Depends on your year, I've heard folks say it can be done form the front,
with the grille off.

That particular method won't work on my '85 (there's a flat featurless
expanse of metal above the left headlight where folks have told me the
antenna mount should be).

I've decided to live with 'floppy antenna syndrome' until I have a more
pressing need to pull the dash...

So, take off your grille and have a look, maybe you'll be luckier than me!

At 08:23 PM 3/30/2006 -0800, Shawn Wright wrote:
>I've searched Bentley, but can't find anything on replacing the stock
>antenna. Can I reach it by removing the instrument cluster? Please don't tell
>me the dash must come out...
>
>
>Shawn Wright
>http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
>'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
>'82 Diesel Westy 1.6NA
>'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA