Introduction
Hey guys well as you can tell my first car is a 1998 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting, it has done 83,000 miles and still going strong
with my own little touches
with my own little touches
Cinquecento My Cinquecento Sporting.
- Thread starter Petento
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Well what you can do is just about anything - what you need to answer is how much and how far do you want to go..
Theres nothing wrong with a clean tidy standard cinq tbh, that why we all love them
but if you do want to modify it a bit best place to start is suspension and brakes IMO, basic choices on brakes are either UnoTurbo front brakes or Punto GT front brakes. Punto brakes are probably better and are straight swap, just bolt the discs and calipers on and thats it, but you need 14" wheels to go over them. Worth noting there are 2 types, the later ones give better feel. Uno brakes are tiny bit more involved to swap but fit under 13" wheels. If you want to go further then a rear disc conversion - calipers can be taken from quite a few fiat cars (have a search if interested, i know there is a list somewhere on here of a load of cars that can be used as donor).
Suspension is a matter again of how far you want to go, lots available from just set of lowered springs right through to coilovers.
After you sorted turning and stopping then you can look at the engine. choices choices choices here. Mild tuning, induction kit, cams, exhausts, engine transplants, 1.2 8v's 1.2 16v's, 1.4 16v's, turbo conversions - anything is possible.
Styling wise - I like a subtle standard looking car myself but again anything is possible with skill and time OR money.
If that cinq was mine, i would get an abarth bodykit and spoiler, some anthracite sei abarth wheels and lower around 40mm all round. Perhaps sei abarth seats inside (the blue ones). But the important thing is what DO YOU want to do it??
Theres nothing wrong with a clean tidy standard cinq tbh, that why we all love them
but if you do want to modify it a bit best place to start is suspension and brakes IMO, basic choices on brakes are either UnoTurbo front brakes or Punto GT front brakes. Punto brakes are probably better and are straight swap, just bolt the discs and calipers on and thats it, but you need 14" wheels to go over them. Worth noting there are 2 types, the later ones give better feel. Uno brakes are tiny bit more involved to swap but fit under 13" wheels. If you want to go further then a rear disc conversion - calipers can be taken from quite a few fiat cars (have a search if interested, i know there is a list somewhere on here of a load of cars that can be used as donor).Suspension is a matter again of how far you want to go, lots available from just set of lowered springs right through to coilovers.
After you sorted turning and stopping then you can look at the engine. choices choices choices here. Mild tuning, induction kit, cams, exhausts, engine transplants, 1.2 8v's 1.2 16v's, 1.4 16v's, turbo conversions - anything is possible.
Styling wise - I like a subtle standard looking car myself but again anything is possible with skill and time OR money.
If that cinq was mine, i would get an abarth bodykit and spoiler, some anthracite sei abarth wheels and lower around 40mm all round. Perhaps sei abarth seats inside (the blue ones). But the important thing is what DO YOU want to do it??
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thank you blu73 for that really apriciate it and i got the project idea now for the cinq
1- Abarth Bodykit
2- The blue sei abarth seats (cause now seen them and they look really good)
3- Possible Induction kit
4- New exhaust system (need to have a look round for some good ones)
5- New wheels (got to have them in black though)
6- Maybe a Bonnet Bra :/
1- Abarth Bodykit
2- The blue sei abarth seats (cause now seen them and they look really good)
3- Possible Induction kit
4- New exhaust system (need to have a look round for some good ones)
5- New wheels (got to have them in black though)
6- Maybe a Bonnet Bra :/
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as i said, sei abarth wheels in anthracite look good but i wouls say that having a set lol. Also Punto GT3 wheels would look good (basically mk1 sporting wheels in anthracite) would look awesome (again i've had a set of them so i'm biased).
Here's some pics of a car i nearly bought once, abarth kit, lowered and PuntoGT wheels, just red not blue but you get the idea..
Who's been around long enough to know who's this car was then?
Here's some pics of a car i nearly bought once, abarth kit, lowered and PuntoGT wheels, just red not blue but you get the idea..
Who's been around long enough to know who's this car was then?
I'll had them directly from Comp themselves and not in white
. Not the best of pic:
But you get the idea
.Ming
nice slipper
and i agree, compo's are so good they can be any colour really. I like white too but they look just as good silver or anthracite
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aw man that red cinq looks so nice i love the wheels there nice hmm so defo going for the bodykit just need to find it :/ and then the wheels will be either the sei sporting wheels in black or the compo's in black
suzuki cappaucino ?? theyre supposed to be quick little buggersI'll had them directly from Comp themselves and not in white
But you get the idea
Ming
well of course, they are made from coffee!!
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haha nice i like blu
full of caffiene and energy
and if you like the look of the Comp wheels, but dont want to pay out that much, get some mk1 Uno Turbo wheels that i used to have on the sei.
theyre now on my mates yellow cinq, they look the nuts!
i got a set of 5 in standard colours (anthracite with polished lips) for £60 with tyres, seemed like a deal to me!
also it might be worth looking at OZ Ruotes aswell, theyre quite oldschool wheels but suit a cinquecento...
there is also a set for sale in the seicento classifieds i believe?
and if you like the look of the Comp wheels, but dont want to pay out that much, get some mk1 Uno Turbo wheels that i used to have on the sei.
theyre now on my mates yellow cinq, they look the nuts!
i got a set of 5 in standard colours (anthracite with polished lips) for £60 with tyres, seemed like a deal to me!
also it might be worth looking at OZ Ruotes aswell, theyre quite oldschool wheels but suit a cinquecento...
there is also a set for sale in the seicento classifieds i believe?
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Update and it comes from the ashbey car show which is where i decided to show off my Cinq ,with me next to it of course lol and saw some other really nice cars there
and im really liking those OZ Nosher this is making the decicions about wheels harder
,with me next to it of course lol and saw some other really nice cars there
and im really liking those OZ Nosher this is making the decicions about wheels harder
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well ive still got them up the side of the shed, let me know if youre interested as they wont fit my new volvo
well ive still got them up the side of the shed, let me know if youre interested as they wont fit my new volvo
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im very interested dude would like to know more about them please and how much would you want for them really liking them
and how much would you want for them really liking them
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Oooo, custard's gonna tell you off Alfie! lol
Cinq looks real tidy mate
Cinq looks real tidy mate
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thanks blu i try to make it look as best as i can
I love to see a standard clean cinq, a rare thing these days - Damned Scrappage Scheme!
You could get some tempra alloys (same as the ones you have but 14" instead of 13") - keep that standard-ish look going - if thats your thing...
You could get some tempra alloys (same as the ones you have but 14" instead of 13") - keep that standard-ish look going - if thats your thing...
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not seen any of them round lol but thks hoping to get some details about the oz wheels cause they are what im after now for it
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OZ wheels out the window for the now so looking for some black compos me thinks
