GTV "Cup look" by ToxyMaTT

[ToxyMaTT 49]

I bought my GTV 3 years ago.

I bought it in France, but it was an italian model, it spent the first 7 years of its life there !

It had 36.000km when I bought it, now it has 64.000km

It's a 2000 Rosso Red 3L V6, with black leather ... and some modifications :

- GTA wheels

- white side repetitors

- Ragazzon center silencer and Ragazzon rear tube

This is how it looked at this time :

Then, I lowered it (first with Koni shocks and Novitec Springs ... and finally, I changed for Bilstein B6 and Eibach spring, which a really much better setup for road use !)

For the look, I installed Zender pedals, and beautiful 18' Zender Siena wheels!!

And I modified the exhaust line with a decat and Novitec DTM Quad pipes (4x76mm) !!

I always loved GTV Cups ... So I bought the whole kit on ebay, and finally installed it with a full respray of my GTV last automn :

[Persimmon 42]

I love this story of converting a GTV

Well done for all the efforts.

More to come I know !!!

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Here are some nice pics with a "fish eye" :

[Persimmon 42]

Interesting look at the GTV !!

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Some photos in the grass and the autumn leaves :

Then, my 18' tyres were dead, so I installed my other wheels, Alfa 16' resprayed in black !

I bought them for track use ... And I exchanged my screws against gudgeons / nuts

[Paso 239]

Zender Sienas are one of my favorite wheels for GTV ever. It's not hard to understand why I like your GTV so much!

[ToxyMaTT 49]

My last modifications on the last week ...

EL downpipes :

Red carpet (red mats are ordered) :

And engine covers resprayed in wrinkle black !

[Persimmon 42]

Your GTV may well be the most photographed GTV there is !!!

Can you say where you are getting the red mats from ?

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Zender Sienas are one of my favorite wheels for GTV ever. It's not hard to understand why I like your GTV so much!

Thanks

That's funny because it's since I saw your GTV for the first time that I wanted one !!

[charlee 314]

I LOVE your car! You obviously know what you are doing

The Sienas are one of my favorite wheels as well. I can just imagine how they would look in 19".

I said it before and I'll say it again. I want a red carpet! You stole my idea I want the black and red Edizione Sportiva look

If you see any for sale, please let me know!

[Persimmon 42]

So what are the plans for 2012 for the car ??

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Plans for 2012 ?

Hummm I have my Q2 at home, I'll settle it ASAP !

I'm planning to do a rolling road test, to see how many horses it has with all the changes on exhaust !

I won't do a remap, just the rolling road test !

I still have somehere in my head the crazy idea of changing the seats ...to mitigate the lack of side preservation of seats.

I wish I could install bucket seats, retrimed in same design as OEM seats ... But it costs a lot of money ...

I also love (as you Charlee ) Edizione sportiva seats, with the red stitchs !!

I almost bought one last year, but I lost the bid...

But no more other big modifications now ! I love the exterior, I love the music also, especially since I've installed my EL downpipes ...

So I'll just take pleasure to drive it ... again, and again

[Persimmon 42]

The rolling road test is a good idea.

I am pleased I did mine before the remap so that I could see the differences before and after.

That way if you do it and do more changes in the future you can easily see what is happening

Would be wonderful to see your car in real life.

I am heading to Rheims at the 27th April before heading back up to Belguim for Spa Italia.

Are you going to Spa ?

Nancy is not to far from Rheims I think.

Would be good to drive both cars around the old Grand prix circuit !!

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Yes it would be great ... but I'll be at work this weekend, so can't go to Spa

[Persimmon 42]

Well I will be at Rheims about midday on Friday 27th April if you can meet up.

Hope its a possible for you

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

Reims is 2 hours from Nancy, so not so far !

But ... I won't be at home in april, I'll be away for professional reason, in the west of France ...

[Persimmon 42]

A pity

If you want me to look after your car I will when you are away !!!!!

My son who is coming with me could drive it to Spa and have fun driving around the circuit

OK I hear you say NO already

I hope perhaps another time members can meet up

Alan

[ToxyMaTT 49]

If you want me to look after your car I will when you are away !!!!!

My son who is coming with me could drive it to Spa and have fun driving around the circuit

OK I hear you say NO already

... ... How did you guess ?

Yes, peharps another time, we could make a big European meeting !

[Persimmon 42]

Meetings are good .

Perhaps in time this could happen.

Right now they are several meetings that I have and will visit in Holland and Belgium this year.

Perhaps members can meet up at these to start.

Eventually we could hold the annual SQUADRA 916 SPORTIVO meet

Alan

[charlee 314]

We should absolutely hold an annual meet. All in it's own time

[Leroy25 0]

Hey guy,

How are you ??

Really bieautifull pics ... I like you 916 with his kit cup.

I've a question. Your Black wheels are used for winter or just for racetrack ?

In any way, very nice GTV and see you on sunday.

Have a nice evening

[ToxyMaTT 49]

I bought my black wheels for track use ... but at the moment, I don't have tyres on my Sienas, so I drive every day with them ...

When tyres on my black wheels will be dead, I'll buy some race tyres, I'm thinking those :

Federal 595 RSR :

[Alfa_gtv 4]

Beautiful gtv, you obviously know what you doing, and you really have a taste

btw. when i was in doubt what kind of rims take to my gtv, i saw your gtv (then you have GTA rims) I immediately knew that this rims i gonna put on my too hehe

[charlee 314]

I was just looking at your pics and noticed that it looks even better with the 16" black rims. Am I insane?

[ToxyMaTT 49]

I think it do look cool with my black wheels, but I prefer Sienas !

The advantage is I can have a GTV more "classy" or "racing" ...!