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Your cars past...... #633813
21/06/2008 21:27
21/06/2008 21:27

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Is there any way you can find out the spec of your car when it left the factory? I seen in another post that the 20vt 6's came with colour coded sills and bumpers and other cars that didn't come with skirts had black sills (I don't know the truth in this). I'd just be interested to see how my car originally left the production line.

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633826
21/06/2008 22:00
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I always thought it was the 16v coupes that had the black sills, and that all 20v models regardless of spec had colour coded sills.

Would be good to know the truth on this...

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633841
21/06/2008 22:19
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my 20vt has black sills.

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633846
21/06/2008 22:24
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they are all colour coded then painted black after


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Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633847
21/06/2008 22:24
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Really? Think they look so much nicer colour coded then black...

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Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633856
21/06/2008 22:35
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much better


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Re: Your cars past...... [Re: cowboy] #633860
21/06/2008 22:40
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dunno,
mine looks good with black sills and black wheels
seems to go better
with standard wheels i suppose they look better colour coded

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633904
21/06/2008 23:52
21/06/2008 23:52

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That is true with darker coloured wheels, the black sills do suite it more.

However, from a marketing view its interesting as to why Fiat left or painted the sills black.

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #633923
22/06/2008 00:23
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I thought they had black sills to protect it a bit better from dirt and crap flicking up off the road?

I much prefer the colour coded look though, it makes the bodywork hug the wheels more tightly, and makes the car look lower.

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Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #634331
22/06/2008 22:51
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See... Mine is all colour coded, but has cloth seats. It's also a 5 speed...

I'd just be interested to know if that's how it came out of the factory.

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #634332
22/06/2008 22:53
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Has it ever been driven? tongue

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #634355
22/06/2008 23:30
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It has, but I'm keeping it nice haha!

It's going to DP Motorsport for a cambelt change in a couple of weeks, but I still don't want to drive it. Ha ha!

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #634359
22/06/2008 23:33
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Bizarre crazy

Re: Your cars past...... [Re: ] #635563
24/06/2008 22:30
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Originally Posted by coupecraig
See... Mine is all colour coded, but has cloth seats. It's also a 5 speed...

I'd just be interested to know if that's how it came out of the factory.


All my local fiat dealer had to do to obtain the full factory spec for my coupe (coop is soo american)was to type in my cars reg. Obviously all the details are in Italian but I'm sure you can work with that.


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