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Stilo My first fiat - Stilo 1.6

Introduction

So after getting some help from the forum I decided I should give something small back, and since everyone always loves pictures heres what you have helped fix.

After a e36 and 320d bmw and a long stretch without a car I decided to go for something I can get cheapish and still has style. There is very few stilos around so after spotting one I paid more attention to them. I then had to buy quickly so couldnt shop around. But still got lucky and managed to get the car for 700euro and spent another 700 (including getting nct etc..)

Its a 02 1.6 active and 80k miles. As I said I had some problems which this forum helped me fix (MAP sensor still pending). So then I was able to do some subtle things to improve the look.

-Debadged
-Color coded bumper strips and wing mirrors
-Got a spoiler for a tenner from a scrappy which had to be repainted and tigersealed on
-Wobble bolts & spacers for the alloys
-Badgeless grill which needed to be resprayed along with the bumper inserts.

Not much to show, but for the little money its a great deal. Future maybes are leather interior and slightly lowered. But having previously drove lowered cars I dont know if I can take the drawbacks. I may just buy thicker tires to fill out the archs something like 225/45/r17s.
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Typical, you're taking badges off and I'm replacing the ones some clown took off mine! Why do people do it, are they ashamed or just secretive?
 
Typical, you're taking badges off and I'm replacing the ones some clown took off mine! Why do people do it, are they ashamed or just secretive?

It cleans them up abit and gives them a neater, less cluttered look IMO that's why I did mine anyway however I did keep the "Stilo" badge.

Excellent looking car burkey looks great in blue quite a lot of car for not a lot of money eh :)
 
Definitely a lot for the money, can't understand why they are so cheap compared to, say, a Focus or Astra but, hey, let's enjoy and save money!!
 
Cheers lads. Yea I got lucky. Some guy bought it for his daughter but she was getting killed on insurance. Then a airbag problem crept in so it failed the NCT, aswell as a few tiny things so he was desperate to sell.
I was unsure if he was genuine or screwing me over. Took a gamble since it was cheap and with just FIAT ECU Scan, some cables and bottle of contact cleaner solved the problems so happy days!

I was looking at slightly more expensive cars too but they just didnt have any real driver appeal. Plus its easy to tastefully modify this. A badgeless grill is a must on these. It makes the front much sleeker and aggressive looking for so little.

Oh and maggers I was already missing a 'T' and '1'. I would of posted no problem but you would of only received "FIA Stilo 6v":D
 
Cheers lads. Yea I got lucky. Some guy bought it for his daughter but she was getting killed on insurance. Then a airbag problem crept in so it failed the NCT, aswell as a few tiny things so he was desperate to sell.
I was unsure if he was genuine or screwing me over. Took a gamble since it was cheap and with just FIAT ECU Scan, some cables and bottle of contact cleaner solved the problems so happy days!

I was looking at slightly more expensive cars too but they just didnt have any real driver appeal. Plus its easy to tastefully modify this. A badgeless grill is a must on these. It makes the front much sleeker and aggressive looking for so little.

Oh and maggers I was already missing a 'T' and '1'. I would of posted no problem but you would of only received "FIA Stilo 6v":D

I like it mate (y)
Where in Ireland are you :cool:
 
Cheers Jamie. Im in Laois at the moment, but am in Cork, Kilkenny and Dublin pretty frequently. Iv honestly only seen a handful of 3dr stilos on the road, and all standard. Not sure why!
 
Cheers Jamie. Im in Laois at the moment, but am in Cork, Kilkenny and Dublin pretty frequently. Iv honestly only seen a handful of 3dr stilos on the road, and all standard. Not sure why!

ah not too far away really :p
Im in Meath(y)

need to get a Irish fiat meet going sometime (y) with a tunnel run :D
 
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