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05 S55 antenna questions

Old Aug 30, 2013 | 10:06 PM
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05 S55 antenna questions

hey all.. after a bit of back and forth with a seller and a mechanic I'm finally getting to enjoy some fine german engineering (pics forthcoming).

question today is about the antennas on my 05 S55 - specifically the fin antenna on top. pretty soon after I got the car someone (read: arsehole) stole the cover off the fin, so now I've got a chunk of metal and electronics sticking up off the roof of my car.

as far as i can tell everything still works with the GPS, so i think all i need is a new plastic fin, which i can't find for the life of me. best my mechanic could do was new $700 entire antenna assembly, which seems a little bit overkill... anyone else have to deal with this problem? anywhere I can get a new fin?
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 09:46 PM
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Old Sep 3, 2013 | 02:31 PM
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Ebay has a dummy one that looks exactly the same. They also have a universal fin.
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