patrickkc

My friend ripped it off today as he was pulling into the garage. Obv the door wasn't all the way up.. so now he has a scratched roof and is antenna-less. We have no idea what that thing is for... the radio and GPS still works so he might just glue it back on or something and pretend nothing happened.

NORTH 44 C63

Not cheap to fix. Quote from MB was nearly $1000. 6 - 7 hours labour to pull the headliner to get at the problem and replace your antenna. YES thats an antenna.....LOL

patrickkc

LOL!... he glued it back in.. HAHA..but yea..we'll see what happens from here on.. hahaha

sflgator

The small fin antenna is the Sirius-XM Sat Radio antenna.

patrickkc

o... he doesnt use it so I guess it's fine.. can't wait till tomorrow when I see how it looks glued back in.. ahha ha

pmknapp

you might tell him to get a quote to buy a new one, if that glue sits in the hot sun, rain or anything, and he wants to run at some speed, that fin will not go as fast as the car, or if he brakes really hard, it might go faster than the car, and then he has to replace it, more money. Sounds like he need low clreance signs on his door..

SebringSilver

I don't get it. Why not get it fixed properly? What happens if it comes off when you're driving at high speed and it hits someone behind you? Or worse, what if you're in a frontal collision and it becomes a dangerous, possibly deadly, projectile?

patrickkc

no idea...because at first he thought it was gonna cost him like 5k+.. because I got rear ended couple months ago and the quote to repaint my bumper was around $400-500.. and since he might have to repaint his roof and replace the antenna he thought it would cost alot.. but I told him he should bring it to the dealer anyways..

LOL! yea.. I should def buy him one of those signs and stick it on his garage.. ahha

Lesson is.. always wait till your garage door is all the wait up until you move your car in. haha

NORTH 44 C63

Kids.....

Jae Duk

Who uses glue?? It's 3M tape

patrickkc

LOL... I guess we are pretty young

patrickkc

I dunno, he just told me he glued it back on.. I don't know the details of what happened as I was moving stuff into my place for school.. but i'll find out later or tomorrow when I actually go see it.. ahha

Case1906

Star & Laurel

I know when I was messing with my VIM on my basic 204. Even after the GPS signal was disconnected the Navi would still consider the car to be moving. I think the Navi system takes into account the vehicle speed along with referencing GPS signals to constantly update it's exact position. It is probably like this so that if you loose signals temporarily your Navi will still work smoothly. I think this is what your friend is experiencing in which if the antenna is no longer connected your Navi will soon be in the wrong location and not even on roads.

Depending upon features in the car this antenna is not used. i.e. No satellite, no navi you will still have the antenna, but it will not have anything in it.

patrickkc

Brought it to the MB autoshop today and after asking my friend if everything worked.. radio (excluding sirius) and gps still worked so even they recommeneded not to fix it. It would be a 5 day job and cost of $1800. They said just glue it back on tight and when you return the car to the dealership after the lease is over. Chances are.. they said that they would probably miss that spot anyways.. haha he said hes seen them miss some really bad stuff before. Those 2 guys were really nice... brought us to the back and showed us all the bumpers and 2 other C63 amgs that were also in for repairs.. Apparently half of the 2009 C63 amgs came with parktronics..one of the C63's broke their front bumper with parktronic and they weren't able to fix it because germany hasn't even started making that kind of bumper yet. C63amg bumper with parktronics. anyways.. it was pretty cool to walk around and have them show us around... had a nice chat about them with insurance companies and it was funny how they started bashing statefarm like crazy.. ahha

NORTH 44 C63

Sounds Like Markham MB. They are notorious for overcharging on repairs. This is a 6-7 hour job and worth about $1000.00. 5 days to re and re a headliner and replace the antenna is a joke...

patrickkc

yea.. the one by Mc Cowan and Hwy 7

patrickkc

okay, it does have something to do with the GPS. It worked for like a day since the antenna got ripped off but now my friend is driving on water.. as of yesterday we were cruising around on lake ontario..HAHA. Just wondering if there is another place to fix this other thn the markham mb body shop? like North 44 c55 suggested, it should be a cheaper and less time consuming job.. anybody know any other place to get this fixed?

Veho

Should get it fixed properly... Use insurance to pay for it or something but please.. It hurts me that someone treats his car like this

pmknapp

WOW now those are some GREAT tires.
Swamp Buggy

patrickkc

hahaha.. yep crusing around the lake!.. hahah

So anybody know any places around toronto besides the Markham bodyshop that might not charge $1800 and take 4-5 days to fix the stupid antenna?

Ron Jr

So does anyone else think this is a bunch of BS?

patrickkc

what do you mean this is a bunch of BS?

Ron Jr

This whole thing seems to be BS. To quote an earlier post by you.

Brought it to the MB autoshop today and after asking my friend if everything worked.. radio (excluding sirius) and gps still worked so even they recommeneded not to fix it. It would be a 5 day job and cost of $1800. They said just glue it back on tight and when you return the car to the dealership after the lease is over. Chances are.. they said that they would probably miss that spot anyways.. haha

Now this is just an antenna held onto the car by three torx screws easily accessed through the rear courtesy light. No where near a 5 day job more like 15 minutes. And also no way would an MB autoshop (your term) recommend you GLUE down the antenna.

patrickkc

If i could record it and show you guys I would.. took me by surprise too..