4g interior swap

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:39 am

Can the facelift centre cupholder bit be swapped into the preface cars?

How easy to change the doorcards, seats & carpets etc?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:43 am

Doorcards are easy. Need to remove all the fixings screws and various clipped in bits (the switch cluster) and then pop the whole thing upwards. (EDIT: Sorry, worded that wrong... The switch cluster can stay in the doorcard, but you need to disconnect the connections from behind it once you've pulled the door card away enough).

Seats are simple also. They're just bolted down. There's a release mechanism if I remember rightly under the fronts of the rears.

Carpet's a little trickier. Obviously you need all the seats out, but then it's also tucked under the centre console and around the front structure. You can neatly cut down the centre of it where it can't be seen under the dash/behind the centre console, or you can go through the whole process of removing the dash/centre console structure.

The trouble with fitting a facelift centre console into a pre-facelift is the hand brake position. You need to make up a bracket and there's other gubbins I think. I think it's a bit of a head ache. Lemon posted a link to a how-to not that long ago. Hopefully he'll read this and know where it is.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:04 am

I have a pre facelift and the mirror adjuster is in the drivers door card. Isn't the post facelift in the centre console?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:06 am

Merlin wrote:I have a pre facelift and the mirror adjuster is in the drivers door card. Isn't the post facelift in the centre console?

Yep

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:12 am

In that case when swapping over interiors you need to move a few switches about which might take a bit of custom wiring.

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:14 am

Not fussed about facelift doorcards, just a colour change from grey ones.

What are the dash differences? I know the odometer is digital in facelift, anything else?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:18 am

The tweeter speakers are kind of framed on the facelift ones.

When you say you want to change the grey, is it the whole door card that's grey or just the cloth/leather inserts?

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:21 am

You can replace the inserts only? That would be ideal. The door card main body is black, with gey inserts.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:27 am

You can indeed my friend

Many of the guys on here have recovered theirs to colour co-ordinate as well. Think Rob (Nucleustylzlude) did a how too on it (if it's on here). But basically, remove the door card, and the insert is simply held in place with folded over tabs. Just unfold the tabs and remove. Not sure if there's any glue holding it on as well, but that's no major issue if there is.

EDIT: I do quite like the grey though

EDIT 2: Shame you're all the way up north... I'd happilly do a straight interior swap with you

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:31 am

Great news

Yeah it's not bad but I would prefer black. I read on US forums there is also a blue interior

Oh, and is the drivers seat height adjustable?

I am in England on Saturday, I could visit my bro in Plymouth...