've been in their car.
So Halfrauds might have something that could do the job. I have no idea if this aerial will still require the original one or not but I can find out.
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You can get a glass mount auto leads aerial from Halfords that works well.

www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servl...430909&storeId=10001

But you need to earth it (if it’s mounted behind the interior mirror I’d try and use a screw that secures the mirror or the int light) and run a live feed to it from the radio. It it’s an aftermarket radio it’ll have a blue or a blue with a white trace on the aftermarket radio loom that can be used to supply a feed to the aerial, I don’t know if the factory fit radio has a similar “electric” aerial feed. If not an ignition feed from the radio could be used.

I’ve fitted these to a couple of campervans and on an import Subaru where the aerial had been removed and the hole smoothed off. they worked a treat.

Hopefully this is of some help.
T

Thanks for everyone's advice. Bought a internal window aerial. It has a very short cable for earth and live feed.

Excuse this question for being dumb, but if I use the rear view mirror fixing screw for the earth, is there any way of using the live wire that supplies the internal light attached to the rear view mirror to provide the live feed to the aerial?

I'm thinking probably not as it will go off if the door is shut, but am I wrong? Otherwise presumably I have to joint the short wire to get a live feed from somewhere else?

Thanks for any tips.

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Jimnys are switched on the earth, so the live should always be live.

Kirkynut

It’s not too difficult to run the wire to the radio from the new aerial. Just follow the same route you are taking the aerial cable.

The A-pillar trims come off easy just be careful not to loose the little metal clip on the pillar when you pull them off.

I’ve got dash cam wiring and the mic cable all going up the pillar and out at the mirror.