Spider Sportivo

[Karsten916 3]

looks great again your new avatar! you have these wheels in black also? finally I found my GTV 3.2 and now I need to start looking for new wheels. The GTs in black would look great on a GTV I believe....

[Joris 136]

Tried some new wheels...

 

Always wanted to try original 18'' Brera's, there very nice wheels but more for classy spider not sporty like mine.

 

Last week i come along this original new 19'' Ti's, did some pre fitting with 15mm adapting they seem to fit nice.

Have to try with tires first, i have to increase ET value for the front with 3/4mm so the gap between spokes and brake become closer wich i like. Really like how the match the car, if good the 18'' Gt's are def for sale.

 

Also bought some 18'' Siena's again….   Met a guy that can transform 1piece wheels to 3piece...

Imagine a 18'' Siena with 2,5 cm polished lips on the rear   to be continued.

[Joris 136]

With the 18'' Siena's a Gtv V6 Turbo came along with them   

Car is chipt by Squadra tuning what a beast when turbo kicks in OMG haha!

 

Going to give it some love it needs and deserves, some parts need to be changed, swap wheels and then go's back for sale to give pleasure to a new happy owner.

 

Can not keep them all sadly.

[Alfaduden 226]

You're a crazy man! 

I think you have a fetish for wheels! 

[Damgreg 94]

You are upsetting me Joris!!!!! I'm not sure about the result of my spider with the sienna wheels but I love them............

 

What's the exhaust? Zender?

 

Upgraded turbos are beasts 

 

 

I didn't understand. What are you doing with this gtv? You bought it for the wheels? You'll keep both gtv/spider?

Edited April 18, 2014 by Damgreg

[Joris 136]

Haha fetish for sure... 

 

Yes i did bought the Gtv to keep the wheels for myself it came with 6 18'' Siena's  

I know the car from previous forum member, last female owner did not had the cash to fix some small problems wich i can do myself to give the car a new happy live.

 

Exhaust is Madeno.

[Alfaduden 226]

It sure looks tidy, the GTV.

 

I like tires as well 

 

[Damgreg 94]

[Joris 136]

Hmmzz nice shapes... 

 

You want to trade her for the Gtv or wat?

[Alfaduden 226]

Neeh.. 

[kunev 131]

Joris will not stop until he try all interesting models of wheels  . I think many peoples on the forum have fetish about wheels  .

I really like the TI wheels, they are so sporty. Waiting for pictures of car with them  .

I don't know if this girl is 916 owner, but this is GTV owner from Bulgaria 

 

[Damgreg 94]

It seems me she needs some sunscreen...

[Joris 136]

Gtv is almost ready! Given it lots of love...

Saved it from demolition!

 

Replaced the rear bumper for nice one without pdc holes and scratches

Replaced the brakes and drive shaft, fixed exhaust.

 

Drivers seat was damaged bad, leather was cracked and there was a hole in the side, frame was broken... 

Got a nice passenger seat and build the leather and foam on to the fixed frame.

 

Exhaust pipes changed for 2 exit, white bulbs on the side etcetcetc... 

 

Last but not least i cleaned it up BIG time! 

[Paso 239]

Nice, smooth and clean! Black and red, your trademark!

[Alfaduden 226]

Oh! Nice! I like the black a-pillars and roof cover.

You even made me want a twin exhaust pipe on mine! Looks great!

[Karsten916 3]

Looks great - didn't expect anything else from you, Joris!

 

What is the dual pipe system? Looks good and I am looking for something new for my new GTV 3.2. Can you recommend it? Any sound file?

 

Cheers,

Karsten

[Karsten916 3]

PS: do you have a foto directly from behind? How many mm spacers did you use?

[Joris 136]

Hi Karsten,

There where 5mm spacers used, sadly the Siena's are off now, the Gtv go's for sale today on ugly 18'' Evolution wheels i still had.
I will make picture directly from behind today for you. The system original was quad Novitec dtm but end pipes where changed for this 2 chrome exits.

On Topic : The Ti's are not coming on the Spider they won't fit like i want them to fit... With the 15mm adapters they still coming 5mm to far outside for my taste so i'm done… Botticelli's are staying for now, for not having seen them on the car for a while i am really happy how the car looks.

The Siena's from the Gtv are going to other member here because i bought the Siena's from Diabolik!
Truly like new, original spec never been painted or whatever. I have had 6 different sets of 18'' Siena's now and this set is by far the cleanest i have seen! Thinking about polishing the lips again myself, and going to change ugly logo's for the original 60mm 159 Ti they fit straight on and look amazing.

I bought the Siena's because i thinking about selling the Spider next year… after 7 years of Spider and then 8 years i have seen it all...
The Spider is in the best shape it can get and the new Siena's will complete the overall picture wen selling the car. 

I'am def not in a hurry selling it just for next year i will look for Lotus S2 ore Tvr Griffith.

 

Have some tiny updates to come i really like to complete.

Got 2 spare siena's with damaged lips, i maybe have something special in mind, have spoken a company that can build them with wider lips like if original!

 

How do you mean Siena's are rare??? 

[Paso 239]

Selling the Spider next year!

[Joris 136]

Find it sadly myself also so i am not in a hurry but feels like needing new challenge stronger and stronger...

We will see wat happens, meanwhile i will keep going strong and enjoying the Spider 

 

Next week the front pipes are going to be remade so i can set the car just a little lower 

[Karsten916 3]

selling the Spider?!?! where is the "unlike" button????

please send me a PM anyways if you are really going for it.

[Joris 136]

I will if time is there 

[Guili 1]

What a nice read while not being busy at work!!! I've ordered 20mm adapters to fit my 19" 159 Ti wheels from my Giulietta QV onto my GTV. The FK Highsport coilovers will also be on order maybe this week.

 

I'm quite inspired by this thread, I'm also a wheelwhore so to speak, the only difference is here in South Africa replica's are the order of the day and Alfa Romeo owners don't want to pay what the wheels are worth...I'd most probably fit some Brera S prodirve wheels on my GTV in future...just to be different.

 

I see you test fitted the 159 Ti's with a 15mm spacer and say it was standing out too far???

[Joris 136]

The original 19'' Ti's have offset of 41 and are 8j wide, with 20mm adapting the offset wil become 21 def not going to fit.

I've tried the wheels with 15mm adapting and the front is just little out for my taste, you can change offset of the wheels with 3mm maximum but even then… not sure. 

 

41 + 3 - 15 is offset of 29 its a close one, you just have to try i guess.

[Joris 136]

Last friday i got my new Equal length front pipes redone by Eps exhaust.
Truly magnificent work, this guys are artists!

Because Spider is lowered big time the old front pipes touched the ground when roads were bad, and they were terrible made because this other company didn't know what they were doing… But sound was great.

So i bought new pipes and went to best exhaust company in the Netherlands.
The guy that worked on my car makes exhausts for over 25 years!

I won 3,5 cm more ground distance with same pipes, amazing!

Even the front manifold is modified, took them 4 hours to instal.

 

So now we can set the Spider i little more lower and drive ''normal'' again.

Some pics from before and after.