[Brett67]

I think it is safe to say that FIAT has abandoned us as car owners with the FIAT 124 Spider. As I look toward long term ownership, I ask myself what kind of items might be good to get while I can get them. This also raises the question, what items would we as owners, like to see available from vendors? As enthusiasts, we need to support the vendors that support our cars. This post is not really about tunes and other track focused mods, most of us already know where to get those items. This is a post to start a discussion about what items we want available that might not be readily available now.

Full disclosure, I work for Auto Ricambi but this post is meant to be something of a discussion starter and not meant to be a commercial post. Any other vendor is welcome to chime in here if they wish, we can have a nice discussion about what items would serve our community best moving forward.

To prove this is not an AR commercial post, I will share a couple of items I recently got for my Spider from other vendors. I absolutely love the carbon fiber rear spoiler and the tow hook will be something AR is stocking now.

 

[Brett67]

I bought my carbon fiber rear spoiler from madness last year and still havent installed it haha....im worried that if I attach it and later want to remove it, that it would tear off the black matte stripe paint.
Looks like we both have the same chiaro silver/black matte heritage stripe combo.
How did you attach your spoiler...3M tape ??

I used the tape that came with the spoiler and it went on super easy. The biggest thing is getting the position exact. I love the look though.

 

[Brett67]

Had mine since October and the only thing I'm think I really need soon is going to be good quality seat covers. I looked at 2 others with leather seats and they all had tears starting in the leather by the driver's door.

I wonder it Katskin will sell anything for the Spider? They make good products and have covers for the 500 Abarth.

 

[Brett67]

• A more elegant boost gauge tap solution - maybe a replacement hose or some type of fitting that doesn’t require splicing a OEM line

I added a boost gauge years ago as one of my first mods. I went for the OE look and mounted in my vent hole. The vent still works and it looks great.

 

[Brett67]

Interesting in that Madness didnt provide any tape with mine. Im assuming yours had 3M tape provided ? Alignment is tricky i agree. Did you apply tape to all the inside edges of the spoiler that touch the trunk lid? Has the spoiler ever loosened from wind?
Sorry in the most canadian way for asking all these questions !

Is your spoiler one made by Three-Hundred? That is mine.

 

[Brett67]

How did you plug your red push start button ? I bought one too, it was in two parts, (with the red circle too) but I want to put it like how you did. Just the center ands leave the circle with the chrome one.

Did you just pop-up the original black push start button or you just stick it with 3M adhesive on the original one ?

The OE button pops right out. Use the 3M tape and just put it on top taking care to get centered. If it drags on the edges, it can cause the car to shut off when you don't want it to.

 

[Brett67]

Now that I know you have the three-hundred spoiler @Brett67 . May I ask how you like it? In your opinion, is it at all functional or just pure DRIP?

I absolutely love it! The fit and finish is perfect, for the price, it should be Functional? who knows.