Seicento my little red sporty curvy box

[Cinq mad lad]

after deciding not to spend any money on my car i managed a whole month before giving in again refurbed my alloys in black complete with 'controversial' red tyre writing i love them but they do look smaller
next i really wanted a induction kit but after loads of searching i couldnt find anywhere that does the cheap 'focus kit' and the k&n's are poo and too poor for owt else so i made one! used the intercooler to manifold pipe off my dads spare 406 2 liter diesel a little chopping but was exactly the right diameter and shape then for the filter i struggled to find one thatd fit eventually gave up with the misinformed idiots at halfords so my local auto factors helped me out 1 hour later and after trying all the filters i had one, a chavvy max power one in shiney red fitted a treat and made a cold air feed out of some 'spare' pipe i found behind the tumble dryer, sprayed black looks mint. Also took the time to rub down and polish my cam cover as it needed a new gasket anyway.
next was the abarth center car come badge which some would say is upside down. but it looks far more aggressive that way
and finally i have been looking at the back of my car for 2 months and wondering why i havent seen one where the plate surround/ fake diffuser is black ?
so masked it up rubbed down primed sprayed clear coated and looks absolutly mint! IMO lol also debadged it of rear badges and the schumi ones off the side skirts.
planning to paint around the front plate too as already have plenty of spare paint
please let me know your opinions guys!

 

[Ouby]

That's what we need, more original thought & less mock Abarths
Esp like the rear bumper

 

[Cinq mad lad]

thanks
and being different is why i had my cinq then the sei in the first place! haha i dont understand why people make them all look the same!?

 

[blu73]

reminds me of clock34's old sei, thats no bad thing mind, loved that car but sadly it died

 

[Cento186]

Looks special I love it

Did you get the rear badges off without a problem? I want to partly debadge mine as well but its red and more faded than yours so I'm worried about it still saying 'sporting' even without the badge

 

[Cinq mad lad]

thanks
and with mine you can see the red spots if you get close but not bad, anything is better than faded fiat badges

 

[Cento186]

I was thinking of removing the fiat and seicento badge and replacing the crappy looking seicento badge with the chrome 600 for a 600 Sporting.

The Abarth bonnet badge is pretty smart too

 

[Cinq999]

That's a nice looking Sei....making me tempted to get one now

Just a small thing.....the rocker cover breather will need to be plumbed in to the intake for it to pass the MOT. If you've still got the original air box, keep it for the MOT....thats what I'm doing with mine end of next month.

 

[Cinq mad lad]

ahhh, mot not until December so i will keep that in mind thanks

 

[Cinq mad lad]

after getting some smd fog light bulbs i went to fit them and found why my fogs wernt working, they had obviously disintegrated and were beyond repair
well i wasnt having that! so set out dissmantling them cleaning, rubbing down, chopping, painting and glued the lenses back on. i haven't put new reflectors in but have removed the bit of metal that goes in front of the bulbs. basically i have changed them from blinding fogs to daytime running lights and only cost me the price of new bulbs
i had to no nails the bulbs in as the bulb carriers had fell apart and i wasn't buying new lamps. then hard soldiered the connections and taped up one unit as the rubber had a massive hole in it.
the next thing i have done is take the michael schumacher badges off and looking for some cheap abarth decals to fit on the side skirts.
then felt the need to adhere to the 18 year old stereotype so went to halfords and spent £160 on a new sub and amp i love it but it is quite large for the boot, but adds a real good thump to my filthy dubstep :slayer:

 

[Ouby]

Not sure whether to slap you silly for the electrical safety/potential fire aspect of doing this....
or to kiss you on both cheeks for proving that civilization will not suffer an irreversible collapse due to the demise of Blue Peter & sticky-back-plastic.

Might have been better to buy some aftermarket lights -but I have to applaud your determination & ingenuity

 

[Cinq mad lad]

il take that as a complement
and the wiring isnt that bad, im just tight and everything got insulated properly
also if anything goes wrong with them i will fix them myself

 

[blu73]

needs, well perhaps need is a bit strong... I'll start again.

I think some tinted rear lenses would suit the look of your sei with the black/red theme.

 

[Cinq mad lad]

i have ordered another set of fly eye tint like i had on my blue cinq and if the rear lenses look good i might be tempted by some proper tinted units off of ebay

 

[blu73]

just buy some tint spray... its really easy.
i don't like flyeyes myself, the not really dark stuff looks quite cool in pictures online but just think they look hideous in the flesh. Just think it looks totally weird when its really dark though and coupled with the crap lights you get on a cento can't be very good at night either. They say its not meant to dull the lights but thats clearly a lie lol.

 

[Cinq mad lad]

on my cinq it made the shocking lights really awefull :/ so i got some 100w xenon bulbs and through the tint it comes out looking normal even went through the mot like that!! and they do look a bit cwap really up close but they are the best way to tint them i have found and IMO it looks a little bit more agressive which cant be a bad thing on a red sei

 

[blu73]

its fine if you like it, just one of my pet hates, perhaps its a sign i'm not young anymore lol

 

[jatkinson]

I like Flyeyes ,, Have a look for clock34 s NEO.. he had fly eyys on his red sie abarth so you can see what it will look like