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PhilC
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 Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 5:50 am Post subject: tf /tg front to te |
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Can anyone out there tell me how hard it is to change the headlights and grill from a tf or a tg to a te assembly? Also is it possible to put a tf or tg dash into a te?
Any help would be appreciated - cheers |
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Knobby
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:18 am Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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| lights is easy, also check the old forum i asked the same question (except other way around tf to te) its possible but i think you need to cahnge all the pipeing |
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GeminiKing
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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Depends..the bodywork is the same, but headlight grill combinations can be quite different. Some are round, or square, you'll have to be more specific.
A ft/tg dash will not go into a te. |
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CuGem
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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| Do a quick search for "dash" using the search function. You'll get your answers there. Can you just clarify your question. You've got a te right? cos you want to put a late dash in it. You want to also change your te front to a tf or tg? |
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Shark
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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TG/TF Front bolts up easy. Round & square lights are from the 70s model TX,TC,TD gemis. i have seen the late model TG dash used to replace the old school dash, but i dont think that its worth the trouble. Its up to you, but i find the older dash is a bit more conventional and looks better.
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Sam |
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PhilC
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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| what do you mean by all the piping? |
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PhilC
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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| I haven't actually got a car yet but I'm trying to decide what type I want. I either want a TE, a TF or a TG. I think the TE front looks better than the tf or tg front but I like the dash of the TF/TG. I was just trying to find out if i got a TF or TG whether or not i could change the front so it looked like a TE and if i got a TE whether or not I could change the dash to one of a TF or TG. |
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CuGem
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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Ah, sorry for making you give that long winded explanation  ( You're the first person I've heard like the TE front more than the TF/TG, cool. |
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GeminiKing
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2002 1:19 am Post subject: Re: tf /tg front to te |
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| Actually some of the Te's did come out with round headlights. |
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Racegem
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| Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2002 4:21 am Post subject: Re: Phil....tf /tg front to te |
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Phil, your easiest/cheapest solution would be to find a TF/TG, so you get the dash you like. If you got a TF (except SL/X), you would then need TE grille, TE front bar, add side repeater lamps and rewire (cause the parkers are in the grille, not the bumper). Best off getting the chrome TE rear bar too so it matched both ends. If you got an SL/X or a TG, you'd need headlamp inserts and mounting brackets too.
Far easier than changing a complete dash, column, wiring etc.
Hope this helps your decision,
Yonnee. |
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