Looking to buy a 2004 Xtype and have some questions

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03-23-2018, 02:25 PM

mbelanger

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Originally Posted by Aonsaithya

Regarding the car in the photos; what's up with the steering wheel? The airbag has curled as can happen with pre-facelift X-Types, but why is the leather on the steering wheel rim black on the sides but brown (like the airbag) on the two lower spokes? It can't have come like that from the factory. Perhaps it had a partly-wooden steering wheel retrofitted, just like I did, but the retrofit wheel shouldn't have different-colour spokes either...

At the risk of being the one to cause an 'ewww' reaction, that may be dirt and a severe need for cleaning of the wheel. My 2004.5 had a major case of the 'ewwww' factor but cleaned up well.

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03-23-2018, 06:42 PM

Nathan Webb

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If you purchase it, just don't use Mondeo or "aftermarket" parts when something goes wrong. A lot of mondeo parts look similar but they are really not compatible and will cause you more problems than they're worth.

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