gonna give the aerial switch mod a go tomorrow just checkin which is the wire you need to put the switch on, i had assumed it was the thick blue one but after doin a search theres no mention of it. so which wire?

Remote Wire is blue - have you checked the guide on main site ?

http://www.club323f.com/ba/tuning/ariel/ariel.php

yeah read the guide but untill now i never noticed it said NOT the big thick black one!!!! which is it then?

managed to get it done-ish.

after cuttin wires left right and centre i discovered it was a blue wire with a white stripe on, BUT thats the wire my amps attached to so i couldnt put the switch on that, so followed it through an came across another blue wire which did the trick. the only problem is the switch isnt doin anythin, so iv succeeded in stoppin the aerial from comin up i just cant switch it up. thats doesnt really bother me though cos iv only listened to the radio for 15 minutes in 15 months, and i can always wire it back up if im sellin the car, so all in all im happy

PLUS i discovered that my ashtray has a little bulb in it, id never noticed before cos the bulbs was blown but iv put a blue one in now so its lookin good, anyone else notice the ashtray light?

[img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/habs007/switch2.jpg[/img]

thats my switch, i thought id put two in just incase i think of somethin to connect to the other one

My head unit has 3 wires for amps, ariels and external connections!

The ariel wire on mine was in the main connection block and i think it was blue, i just bypassed this and put a switch on the side of the footwell.

COuld always just buy a Sony unit. Comes already fitted to drop the aerial when listening to a CD.

Habs - you could of used a decent switch matey, check out the ones at the bottom of this link, perfect for where you have put yours friend.

[url]http://www.speeding.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000099.cgi?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2espeeding%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml&WD=switch%20illuminated&PREVQUERY=PAGE%3dSEARCH%26SS%3dilluminated%2bswitch%26TB%3dA%26ACTION%3dSearch&PN=copy_of_Max_Power_12_Volt_Stuff%2ehtml%23a3295#a3295[/url]

your probably right, i went for style, didnt work out too well did it!!!!! happy for now cos im not gonna be listen to music for another three weeks.

Thanx for the link Stu, been wondering where I can get a switch.. Although the link isn't working at the moment, I need to enable cookies to view it. Anyone know how I do this? Cheers

[quote="Drake"]Thanx for the link Stu, been wondering where I can get a switch.. Although the link isn't working at the moment, I need to enable cookies to view it. Anyone know how I do this? Cheers[/quote]

[url]http://scholar.google.com/cookies.html[/url]

covers most of the mainstream browsers..except the one i use, namely opera )

cheers mate...