Marea Marea 20v HLX saloon

[steve20vt]

Very nice, I'm fond of the saloon.

 

[CFREITAS]

Thanks to me for doing all the work eehhhh dad :-D

 

[maniac500]

Wish we had those here in Portugal. Looks very tidy José
Just would do some OEM+ mods if it was me

 

[gadge]

Nice to see a saloon version getting the TLC it deserves

I once owned a silver 20v ELX and pound for pound it was probably one of the best car I've owned. It was silky smooth fast and sounded glorious plus it was spacious too. I sold it when I bought a house wrongly thinking that I wouldn't be able to afford to run it however on reflection I could of so it became the "one I let go".

Keep up the good work

 

[steve20vt]

That's the thing with mine. I've got the saloon which is only a 1.6 and the weekend hlx130 I was thinking of breaking the saloon and stripping back the good chassis parts to fit to my rusting coupe. But it's really too good to break.
But it's only a 1.6sx so it's gutless and has a rank beige interior. Even the dash is beige.

 

[CFREITAS]

Well weonly got the Marea back at 17.30on Saturday so it missed the Auto italia Brooklands 2015 :bang:
And the Bravo Got a workout as we left Brooklands at 16.30 and had to drive 70miles to pick the car up

 

[CFREITAS]

Lots of new parts on the saloon

Full brake discs and pads
New 155 20v exhaust manifold
Gaskets
Alternator recon
New rocker cover

 

[CFREITAS]

New set of bulbs
And a full valet

Sparkling like new

 

[bluejohn125]

Looking really good now (better in daylight?), hopefully it's mechanically sorted now.

You should enjoy driving now it as much as looking at it.

 

[Scd2k15]

Oh hello there

 

[CFREITAS]

Marea got abit of a detail today ready for Kent Italian car day tommorow,
And also some turned up today
Do you recognize blu73

 

[blu73]

nice, i really wanted to buy them!

 

[CFREITAS]

Kent Italian Car day and the Marea with the exception of the coupes was the only Modern fiat rest were all classics
Here are just a small selection of pic I took

 

[bluejohn125]

Looking great, but I think a Red cam-cover would finish the engine bay nicely...

 

[CFREITAS]

Red is overdone ..........I'm waiting until next month as it's going off to get media blasted and painted in metalic silver

 

[bluejohn125]

Silver with black highlights... :yum:

 

[CFREITAS]

Well it's been a year since I uploaded pictures of this car ......it's still going strong at 99,000 miles so doesn't move much ....she's looking lovely ......loads of work has been done including a felt end overhaul of suspension components ......

Next for the Marea is :
Paint Correction (still not done)
Rear end overhaul of suspension
The passenger side floor pan is getting a length long plate made
Also looking at getting a stainless Steel replica of the original exhaust system from the down pipe back with a 100cell sports cat fitted ....

I'm also testing LED headlights which make a massive difference compared to the HID units
Will let you know how it's goes
She just passed her MOT today aswell with no advisories ......

 

[franglais]

I'm also testing LED headlights which make a massive difference compared to the HID units

i'd be very interested to see the results of that test!

 

[CFREITAS]

i'd be very interested to see the results of that test!

Pleased to say they are brilliant ......
They are just as bright as the HID
The spread pattern is very even
They are CE marked
They have no ballast
No flicker over bumps
Don't need to heat up like HID
Only down side maybe is cost as they cost £52 a set