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Styling The Autowerks - Panda 100hp - Tints, Wheels and more
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Styling The Autowerks - Panda 100hp - Tints, Wheels and more
It would work better on a black or white car though, it's not such a good match for electroclash. Would have thought dark blue decals would go well.
Because it's got Abarth stickers when there is no such thing as an Abarth Panda?lol red stripe red mirror covers
Why not just have my car
What do they add... 10bhp?
Sorry Gary, pet hate of mine!
Thanks once again for the comments folks - always good to receive feedback both positive and negative. Was wondering if a photojob wizard could insert a pinstripe on the upper body crease i.e. above the door handles and try it front to rear in both red and dark ('royal'?) blue as TDQ suggests ? Would be much appreciated to have an idea before I purchase the vinyl 
Which pic do you want Photoshopping?
Thks for the offer TBP - the first or preferably the second one of the 'after' shots ? Was thinking of a very thin stripe - not more than 1cm width - so not sure how easy that will be to replicate via digital trickery
Here you go:
Red:
Blue:
Black:
White:
Green (matched to your Italian Flag):
Personally I like the Black and I surprised myself by how much I liked the Green!
Red:
Blue:
Black:
White:
Green (matched to your Italian Flag):
Personally I like the Black and I surprised myself by how much I liked the Green!
green is def the dark horse from nowhere maybe teamed up with green calipers peeking out from the alloys?
maybe teamed up with green calipers peeking out from the alloys?
I like the green on the grey too, would look good with the brake calipers done green too.
Would go for black with the car already done thou.
Are the Pandamonium stripes available over the counter at Fiat?
Would go for black with the car already done thou.
Are the Pandamonium stripes available over the counter at Fiat?
I just went for the Abarth look as i like it
But my other car is the fastest production car Fiat ever made and doesn't have any Abarth badges on it, yet it leaves all Abarth Fiats way behind
The Coupe still looks fantastic today. Seems to be sadly underrated too.
Speed limits are an annoyance of mine. Not because I want to speed everywhere, but because it takes some of the skill out of driving.
To drive a car you should be capable of assessing the risks and drive accordingly. A 60mph road does not mean you will be able to do 60mph all the way along it. There may be corners, junctions, villiages etc that you should slow down for. It's a shame the law doesn't reflect this. As long as you're under the posted limit you're safe.
but, sadly, there are a great many people out there who are incapable of assessing danger.
It might be overloaded builder's lorries, badly loaded delivery lorries (or cars). There's hardly a month goes by round here that we don't hear of yet another taxi being taken off the roads due to it being unroadworthy - and these are supposedly regulated and subject to more stringent/frequent testing. The latest one was a sharan with a diesel engine that sounded like a tin can full of spanners. He was driving like that for ages until, last week, the bottom fell out of the engine, complete with half of the guts of the engine (con rod gone, big end bearings, shells, piston & a galloon or two of very old engine oil - all over the road).
We have a local road that had a 40 limit, nice, long, stretch of road with a slight bend. Houses set a way back so heaps of visibility.
With 2 children killed in as many years, a 30 limit was imposed.
Thing was, many drivers assessed the road to be safe at 60 - and why not? Trouble was, those kids wanting to cross had no way of knowing if the oncoming car would get to them in 20 seconds or 10.
I think nowadays, much of the driving skill is simply looking out for idiot pedestrians with their mobiles pinned to their ears or loud music in their ears - or who simply believe they are superior to cars & so have right of way.
Holy thread resurrection Batman!!!!
I saw a wonderful example a few months ago. A local boy racer had decided to get fancy rally seats fitted to his saxo. The quote he got for welding the frames to the floor was a bit too much for him to pay so he tied the seat in place with string. He just punched a few holes in the floor pan, threaded the string through and kept the rain out with bathroom sealer. The first time he saw a police car he braked hard - force of habit I suspect as he has been stopped before - the string parted on the sharp edge (no grommets) and he hit the windscreen with his face.
Needed more string I reckon
Even less relevant to this thread than my last post - an example to show that stupidity doesn't only happen on the roads.
A shop lifter in court couldn't believe he had been caught. he had checked out the supermarket and found the parts that were not covered by CCTV. He had bought some trousers that were too big and sewn bags inside to take the stolen items. He done the same with an ankle length coat. He filled his bags with stolen stuff and checked his reflection in one of the windows to be sure the stolen items didn't bulk out his clothing too much. How did they catch him?
It was a very hot day, everybody else was in shorts and tee shirt. He was in an overcoat and shivering. He had stolen 34 packs of frozen pork chops.
