query

when the tailgate is smoothd on an uno
how do u get into it - is it on electronic poppers or sumfin
thinkin of gettin it done so need so backround info

use a remote boot opener. i just installed one on my uno.
its just a lever going from under the drivers seat followed by a cable leading to the boot which flicks a latch to pop the boot open. there is no electronic wizardry involved.

bought my kit off ebay for £26.

there is a thread about fitting it in the general section under "remote boot opener".

not that hard to fit. just read all the posts from alexgs and the feedbacks from that.

there are a few people on ebay advertising that they are breaking their uno turbos. if you ask them im sure they will be willing to sell you the whole kit for like £10-£15

Don't do it, it looks rubbish and just that bit chav. What is all this about delocking and smoothing. I can just imagine go away for the weekend, battery runs out in key, oh **** I've removed all my locks and haven't a spare. DOH.

AS far as i know all unos had a remote boot release as standard!! the lever is just to the right of the drivers seat, although it is common for the plastic handle to snap off. A trip to the scrappy should find you a new one if this is the case!

the lever can actually stand some real abuse.
IT IS NOT BATTERY OPERATED!

smoothing is what its all about for that euro, unblemished look.
door handles, boots, removing bump strips, clean front end.

it is in no such way "chav". only when your car looks like a DRIVE THROUGH HALFORDS it becomes a chav car.

"hi there could i please have a universal induction kit, ripspeed alloys, sunstrip, pink dice, seat covers and an a-symmetrical bodykit please?"
C*nts.

oh yea and after you have fitted the boot kit, should be under £100 to get the boot smoothed at most bodyshops. but please lower your car first or it may look slightly poo.

Whoops, don't mean to cause offence, I take it you have your car smoothed then?

It just isn't for me, the only cars I've seen with it done are always the over the top Max power look alike crap where they slam on a naff body kit, spray it florescent green and think it looks good. I saw an Uno Turbo on ebay which was delocked and the boot just didn't look right, but I think the chap had moved the number plate to the bumper....why? IMO 99.9% of the time the car looks worse then before when the mod hackers get their hands on them. I love it when you see someone asking silly money for a moded car, hacked, monster of a car, most of the time they have devalued the car.

The Uno is already a great design and pretty much spot on as standard, the Mk1 especially with its chunky front. I also tend to find door handles and locks functional requirements. If I'm not wrong Giorgetto Giugiaro was responsible for designing the Uno and he also penned the new Punto and restyled the 156 etc so he seems to know what he is doing.

Clearly everyone is different so what floats one persons boat......I really don't understand what a Euro look is though, must be my age

i understand your opinion and i too hate bodykits. on any car. (no offense to anyone) but i do love the subtle uno turbo arches + skirts
your right Giugiaro did design the uno. but it was designed mainly for practicality rather than style.
the only part of my uno i hate is the boot. the mk1 boot has perfect clean lines where as the mk2 boot has no style at all. and the number plate should only be put on a certain place on an uno bumper. otherwise it looks like poo.

there are certain "styles" of modified cars.
including Euro, Jap (japanese) and just plain crap.

a perfect example of euro styling on an uno can be pictured here
http://www.fiatforum.com/attachment....8&d=1144422458

i havent smoothed the boot just yet, just bought some lowering springs.
soon my uno will be perfectly tasteful. too many changes to list really but when finished it will look good.
like a 5dr Turbo. with clean lines and no lime green paint, but instead il keep the original navy blue.

Must admit I'm with Pottleflump on this one. I suspect he's of a similar age to me, so maybe us oldies don't 'get' the flushed tailgate look.

Personally I find a lot of flushed tailgates look too bare, just this huge smooth lump at the back with nothing to accent the lines of the design. And it does seem round my way that most of the flushed tailgates are on Chavved up Saxos and Corsas. Flushed tailgates seemed to have become popular back in the day when Novas were being Chavved up (before they all rusted away ) so I tend to associate them with that kind of driver... Prejudice I know!

