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#1 ·
Hi all, I've just bought my first Ford at 45yo and it's a cracker, it's a 53 plate Mondeo St 3.0L in black with red leather

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Can't help, sorry!
Welcome to the forum, quiet as it is!
 
#6 ·
Jammychap

I saw that one for sale.
The thing to note is that the screens are not only aftermarket items but that headrest screens were never an option with Recaro seats so any wiring or looms will be a one off.

Whoever fitted them has used the top middle of the seat to run the cabling down through the seat which is the OEM route. It also means that he headrests are normal recaro headrests and not designed to have screens.

The head unit fitted in the car is the lowest spec option available. I mention that as it only plays CDs so perhaps the seller removed an aftermarket DVD player that the screens were previously linked to.
Of course there could be a DVD player elsewhere in the car, under the front seats or in the boot on the NSR rear are the OEM positions.

Can you see the power/vid leads for the screens at the base of the seats?

Finally, as this site is dead or too slow to be of much use I'd suggest you post any further questions over on the TalkFord website. It's the sister site to this one and you will get more replies to your questions.
 
#8 ·
Jammychap

I saw that one for sale.
The thing to note is that the screens are not only aftermarket items but that headrest screens were never an option with Recaro seats so any wiring or looms will be a one off.

Whoever fitted them has used the top middle of the seat to run the cabling down through the seat which is the OEM route. It also means that he headrests are normal recaro headrests and not designed to have screens.

The head unit fitted in the car is the lowest spec option available. I mention that as it only plays CDs so perhaps the seller removed an aftermarket DVD player that the screens were previously linked to.
Of course there could be a DVD player elsewhere in the car, under the front seats or in the boot on the NSR rear are the OEM positions.

Can you see the power/vid leads for the screens at the base of the seats?

Finally, as this site is dead or too slow to be of much use I'd suggest you post any further questions over on the TalkFord website. It's the sister site to this one and you will get more replies to your questions.
I found the dvd player in the boot but it's been smashed by something heavy, bought a replacement one off ebay same model for £70 it's a Panasonic 8disk dvd player, found a power switch and got one screen working just need to work out what's up with the other one now lol

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#10 ·
I just had another quick look at your pics.
The damage to the netting on the back of the front passenger seat is really easy to fix.

The white rod that holds the netting is secured by pressing it into fixings all around the edges of the black trim. These are very fragile and can easily be snapped by large objects in the mesh of by rear seat passengers dragging their feet along the mesh when getting in or out of the car.

The black trims are secured with two Philips screws along their bottom edge and two lugs at the top. If you undo the two screws you can remove the trim by pulling it rearwards and downwards from the bottom.

Lay the trim down on a flat surface so the mesh and mesh fixing clips are facing upwards. To fix the mesh permenently (and stronger than when new) you can arrange the mesh so it's neat and tidy and correctly 'meshed' through the rod at its edges.
Then one clip at a time place the rod into what's left of the clip and put a drop of superglue over the clip. Do one clip at a time and allow each blob of glue to dry before moving on to the next one. You can also put blobs of glue on the mesh edges between the clips. None of this shows when the mesh trim is refitted, but he mesh will then be much more secure and won't come loose again.

It's a quick process, it probably took as long for me to type this as the job itself lol.
 
#11 ·
I just had another quick look at your pics.
The damage to the netting on the back of the front passenger seat is really easy to fix.

The white rod that holds the netting is secured by pressing it into fixings all around the edges of the black trim. These are very fragile and can easily be snapped by large objects in the mesh of by rear seat passengers dragging their feet along the mesh when getting in or out of the car.

The black trims are secured with two Philips screws along their bottom edge and two lugs at the top. If you undo the two screws you can remove the trim by pulling it rearwards and downwards from the bottom.

Lay the trim down on a flat surface so the mesh and mesh fixing clips are facing upwards. To fix the mesh permenently (and stronger than when new) you can arrange the mesh so it's neat and tidy and correctly 'meshed' through the rod at its edges.
Then one clip at a time place the rod into what's left of the clip and put a drop of superglue over the clip. Do one clip at a time and allow each blob of glue to dry before moving on to the next one. You can also put blobs of glue on the mesh edges between the clips. None of this shows when the mesh trim is refitted, but he mesh will then be much more secure and won't come loose again.

