Small Mods

[jezyg]

I have made a couple of small Mods to my Raval first was fitting new rear 6.5" Kenwood KFC-S1766 2 way speakers and the second covering the side console trim that is hard scratchy black plastic on Orgin and V1 with dark grey faux Alcantara.

Replacement speakers v OEM and adaptor ring and wiring adaptor:

Adaptor ring fitted, sound deadening added behind speaker as well. I bonded adaptor ring on using automotive sealant to prevent chances of a rattle with screws:

Has improved the bass and overall clarrity being full range speakers, although the OEM speakers are not bad at all.

Second mod was wrapping the centre console trims in faux Alcantara chose a colour similar to the hard painted trim found in the V2 Launch Edition, V2 and VZ.

Before

After

 

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That was quick.

Speakers did it have the top of the range speakers or the lesser ones... I'd have to check the spec. I was impressed with the top of the range immersive sound system in the demo Raval I sat in. I wouldn't have changed those but probably lesser ones.

I stopped changing speakers in cars after the Altea which were just cheap paper ones. ZX and Uno I gave them the new speaker trick. Ateca coding (shifted it too one touch from the original long hold Kessy to get the mirrors in... poor implementation they scrapped to as standard eventually after two years), light bulbs (Xcellence described as fully LED wasn't, made the back fully LED) and unlimited mapcare (penny pinching by Seat). Seat sound system on that. Judged it did a reasonable job.

Ah my uncle was a railway upholsterer still got his scissors . The day of wooden trains and a railway works to make them. Each workman had a skill for the "shop" they worked in. Grandfather wood work. They moved to metal and father was a welder. That would be the repair shop... ah the wood load every worker got a wood load once a year. A cart labelled up for collection. We took a trailer and tossed the blocks into the trailer to take home for burning . The good old days. Great Grandfather started this off by moving from Olney where he was a wheel right on stage coaches in circa 1870 or so so to making trains . His three sons taking up the trade at the time.

It was round those old railway buildings in Wolverton I spotted that SeatCupra had taken their moody pictures of a Leon or something against old brick buildings. That classic photo after picking it up from Seat UK head office.

The upholstery work looks impressive. Not sure whether schools now teach those basic skills these days in practical stuff. I did my fair share as we were suppose to get an apprenticeship in said works, a trade... I didn't, side stepped that for university. The apprenticeship school is now a gym. Mothers dogs chewed the legs off my school magazine table project and Mothers weight broke the piano stool I made . I still have the metal poker I made with turned handle in a furnace but no fire, oil central heating .