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A Few New Modifications
« on: 14 June 2009, 15:12:41 »
Been a bit busy over the weekend and have now fitted

Full Leather Interior (inc working Memory)
Auto Dimming Mirror
Converted the washer filler neck into the slam panel
Electric rear blind
New Grill












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« Reply #1 on: 14 June 2009, 15:27:30 »
Looks good, shame it's not facelift leather but still looks nice mate  :y
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« Reply #2 on: 14 June 2009, 18:28:15 »
Are there any issues fitting pre-facelift leather to post    facelift cars - looms, airbags etc...?

Personally I think the seats look nicer on the pre's.

How much hassle was the rear blind?
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« Reply #3 on: 14 June 2009, 18:42:58 »
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Are there any issues fitting pre-facelift leather to post    facelift cars - looms, airbags etc...?

Personally I think the seats look nicer on the pre's.

How much hassle was the rear blind?

With regards to the Leather i followed the wiring guide on the forum and it worked first time to be honest, i used the interior from a 98 model so it had the airbags in the seats.

The rear blind was a straight forward swop as the wiring for it is also present under the rear shelf.

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« Reply #4 on: 14 June 2009, 20:52:46 »
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Are there any issues fitting pre-facelift leather to post    facelift cars - looms, airbags etc...?

Personally I think the seats look nicer on the pre's.

How much hassle was the rear blind?

no issues at all small amount of wiring to change rear blind also a doddle  :y
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« Reply #5 on: 14 June 2009, 22:10:39 »
Looks great Andy ,good job  :y
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #6 on: 14 June 2009, 23:00:10 »
A weekend well spent Andy, great job :y :y
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« Reply #7 on: 14 June 2009, 23:39:11 »
Forgot to ask, Andy - how do you find the shape of the leather seats compared to the facelift velour?
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« Reply #8 on: 14 June 2009, 23:49:43 »
Looking Good.
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« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2009, 06:06:35 »
Terrific, black looks nice!
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #10 on: 15 June 2009, 22:01:05 »
awsome way to spend a weekend!
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« Reply #11 on: 16 June 2009, 17:35:08 »
What's the reason for moving the washer bottle filler to the slam panel? Is there some benefit ? :o
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« Reply #12 on: 16 June 2009, 17:37:10 »
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What's the reason for moving the washer bottle filler to the slam panel? Is there some benefit ? :o

Just so the bright yellow cap isn't visible through the grille!!  ;) ;) ;)
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« Reply #13 on: 16 June 2009, 17:43:06 »
Oh , Right. Hadn't even noticed that you can see the cap through the grill. It's gonna wave at me every bloody time I look now though!
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #14 on: 16 June 2009, 17:50:50 »
Hey Andy, how easy was the rear blind to install? is the wiring all there, because there is a car in the local junk yard that has it but its a pre99 and I was thinking I can take the rear shade out of that and try to install in mine? 

What parts did you need to do the conversion?
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« Reply #15 on: 17 June 2009, 10:06:05 »
Looking good matey  :y
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #16 on: 17 June 2009, 21:57:31 »
Thanks for all the comments people..... yes it was a good weekend and quite enjoyable.

The rear blind was a straight swop to be honest as the wiring was allready there and it was just a case of getting a dash switch to activate the blind......

Just looking for some decent alloys now as these matched with the Lowering springs i have will finish it off....

I still have a Mint Rear blind and shelf in Black With Bose Speaker covers if anyone want's to do the same conversion on their car...........
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« Reply #17 on: 17 June 2009, 23:41:08 »
I would love to get that blind from you but I am way too far away, and shipping will be outrageous...

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Thanks for all the comments people..... yes it was a good weekend and quite enjoyable.

The rear blind was a straight swop to be honest as the wiring was allready there and it was just a case of getting a dash switch to activate the blind......

Just looking for some decent alloys now as these matched with the Lowering springs i have will finish it off....

I still have a Mint Rear blind and shelf in Black With Bose Speaker covers if anyone want's to do the same conversion on their car...........
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« Reply #18 on: 17 June 2009, 23:50:21 »
looks very nice mate .
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #19 on: 18 June 2009, 00:11:49 »
looks the part andy do the heated seats work ok mate :y
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« Reply #20 on: 18 June 2009, 18:03:51 »
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looks the part andy do the heated seats work ok mate :y


Thanks Mate

Yes all working including the rears
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Re: A Few New Modifications
« Reply #21 on: 20 June 2009, 19:12:38 »
Great to see three mods I was hoping to do on my dad's car - someone beat me to it!!! haha! Still, nice to see someone has done all the hard work / made the mistakes first, thought very pleased to see there really don't seem to have been any problems in doing it!

Also prefer the look of the B seats over C, personally. The facelifts looks a bit 'plain' compared with the juicy fat armchair style of the B.

Well done, sir.
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« Reply #22 on: 20 June 2009, 19:13:48 »
Oh, and if that bose shelf was shale/cream I'd bite your arm off!
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What's the reason for moving the washer bottle filler to the slam panel? Is there some benefit ? :o

Just so the bright yellow cap isn't visible through the grille!!  ;) ;) ;)

Any particular parts to get?

Interested in doing this and the grille.
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