500 My 500C 1.2 esseesse

Hi



The throttle body swap is interesting, have you noticed any difference in performance?


I thought that in Germany such modifications were not allowed.


Painting the wheels white to match the snow would look good.


Best wishes


Rob

I think the response became a little bit more spontanious and at high rpm you feel an improvement. But I think at least you have also to cut off the narrowing at the inlet-snorkel and install a replacement cotton air filter get the benefit.

It´s not allowed, but who will check if the diameter of your throttle-body is 40mm or 44mm...

On my car (2009 Euro5) it did work plug´n´play, but on a friend´s car, a 2015 Euro6 we experienced problems, even if the the part number of the 1.2 thottle stayed the same. I think this is due to necessary adaptation reset, but I don´t know how to do.

See also: http://ddlz003.kmpmag.pw/index.php?topic=683.0

First fiting of the new steelies for this summer...7x14 off-set 25 with 5mm spacers.

Couldn´t wait...now installed....big booty.

Yesterday it was time to say goodbye after nearly 11 years....arrivederci Gelentano.

What are you getting next?

A 595C Turismo.

My A595C Turismo

Now the successor has arrived!
"Enzo"

Oooooph what a beauty!!! Love the colour & the alloys are fantastic!!
Very VERY nice indeed! [emoji108][emoji122]

Re: My A595C Turismo

Olliver said:

Now the successor has arrived!
"Enzo"

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That is stunning!

It’s gorgeous!

Now symmetric rear view.

A picture in the snow...

Yesterday I installed the roof panel and the dual-interiror lamp with ambient light from the US-models. Love it!

I also changed the low-beams, high-beams and daytime running lights to LEDs. Only the fog lights remained halogen, I changed to Osram Allseason.

https://dai.ly/x7zmug2

What LEDs did you use ? The new Osram legal LEDs ? And is the light any good?

No, I went for Auxito.

For the Low beams I took the C7 series: https://auxito.com/products/dd-c7-h7
Advantage is, you can rotate them step-less and so find the optimum light output / pattern. Due to the lens-design the cut-off stays constant. And they are so small that the rear covers of the lamp can be still used without modifications.

For the high beams I decided for the M3 series: https://auxito.com/products/dd-m3-h7 I liked them as they are all silver und so fit good into the reflektor no causing dark spots when switched off. The can´t be adjusted stepless and they are little bigger.

The light output of both is very good (far better than the standard halogens) and the price is reasonable.

A friend bought for his Abarth the Gen2 Osram LEDs and he was not so happy. One thing is, you can install them only in one position and so you can not find the optimum position for lens lamps. Another problem, they are so big, that you need to cut the rear lamp cover. And they are not permitted for the Fiat 500 / 595, too, even they are so expensive.

I ordered the C7 and will check them out. Your description and pics sound promising. Thanks for sharing the details.
For the high beams I won't bother at the moment. I can hardly use them most of the time anyway.

That winter set of tires looks great. Are those from a Barchetta?

Yes, they are.