MyNameIsJon

Thank you sir. The responses posted were awesome. I have been on other car forums were if I had asked a similar question all I would have received in reply would have been comments such as stupid noob and the like.

Thanks for all the replies. Yesterday's monsoon prevented me from trying last night, however I am very glad to report that the pliers method has just done the trick. I did think about trying to take the thread out at first but didn't want to go ahead for fear of damaging the base. First mod done;

I received my Honda RDX aerial in the post, went out to fit it and have run into an issue. I'm not the most mechanical of chaps but I figured even I should be able to unscrew the old mast and screw on a new one but here I am! As you can see from the photos the aerial base has a male connection and the old mast a female connection to accept it. Yet my new Honda aerial has a male connector so cannot attach to the base. I assume I have been sent the wrong part? Or am I doing something wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

Photos added to OP.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I'll take a few quick pics tomorrow although there isn't too much to see at present. She is completely standard and a don't intend on going too mad with the mods. That said I have ordered a Honda RDX aerial already:)

Hello everyone My name is Jon and I have recently purchased my first Z car. She is an Ebisu Black 2006 350Z GT and I am loving owning her