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Interior will probably be the first thing I do. I got a centre armrest coming sometime today and I will be booking the car in at the end of the month for a full leather retrim.

Have you got better pictures of the wear on the seats? Thanks

Brilliant. I'll PM you now

Yeah that's no problem.

I get paid Wednesday, could you keep it till then?

How does the armrest fit?

Silver would look good. Seen a red Monte with gold wheels before and that worked well

I thought about silver but white would stick to the theme of the monte. I'll wait till its done before deciding what I do

I think they look a little lost in the arches as they are black, they just blend in to much. One of my spares are being fully refurbished and colour coded white to match the bodywork. I'll wait till its back before deciding if I stick with them or buy new wheels.

Very interested in the armrest. Can you send me some pictures please. Thanks

There's a nice radio in the "parts for sale" section

Picked up 2 spare original wheels for a good price. I will keep one to replace the spare in the boot and the other will be sold on after a full refurb. The car is going to be oem+ so I'll be sticking to the monty wheels but they might have a little makeover.

Cheers guys. Yeah the head unit sets it off nicely. I've got some plans but unsure what I'm going to go with yet

The only thing I have done so far is change the original swing radio for a Kenwood DNX521DAB. Makes a big difference to the overall look of the dashboard.

This is my Monte Carlo.

I thought it was about time I started a thread as I now start to do some tinkering to my Monte Carlo. I've been on here a while but not posted that much. My last car was a mk1 golf gti rivage which I restored to a high standard. Before that I had a mk4 golf gti which was oem+ and won it's class in its first show before someone crashed into me. Anyway, the car in question now is a 2012 1.6tdi Monte Carlo in white/black. Bought the car completely standard and in very good condition. I got plans for it but these might change as I go. These are my previous 2 cars. I'll post some pics of my Monte later on.

Are you sure it's twin fakra on both ends. Normally fakra to male aerial

Is the radio the same shape as the original or is it square? If you search for a fabia 5j double din on eBay you will see everything you should need. As for the booster, you won't know until you fit it. I just fitted a kenwood dnx521dab and my original booster aerial wouldn't work. It worked on the original radio but nothing on the kenwood. Bought a new one and it's all good.

Thank you Mort. Well that's made my mind up. Wheels have just been booked in for a refurb. Much appreciated.

Is anyone able to do an edit?

Cheers mate. Yeah I seen that but as it's so low it works really well. Not sure if mine would be as effective. It will be as low as possible once my coilovers go on

Could someone please change the colour of the wheels to the same white as the car. About to order new wheels but got the idea in my head they might look good in white. Thanks in advance.

I've seen them in action and think they are pretty good for the money. I was about to buy one but seen a kenwood dnx521dab come up on here for sale so ended up buying that. They make a big difference to the look of the dash as well

radders567 Bought a radio off him and the transaction was flawless. Easy to contact and always quick to reply. Item was very well packaged and as described.

Can you message me details please. Very interested. Thanks