Technical wheel fitments
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Technical wheel fitments
Yes but car will need lowered to look right
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Yes, will definitely fit - as would 17 inch Abath wheels.
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Isn't that the idea?
16" wheels tend to look alright, but when you put the 17" wheels on it starts to look like a monster truck.....
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Welcome to the forum bettsy.
From your intro you mention that the pop is for the missus but you hope to get a few blasts in it.
One of the drawbacks of alloys is they get marked / scuffed / gauged.
So before you hand over a lot of £ it would be worthwhile checking out the refurbishment costs of the different types of wheels.
The Abarth wheels that you are looking at look immaculate but it's a lot of spondules.
IMHO if you had to get a set of alloys then a set of 15inchs would be better given that you have the 1.2. Personally I'm not into the Lounge wheels but the Sports are nice but you could ask the missus for her input because my OH doesn't like them.
Next is the 16 inch Multispokes and having had them they are really nice. There was a set in the ads section (along with Abarth ones
) but they do come up the rare time on ebay. They do work with the 1.2 from the looks point of view because they 'hide' the rear drums.The 16 inch Abarth wheels are nice looking wheels, lighter than the multispokes (I think) but with the more open design expose the rear drum on the 1.2
Also in relation to informing the insurance 'boys' on the alloy wheel changes the Abarth ones are the only ones that would not be a 'dealer option'.
Here's a link to a member's car with the 16 Multispokes and Abarth center caps.
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It is worth emphasising (in case the OP does not read down) that the car in the link has had its supension dropped.
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There would be good demand for your 15inch Sport wheels.
Would you prefer the Abarth wheels over the Multispoke wheels as in the link ?
The wheels in the top left photo, my dad put them on a 500 1.3 MJet so they will deffinitely fit in place of the standard 15" wheels....I'll try and dig a picture out.
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They're 16 inch. There was a set of the FF about a month ago. The advertiser was IIRC was looking for around £300 but was open to offers. I think someone offered him £200 but he didn't accept (tyres weren't up to much).
One of the 'plus' points about the multispokes is that they are 'all the one colour'. If you need to refurbish spraying is possible but more difficult because the spokes are tightly packed. When I had mine done they had to be power coated at a slightly crazy price. Worth paying for decent ones providing the missus and yourself
are good at parking. These wheels would be a 'dealer option' so they would not be deemed to be a modification the way that fitting Abarh wheels could be. If you want the 'Abarth' bit fitting the center caps should tick that box.Link below to my 'old' refurbished multispokes - decent secondhand ones would have been cheaper...
https://www.fiatforum.com/500/274198-little-thump-today-pearlescent-3.html?p=2909105
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