As you all know, Mk2 Octavias all have a conventional roof antenna for the radio. It looks dated, imo. The last car I had with an external antenna was my mk3 Escort 13 years ago. Well, not counting my Sierra where I had to fit one myself because the built-in one stopped working properly.

Anyways. My coworker has a 2010-ish Golf estate and I've noticed that it has a shark fin instead of a normal antenna. Can this be retrofitted to an Octavia without any modifications? The car is six months old so I'm not going to modify anything and I want to stick with OEM parts. I just want a straight swap if possible. Even better if you can buy it pre-painted in the same shade of silver.

Has anyone tried to do this?

Thanks in advance

With vag cars the sharks fin is normaly for gps signal. The fm arial is nomaly built into the windows. If you look it looks very simalar to a heating elament.

The antenna in the rear window is the diversity antenna my vrs and my brothers vrs has this one

The golf in question doesn't have GPS so it has to be radio if it has anything in it at all.

IIRC

As you all know, Mk2 Octavias all have a conventional roof antenna for the radio.

er.. unless that octavia has bluetooth or nav, in which case it gets a combined aerial mast/shark fin like alan posted above.

IIRC vrsy (?) tried the superb sharkfin which is like the golf one - it worked but radio reception was lousy.

Mine has the sharky-type but with a stubby mast so it fits under my roof box:

OEM GPS Antenna (with Sharan stubby mast) by lotus-gt, on Flickr

er.. unless that octavia has bluetooth or nav, in which case it gets a combined aerial mast/shark fin like alan posted above.

Mine has the sharky-type but with a stubby mast so it fits under my roof box:

OEM GPS Antenna (with Sharan stubby mast) by lotus-gt, on Flickr

Mine has just the shark fin, no mast, for the sat-nav. Radio reception is fine.

I have integrated bluetooth, but no satnav. I just have a normal rubbery antenna, no sharkfin at all. The mast is a bit taller than the one in rob_e's picture but still "stubby".

Is there another antenna hidden somewhere on the estate, btw? All my Volvos have had a so-called diversity antenna setup, with two antennas working together for better reception.

Edited 30 May, 201313 yr by Perc

I have integrated bluetooth, but no satnav. I just have a normal rubbery antenna, no sharkfin at all. The mast is a bit taller than the one in rob_e's picture but still "stubby".

Is there another antenna hidden somewhere on the estate, btw? All my Volvos have had a so-called diversity antenna setup, with two antennas working together for better reception.

I beleive on the estate its built into the rear right window.

Hi, I'm picking up a 2010 Octavia Scout on Monday (non Skoda dealership) and it has an aerial like this but missing the stubby screw in part - any idea what make / model this aerial is, and where I can get a replacement stubby aerial to screw in?

 

thanks

IIRC a new mast is only a few quid from a dealer.

Hello there folks and good informative thread. Can I ask for clarification of the original OP as I too have the normal standard radio 'only'ariel but would like a much neater ariel that actually stillmakes the radio work.

 

Many thanks in advance.