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Cinquecento Cinquecento sporting Abarth...

Introduction

Hi ,
Ive done it again , I now own my second cinquecento .. so now i own a 1242 8v "sx" which some of you may know ...
i seen it advertised for sale in the classifieds so spoke to the lad selling it , arraged a date to view it 740 miles later , theres 2 cinquecentos sitting on my drive

got it home , Replaced the bat, ( tryed starting it when we picked it up but it was dead so had to jump start it with leads ) With the new bat on it started first turn of the key ,
also gave the Rear arches/ boot floor a Good coat of wax oil , to help it stop rusting , as its Sold as 100% rust free ,,, just found a little bit on the back arch , so addressed that asap :)

also the front brakes seem a bit poor . so started giveing them a good clean :) just need to get another tyre to put on my alloys then its mot time

bit of specs on the car ...( Ripped from the Advert)

A nice, tastefully modified Cinquecento Sporting Abarth. She has been on the forum for a long long while now and i hope she continues to be. I have owned her since December ‘07. Car is mad cheap to insure and is group 2. Small, nippy and easy to park and drive. LOW MILAGE! Only 64,000 miles! I ride a bike almost all year round. Registered in the last year of the cinquecento before the seicento. Car is registered in ’98 on an R plate. I put brand new bilstein shocks and eibach springs, the original dampers were knackerd but i still have the original springs.
Most of her history is in pictures on the forum due to her FF owners, and she has been spoilt rotten. I have a massice thick folder of history. Anyway, here is the list of mods:

Exterior:

-100% RUST FREE!
-Bodywork and paint in original factory Imola blue and in great condition
- Genuine Fiat Abarth (stamped) front and rear bumpers, side skirts and spoiler with brake light.
- Black vinyled B pillars
- 3 x 13" speedline Alloys (see below)
-Rare 14” Punto Abarth speedline Alloys
- Bilstein gas charged shocks
- Eibach -35mm lower springs
- Janspeed Stainless steel exhaust
- Red dot front discs
-Pressed numberplate

Interior:

- Black seat belts instead of standard red ones (clash with leather)
- A sunroof that doesn't leak!
- Full Leather Interior; front and rear seats, door cards and gear stick gaitor.
- Abarth Steering wheel.
- Abarth tax disc holder
- Abarth mats

Engine:

Runs beautifully, one of the things that most impressed me about this car. The FIRE series engine still runs like a sewing machine and never let me down.

- Polished rocker cover.
- Magnecor 85mm HT Leads
- Sparco Adjustable strut brace.
- 1108cc with 1240 P60 head
- Punto 75 cam
- 40mm webber Throttle body
- ECU is McCritch chipped
- Beautifull one-off Italian Performance Carbon Fibre Induction Kit
- Thatcham Cat.1 Toad Alarm Ai 606
- Remote Central Locking.
- Car is de-cat but i have a cat for MOTs

- pioneer front speakers, tweeters on a-pillars and infinity 6x9s.
- Spare wheel and original tool kit

Well spent Almost all day today ( 26 feb) doing Wash, Dry , clay with quick detailer, Wash, Dry , Polish with auto glym super resin , poorboys black hole , Poor boys Spr ( i think it was) , then One layer of wax , need to do another one tomorrow morning , but as it is its Shiny ,
im making some custom door cards for the seicento which will be wrapped in red and black suede to match the seats plus the a pillars are wrapped in black leather and the headlining will be done in black suede with black grab handles and sun visors (y)
 
Pics of said armrest
Also got my Temp and oil pressure gauges wired up

Need to get some better ones , buts its in a hard place to show off
 

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Got the Angel eyes off Andy,
the rings were just to big to go in my fog lights , SO i modified them to Fit in with the help of my dad

Bought bulbs Off the Bay of E, , worked out the resistors i would need .
wired them up to my side lights and bosh done
i like them , there different :)
 

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Very nice. Loved this car at Mitcar :) Those angel eyes are great!

Cheers Wisey Im gona to be designing some for the headlights Sort of Like Bumblebee Stye from transformers :) i need so pop open my lights to seal them up as they condense up soon as there is a litte bit of water near the car :(

Also Just bought some FF stickers the pack of 3 :) just hope i got the right ones i think i orded white External :)
 
looking good fella, need to hurry up and give me ur coilies :p think imola would look perfect on em :)
lee

ha ha , Nah Buy your own :p think im going to turn mine up as were im doing a job at theres LOADS of speedbumps , I can get over them easy enough , its just that its catching the floor all the time , and im annoying trafic :p


I'm so tempted to buy a little Cinq for some fun. Just as a little run around, keeping my GP for practical every day use. Seeing yours just makes me get excited thinking about it ha :D I want i want i want!

Cheers fella :) ill be keeping this one so you cant have it :)
 
Haha I might have to invest some time soon :p haha annoying traffic, I love it, u can almost hear people screaming at you as u poodle over speed bumps and slower thn walking pace just to stop the floor catching bump/road lol but hey, it looks cool and goes round (smooth)corners like its on rails :)
 
tbf, for it to have been as low as it is for as long as it has shows great dedication lol. You won't regret raising it though, its far more amusing to actually be able to trash about a bit and not worry about ripping half the car off!!

going to turn the Coilovers up a few Turns today , so ill still have a little lows but not to much , I can always Turn them back down for a show :D
 
Getting taken off the Road at the end of Jan . if plans go well ,

im takeing it off the road becase im buring Quite a lot of Oil and Im going to have to get my finger out and Get my Engine Rebuilt. Im looking at a Punto Van.. :p so when its off the Road ive got some Plans for it while its off the road .. that is If i buy this punto :) ive put a Question in the Mk1 punto section
 
Surely you'll have to make some space on the drive;) I still haven't heard from Matt

ill make room when it arives :p ahh WHAAAT man . just told him again for you :)

Reu , yeh since my headgasket went and i drove home (not far) it started burning oil :( think the water knackeed the valve stem oil seals :bang:
Yeh ive gone off it for a while :p
 
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