[quote="tickler"]That is a hell of a job Matt. What controls the seat rake. I seem to remember that on old BMW's it was wires (which broke) and some kind of spool mechanism. What I need to know is......have you removed the leather cover on the squab of your BA. If you have did you manage it without cutting the leather. With the seats I bought from you I would like to change the foam in the squab but I am scared of taking the mechanism apart.

Anyway good luck......why dont you make the seats heated while you are at it !!![/quote]

no they are just covers no cutting or stitching involved. only thing holding them to the foam are metal clips which you have to bend and twist off. just peel back the leather and you can see them.

the mechanism does look hard to put back together on the ordinary 323 seats (in fact i have hit the point of no return with my mech if i cant get the motors to work with my seats) but not impossible to do. the rails (with mech) can infact stay on the car while you remove the seat so you dont need to disturb it. think there are 4 bolts hidden in the rail itself to allow you to do this.

the electric one is just a motor gripped into some teeth on the rails, also with a spline in the middle connecting it to the opposite one. very simple and reliable! makes me think how strong the motor is, escpecially to be able to move the seat with someone in it!

i was thinking of doing a heated unit but thats bighting off more than i can chew was looking at what bikers use to warm up the leather power ranger outfits they ware. its just a wire that runs through the fabric that warms up. maybe in the future i will.

there is a motor in the back rest of the xedos seat, havnt got to that yet.

you can buy heat seater kits easily from ebay,
just a pad the sits in the foam

The Xedos 6 seats might be easier as the F shares more parts with a Xedos 6

a few arrivals....

black suade fabric for my dash, looking forward to this being fitted will look sh*t hot...lambo style switch surrounds on doors will also be done. not into the idea of spraying them this will look good. will do the headlining in the future too. like a Rover SD1 ooh yeh
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will wrap them tonight but probably will not fit until i have bought some chrome dial rings.

halo rings for headlights, waiting on another set these are 60mm, the 80mm for some reason has'nt arrived at the same time.
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stereo controls from a bj, not sure how im going to fit this but will have a damn good go
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got loads more to fit that i have had ordered and also the things i have had lying around for ages. got the seat motors to finish, the leather recolouring, xedos brakes to fit, alloys to refurb, window roll up kit(sun roof 2) alarm, rear offside window to fix, HID kit to fit and red light spray for the rear indicators. i need to stop buying things i think.

I look forward to seeing how the dash comes out as I have been planing on doing that for ages

[quote="323F Rock"]you can buy heat seater kits easily from ebay,
just a pad the sits in the foam

The Xedos 6 seats might be easier as the F shares more parts with a Xedos 6

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i should have bough a 6 for some stuff but think i will gain more from the 9. i keep finding more and more things from the 9 that i want to put on mine.

i dont think the xedos 6 seats are electric either.

[quote="eogbaker"]I look forward to seeing how the dash comes out as I have been planing on doing that for ages[/quote]

you should do it. its cheap too i bought this piece for only £7. wish i had got a different shade of black though. they offer a charcoal colour that might have been better as this looks almost purple in some lights.

[quote="MattJones"]

you should do it. its cheap too i bought this piece for only £7. wish i had got a different shade of black though. they offer a charcoal colour that might have been better as this looks almost purple in some lights.[/quote]

I have always been worried about getting it nice and smooth around the edges. If you say it's simple I will look into doing it when I am next back from sea

[quote="eogbaker"][quote="MattJones"]

you should do it. its cheap too i bought this piece for only £7. wish i had got a different shade of black though. they offer a charcoal colour that might have been better as this looks almost purple in some lights.[/quote]

I have always been worried about getting it nice and smooth around the edges. If you say it's simple I will look into doing it when I am next back from sea[/quote]


NO its realy hard i had to give up for now and walk away from it was getting frustrated. i will give it a different approach tomorrow. its stretching it around the angles of the dash thats the hardest it just ripples and bubbles up, most bubbles will come out but some just creace forcing you to peal it off again. and the more you try to forces out the creases and bubbles the more i am ruining the suade, it goes shinney and wears out quickly. it doesnt streatch very easy at all. alot hader to do than i first thought.

im using spray on adheasive which i think is probably the best thing to use.

suede update, picture does it no justice its the best and only one i could get before my cameras battery's ran out will take some pics tomoz.

both switch surrounds done, looks realy smart.
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dash is not yet done, will have another crack at that tonight if it dont work then may consider another solution.


and can anyone tell me what this plug is for? its in the drivers door of my ba has a plug going to it but nothing coming from it.

