nice i want a monza, but im not aloud till after our wedding in oct 

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

I would love to post some sick joke responses  but i fear the wrath of the forum police 

Just a little update for you all on her progress 

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

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

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

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  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



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


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

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 https://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  i think it looks pretty  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

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  hes very helpful.

I can confirm that the stupid flashing hazards when braking is very very very PANTS 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 

Ive had this so called safety feature on other cars but they have never cut in as often as on the A500 
Surely there is a fuse i can pull out .....please 

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 looked a bit boring without ABARTH written on it 

The ones I put on are similar and they do a good job and the sills have very few marks on them.

Martin