It's a quick process, it probably took as long for me to type this as the job itself lol.
Cheers chap ????

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#12 ·
So 2 days ago I had a go at changing the rear discs n pads but soon gave up thanks to the bolts being rounded off!
I had to take her to my local garage to do them, then the found that the o/s caliper was seized, done that and fitted the brakes then on the test drive they picked up on a noisy wheel bearings that I thought/hoped was just the pattern of the rear tyres but no, now £362 lighter in my pocket, oh the joys of motoring lol luckily I have just sold my old Sabb for £700 so easy come easy go lol.

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#13 ·
I just had another quick look at your pics.
The damage to the netting on the back of the front passenger seat is really easy to fix.

The white rod that holds the netting is secured by pressing it into fixings all around the edges of the black trim. These are very fragile and can easily be snapped by large objects in the mesh of by rear seat passengers dragging their feet along the mesh when getting in or out of the car.

The black trims are secured with two Philips screws along their bottom edge and two lugs at the top. If you undo the two screws you can remove the trim by pulling it rearwards and downwards from the bottom.

Lay the trim down on a flat surface so the mesh and mesh fixing clips are facing upwards. To fix the mesh permenently (and stronger than when new) you can arrange the mesh so it's neat and tidy and correctly 'meshed' through the rod at its edges.
Then one clip at a time place the rod into what's left of the clip and put a drop of superglue over the clip. Do one clip at a time and allow each blob of glue to dry before moving on to the next one. You can also put blobs of glue on the mesh edges between the clips. None of this shows when the mesh trim is refitted, but he mesh will then be much more secure and won't come loose again.

It's a quick process, it probably took as long for me to type this as the job itself lol.
Working on it now cheers

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#14 ·
I just had another quick look at your pics.
The damage to the netting on the back of the front passenger seat is really easy to fix.

The white rod that holds the netting is secured by pressing it into fixings all around the edges of the black trim. These are very fragile and can easily be snapped by large objects in the mesh of by rear seat passengers dragging their feet along the mesh when getting in or out of the car.

The black trims are secured with two Philips screws along their bottom edge and two lugs at the top. If you undo the two screws you can remove the trim by pulling it rearwards and downwards from the bottom.

Lay the trim down on a flat surface so the mesh and mesh fixing clips are facing upwards. To fix the mesh permenently (and stronger than when new) you can arrange the mesh so it's neat and tidy and correctly 'meshed' through the rod at its edges.
Then one clip at a time place the rod into what's left of the clip and put a drop of superglue over the clip. Do one clip at a time and allow each blob of glue to dry before moving on to the next one. You can also put blobs of glue on the mesh edges between the clips. None of this shows when the mesh trim is refitted, but he mesh will then be much more secure and won't come loose again.

It's a quick process, it probably took as long for me to type this as the job itself lol.
Sorted
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#17 ·
Some moron at work thought it was funny to put traffic cones on my car and scratched the roof with one, he has bought me some TCut black 365 colourfast and colourseal to sort it out, are they ok to use on Mondeo paint?

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#19 · (Edited by Moderator)
I don't know those products so can't comment on them. The important thing is how deep the scratches are as that will determine how they heed to be dealt with.
If the scratches can be felt when you run your finger over them or are through to the basecoat or primer then no product will get rid of the scratches.

If they are only visible but you can't feel the scratch then a machine polish session will be the best solution as it will correct the surface of the lacquer and will be a permenent repair.

I'm sure you have already done so, but get the roof and boot lid perfectly clean before starting any corrective treatment.
Wash off any loose dirt with a hose pipe, then use something like snow foam or traffic film remover to loosen even more dirt before rinsing that off too. Follow this with a good shampoo and maybe a claying or something like auto Glym HD cleaner.

I know that sounds like a lot of work, but if you do any less you will just be rubbing any existing or long term dirt into the repair and will make more surface scratching.

Hopefully your scratches aren't too deep :)
If they are only in the lacquer coat you will be able to get the surface as good as new without having needing ant paint.

Here are some scratches I sorted on my mk3 which is the same colour as yours.

Before:

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After a good clean and 10-20 minutes with a machine polisher:

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