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General Chat / I'm in London when Abarth Festival is on. Might try to rent an Abarth and come
« on: May 02, 2022, 07:50:20 PM »
Been a while since I've been on the forum.  But a few might remember my Tributo Ferrari

I was stupid and sold it, and bought a AMG GLA45.  Had that for a while then my partner of 17 years decided she`d had enough and moved out.  Economy crashed, AMG was sold at a huge loss.  Bought a cheap 2009 Abarth 500, but hey, at least it's an Abarth.

But I am in London for my holidays when the Abarth Festival is on so will try to attend.  Looking at renting an Abarth on something like Turo and show up :) 

Look for a bearded guy with an Abarthisti Norway T-shirt and do come over and say hi.

Kenneth


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Abarth 500, 595 & 695 / My DIY carbon doorcard project
« on: August 01, 2017, 08:05:48 AM »
I've owned 3 Fiat 500s the last 8 years and my biggest gripe with them is the doorcard plastics.

After making my carbon iPad in dash bezel I liked the carbon skinning process so much I decided to attack the doorcards.

I bought a pair of extra doorcards off a fiat 500, a leather armrest cover and some carbon and set to work.

First I tackled separating the doorcards into their 3 big pieces.  I found a thread on Fiat500usa.com that described the process.  It's about 80 plastic rivets and welds on each doorcard that has to be drilled, cut or pryed apart.

The 3 top pictures courtesy of fiat500usa.com




In pieces



In the fiat500usa thread this piece was dressed in alcantara,  I'm doing mine 100% carbon




I sanded the pieces and cleaned them with IPA, ready for the first layer of pigmented epoxy resin. BTW I get all my supplies at easycomposites.co.uk



Cutting the carbon



One layer of black epoxy resin to tack down the carbon sheet



Then the carbon is added







After that they need to cure.



I was a little short on carbon so had to order some more to do the outer surround of the doorcard. They'll get tacled last.

After about 4 hours they are ready to get a coat of epoxy resin to wet the carbon.  First as much excess carbon as possible is cut away.











Then it's time for them to fully cure. At least 8 hours.  I leave them for 24.  And then it's time for the worst part of the job, cutting and trimming the carbon and then sanding it down.


I had a few smaller sheets of carbon left so decided to do a couple of other pieces. Whats wrong a little more work...





TBC

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For Sale / [SOLD] DNA-Racing Top Mount for Abarth 500/595/695
« on: September 26, 2016, 11:34:53 AM »
As my garage refused to do the nescessary mod to my Bilsteins I mounted standard top mounts and never got to use these.

For sale at 180£ or best offer plus 32£ shipping





They are made to fit coilover suspension.  For Bilsteins you will need to polish down the diameter of the upper strut

See Youtube video: 

https://youtu.be/aazbccZYiPs

DNA writes:

The top mount is a component that is interposed between the shock and the body of the vehicle. In order to improve the steering precision and the structural strength of the system, in particular in the case of rigid springs set up, it is recommended to replace this with a motorsport type one: the replacement of the rubber with a ball joint allows to increase the steering precision and a better functioning of the spring-damper that will not work on rubber any more. Our kit allows you to adjust the camber angle up to around -3 °, too: the increase of this angle will get the best wheel contact to the ground. This will improve the handling, steering response and suspension precision.The kit includes: top spring platforms, adj. camber plates and uniball seats, motorsport uniball and shock nuts.
 
Be carefull: The kit is only applicable on shock absorbers with small spring (internal spring diameter=60 mm), ie all systems with adjustable spring platform.​
 
Applications: FIAT 500 - Abarth included (2007>)
Materials: Carbon steel Fe36, MIG welding, anticorodal spring platform
Finishing: Powder coated epoxy heavy duty paint in metallic gray
Weight: 480 gr each

https://youtu.be/cY-CDY4ypmI

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Abarth 500, 595 & 695 / Some kind of 695 Biposto Service personnel training manual/service manual.
« on: March 08, 2015, 12:24:53 PM »
A fellow Norwegian Abarthisti got his hands on this. It´s some kind of service personnel training manual/service manual.  Very interesting read and confirms that this is indeed not a car you buy as a daily driver.  I was kind of relieved actually ;)


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Introductions / Norwegian Abarthisti
« on: March 07, 2015, 11:55:03 PM »
Hi all.

Just joined the forum, have been a fan of the scorpion brand for many years after driving a Ritmo (Strada) Abarth 130TC when I was 20.

Got a 500 esseesse in 2011 and had three fantastic years with it before selling it and getting a 695 Tributo Ferrari last autumn.

I am the founder of the Norwegian Abarthisti site and club and I have had a great time wiith fellow enthusiast there for some years now.

I am also heavy into detailing and love cleaning and maintaining my car.

See the Members cars section for a presentation of my pride and joy

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Your Abarth / Rosso Corsa 695 Tributo Ferrari no. 970
« on: March 07, 2015, 11:41:44 PM »
This will be picture heavy... Sorry  8)

My esseesse was three years last summer. I was surfing mobile.de and saw there was a few delivery miles unsold Tributos on there and the bug gnawed my brain until I gave in, secured financing and put my beautiful Campovolo esseesse up for sale.



The deal was done, and the German dealer Auto Hemmerle in Munich sent the first pictures my way.









The car arrived at the Norwegian dealer and a fellow Norwegian Abarthisti sent me these two teasers.  They got me crazy with anticipation





On collection day the Norwegian Abarthisti came out to meet me and see the new car.









































First fillup.








Food stop :)





On my way home to Bergen through the worlds longest car tunnel.



First meet with my new car, even got on the track for a few laps :)







Winter came quickly, and my modified "Claw" wheels do duty as winter wheels. They do look good on a Tributo :)



In November I got the ECU remapped by TMC and added their Autoflash gearbox tuning. Turned the car into a little beast.  But have to wait for spring with summer tyres and dry roads for some traction :D

I have started a little chrome deletion project, swapping all chrome for carbon fibre. I got door handles, rear boot lid, rear badge surround, front whisker and the small front air intake already, but haven't put everything on yet.  I'll also swap the diffusor for a JDM carbon fibre one from FiftyGoArqray.  Looks fantastic and is on it's way here sometime this month.



I also swapped the rear lights for all red ones and the side indicators is now smoked.



I love the car and can't wait for summer season to come so I can remove my roof rack, swap to summer tyres and give it a proper detail after the salty winter....

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