Guides by mj2k

Note - this will only lower the rear of the seat, lowering the front would take much more heavy engineering, involving cutting down the seat base and drilling new holes. Things you'll need: Your passenger seat out of the car (careful you don't damage the cables when removing it) A spare...

If you've recently bought an old-style TomTom Blue&Me2 (4CS01) and it won't connect to your car's Blue and Me, it might simply be because the car's not set up to talk to a TomTom. This guide's for a 2016 single din 'blue&me2' 595 Abarth, but it should be the same for any 500, or any other Fiat...

Strictly speaking this isn't necessary for a power feed since all accessory lines run from the same bus bar and 5 / 7.5 amp fuse so you could just splice a new wire into the power feed going to the cigarette lighter, but I wanted to do it since I'll be running a few extra accessories and you may...

By default the Abarth doesn't come with a spare tyre, presumably because Fiat are worried about you either putting it on the front and wrecking the brake calipers, or putting the jack in the wrong place and damaging the sideskirts. But as long as the spare is 14" or above and as long as you look...

This might come in useful if you're planning to remove the boost gauge from an Abarth, replace the original single DIN radio, or replace it with an aftermarket double DIN mount. First stage, remove the 4 dummy buttons on the radio. They're the unmarked ones which don't do anything. If you've...

Just in case anyone's interested in how to get to the aerial (plenty of video guides out there, but they all seem to involve bending / damaging the headlining) you need to drop the headlining so you can actually get to the aerial mount. Luckily it's a very elegant, simple process on the 500 so...