Styling Idol pink

[LilacBettie]

I sorted the seats out myself by sourcing my own material and am having them done as a custom job after the car comes from the factory so a very expensive and complicated option I'm afraid but it will be worth it in the end!

 

[Delilah29]

I sorted the seats out myself by sourcing my own material and am having them done as a custom job after the car comes from the factory so a very expensive and complicated option I'm afraid but it will be worth it in the end!

Flojo I know right! And Bettie they sound beautiful I want them! Haha I'm looking at different materials now lol and my husband is saying no haha but leather is quite a lot more anyway isn't it! Haha do u know someone who is going to recover the seats or is there a company that does this? X

 

[LilacBettie]

Hi Delilah, I have a hook up who is going to do it

 

[LilacBettie]

Guess who is here! Oooh! I am in HEAVEN!

Lets see here, Lilac Bettie is a Lounge Twin Air Dual Logic in Idol Pink (though really she's very much lilac as you can see.) Customised interior with ivory ambiance, lilac leatherette and white sparkle vinyl which I think looks out of this world! Heated seats, 16" spoked alloys, tinted windows, bonnet strip, front A bar, chrome number plate surround, chrome wing mirrors, side strips with 500 badges, my own personalised chrome badges, bi-xenon headlights, parking sensor, fiat rubber mats, mudflaps plus all imaginable bells and whistles. I'm a very, very lucky girl!

Sorry about all the images, we couldn't stop snapping!

 

[RobinPJ]

Absolutely brilliant. Not for me, but proves what a little thoughtful customisation can do.

Thanks for sharing.

Edit: if you don't mind telling us, what did your mods cost?

 

[ahmett]

Guess who is here! Oooh! I am in HEAVEN!

Lets see here, Lilac Bettie is a Lounge Twin Air Dual Logic in Idol Pink (though really she's very much lilac as you can see.) Customised interior with ivory ambiance, lilac leatherette and white sparkle vinyl which I think looks out of this world! Heated seats, 16" spoked alloys, tinted windows, bonnet strip, front A bar, chrome number plate surround, chrome wing mirrors, side strips with 500 badges, my own personalised chrome badges, bi-xenon headlights, parking sensor, fiat rubber mats, mudflaps plus all imaginable bells and whistles. I'm a very, very lucky girl!

Sorry about all the images, we couldn't stop snapping!

Now that is what I call full extra!

 

[LilacBettie]

Absolutely brilliant. Not for me, but proves what a little thoughtful customisation can do.

Thanks for sharing.

Edit: if you don't mind telling us, what did your mods cost?

Thank you guys! I'm afraid to say we are looking at about 2K plus of mods!

 

[RobinPJ]

OK £2,000 is a lot of money to add to the price of a "cheap" car like the 500 (and, yes, I know, it is not even that cheap to start with).

But look at it another way: sat nav on an Audi will cost you £2,000. And depreciation in the first year of ownership on most cars will be a lot more than £2,000 more than the depreciation on your car.

And most importantly of all: assuming you are not going to starve by reason of spending that money, you have something that is unique and which clearly is giving you a lot of pleasure. One thing we can say for certain about that £2,000: you cannot take it with you.

 

[LilacBettie]

Absolutely right Robin, I like your way of thinking. Actually I didn't pay anything, it was basically a straight trade with £14 extra going to me. I downsized from a big, mean 4x4 which I no longer needed for its original farm work purposes. It was time for some fun and total frivolity! I am into classic cars but there was no way I would go for an American 50s number, despite my dreams of one! Not on these terrible lanes and with the fact they are more of an ongoing project rather than a vehicle for getting from A to B. The Fiat struck all the right chords with me. It screams retro but in a happy little modern shell. I am so pleased with my decision!

 

[madzspurs]

Thank you guys! I'm afraid to say we are looking at about 2K plus of mods!

Absolutely wonderful! I am waiting for my idol pink lounge to come and although she won't be as beautiful as Bettie I'm still very excited!!

 

[madzspurs]

My car is here! Franco the idol pink lounge 1.2. Not sure how to upload pics on here but he's on my instagram (MADZ777).

 

[alexGS]

The 'sparkle' vinyl of Lilac Bettie makes more sense now that a liking of American cars has been mentioned

I actually think colour-wise, this is truly inspired and the materials improve on the rather dour colours offered by FIAT - the section in the door panel, for example, breaks it up really nicely. I like the way the headrests are trimmed - tricky shapes to do - think I'd just paint them white.

It certainly gives me an idea for what I'd like done in white leather on my next 500 in many years' time

-Alex

 

[The Twins]

Guess who is here! Oooh! I am in HEAVEN!

Lets see here, Lilac Bettie is a Lounge Twin Air Dual Logic in Idol Pink (though really she's very much lilac as you can see.) Customised interior with ivory ambiance, lilac leatherette and white sparkle vinyl which I think looks out of this world! Heated seats, 16" spoked alloys, tinted windows, bonnet strip, front A bar, chrome number plate surround, chrome wing mirrors, side strips with 500 badges, my own personalised chrome badges, bi-xenon headlights, parking sensor, fiat rubber mats, mudflaps plus all imaginable bells and whistles. I'm a very, very lucky girl!

Sorry about all the images, we couldn't stop snapping!

Oh my goodness!!! That's amazing. Its really in the spirit of the 500 being such a 'personal' car. You did a great job.
Please, where did you source the custom badges?
Thanks,
Ian.

 

[Barbie]

Always a good thing. Whilst of course with me being a chest beating alpha male it's not my sort of colour, I do see why people would like it and it doesn't have the stigma of the Barbie hot pink 500 where most will assume is driven by a platinum bleached blonde with loads of fake tan.

Hahahaa thats very sterotypical