Hey guys, here is a little project I have been working on for my Strada. I have abarth wheels on it BUT I cannot find the caps for them. I have been looking two years for them so I decided to design copies and have them made. I am a Pharmaceutical Mechanical Project Engineer (year, it's a mouthful, takes up the whole top of my buisness card) so I felt if any one could make it, it was me. I designed the model in SolidWorks and sent it out to my machine shop to make. I am so happy with the results! The car looks great and I have my wheel caps! They are made of aluminum and clear anodized, not the brittle plastic that they came. The snap on and take a great deal of force to come off. What you think:
Fiat CD131 Wheel Caps
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Fiat CD131 Wheel Caps
1978 Fiat 124CS, 1980 Fiat 138 (Strada), 1979 Fiat 131 (Brava) and 1976 128 3p. There are six Pintos also.
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Re: Fiat CD131 Wheel Caps
Wow, that's simply awsome!
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
- Tappy
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Re: Fiat CD131 Wheel Caps
only superlatives can discribe this !! as for now your the forums centercap-engeneer
could you make an intake manifold also ? just wondering/hoping
could you make an intake manifold also ? just wondering/hoping
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pls don't see what i write , read what i mean
pls don't see what i write , read what i mean
- pintopower
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Re: Fiat CD131 Wheel Caps
Thank you all! Yes I can design an intake. Sadly, that's the easy part. It's all about how much it will cost to manufacture. That is not cheap.
1978 Fiat 124CS, 1980 Fiat 138 (Strada), 1979 Fiat 131 (Brava) and 1976 128 3p. There are six Pintos also.