Hi, greetings from Slovenia.
I will show you my barchetta and my girlfriend`s bravo.

Barchetta:
I have it for 1 year, and I am very pleased with it.
However, I had to do some service when I got ti. I replaced the radiator of the engine, replaced brakes, did the service,...
I also bought hard top
Data:
Year.....1998
Color....Red
162000km

Bravo:
We bought it crashed, and then i repaired it.
Data:
Year.....2000
Color.....Blue
166000km

Now some pictures:





old radiator:

new:


























barchetta with hard top:

Hope it is not too much pictures, and sorry if my engils is bad

It looks like you have done a very good job friend. Well done. And your English is excellent.


Steve

Thank you.
Bravo and barchetta are now ready for winter

Loving them both

Bravo is much better since been at the bodyshop :slayer: .

tnx
It has been a while since i posted here. Bravo has been replaced with Stilo 1.6 16V.
Barchetta is still with me, currently in a garage because of the winter, so i have got a Fiat Uno 1.1 until the spring.
Here are some "new" pictures of barchetta






Stilo

And a group photo with uno


I have olso made one video about barchetta...

Me again Uno has gone, but Barchetta and Stilo are still with me
Done some work with stilo, as the paint was in bad condition





And i also got nav+ for stilo


And two pictures of my barchetta...

Looks like you have nice shiny paint on your B and like the polish on the stilo,
Good work on removing the scratches and swirls, did you do the machining yourself. What protection do you use?

Thanks, yes i did the polishing myself. I used menzerna products for polishing and for protection. So i used Menzerna powerlock for protection, veary easy to use, and long protection

Looking tidy!

Great! I like to use menzerna too, have never tried their powerlock though, tend to use carlack with a good wax ontop..
Are you a detailer or work in a paintshop.

Menzerna and Autobrite are my favorite manufacturers
My father has a paintshop, i help as much i can (i am a student). And i also started detailing about a year ago.

hey neighbor, nice barch! we should make some barchetta meeting in summer.

Hi to you too It would be great to have a meeting
I pulled one in slovenia, it was in 2009, after that it was never enough interest anymore (most of them do not have barchetta anymore).

As my lights on barchetta were preaty bad, i decidet to restore them.
It was a pain in the ass to get the lights out, had to use a grinder (do not know if that is the right word) as the screws were unable to unscrew.


Then i painted the inside of the lights


and i got the lights restored




Don`t have the finishing pictures yet, will taket them as soon as posible, but the lights are now nice and black al they were when they where new

Lights back on a car

Looking good! Nice shine there What have you got your number plate fixed on with.. mine looks like some kind of velcro fastening, but it's springing off on one side.

Hiya,

Nice job with the lights

How did you open and reseal them, Are they not sealed together.

Id like to also paint mine but wasnt sure how to prise them apart.

Looks like you need to cut the seal, Do you use the same glue rubber as fitting windscreens.
Thanks Kiry

Thanks, numberplate is fixed with the glue that is used for glasses.

It is very, very dificult job to do, i used oven to heat the lights, (oven on 80-100°C) get the lights in for 1-2 minutes, and then pull them apart and cuting the glue, and then again in the oven, and cuting again,... i used about two hours to take them apart.
I put it back again with the same glue that is used for fitting car glasses.

Hope you understand what i wrote, if not, ask

Ok! I gathered that you need to cut the seal, I guess the oven helps to loosen the seal, but does it not damage/ warp the lights in any way.

Have you tried them with water and have they sealed properly again.

Thanks Kiry

KC3 said:

Ok! I gathered that you need to cut the seal, I guess the oven helps to loosen the seal, but does it not damage/ warp the lights in any way.

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Yes, that is right, the lights are not damaged, but you must not put them in the oven for too long.

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Have you tried them with water and have they sealed properly again.
Thanks Kiry

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Yes, they have been tested (and are also on the car for 1-2months, in snow and rain, and they are sealed properly).