Styling rear bumper smoothing and lowering

[dcfcsince90]

hi everyone,

i am looking at doing lots of different things to my stilo. its a 3 door, 1.6 in yellow. i have already changed a few things and i am now looking at lowering it by about 30-40mm and getting the rear bumper smoothed, possibly the boot as well. iv had a quick look around but was just wondering if anyone knows how much it costs to lower it and how much the smoothing will cost approx. any tips will also be appreciated.

cheers aaron

 

[MarkThompson4]

Cant help with the smoothing unfortunately but can certainly help with lowering. Eibach lowering springs are your best bet, won't break the bank and are no doubt the best out there, everyone fits eibachs to the Stilo. They do two kinds: Pro kit and Sport line, Pro kit offers a 20-30mm drop whereas the Sportline has a 45-50mm drop, not sure what like the handling aspects are like for each but if it's the drop your after then the choice is obvious, besides any aftermarket suspension part is bound to be an upgrade over the sloppy OEM setup! Also yours being a 1.6 you could go for a full coilover setup if you wanted and if you haven't already done so install OMP front/rear strut braces, after that your stilo will corner like a dream! Lowering springs will be upwards of £100 but no more than £200 I'd imagine and for good coilys you're looking 4-600, sorry I've not been able to get exact quotes but thats not far off I'm sure.

Hope this helps mate, what else have you done to your stilo out of curiosity? I'm looking for some inspiration for my 1.2 3 door!

 

[volxstu]

I've actually heard bad things about Eibach springs on other forums.
Coilivers are by far the best option, Spax and Blistein being widely recognised as good. Also this is what Fiat used on the Schumacher which is night and day better than how my old 1.6 used to handle.
Cost you are looking at around £800.

If you really don't want to go coilys and handling (ie making it worse) Then a 45-50 mm drop would be about right. They never actually go that much and most are designed for 1.2-1.8 engines so the 1.6 will probably go 30mm anyway.

Smoothing can be difficult. The areas on the boot will have a tendancy to crack and will look horrible.

If you are looking at modifying such a small engines car then I think you should look at other things. Window tints are good for a reasonably priced instant impact so as thing like lester spoilers.
Depending on the colour having the panel trims painted body colour can look nice. I had a yellow Active Sport and the black rub strips looked good.

A set of nice alloys will change the look of the car.

Strut braces are a good way to improve the silly handling of the Stilo.

Also a well fitted custom exhaust will make it sound nice and look good too.

 

[Yellow Peril]

On smoothing, you may find this thread of interest:

https://www.fiatforum.com/members-motors/214859-my-cleaned-euro-stilo.html

although the featured owner no longer frequents this forum, so I assume the car has been sold.

I'm afraid I must correct Stu, the Schumacher was not fitted with coilovers or Spax springs. The modifications to the Schumi were Eibach springs and Bilstein dampers, though they were unique Eibach springs, to a spec devised by Prodrive, not the ones listed in the Eibach catalogue for the Stilo. I'm also not aware of any problems with Eibachs - they've been on the market for years and are pretty well respected.

If you want better handling without spoiling the ride, I would suggest H&R springs as they are progressively wound, rather than the Eibachs which are linear.