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Here are my front speakers, after 25 years of use are dusty-rusty and with reduced performance. I time for replacement, also i have removed the grey colour factory grille for painting.

Update: I made a patent to seal better the hood with the oval shape gasket of the engine bay. I took a sheet of soft self-adhesive insulation, put it above that gasket and closed the hood so this will create a mark of it's shape. then i took inside the hose and cut it. Then i went outside the road where the car was parked and i install it around the ''lips'' of the hood which bring fresh air inside the factory sponge air cabin filter. Yes i know doesn’t look very good but i won't go to a car-show. My main concern is that the gasket will touch that soft material and with the one-click of pressure will make a better ''sealing'' situation than before so no fumes from the engine can ''penetrate'' inside and then to the cabin. PS: That insulation material can stand high temperatures with no problem.

Someone may say ''why you didn't remove the previous ones?" I didn't because this would take time and effort from the installer, plus more time to remove any glue remains plus if the work wasn't 100% good any small remain could cause a bulge below the new (and thin) carbon look tape. The car will not go to a show so no need to be a perfect look task. The photos are not so good and there are some reflections but you can get an idea. The project hasn't finished yet, i will install a set of Logo (stickers) on them in few days.

In GR we call them like ''foot door decorative stickers", in the first years i had a pair like this which basically i never liked but no many options those years-no internet buying etc so i kept them for a while. Before some years i decide to change them and i bought a stripe more thicker-no shinning with a carbon look, the guy which install them didn't told me that were shorter than it should be and when i realise the result i wasn't so happy. 😠 Nothing great but the did their job but one day i had the thought to cover them with more darker carbon look tape which would fill those gaps too. I bought this type: and i install it above the existing one.

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Do i need to use primer or just light sandpaper work and then black (mat) spray?

I will paint them black to match the black colour of the panel-handle. 😄

Sadly but i can not install a round black mesh although would look very pretty. https://www.bazos.cz/img/1/168/196943168.jpg The factrory panel's hole isn't round in the outer line.

The topic is very old but i was looking for informations and i found it. Here is an exaggeration at 5.25'' and 400W https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251597468656 I want to replace my 25 years old Pioneer (front speakers) and i don't want to keep the factory grey mesh, i am searching to find speakers with their own black mesh cover to install. For example:

@ludvig beware of the coolant additives, learn from my problems: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/502254-mocool-2-brands-of-g11-antifreeze-black-sludge/

Yes. I had that dilemma in the early years but after of what i have read i never took the risk. I am not mechanic, i don't have a garage in my house and i don't want to have a sudden brake problem while driving Sport style in Mountain routes.

It's on the pipe which in the end has a hose which ends on the radiator. It's the best way to drain the coolant even when it's hot, no mess. If you remove the hose which is on the radiator (low and right) then some coolant will get spilled on the protective metallic plate and later this will bring a bad smell on the cabin.

It's very easy.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/522126-three-g11-coolant-mixtures-boiling-cooling-time-comparison/page/3/#findComment-5857969 after using this coolant flush https://c.scdn.gr/images/sku_main_images/013615/13615956/20220114171637_wynn_s_radiator_flush_325ml.jpeg and after add a G12 antifreeze which is one click better than G11.

https://sharena21.springcm.com/Public/Document/18452/3c6076d1-d2db-e811-9c1b-ac162d889bd1/5769e2c8-e8f4-e811-9c1b-ac162d889bd1

https://www.mpmoil.com/?language=el

Never heard of it but i have found this https://www.nikav.gr/index.php/en/oils/brake-fluid-dot-8-205-ltr-detail?tmpl=component&format=pdf Use in Forklifts although beneath in the description says DOT 3.

You can use Dot 5.1 and change it after 2-3 years. There are quality Dot 4 with high boiling point. Your antifreeze now is G11 or G12?

You have G11 or G12?

That's mine, never above this point. I have 80-85 'C radiator switch.

Did you remember to unscrew gently the expnsion tank cap so any possible air will come out? The coolnt sensor's ring is Yellow or Blue? What's the range of the radiator switch? For example 90-95 'C? That means that the thermostat is full opened but 110 'C is very high. In my Felicia, one click above the 90 'C which means 92-93'C and the radiator fan starts spinning for a while.

No need to buy and install new parts without removing the air bubbles from your coolant system. The thermostat sensor is OK? It's clean beneath? The cables are OK? Your radiator fan works properly? The radiator switch works?

All the connections are tight? The expansion tank cap is OK? For sure there is air inside the system, that's a bit normal when you have removed parts etc but it's easy to remove it in our system which has no radiator cap. 1) You make in a repair shop a ''pressure test'' to see if there are any leaks of coolant, if not then 2) Fill the system till the level in the expansion tank is in the middle, run the car slowly in the road at least 20' so the thermostat will open and the coolant level will drop 3) Squeeze the main hose many times, take a towel, grab the cap and turn it loose very slowly 4) You will hear s ''Hssss'' sound, that's good means air from the system is escaping out, when there is no sound screw the cap and turn off the car 5) Let the car cool normally and then check the level, add some one click above the middle between the Min and the Max marks. Air inside the coolant system means temperature rising. No air means higher pressure so you have protection from overheating.

These gauges are for C3, as replacement to factory ones. No need for the right side extra gauges ,all in one, expensive though.

This is from a ferrari. Looks better huh?