Abarth Cars => General Abarth => Topic started by: A_Person on December 07, 2019, 08:14:38 pm
Title: :D, Bought One
Post by: A_Person on December 07, 2019, 08:14:38 pm
Well household is now a proud owner for a legend blue 2014 Abarth 500, very pleased it so far :)
The only problem is that dealer or previous owner, pumped in self tappers for the rear registration, straight into the boot metal work WTF?
just noticed as we changed to a private reg.
So I buy rust inhibitor and fill the holes ?? and then tape the registration on. Anyone had a similar issue
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: Richard H on December 08, 2019, 11:15:20 am
Our first 2 were Legends Blue, they look fantastic.
We want Pictures!
I thought there were clips to screw the plate to, one for each corner of the plate.
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: GTMartin on December 08, 2019, 05:15:09 pm
I would treat the self tap holes with a rust inhibitor and paint over. You get lots of moisture on the hatch lid in bad weather. I like the smooth look of the number plates being stuck on with sticky pads front and back.
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: A_Person on December 08, 2019, 05:26:41 pm
Yeah will get pictures up soon
Yea there are brackets but they ignore them and just self tapered.
picked some kurust and touch up kit, I also got some silicon sealer as well. so Thanks
yeah noticed the boot today where the faux chrome boot handle meets the bodywork, there is a tiny bit of rust where they meet.
so annoying, love the car tho, but that what happens when you cant afford new I suppose. ha-ha
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: mac1944 on December 09, 2019, 03:31:47 pm
I made sure the paint was cleaned and de greased/waxed and used double the normal number of adhesive pads, does anyone know why the official 4 fixings have such an odd layout.
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: android_808 on December 09, 2019, 05:40:11 pm
Could it be to cater for different number plate styles/shapes in the regions the car's sold.
Title: Re: :D, Bought One
Post by: android_808 on December 09, 2019, 05:56:55 pm
To expand on my previous comment, if you look on the front bumper of a series 4 there are two black sections at the top of the grill that come down and stick out further than the rest that have a little raised bump on them. They line up with two more on the actual painted section. I can't remember exact size they mark out but I think its narrower and taller than a UK plate.
There are several videos of a yellow Japanese Comp (https://youtu.be/RpG28q-aBWE?t=344 (https://youtu.be/RpG28q-aBWE?t=344)) that show how their number plates end up looking :o