General NEW THREAD: my car!

[dnLcal]

thought id make a new thread due to the demmand for new threads and a defict in supply.
recently started modifying my bravo
-air filter
-marea handles
-colour coded mirrors
-17s

providing my kit arrives this week im lowering the car 40mm this weekend

and next month fitting it with an abarth front bumper and sideskirts and possibly a rear bumper (undesisive on which one) and a cat back system.

please give me some feedback and excuse the mucky state of the car!

 

[jug]

the colour of the wheels suits the colour of the car nicely, and the handles look like a perfect colour match

but 2 things kind of stand out, your bent aerial and orange side repeaters. sort it out!

 

[ben]

Tax disc holder

 

[jug]

Tax disc holder

well spotted, for 99p you can get a tiny round one, much neater

 

[distortionrockets]

remove the 1.8 16v badge under the side repeaters
you want people to think its a 1.2 or 1.4...

how much did you pay for the wheels?

 

[dnLcal]

jug- i did order green side repeters from 'italipart' but they had none in stock so refunded me. need to order them from elswwhere. i was going to get an areil from the scrappies but unfortunatly there was a peugeot 405 sat on the roof of the only bravo there aha!

ben- i dont know where to get a non max power style tax disc holder i really dont like the look of them ill try find a nice neat 1 later today

distortionrockets- itas a 1.6 but ye i will be debadging it fairly soon.
wheels cost in total
rims and bolts - £375
tyres -£221
fitting tyres to rims -£40
total = £636
which is abit silly because if id bought the wheels with the tyres it would have cost me £50ish less, but i was planning on buying some fiat claws when i ordered the tyres.

cheers guys

 

[bandido41]

jug- i did order green side repeters from 'italipart' but they had none in stock so refunded me. need to order them from elswwhere. i was going to get an areil from the scrappies but unfortunatly there was a peugeot 405 sat on the roof of the only bravo there aha!

maybe smoked repeaters to go with the colour of the alloys?

 

[distortionrockets]

get an aluminium tax disk holder.

i got one off ebay for £4.60 and mine has a fiat logo on the back

 

[steesh]

And of course i hope you are going to buy a nice chrome gear knob, i got one off ebay, chrome with white inlay with the Fiat logo set into it

 

[distortionrockets]

or a momo one?
mine was £12 from ebay, just looking for a handbrake to match!

 

[jug]

hey i'm looking for a momo handbrake cover too!
there's just too much competition and it puts the prices up. i missed one that went for £18 a few weeks ago, which is much better than the usual £40. wish i bid on it now

 

[steesh]

I cant see how you can fit them tho, if you have to trim the rubber handle thats already on there will it not rattle about a bit

 

[distortionrockets]

you cut the rubber one right off, unless you can be bothered to ease it off
it wont rattle as the handbrake will come will rubber adapters to enable it to fit snuggly. this is the same with gearknobs.

yes there is too much competition lol there are around 3 on ebay at the mo but all my cash is reserved for alloys + lowering

 

[jug]

grub screws in the fitting kit mean it cant have any play at all, it will be solid (unless your existing handle is too narrow for the kit)

you only need to trim your handle if it is too big to slot the new one on, which it usually will be on a bravo/a. but this is a good thing, it means you can trim the handle to perfection, giving a great fit.

best thing to do is run a blade along the square edges of the rubber until you make it into a more rounded shape, regularly trial fitting the handle until it fits perfectly.