I can't understand though that when flushing a tailgate, many remove the rear wiper! It's functional and incredibly useful, so there's little to gain from removing it other than for aesthetic appeal. And though I like some stylish modifications, I've never been a believer in form over function. Any mods I do to my car are to improve the driving experience, not detract from it!

But again, there's no accounting for taste, so if some people want to delock/ flush their tailgates then no-one can say they can't. It's a free world!

hear hear.

there is no way my uno can be chavved up anyway! im not a chav :P

I suspect that during the 80s when the car was designed, there were far more limitations on design flair due to more basic manufacturing processes and the general budget nature of the Uno.

I agree the Mk1 boot is good by the Mk2 boot is pants. I actually don't particularly like the look of Mk2, they ruined the front end.

That Euro style Uno does nothing for me. While is an ok example of modding it doesn't add anything over a standard Uno turbo in my opinion. I can see where it is going though and an ok example of a modded car.

This is an example of why I hate modding http://tinyurl.com/ej3gm The saxo VTR gets it right first time and then some probably not so cheap bodykit is fitted and sprayed some awful colour.

Ewwwww that saxo is horrid... yuck!!!! But mostly cos it is a SAXO...
I think we should just all agree to disagree on this one really
Its silly to say that having a flushed boot makes you a chav, thats just a stereotype. It makes a car look more up to date in my opinion, take a look at all the newest cars, they dont have their number plates on the tail gate anymore, they have smoothed boots with the plates on the rear bumper, new punto, golf etc are examples of this.
Cars can be modified by enthusiasts tastefully, Duncs Uno Turbo is a perfect example of this. He has a flushed mark1 boot on his uno Turbo but his car is nowhere near a chav mobile. Its just ssoooo cool
Its only when people stick on cheap and tacky pointless mods on their cars like l.e.d washer jets, chrome number plate surrounds, stick on racing fuel caps bonnet pins etc and drive around blaring loud music wearing a burberrys cap etc which makes a car and its owner "Chavvy". Its basically when you make a car look as though its doing 200mph sitting still in traffic when under the hood there is really a cheap to insure possibly ragged to death 1 litre engine lol (no offence to anybody with a 1 litre)

Finally The world would be a boring place if everyone drove the same cars around all day long, Making subtle modifications to a car adds a hint of individuality to the car, ok some mods may not be to others taste but as long as whoever owns the car is pleased with it, what anybody else thinks shouldn't really matter.
And let the chavs do what they do best...meaning make us all have a good laugh now and then hehe

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cheers for the help and the laugh people ill keep u updated!!

joker

It is a bit like the small debate raging in practical classics magazine about restoring cars. One view that a car should be restored to its exact factory specification down to the tiniest detail and the other view that it doesn't matter aslong as the owner is happy and all the stuff inbetween. I think one anal individual commented on how dare the previous owner of a classic restore it and use the incorrect rear tailgate light surrounds or something that only the most fanatical would even notice.

One point about the numberplate on the bumper is that modern cars were designed to have them put there while the uno was designed to have it on the tailgate which is where it should be (Duncs Uno is something special by the looks of things on this forum)

One other interesting area of debate is what constitutes a classic for example many would not view the Uno as being a classic but an early mark 1 which is 20 years old is surely a classic car....

As for the Saxo I bought a new VTR Mk1 in 97 the one the nice square lights and decent grill and have a certain regard for them. Unfortunately many chavs can now afford them and have started turning them to green monsters

green car...lovely.

have to admitt corsas are worse than saxos, even as standard.

you should read Retro Cars magazine :P basically modified classics.

they even featured the 999cc FIRE engine and how to uprate it to over 120bhp!

I do agree with that IF you want an old car to look completely bog standard which there is nothing wrong with, but i was trying to emphasise WHY people relocate their number plates to the bottom of the bumper as you had asked this question in a previous post.
Like i said it gives the car a more modern look to it. If you see the latest fiat uno only available in certain countries they have also done this to the rear hatch, its been given a smoother look with a relocated number plate on the rear bumper.
I think its more to do with age, people who are young like cars which are different to everyday cars and stand out whereas older people appreciate a car for more than just its aesthetic appeal.

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