i promised the previous owner Glenn when i bought the tipo id post and update thread as i went along so this is long overdue!, this is still an on going project as ive got a few more bits to do but its getting there! theres been a lot of work done over the past year so this is going to be a long one... sorry lol ive also added pics so hopefully they will work! if not ill add the link to my photobucket album.
so the before pic
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first job on the list was to get it in for a cambelt and glad i did as the balancer shaft belt had completely snapped, so i had that the cambelt all tensioners and waterpump replaced at the same time i had all 4 shocks and springs replaced with new standard ones as the lowered suspension was causing issues a new traling arm kit, magnecore leads new plugs and a full service later and it was off for an mot only 2 small patches of welding needed then we were legal and ready to go
ive replaced the 17" aftermarket alloys with some 16" black stilo alloys and 4 new yokahoma drive s tyres it sticks to the road like a barnacle! the ride is a lot smoother now and the wheels suit a lot better i think.
and after pics..
next task was the interior the blue bucket seats,blue steering wheel,blue pedals and blue gear/handbrake gators were just a little err...tooo much,
i knew there was no chance of finding standard interior so decided to fit a full momo leather one from an alfa romeo 145 cloverleaf i replaced the steering wheel with a momo millennium one and matching momo pedals i also replaced the standard tipo handbrake leaver with the chrome button one from an alfa 145 then fitted the momo pitstop handle to match the steering wheel and pedals.
part of the dash around the clocks was badly marked and worn so i replaced that with a spare i had and at the same time decided to upgrade the dash speakers to some JBL GTO i had spare and fitted an alpine headunit as my brother had decided to nick the sony one for his car while i wasn't looking :/
next job was the locks, the passenger side barrel was damaged in an attempted break in at some point and the drivers side central locking mech had ceased up so i stripped the lock mech sorted that then replaced all the lock barrels with a brand new set i managed to find on ebay! i also removed the large aftermarket air filter as it was pretty tired and replaced it with a piper-cross viper carbon fibre kit i also replaced the lambda sensor at the same time.
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its not all been straight forward had a few major headaches! the worst was when the clutch failed i took it to get a new one fitted only to find out that the flywheel had been changed at some point for a larger 230mm one possibly from a lancia delta or alfa 145?, so the new kit was no good and even worse the garage couldn't find anything to fit! so after a bit of quick thinking they managed to use the thrust bearing from the new kit and some parts from the old clutch just to get me back on the road. luckily I've since managed to find an original tipo 16v flywheel so il get that changed later and the rest of the new clutch kit fitted.
next jobs to do are the anti-roll bar drop links,sump gasket, brake pads all round, idle control valve and drive shafts as the ones fitted don't have the ABS sensors in them so the abs light is on all the time which will cause issues for the next mot.
after that its all body work ive removed the cheap plastic after market skirt kit and ive got some alfa 145 cloverleaf ones to replace them with, ive started undersealing and rust proofing the sil's and floor plan to and have a bit to do in the engine bay then its off to the body shop to get the delta kit sorted and spray work!
so the before pic
first job on the list was to get it in for a cambelt and glad i did as the balancer shaft belt had completely snapped, so i had that the cambelt all tensioners and waterpump replaced at the same time i had all 4 shocks and springs replaced with new standard ones as the lowered suspension was causing issues a new traling arm kit, magnecore leads new plugs and a full service later and it was off for an mot only 2 small patches of welding needed then we were legal and ready to go
ive replaced the 17" aftermarket alloys with some 16" black stilo alloys and 4 new yokahoma drive s tyres it sticks to the road like a barnacle! the ride is a lot smoother now and the wheels suit a lot better i think.
and after pics..
next task was the interior the blue bucket seats,blue steering wheel,blue pedals and blue gear/handbrake gators were just a little err...tooo much,
i knew there was no chance of finding standard interior so decided to fit a full momo leather one from an alfa romeo 145 cloverleaf i replaced the steering wheel with a momo millennium one and matching momo pedals i also replaced the standard tipo handbrake leaver with the chrome button one from an alfa 145 then fitted the momo pitstop handle to match the steering wheel and pedals.
part of the dash around the clocks was badly marked and worn so i replaced that with a spare i had and at the same time decided to upgrade the dash speakers to some JBL GTO i had spare and fitted an alpine headunit as my brother had decided to nick the sony one for his car while i wasn't looking :/
next job was the locks, the passenger side barrel was damaged in an attempted break in at some point and the drivers side central locking mech had ceased up so i stripped the lock mech sorted that then replaced all the lock barrels with a brand new set i managed to find on ebay! i also removed the large aftermarket air filter as it was pretty tired and replaced it with a piper-cross viper carbon fibre kit i also replaced the lambda sensor at the same time.
its not all been straight forward had a few major headaches! the worst was when the clutch failed i took it to get a new one fitted only to find out that the flywheel had been changed at some point for a larger 230mm one possibly from a lancia delta or alfa 145?, so the new kit was no good and even worse the garage couldn't find anything to fit! so after a bit of quick thinking they managed to use the thrust bearing from the new kit and some parts from the old clutch just to get me back on the road. luckily I've since managed to find an original tipo 16v flywheel so il get that changed later and the rest of the new clutch kit fitted.
next jobs to do are the anti-roll bar drop links,sump gasket, brake pads all round, idle control valve and drive shafts as the ones fitted don't have the ABS sensors in them so the abs light is on all the time which will cause issues for the next mot.
after that its all body work ive removed the cheap plastic after market skirt kit and ive got some alfa 145 cloverleaf ones to replace them with, ive started undersealing and rust proofing the sil's and floor plan to and have a bit to do in the engine bay then its off to the body shop to get the delta kit sorted and spray work!