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Nooooooo, my idea of hell.... it looks really nice... but I cant touch suede!

Always been like that, cant touch the stuff. same with alcantara We went to look at a lovely mazda whos interior had been covered in alcantara. I couldnt even get in. The guy had spent a fortune getting it done, and it looked amazing, but I would never have been able to drive it.

Looks good though

looking good mate

[quote="Shayne"]looking good mate[/quote]

thanks shayne will look even better tomorrow will get better pics.


[quote="cbreddie"]Nooooooo, my idea of hell.... it looks really nice... but I cant touch suede!

Always been like that, cant touch the stuff. same with alcantara We went to look at a lovely mazda whos interior had been covered in alcantara. I couldnt even get in. The guy had spent a fortune getting it done, and it looked amazing, but I would never have been able to drive it.

Looks good though [/quote]

i have heard of people having rejection to suede before. you wouldnt be able to operate the windows cotten wool i cant touch hate it. dont like touching spiders either but thats kind of different haha

never heard of alcantara not sure what that is.

Alcantara is like suede.

been a little while since i done anything to my car worth reporting. so this is a nice little mod i have been waiting to do for a while. its HID's along with halo rings.

the size light ring i have been waiting for arrived this morning.
80mm and 60mm pairs
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they plug in easy to the bulb holders for the side lights
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headlight opened up
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without
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with 6mm in
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im worried the above, will block light what are peoples thoughts?



80mm fitted but will not sit flush so i dont think i will be using these.
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also thought about putting them here but the glass will probably just blur them and will get in the way of full beam.
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i forgot more suede pics.
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was going to do the dash in this stuff but i cant do it myself its just impossible to do so im giving to a company in january who will do it for me using green stitching.

and my effort for xmas
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Going to be nice when done mate, might be worth trying the 60mm and putting the glass back loosely so you can check how it affects the beam, but suspect it will severly affect the projector lens / reflector

i know yeh going to look brill when finished. i think i might just use the 60mm where it is and forget the 80mm. would have been good to use both and had double halo's but i dont think its going to work.

im just worried the 60mm where it is will restrict the dipped beam. and since im putting on HID's it would be silly to the restrict the light. i could put the 80mm in front of the dipped beam with a bit of messing and modding and would not restrict light at all.

anyone know how to remove the silver reflector unit from the unit itself i want to spray it and i cant see an easy way to remove it.

for those who havnt seen them here are my halo rings i bought and fitted into my headlights. they work on my side light function, i just extended the wire for the side lights and ran it into the headlight unit. i am realy pleased with how they have turned out
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6k HID kit also fitted.

Those Halo's are l;ovely mate, great job

cheers man.
headlight covers are now back on too and still looks good.

i am wandering how they would look with eye lids.

also got a plan for some DIY taillights on the go.

no real updates few pics from last few weeks

after a clean.
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i waiting on a few parts to arrive from a distant land, i cant wait

[quote="MattJones"]

and can anyone tell me what this plug is for? its in the drivers door of my ba has a plug going to it but nothing coming from it.

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this is for the keyhole light

nice car by the way

key hole light! thats new to me

love how clean your car is... just beautiful

[quote="eogbaker"]love how clean your car is... just beautiful[/quote]

not anymore its not, bloody salt going to be getting a winter car for next year and keep this in the garage if its not rotted away by then that is.

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Great work
keyhole lights???' anyone have one of this??? i never see a lantis with a keyhole light....

yeh i never seen it on any car on here.

mazda's reasoning for what country got what on their cars have always been abit odd. i think keyhole lights was australia and newzealand two country's well known for their dark winter nights but nowhere else in the world had them (if im right). many later BA's got remote locking anyway.

scandinavia got heated seats and headlight washers unlike anywhere else in the world. They fealt the uk was warm enought to need aircon but not cold enough to get heated seats. i think its lucky we got a heated rear window

Our UK spec 1.5 venitian special edition from the factory came with this light

[quote="323F Rock"]Our UK spec 1.5 venitian special edition from the factory came with this light [/quote]


pre ford then was it? if i find a car with it in a scrappy im likely to have them even though i know full well i will never need them

nope post ford
i don't know if it would be retro fittable the bulb is inside the lock and the slot just glows

[quote="323F Rock"]Our UK spec 1.5 venitian special edition from the factory came with this light [/quote]

As does the Equipe versions of the Mazda MX3, normal editions don't have it. Not sure if the parts are interchangeable.