$1,995 for the Abarth black stripe !!

zvezdah1 said:

how could the installer not know that was not matte film going on? They do make matte film.

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It was liquid vinyl. Apparently the material left a gloss coat instead of a matte.

that's a bummer.

Noodles said:

It was liquid vinyl. Apparently the material left a gloss coat instead of a matte.

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Nice look!

The Abarth version retains the car's color on the narrow section between the trunk lid and the convertible top.. As a tribute to the original 124 Abarth color scheme. There is actually an Abarth being used by FCA as a demo which was mistakenly painted the same way. Basically trivia.

R

Looks good tho.
I like the semi-black Fiat emblem.

vandor said:

Looks good tho.
I like the semi-black Fiat emblem.

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Thanks!! Now I just need to find to small rubber grommets to plug the holes where the rear emblem was.

If you want to tone down the gloss look, you could look for ORACAL 210M, which is a matte overlaminate that car wrap guys use up here to reduce the shine.

So has anyone else in the states had trouble ordering the black stripe as an option? I've been talking to a dealer up here in WA & they have no way of ordering the stripe. All they say they can do is have it painted on when the car arrives. It doesn't seem right to me that it's an option I can select in the website car builder, but the dealer can't do it. It seems like every picture of an Abarth I see has it.

Ramzi said:

Actually not. It was along the edges.

Our car uses the newest 3M product available for "Abarth stripe". We currently has 3700 miles on it.... many in 100+ degree Texas heat and so far we are looking good. However time will tell.

R

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Edges need to be sealed or they'll lift up. I also chose the 3M product for the wrapped parts on my BRZ S. 2 years now and not a problem!

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MotoPete said:

Edges need to be sealed or they'll lift up. I also chose the 3M product for the wrapped parts on my BRZ S. 2 years now and not a problem!

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Nice looking BRZ! I took mine to Carmax yesterday so I can take delivery of my 124A

cfig21 said:

Nice looking BRZ! I took mine to Carmax yesterday so I can take delivery of my 124A

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Lol, I unloaded my car at Carmax this morning for the same reason.

$1,995 for the Abarth black stripe!!

LongBeachJim said:

Lol, I unloaded my car at Carmax this morning for the same reason.

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Would be interested in your evaluation of Carmax. Did you make any calculations as to how much they would need in order to sell your car, rather than selling it yourself?

CA_Kid said:

Would be interested in your evaluation of Carmax. Did you make any calculations as to how much they would need in order to sell your car, rather than selling it yourself?

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I probably could have made $3-$4k on my car by selling it myself, but the market is flooded with my model. I sat on two ads (cars.com & autotrader.com) for an entire week without a single phone call. I didn't want to go through a 1-2 month hassle with tire-kickers and low-ballers.

Carmax gave me a price which was close to Kelley Blue Book & Edmond's online wholesale. Not great, but what is your time and peace of mind worth? Selling my vehicle at Carmax was fast, easy, and pleasant.

LongBeachJim said:

I probably could have made $3-$4k on my car by selling it myself, but the market is flooded with my model. I sat on two ads (cars.com & autotrader.com) for an entire week without a single phone call. I didn't want to go through a 1-2 month hassle with tire-kickers and low-ballers.

Carmax gave me a price which was close to Kelley Blue Book & Edmond's online wholesale. Not great, but what is your time and peace of mind worth? Selling my vehicle at Carmax was fast, easy, and pleasant.

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I would say I had about the same experience as well. My car was slammed so the fenders had been rolled and it was due for a service so for me changing trans and diff fluids, changing spark plugs on the flat 4 motor along with all of negative stuff that came from being so low it just wasnt worth it to try to sell it privately for a potential 1-2k more. I went into carmax and told myself I wouldnt take any lower than a number and thats the exact number they came back with so I just cut my loss and got out of my loan and am waiting for my car to be delivered. I think this hurricane delayed my check from getting to the dealer though.