Styling Styling help

[jason45]

Hi all just wanting some help with what else i can do with my uno done some bits but get a bit limited with getting stuff abroud shiping cost's a bit throu the roof ??

 

[Bushboy]

right.

1. loose the spoiler. its horendous. Get a lip.. not an ironing board!
2. lower it! looks pretty high imo
3. Get some better alloys. there are plenty around that will fit.
4. smooth out the fiat badge at the front so the grill is fully open.
5. fit turbo skirts and arches.. will looks loads nicer!
6. bodycolour the bumpers
7. Remove all of the stickers
8. debadge the boot.

and thats about it

 

[Jai]

plus:

colour code mirrors (ie swap those nice red ones for a pair of black ones i have!)
colour code wiper arm
turbo bumper - faired in foggies
re-hang exhaust to fit more snuggly
niceeeeeeeeee

btw are those vauxhall alloys? i do actually like the way they look on there!

 

[jason45]

plus:

colour code mirrors (ie swap those nice red ones for a pair of black ones i have!)
colour code wiper arm
turbo bumper - faired in foggies
re-hang exhaust to fit more snuggly
niceeeeeeeeee

btw are those vauxhall alloys? i do actually like the way they look on there!

Cheer's for your view and yes there vauxhall alloys think they look gid aswell and they say they wouldn't fit a fiat

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

they dont fit a fiat well, they do with wobbly bolts

Dunc

 

[jason45]

they dont fit a fiat well, they do with wobbly bolts

Dunc

Well they do fit but the 15 and 20mm spacers needed to stop the rubbing probley lines them up fine.

 

[alexGS]

It's the bolt spacing that Dunc (and I) would be more concerned about.
FIAT use 98mm PCD (Pitch Circle Diameter). Most other manufacturers with four-bolt pattern use 100mm PCD.

You may have found that the bolts didn't seat particularly well?
If so, I'd say that would be very dangerous... particularly if the wheel also doesn't sit on the hub spigot (hub-centric, like the original steel wheels).

'Wobbly' bolts have an extra collar which loosely fits around the bolt - the bolt head sandwiches the collar in place.

You might think that a millimetre or two doesn't matter, but if the wheels are not hub-centric, then the bolts are centring the wheel. At motorway speeds, the wheels MUST be centred... sorry for the dire warnings but definitely a point to check - are those spacers also adapting the bolt pattern? Such spacers would be illegal in NZ but probably safe enough in the UK.

-Alex

 

[jason45]

It's the bolt spacing that Dunc (and I) would be more concerned about.
FIAT use 98mm PCD (Pitch Circle Diameter). Most other manufacturers with four-bolt pattern use 100mm PCD.

You may have found that the bolts didn't seat particularly well?
If so, I'd say that would be very dangerous... particularly if the wheel also doesn't sit on the hub spigot (hub-centric, like the original steel wheels).

'Wobbly' bolts have an extra collar which loosely fits around the bolt - the bolt head sandwiches the collar in place.

You might think that a millimetre or two doesn't matter, but if the wheels are not hub-centric, then the bolts are centring the wheel. At motorway speeds, the wheels MUST be centred... sorry for the dire warnings but definitely a point to check - are those spacers also adapting the bolt pattern? Such spacers would be illegal in NZ but probably safe enough in the UK.

-Alex

Yeah the spacers are universal and and hubs line up 100% was the first thing i checked plus the wheel alinement is all checked and i don't get any jiddering on the steering wheel when at 100mph+ so i think there Centraled with the hub. but i've never heard of wobbly bolts

 

[GeorgePayne]

OMG DO VAUXHALL WHEELS REALLY FIT FIAT :0 :0 :0

THATS AWSUM

would some corsa gsi wheels

or cesaros fit ?

 

[Bushboy]

No, they don't.

If you read the whole thread, you will see that Vauxhall alloy wheels are 4x100pcd where as fiats are 4x98pcd. This means that the bolt spacing is out my 2mm. Not a massive ammount, no, and you will get the bolts in using standard bolts BUT it will not be safe to drive as the bolts will not seat properly.

You will be able to use variable PCD bolts or Wobbly bolts, but you will find that the wheels wont fit on there own and will need spacers. this is fine, but you will need to now get longer bolts and wobbly bolts with universal spacers is a big no no.

Hubcentric spacers will be the only option so that you bolt the wheels to the spacer and then bolt the spacer to the hub.

In essence. They can be made to fit, but do not really fit.

 

[Gav F]

vauxhall wheels arent hard to fit
i have Aez dions off a corsa and im using wobblys and 5mm spacers, just needed a fitting kit (spigots)

i did have 16" 4x100s which fitted no problems they were mint but a pain in the arse being 7.5J with 35mm lowered

 

[GeorgePayne]

look like im getting some vauxhall wheels

 

[shadowmk42]

just like my mate unonumero said all you have 2 do is put on some 5mm spacers and a fitting kit (spigots) and yes vauxhall wheels do fit coz i have seen his uno and they are vauxhall wheels

 

[GeorgePayne]

just like my mate unonumero said all you have 2 do is put on some 5mm spacers and a fitting kit (spigots) and yes vauxhall wheels do fit coz i have seen his uno and they are vauxhall wheels

and where do you get spacers and a fitting kit ?

 

[Chas Uno]

Just as an aside, but why fit Vauxhall wheels to a Fiat? Especially when there are so many good looking Fiat/ Italian wheels available? Just ask Jai, the FF resident wheel whore!

I personally think it looks wrong when you see a different manufacturers wheels fitted to another manufacturers cars. There was a time when Ford owners were fitting Pug 205 GTi alloys to their cars - just looked plain wrong to me :yuck: Stick with Fiat/ Lancia wheels, or at a push some Alfa wheels also look good (some are too obviously Alfa wheels if you know what I mean).

Obviously aftermarket alloys are a different story but I know I'd rather fit wheels of the correct PCD rather than use wobbly bolts and spigot adaptors. I just don't trust them...

 

[alexGS]

We could always put this to a vote sometime.

As for me,
wobbly bolts: prefer not,
spacers with studs that adapt the bolt pattern: definitely not,
wheels with incorrect PCD bolted on anyway: I'd put the spare on, and find three more spare wheels...

Adding spacers alters the effective offset of the wheels. The Uno is pretty tolerant of the wheel offset as far as steering geometry goes, but it helps if it's right - helps the wheel bearings and bottom balljoints to last longer, prevents the tyre scraping the outer wheelarch, catching the brake calipers, or rubbing on the transmission. These are all things you'll have to check if you fit wheels of unknown offset. The number 38 springs to mind, but that's without spacers.

Good luck,
-Alex

 

[GeorgePayne]

Just as an aside, but why fit Vauxhall wheels to a Fiat? Especially when there are so many good looking Fiat/ Italian wheels available? Just ask Jai, the FF resident wheel whore!

I personally think it looks wrong when you see a different manufacturers wheels fitted to another manufacturers cars. There was a time when Ford owners were fitting Pug 205 GTi alloys to their cars - just looked plain wrong to me :yuck: Stick with Fiat/ Lancia wheels, or at a push some Alfa wheels also look good (some are too obviously Alfa wheels if you know what I mean).

Obviously aftermarket alloys are a different story but I know I'd rather fit wheels of the correct PCD rather than use wobbly bolts and spigot adaptors. I just don't trust them...

yeah but the problem is finding fiat wheels. ... the only ones i really like are the mk1 turbos and thats about it really the rest are ugly i tihnk . . . i might just slam it bout 60 mm and spray my steelies white