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Trigzzzzzzzzzzz
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« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2010, 05:59:10 PM »
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nice i want a monza, but im not aloud till after our wedding in oct  Pray
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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2010, 06:42:19 PM »
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Quote from: Trigzzzzzzzzzzz on May 07, 2010, 05:59:10 PM
nice i want a monza, but im not aloud till after our wedding in oct  Pray

It was the happiest day of my life when i tied the knot Smiley all i have to do now is kick the chair from under her and il be a free man  Whistle
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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2010, 07:11:21 PM »
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Quote from: Trooper on May 07, 2010, 06:42:19 PM
all i have to do now is kick the chair from under her and il be a free man
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Saw Frankie Boyle last night:

Role play with the wife - She dresses up and pretends to be Catwoman... and I pretend to love her.


My favourite bit (look away now):  Cut from Mock the Week - Phrase most likely to change the atmosphere at a dinner party:  "If we're all here... where's Madelaine?"

Followed immediately by the remark that Gerry McCann must be truly devastated, but a tiny bit of him must have thought - "I could put a pool table in that room."
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2010, 11:27:18 PM »
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I would love to post some sick joke responses  Smiley but i fear the wrath of the forum police  Hide
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« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2010, 12:16:32 AM »
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Marriage is like a tornado.. its starts of with a lot of sucking a blowing .. then you loose your house  Grin

To quote Frankie Boyle "lets see if that makes it into the show "  Whistle
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« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2010, 06:54:43 PM »
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Just a little update for you all on her progress  Grin

Friday i spent 6+ hours detailing her  Kiss then half an hour after i finished it rained  Cry

The dodo juice light fantastic wax i used is amazing  Cool would definitely recommend it  Thumb Up also the redmist detail spray is great and smells fantastic  Grin

Because of the rain i didnt get any photos Sad will put some up next time she gets a scrub  Wink

Following on from an earlier post i mentioned that i threw away the horrible standard 500 scuff plates and replaced them with some shiny Abarth ones i got from Italy  Cool here's a better photo.



I also mentioned my Abarth boot mat, I had this specially made a while ago from a guy on ebay (he didnt do Abarth in red) now i think hes got some like this for sale on there now Smiley



One of the other things that has bothered me about my car is how the sidelights/DRL's look yellow compared to my xenons Sad so fitted some blue/white bulbs as mentioned in this thread http://www.abarthforum.co.uk/500-abarth-tuning/another-500-bulbs-thread/ Thanks Joe for the info  Thumb Up but i now have some very sore wrists Sad from scrapping them on the inside of the access panel.


Yesterday i removed the horrible standard airfilter and replaced with the BMC SS filter  Cool cant say its made any difference but it makes me feel better  Tongue

Also ive been busy removing my recirc pipe from my dump valve and fitting a BMC filter and blocking of the old pipe.
see these threads for more info http://www.abarthforum.co.uk/500-abarth-tuning/dump-valve-3055/ i didnt use the "kit" that some people bought from ebay.Italy but sourced the filter from ebay and made the plug that blocks the old hose from the correct size of aluminium round bar  Smiley i think it looks pretty  Cool makes a nice woosh sound, not to everyone's taste but for less than £30 i wanted to see what it was like (never had a turbo engine before) heres some pics.







I've really enjoyed tinkering with her this weekend Smiley
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« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2010, 07:26:19 PM »
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Where did you get the boot mat from?  Had a quick search on Ebay and can't find any...
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2010, 07:38:06 PM »
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This is the guy i got it from http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fiat-NEW-500-TAPIS-COFFRE-ABARTH-LOGO-GRIS-FONCE-/370378354291?cmd=ViewItem&pt=JG_FR_Auto_Pi%C3%A8ces&hash=item563c452e73#ht_2889wt_1165  he's not listing any red ones atm so just ask him  Smiley hes very helpful.
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Trigzzzzzzzzzzz
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2010, 08:23:46 PM »
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Quote from: Trooper on May 07, 2010, 06:42:19 PM
Quote from: Trigzzzzzzzzzzz on May 07, 2010, 05:59:10 PM
nice i want a monza, but im not aloud till after our wedding in oct  Pray


It was the happiest day of my life when i tied the knot Smiley all i have to do now is kick the chair from under her and il be a free man  Whistle


lol mine's good as gold really just means I've gotta wait to spend money on the car, but at least i suppose i will be more excited about getting them fitted as i will have had to wait!
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« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2010, 05:55:36 PM »
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I can confirm that the stupid flashing hazards when braking is very very very PANTS Thumb Down took it out the other night for a spin and while pressing on through a series of tight bends the flashing made me look like i was pressing the wrong buttons on the console  Angry

Ive had this so called safety feature on other cars but they have never cut in as often as on the A500  Sad
Surely there is a fuse i can pull out .....please  Cry
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« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2010, 02:43:36 PM »
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Something I've just noticed Trooper;
Your battery is a Magneti Marelli / Abarth branded one.  Mine isn't, they must have started branding them since I got mine!
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« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2010, 08:23:48 PM »
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Quote from: havaska on May 15, 2010, 02:43:36 PM
Something I've just noticed Trooper;
Your battery is a Magneti Marelli / Abarth branded one.  Mine isn't, they must have started branding them since I got mine!

Dont worry its just a sticker i put on Grin looked a bit boring without ABARTH written on it  Thumb Up
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« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2010, 09:11:20 PM »
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Since ordering my A500 ive been concerned about stone chips, my last car was covered in chips down the side skirts so last weekend i made myself some stoneguards/mudflaps  Cheesy

They are made from some 2.5mm carbon look abs plastic and took about 8+ hours to cut, polish edges and fine tune the shape to get them just right Smiley The rears are particularly hard to get right due to the standard black plastic lip at the rear of the wheel arch.

I decided not to fix them directly to the wheel arches (didnt want to fix direct into metal)and instead fixed them to the wheel arch liners  Wink

I can confirm that the front are doing a great job of stopping stones from reaching my paintwork and the rears are great at keeping the tailgate clean Smiley

What do you think?





Will try and get some better pics up tomorrow when shes been cleaned Smiley
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« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2010, 09:16:22 PM »
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The ones I put on are similar and they do a good job and the sills have very few marks on them.

Martin
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« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2010, 09:50:18 PM »
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Quote from: GTMartin on May 20, 2010, 09:16:22 PM
The ones I put on are similar and they do a good job and the sills have very few marks on them.

Martin

Cool  Thumb Up did you make your own or did you source them from somewhere ? i did look for something to fit the A500 but just kept getting lots of rally car style flaps Sad so decided to make my own  Tongue
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