Awite,

Well i got the front face on the steel wheels finished yesterday.....at long last,3 coats of Ford Diamond White and a coat of lacquar,












Just need to order a set of medium compound offroad gravel tyres,iam not sure on size yet?,propely a 175,65,13",no rush though as the car will not be on the road this year,probely get a set over the Winter Months?,unless i see a set at a bargan price,

I have myself a spare set of good stainless steel wheel valves in the garage,is it ok to use steel valves on steels rims?,its ok isn't it?,no big deal if its not, i can just fit rubber valves if needs must,

Whats next?,nothing for while iam afraid, but i should have another update before the winter sets in before late Oct......tick toc,

All the best Scuderia

Hi Peeps,

Right its getting near that time of year again when i shut up shop?,unless its a very mild Winter......doubt it,

So i ordered a few new parts for the car, some have arrived,one hasn't,but with what has, Ive made a little more progress,

Iam not a lover of body kits, but i do like a wide arch kit,but seeing as iam rubbish at glass fibre i just decided to order this arch trim kit from Tuning GT on eBay,Thanks to Blu for the link,







To be honest its a good kit for the money,now i don't like sill trims, so opted not to fit a set with this arch kit,.but by doing this the trim finishes off very brutally at the sill, so i made up some alloy plates using some 1.5mm tread plate i had kicking about the garage,

Iam also not keen on a smooth filled finish, so i bought some 10mm rubber u-channel to finish them off, so there is clear line to split them from the car panels to arch kit,







I also opted to paint them myself using some paint i had made up,481a (Acrylic),not the best i know,but for a diy finish iam happy enough with it,

481a (Acrylic)



Primer



Tiger Seal



So after a little trimming cutting sanding de-greasing and painting, here we have it







I then broke out the Tiger Seal and clamps,









Like i said i decided to finish them off using some tread plate and also got the front flaps fitted back on, as i has to remove them as they fowled the new ache trims where i once had them fitted,no big deal though, they just needed moved back a little,













Should have another update soon once this other part arrives?,

Cheers Scuderia

Fantastic work as always mate

Really liking the arches and thinking it might be something we can look at for the Seicento. Really good finish with the paint too!

Wouldn't work as well on the sei, The cinq has flared arches already and the kit just extends them a little. The sei has no flaring to the arches so they'd look out of place/nothing really to fit them onto as such!

Loving the work Don

Thanks guys ,

Mrcento's right, there is nothing there on the Sei to stick them to,unless there is another kit on the market?,that iam not sure about iam afraid,

I did mean to say lastnight i had to remove 20/30mm of the underside lip on the front kit, as i would have had buffing issues with my 185/60/13 tyres as the underside lip is a little wide,i was lucky when fitting mine as i blue tac'ed mine into place first to see what was what and quickly noticed this problem,no big deal though just removed what was not needed sanded primed a painted,

Jobs a gid yin ,

Cheers Don

Only problem I have with your pictures is that you didn't take one of the full car so I can drool....I mean see it lol

brill job though

steve119 said:

Only problem I have with your pictures is that you didn't take one of the full car so I can drool....I mean see it lol

brill job though

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Nice One Steve,

I should have it out to wash its face any time soon, so i will take some photo's then,

Cheers Scuderia

Have to say, I'm with Steve. We need pics of the full car!!

Hello..........Sorry ive not been about on the forum much this year,its just been one of them years..........Argh......Anyway

Last update of the year,

Well i bought myself a new GSR induction kit from Torque7,








Its just a rough fit at the minute, as my oil catch tank that i had fitted at the front beside the passenger headlight was located there to work with the Focus induction kit i had fitted beforehand,but because time was against me i choose to keep it there....Lazy more like,but this makes the catch tank pipes way too long,i will make up a bracket next Spring and relocate it on the bulk head beside the battery,but this will do for now,

Ive still to give the car a light wash before storing it away for the Winter,so i will take some images of it before i do and post some up,see you aboot............




Cheers Scuderia

Alwite

Well i had some time on my hands yesterday to get the Fiat cleaned up along with the garage after a few months of work, so as promised here you have some new images of the car after it got itsw face washed ,

















All the best Scuderia

Alwite folks,

It really is that time of year again,car is now well and truly locked up till next Spring!,

Below is a quick video of the car idling before i removed the battery and covered it over for the winter,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2e88-oSgGg

Nighty Night



All the best Don

Night night cento!

Again mate, outstanding work under the bonnet. If we can get FiaSco and Yellow half as clean, I'll be chuffed!

Martyn said:

Night night cento!

Again mate, outstanding work under the bonnet. If we can get FiaSco and Yellow half as clean, I'll be chuffed!

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Thanks Martyn,its all time and money,if you put the work in there will be rewards!.