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Bluedog873

The one and only!

Post by Bluedog873 »

If you could have any custom part for your car, that would make it look great, what would it be?

Interior
Exterior
Under the hood

I ask this, because there's not a whole ton of custom parts out there for Fiats, but I think everyone has one or two things they'd like to add that would serve more or less as they're own signature on the car. Sky's the limit guys.
fiatS2000

Post by fiatS2000 »

cover like this for the rear seat and top.
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mustangt ... 9404-2.jpg
So Cal Mark

Post by So Cal Mark »

hey, that just might be do-able!
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manoa matt
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Post by manoa matt »

I would like real leather interior and leather covered dash, a quality made carpet set that covers everything and stays put, billet chrome grill, gated billet shifter panel, affordable brake caliper upgrades, 4x100 hubs, and heat when I want it and no heat when I don't want it. Too much to ask??

Matt
So Cal Mark

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that's an afternoons' work
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manoa matt
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Post by manoa matt »

One of those Alaskan afternoons? 18 hours of light, 6 hours dark
Gerard Del Monte

Post by Gerard Del Monte »

Um, I'd go for a custom wood dash with more gauges, and a side port of some sort to exhaust the hot air in the engine compartment ( or, a Stradale vented hood). Also electronic door locks so I could shave off the door handles.

BTW, I second that about a carpet set that truly fits AND stays in place.
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Post by mdrburchette »

Mine's so customed out I can't think of a thing. Everyone's ideas sound cool, though, especially the top cover. If my carpet fit right and didn't move around it would mess up my routine when I got in the car!
ICF

plastic boot cover

Post by ICF »

Someone once told me a hard plastic boot was available (it did not cover the entire rear parcel shelf area like in the picture linked in posts above).

However, I have never actually seen one for a spider.

Another custom item: A friend and spider enthusiast in San Antonio had a zip out rear window made for his convertible top. Very, very nice.

-Jerry Lee Phillips
mbouse

Post by mbouse »

if anyone would create that zip out window for the tops, I am standing in line to buy two!!

Please find out from your friend where he got that done, and what it cost.
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manoa matt
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Post by manoa matt »

A zip out GLASS window would be very nice. Like some miatas' I've seen No more faded milky vinyl.
So Cal Mark

Post by So Cal Mark »

there is a company in LA doing glass rear windows for Fiats. A couple of years ago the price was about $600. Any upholstery shop should be able to put in a zipped window
Bluedog873

Post by Bluedog873 »

I love the ideas. I would get some sort of custom heat shield for under the hood. I'd have to agre on the carpet as well. I'd probably put on some sort of bead rolled door panels with the word "Fiat" angled across it. You can see some of those on the New STI's fresh out of a race shop.
fasterfiat

Anything?

Post by fasterfiat »

A cute blonde! I like the topper idea for the back, I'd buy one! How about a what are they called, lexan or plexi anti wind shield, you know, that goes behind the front seats to cut down on wind noise. Wind barrier? For the getting rid of engine compartment heat, get a blower fan used by Nascar to cool their brakes, they're available on ebay for around $19.00 ea. I'll have 2 since my engine heat causes vapor lock. Seats that are actually comfortable and don't bend sideways, more money to put into the bloodsucker!
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Post by mdrburchette »

Here's a nice wind screen a friend made for mine. It mounts under the headrests and really classy.

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