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Nibor

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My A500SS
« on: December 01, 2011, 10:59:58 PM »
So I've been on this forum for about a year now, some of you may know me already ;) Most likely the most Northern Abarthisti, all the way up here in the Highlands of Scotland, but I still haven't got round to making a thread for my car! How absurd!!

So here we go, the basics;

Its a funk white 500 esseesse, with red leather, climate control, auto dimming mirror, 50/50 seats, red mirrors, abarth side stripe, and abarth bonnet and boot stickers!

Things I've added/planning to add to it:

Black team dynamics 1.2 pro race, GTT cold ram induction kit, aswell as a couple of GTT shiny red engine part covers, TMC tuning box, tinted sunstrip on front, tinted wind deflectors, and dark tints added to the rear windows, because I wanted it darker than the standard tints. I've also added some monster energy stickers because I'm trying to bring in some green to the colour scheme, everyone says red and green dont match, I disagree :P

I'm planning on painting the brake calipers in green aswell, and have some green centre cap stickers with the abarth logo on their way as we speak. Also planning on a 200cell cat and 2.5" downpipe section from TMC, but keeping the standard back box, and getting the proper silicone induction hose to go with the GTT soon, thats about it really. Might get a matte black heat shield in the engine too, but I'm undecided so far

Its sitting at just over 35k miles, getting its 2nd service on monday, and first MOT due in february :P I'll put photos in seperate posts
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 11:01:34 PM »
So first off, heres some photos from when I first got the car, these were done in the first month of ownership before I did anything to it at all, except drive and smile :P
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 11:03:14 PM »
These are some from when I took it to knockhill race track, I used the pro race alloys on track, then decided they looked better on the car so kept them on as road alloys, and the esseesse titaniums are track use, with rally slicks now
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 11:04:55 PM »
And heres the photos of my engine being completely empty, then with the GTT stuff and the TMC box in, aswell as a photo I took after cleaning the car, and making the glass almost mirror like, and also one from last winter when it iced over :P
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 11:07:04 PM »
And last but not least, heres it at its most recent, after a wash just back in October sometime, with the monster stickers, tints, wind deflectors and everything, I'll update with more photos after I add the green alloy centre cap stickers and green calipers, you can decide if it looks too much or not for yourselfs, but I think the green makes it look different, and the tints make it more aggressive looking, black, red, green, white, some people say more than 2 colours is overboard, I disagree  :whistle:
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2011, 06:30:18 PM »
Very nice car I like it :thumb:

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BN White Red Leather Climate Anti Dazzle Rear Mirror 50/50 Rear Seat Black Assetto Corse Stripes Black OZ Leggenda's Big Turbo TMC 230 Massive Brembo Brakes Hel Brake Lines Racing Brake Fluid Novitec exhaust Bilstein Coilovers Quate LSD Induction Kit Silicone Hose and just a few more bits to go:)

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2011, 06:48:27 PM »
Very nice car I like it :thumb:

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Cheers mate, cant wait to get the green calipers and wheel centres, it'll make it look even more unique I think. Although some douche boy racer in my town went and bought monster stickers after telling me mine looked cool with them on... He drives a 1.3 kia estate thing, in silver, with tinted windows, black alloys, and a stupid exhaust, I just dont understand why you would try make the thing look the way it does. But hes been copying me for ages, I got black rims, so did he, I tinted my windows, so did he, and now the stickers too!! Uncool, but at least mine suits it :P
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2011, 09:22:28 PM »
Cant say Im a fan of the Monster sticker, Ive seen far too many chavy, tacky cars but everything else looks great.
FWD_Boy - AKA 'Chris' A500 135bhp NP
G-Tech 200cell Sport cat, 3" centre section, Back box with Black tailpipes
Forge Dump valve, Silcone Induction hose
GTTuning Induction kit, Battery & Header tank covers

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2011, 11:51:32 PM »
Cant say Im a fan of the Monster sticker, Ive seen far too many chavy, tacky cars but everything else looks great.

I know what you mean, the furthur south towards Glasgow and below the more I see, but in the highlands you see none, havent seen any in Inverness or my town, so I think I get away with it  :whistle: I just wanted a bit of green on it, and I'm obsessed with drinking the stuff, literally a couple of cans a day, always wired you know  :thumb:
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2012, 11:50:22 PM »
An update to my car, painted the mirrors in Kawasaki green, and also got my bonnet and boot scorpions changed from red to green to match, getting some green brake caliper paint tomorrow, so I'll be painting my calipers to match the bonnet stickers and the mirrors hopefully tomorrow afternoon if it stays dry enough, then the only red thing on my car will be the side stripes... Leaving them red for now, but planning on changing them to black assetto corse stickers sometime in the summer hopefully, considered doing them green, but figure for sell on black stripes are a safer bet, all I'll need to do is put black mirror covers on and remove the bonnet stickers for it to appeal to a wider market (:
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 07:26:57 AM »
Looks good Nib Nob.  :)
Would look good without the stripe too. Get your hair dryer out and find out!
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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2012, 09:36:08 AM »
Looks good Nib Nob.  :)
Would look good without the stripe too. Get your hair dryer out and find out!

I'm forbidden to leave it stripeless though, so I'm leaving it until after I get my exhaust done sometime in June  :thumb:
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2012, 04:13:17 PM »
Painted the rear calipers green today, doing the fronts tomorrow, ran out of time to do the fronts aswell so they have to wait :P

Pics of when they were red, then after I painted them, and with the wheel on, excuse the dirty wheels, didnt have time to clean them either :P
Abarth 500 Esseesse
Funk White with Green Mirrors and Stickers
12-spoke 17" Black Team Dynamic Rims
GTT Cold Ram Induction Kit and TMC Tuning Box
Koni Rears
Magneti Marelli Street-Race backbox due in June

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 06:21:43 PM »
:thumb: Loving the Green, reminds me of the G-Tech demo car. Looking forward to seeing more Green creeping in.

Anything thats not the norm, for the good or bad always gets a thumbs up in my book :thumb:
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G-Tech 200cell Sport cat, 3" centre section, Back box with Black tailpipes
Forge Dump valve, Silcone Induction hose
GTTuning Induction kit, Battery & Header tank covers

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Re: My A500SS
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 06:24:18 PM »
Hero  :thumb:
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