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Another question concerns the presence of strange grids behind the backrests... they look like audio players, but they are not connected and it seems absurd to me in that position - attached to the headrest... - usually, from what I've seen, tweeters are mounted above the t-bar. Do you have any idea what they could be?
Finally, a strange button in place of the one that in some cars is dedicated to the front fog lights... what could it be in your opinion?
thank for your attention... I am a novice, as is evident....
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The "snowflake " button is for air conditioning and the next one is for a heated rear screen.
You also have the Tbar with speaker grills, I would have a look behind it to see if you have the speakers and the associated wiring.
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forget the questin about the "grids"... they are certainly tweeters.... I am a stupid man and I had misunderstood certain images I had seen.... I will search in the forum for how to make them working
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If it is as I suspect a "foreigner" the symbol on it may not match it's function.
Those speakers in the Tbar aren't tweeters they may well be 2 way or even 3 way coaxial speakers that have integrated tweeters but I can't see exactly what they are with the covers on.
When it comes to wheels there are many factors to consider.
Yes the wheels should be either 15" or 16" diameter to meet factory specs (your wheels are 16" diameter) but the PCD (pitch circle diameter) concerns the stud pattern, our cars have an unusually small PCD
which can easily (when I say "easily" it is relative to your mechanical ability and understanding) for someone with a fairly good mechanical aptitude and the necessary equipment, to change with a bit of buggerising about. That would equate to about less than 1% of the general population that would have the skills, knowledge, and equipment to do it.
There are other wheel sizing factors that come into play such as offset, rim width, and centre spigot diameter.
Some people seem to think wheels are just wheels but that generalisation is an over simplification that couldn't be further from the truth!
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Cobber’s insight to wheel sizing is correct as usual, the point I was making about wheel choice is to do with style. The variables like off set, centre spigot size etc have to be comparable, once those are verified any fancy wheel with the correct PCD will fit your car & “work” in a predictable manor.
You may find wheels with the correct PCD but other perimeters outside those recommended & you are asking for trouble.
I have a set of wheels that fall outside those recommendations & I’m going to have to do some modifications.
For me this isn’t a worry as I have the kit to modify one to fit the other.
Modifications associated with safety related components should be approached only by those who have the appropriate skills & the appropriate tools.
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And now that Airportable has mentioned it, I can see it is from an early F, they had the switches laid out in 2 rows in a horizontal orientation and the surrounding escutcheon panel was more recessed to allow for a switches to fit flush within the escutcheon. no amount of fettling will ever make that look 100% right, it's a case of ignore the poor fit or to replace it with the correct one, if it bothers the OP's sensibilities to much to leave it. (I know it would offend me on one of my "nice" cars, where as on my work ute I couldn't care less, in fact the more random and mismatched the better as I seem to have achieved the full rat mobile look by age and evolution with that one)
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Nah, you're OK, I didn't mean to offend you, everybody's input is always welcome.I'll shut up now and leave the advice to the experts.
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Everyone views life through a different lenses & the way that is interpreted is a matter of how your brain works.
My brain works in an odd way, I notice things that may seem irrelevant & that observation gets chucked in a department labelled junk. My trouble is distinguishing junk from the important. The important I tend to rapidly forget, however I can’t forget those things that I don’t need to know.
Do you remember your aunties telephone number from when you were six?
Local sub exchange 498 as you ask!
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