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You want it darker? We kill the flame...
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Styling Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy
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Guns'n'roses:
Black leather
Ooh, black leather
Ow black leather
(maybe Axel Rose sat on a black leather seat after it had been standing in the sun for too long?)
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Paint it black would be more appropriate for the car's vibe, or given it's all gone a bit 'biker' inside, maybe this
Actually, the interior colour is entirely accidental - I really liked the brown 'classic' interior it came with, but my other half kept hitting her head on the roof, so I've had to lower the seats, and it wasn't possible to find anything which didn't clash dramatically with the original colour so it's ended up going all black.
My car's got more of a 50's look about it so 'Volare' might be more appropriate;
But I'm more partial to Metal...
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My car's got more of a 50's look about it so 'Volare' might be more appropriate;
But I'm more partial to Metal...
you can imagine an original Fiat 500 chugging along sunny Italian roads to that
Or in the UK, this:
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Apart from the colour discussions, I‘d be really interested in the seat lowering approach, though more in the front than back
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Front would be much, much harder to do, but rear is relatively easy.
Here we go:
500 - Lowering the passenger seat, the easy way
This thread is for the general discussion of the Guide Lowering the passenger seat, the easy way. Please add to the discussion here. mj2k submitted a new guide: Lowering the passenger seat, the easy way Note - this will only lower the rear of the seat, lowering the front would take much more...
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Yeah I think it’s the c pillar been fiddling with it today! I liked the blue n me too but lockdown 1 hit and I was twiddling my thumbs!
Glad I did too
I love seeing my album artwork and being me I fitted a very discreet rear parking camera as that shows on the screen too
Your interior looks great!! I can’t stand most of the standard 500 interiors I think it’s an overhang from my previous pop I owned
Glad I did too
I love seeing my album artwork and being me I fitted a very discreet rear parking camera as that shows on the screen tooYour interior looks great!! I can’t stand most of the standard 500 interiors I think it’s an overhang from my previous pop I owned
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Everything arrived from the UK today, so;
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Are you going to swap the armrests, etc to match?
Interesting to see you've fitted a HUD, I was thinking of fitting one too but the huge speed display on the later TFT speedo makes it unnecessary.
I got one too 
hud that is but I don’t need it either! The tft is perfectly sufficient…wasted £20 on that!
hud that is but I don’t need it either! The tft is perfectly sufficient…wasted £20 on that!
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I got one too
I'd got one left over from my Subaru, when I got the Abarth I thought "that's going on the dash", and then when I actually drove it I thought "no it isn't"
Interestingly the Abarth's boost gauge matches the original speedo, though most of the 'real estate' is given up to a near-pointless sport mode light, which is why everyone moans about it so much. Wonder why they didn't upgrade that at the same time to match the tft speedo? A big, easily readable digital display would have made it a lot more valuable, and spare space could have been used for other useful things like oil temperature, pressure, etc.
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I was worried the ivory around the gear lever might be too much but I'm very pleased with it now it's done. Been thinking of doing that for a long time. No, I shan't do the armrest - it sort of matches the blacks and greys in the cabin anyway. It'd look nice in red leather but...
I'd love to have the TFT display but without it the HUD is a necessity! I don't know whether you've driven a 500, especially a 500C, with the ivory steering column in a bright sun but the reflection off the speedo 'glass' renders the instruments virtually invisible, and the centre display actually so. Driving in traffic and peering at the speedo trying to find that short elusive needle is not conducive to carefree motoring! The GPS HUD gives me an spot-on accurate speed - without the 5kph padding of the car's speedo - right near my line of sight. It's been brilliant.
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Bright sunlight? What's that? We don't get it in the UK
Boost gauge in the Abarth, which doesn't match the rest of the interior, has the same problem (even without bright sunlight) so I've replaced mine with a small digital version and fitted the Tom Tom port in the dash (like yours) to fill the hole. My HUD used to read the exact speed too (it was connected direct to an ABS sensor output and calculated the speed from the wheel rpm) but it kept tripping me up on motorways, etc. I'd be sitting behind someone doing 63mph and wonder why they were going so slow until I remembered my HUD showed the correct speed.
It’s definitely worth getting the TFT my original was same as yours and yes the plastic does reflect sun (when we see it) lol
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I've thought about the TFT, I'd rather like to do what you've done and change the stereo too, but I'm not confident in my abilities. I have to admit that I rather like the retro look and feel of the older instruments as well. In any case my car's done only 198 miles since the last service in November and it's difficult to justify the time and expense for something I'll get to enjoy only infrequently.
The coming week here is going to be up to 35C every day - certainly don't want to be out and about in that!
...humming Ebony and Ivory now...
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I get it......humming Ebony and Ivory now...
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Yeah I wouldn’t want you cooking in the car fiddling with wires 
I guess I’m just one of those people who enjoy disassemble then re assemble
I guess I’m just one of those people who enjoy disassemble then re assemble
