Part numbered '10' in the diagram here?
https://www.fiatdalys.lt/en/catalog...0/0/CC1.2/CMBBZ/GDX/cross-arm-and-torsion-bar

Herts Hillhopper said:

Part numbered '10' in the diagram here?
https://www.fiatdalys.lt/en/catalog...0/0/CC1.2/CMBBZ/GDX/cross-arm-and-torsion-bar

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That's it. And no mistaking " Nuova Panda (2012-....), 1.2l, petrol"

But the drawing wrongly shows it positioned over the same fixing as the torsion bar.

Just think of all the HorsePower that could be released with a free flowing dentless exhaust

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A3jeroen said:

Just think of all the HorsePower that could be released with a free flowing dentless exhaust

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Exactly! I hear the sound of the skin being blown off a rice pudding !

Well I got the new bar and tried to fit it but the supplied torx head M7 bolts are too small. :bang: . I need some M8 bolts but I am not going back to Fiat because the correct bolts are not even listed on the parts site.

https://www.fiatdalys.lt/en/catalog...0/0/CC1.2/CMBBZ/GDX/cross-arm-and-torsion-bar

The diagram is faulty because it shows the reinforcement bar fixed with the same bolts as the torsion bar

I'll get the correct bolts from a local fastenings specialist on Monday.

Is it a substantial bar? Just wondering if its to guard against the exhaust ripping up the road and damaging the underside of the car if falls off, or a brace for the subframe?

murphyv310 said:

Is it a substantial bar? Just wondering if its to guard against the exhaust ripping up the road and damaging the underside of the car if falls off, or a brace for the subframe?

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It's 3mm gauge steel and I wouldn't want to be hit on the head with it . I think it is to help stop the chassis bending in a collision ?

It turns out that Fiat, in their infinite wisdom, have made the bolt size required as M9! This is a really rare size and hard to source. That may be a clue why some pandas are missing the reinforcement bar. "Hey caposquadra, we've run out of M9 bolts again when are we getting some more?"

Anyway I got some of these. M9 with E12 torx head.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-...a=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100036.m2109

Perfect job

My 2017 1.4 Tipo Had the exact same setup with the exhaust