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Posted by: Ben.H May 18 2011, 06:04 PM

So I thought I'd start a thread about mine and my dad's mini project. Basically as some of you may know my dad lost his job, so he couldn't afford to keep his Evo any more and yeah, back to budget motoring for us. With a budget of £1,500 set he went and blew it all on this...



2000 Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 Twin Spark, 2 sparks per cylinder n***a.

With the base set we got to sorting out it's foibles and making it look a bit nicer, so far we've changed the front badge from the s**tty original which was nearly all silver from fading (not pictured) to the one in that pic. We've also changed the gearknob to a black and chrome one with the Alfa Romeo emblem on and we've changed the gaiters to black leather ones with red stitching. Also in the past few days we fitted some crystal black side repeaters, some Alpine SXE-1725S Speakers and some Quadrifoglio stickers. Oh and me and Ed took off the 1.8, 156 and T. Spark badges. I'll get more photos tomorrow but here's the mod list so far

Gearknob - done
Gaiters - done
New badge - done
Debadge - done
Quadrifoglio stickers - done
Speakers - done
Smoked side repeaters - done
Pistonheads sticker
Window tints
New numberplates
Fix dents
Fix scuff
Headunit
Wheels
Exhaust

Posted by: stancemaster May 18 2011, 06:07 PM

what are gaiters lol

Posted by: AndrewGMC May 18 2011, 06:09 PM

very cool, sorry bout your dad, but car look good

Posted by: Mkid May 18 2011, 06:15 PM

This. lol

interior alli-gaiter? lol

Posted by: Ben.H May 18 2011, 06:18 PM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALFA-ROMEO-156-GEAR-AND-HANDBRAKE-GAITER-RED-STITCH-/230380385668?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35a3bdb584#ht_913wt_1139

Must have a different name in America

Posted by: J.red May 18 2011, 06:30 PM

we call them boots.

Posted by: Mkid May 18 2011, 06:44 PM

Yeah, shift boots.

Posted by: DMC-12 May 18 2011, 07:22 PM

lolol boot it's hardly a shoe ;D

Interior crocodile shift-knob gaiter, I drive a 156 movie theatre

Posted by: Mkid May 18 2011, 07:30 PM

You call a trunk a boot and its nothing like a boot either... actually, I think a shift boot makes more sense then a rear boot. lol. its the boot of the shift knob!

Posted by: DMC-12 May 18 2011, 08:00 PM

"the term boot originally referred to the step along the side of a carriage where the servants sat or stood. The term "boot" was later applied to the luggage or cargo compartment of a coach, and then logically carried over to the luggage compartment of automobiles"

Posted by: Mkid May 18 2011, 08:06 PM

It still didn't make sense originally. lol

Posted by: J.red May 18 2011, 09:46 PM

"A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck."

Posted by: Carly. May 18 2011, 10:20 PM

"A tall shoe for cold or wet weather."

Posted by: Ben.H May 18 2011, 10:26 PM

The new side repeater and Quadrifoglio stickers. Also, just remembered the plastic door/sill trim's cracked on one side, so there's something else for the list

Posted by: Madset. May 20 2011, 08:20 AM

cool sticker, it sorta looks weird

Posted by: Mkid May 20 2011, 03:50 PM

Posted by: Ben.H Jun 21 2011, 06:54 AM

So here's a really, really s**tty photoshop of the Alfa I just did, "for the lulz"



Some lowering, BBS RMs and smoked lights. I like to think if me and my dad ever come into some money we could have this, looks trick I think.

Posted by: Ben.H Jun 21 2011, 10:20 AM

Some relatively exciting news. It turns out that if I am to inherit this car from my dad when I turn 17, it could be possible for me to insure myself on it. If I can do this, this is how it'll look...



#winning

Posted by: Clem. Jun 21 2011, 10:35 AM

BBS LM !!

Posted by: Ben.H Jun 21 2011, 10:42 AM

Nah man I've seen Alfas on BBS' before, seeing an Alfa one classic JDM style wheels would be so brilliant. LMs are expensive as f**k anyway, like 2-3 grand a set, that's twice what the car's worth, f**k that s**t

Posted by: DMC-12 Jun 21 2011, 02:55 PM

have to say I prefer the first shoop

Posted by: Mkid Jun 21 2011, 02:56 PM

I'm not a fan of either of those rimes to be honest.

Posted by: DLuZive Jun 21 2011, 10:04 PM

I like both

Posted by: Ben.H Jun 22 2011, 06:46 PM

Actually, I was thinking earlier. It'd be pretty cool to go for an Italian theme. So using Italian parts and such, so, Italian rims? Which good manufacturers would there be? Gotti are Italian right?

Posted by: Madset. Jun 23 2011, 07:30 AM

momo




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Posted by: Ben.H Jun 23 2011, 02:21 PM

But Momo don't make any wheels I like, they do make nice leather though, the interior in the 156 is by Momo, dank

Posted by: TribalThunder Jun 23 2011, 02:48 PM

Meshes look good, i like the first photoshop, but maybe no gold ..

Posted by: M.I.V. Design. Jun 23 2011, 05:50 PM

get a wide body kit



on a serious note
RML snowflakes would look sick

Posted by: AndrewGMC Jun 23 2011, 06:04 PM

OZ racing

Posted by: Ben.H Jun 24 2011, 12:02 PM

Possibly, I don't want to get to carried away too much yet anyway, the cars not mine and may not ever be depending on my dad. But it is nice to discuss and if my dad ever gets enough money and wants to modify then yeah