A shop lifter in court couldn't believe he had been caught. he had checked out the supermarket and found the parts that were not covered by CCTV. He had bought some trousers that were too big and sewn bags inside to take the stolen items. He done the same with an ankle length coat. He filled his bags with stolen stuff and checked his reflection in one of the windows to be sure the stolen items didn't bulk out his clothing too much. How did they catch him?
It was a very hot day, everybody else was in shorts and tee shirt. He was in an overcoat and shivering. He had stolen 34 packs of frozen pork chops.
Being a relative newbie on here, I had never seen this thread. Bizzarely, I added a red Abarth scorpion to my tailgate thinking naively that I was the first to do such a thing!
I think that airlog's Panda looks superb and is everything I would do to my own [with the exception of the tints (he says while standing well away from the PC!)]. I had even looked at buying the small Italian flag badges but ended up with Abarth shields instead. Painting the wheels is something that I intend on doing, but given the car's role, kerbing is inevitable.
From an aesthetic point-of-view, the graduated tints really worked. However, I'm not a fan of them forward of the B-post simply because I like to be able to get 'eye contact' with another driver if they are waiting to emerge [potentially] into my path.
I've spent 10 years on internet car forums [including being a moderator/club admin] and most 'debates' would be far more friendly if they were conducted in the pub over a drink. Perhaps the keyboard takes away the author's personality and tone, which then leads to people taking offence unintentionally?
As far as average speed cameras go, I can foresee the day when they are on every main route, whether there are roadworks or not. At the beginning, everyone had the freedom to obey the law with self-control. Some didn't, so Traffic Police were necessary. After that, speed cameras were introduced and as a normal Gatso is largely ineffective, more sophisticated devices have been employed. Cars with GPS-controlled speed have already been trialled but I would imagine that average speed cameras are cheaper and the technology is already in use.
For my closing line [and to bring the thread back on-topic], the car looks brilliant!
I think that airlog's Panda looks superb and is everything I would do to my own [with the exception of the tints (he says while standing well away from the PC!)]. I had even looked at buying the small Italian flag badges but ended up with Abarth shields instead. Painting the wheels is something that I intend on doing, but given the car's role, kerbing is inevitable.
From an aesthetic point-of-view, the graduated tints really worked. However, I'm not a fan of them forward of the B-post simply because I like to be able to get 'eye contact' with another driver if they are waiting to emerge [potentially] into my path.
I've spent 10 years on internet car forums [including being a moderator/club admin] and most 'debates' would be far more friendly if they were conducted in the pub over a drink. Perhaps the keyboard takes away the author's personality and tone, which then leads to people taking offence unintentionally?
As far as average speed cameras go, I can foresee the day when they are on every main route, whether there are roadworks or not. At the beginning, everyone had the freedom to obey the law with self-control. Some didn't, so Traffic Police were necessary. After that, speed cameras were introduced and as a normal Gatso is largely ineffective, more sophisticated devices have been employed. Cars with GPS-controlled speed have already been trialled but I would imagine that average speed cameras are cheaper and the technology is already in use.
For my closing line [and to bring the thread back on-topic], the car looks brilliant!
I've spent 10 years on internet car forums [including being a moderator/club admin] and most 'debates' would be far more friendly if they were conducted in the pub over a drink. Perhaps the keyboard takes away the author's personality and tone, which then leads to people taking offence unintentionally?
As far as average speed cameras go, I can foresee the day when they are on every main route, whether there are roadworks or not. At the beginning, everyone had the freedom to obey the law with self-control. Some didn't, so Traffic Police were necessary. After that, speed cameras were introduced and as a normal Gatso is largely ineffective, more sophisticated devices have been employed. Cars with GPS-controlled speed have already been trialled but I would imagine that average speed cameras are cheaper and the technology is already in use.
For my closing line [and to bring the thread back on-topic], the car looks brilliant!
You're right about arguments on a forum, it's so easy to express yourself very strongly
As for speed cameras. Personally I think you have it very easy in the UK. I've been here for 4 years in a couple of weeks and not one speeding fine. Back in Australia I'd had 4 or 5 and with one of those incurring points. The speed cameras here are most on the top of poles (not Polish people) ffs! The average speed cameras are good. They're almost always around roadworks where people shouldn't frigging speed. In Western Australia the cameras are on tripods and are generally hidden until the very last moment. They're mobile so you've no idea where they're going to be.....I could go on here with my typical "You think you've got it bad....." rant but I'll stop
