Ultimate 916 Spider

[jonalfaspider 107]

Lol! I bet the previous owner had a right panic when his phone rang! 😂

 

Ok guys, I'm thinking red centre console with red door cards, black ph2 leather door inserts, maybe having the autodelta centre console re-done but in black so it blends.

 

bkack or red ph2 leather seats? 

 

Think the maf is shot Aswell as stalled a few times on idel, added to the list 

[jonalfaspider 107]

Fitted the new coilovers to my daily spider today, nice and low 

[elm11g 5]

Looks good! any more photos?

[jonalfaspider 107]

I will get some more pics up when I have fitted the adjustable rears.

These are the only other pics I took.

 

it low at the front now and height at the back so very wedge shipped until I fit the rears.

 

Speaking of rears 😂

 

Edited August 12, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Paso 239]

This silver Spider is a mess  But your red one make up for that twice!  

[jonalfaspider 107]

Agreed the silver spider is a joke with the silly stickers, logos and wrap. But I can see the potentional😎

 

I spoke to jano at at autodelta and he remembers the car very well, they also upgraded the sound system and remembers the car being very quick when he first delivered it.

 

It's true there is a large pics in his workshop and he is going to send me all the history he has on the car👍

Here is is how it was....

 

 

[jonalfaspider 107]

Well work is underway, the ph1 seats are out next door cards and centre console, boot and spoiler listed on eBay lol! That will be gone next

 

I have been after a gtv / spider inside cover for a while but no luck, so I bought a Alfa Romeo 4c inside cover as the dimensions are very close, the quality is great just hope it fits

 

 

Edited August 25, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

I have removed and sold the rear spoiler, The spoiler was really starting to grow on me and if I'm honest was a little disappointed when it sold hayho. I also Received the autodelta brochure :-)

Edited September 8, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[916C-V6TB 30]

The spoiler on the grey Spider was terrific. The red with Blackline

[jonalfaspider 107]

Ok guys had a bit of free time today, and removed the front bumper as the front spoiler is starting to come away and I wanted to check out the turbo kit as I ain't keyed up on turbos. awayway the oil leak is from the turbo area check out this short vid

:cheese::cheese::cheese:

:cheese: with 

 

Edited September 8, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

Well not much of a update, I ordered in new plates for the j10 so going back to how they were originally, check out the little writing 😎

 

 

I have removed the hardtop from j10 to make it easier to get the rest of the interior out, any tips on removing the dash 🤔

 

Also I'm going to use the hardtop on my Rosso daily spider over the winter so I'm vinyl wrapping it gloss black (so can be taken off back to silver when the j10 is done) i have been practising on a few smaller bits first, I wrapped the door pockets was very simple, going to wrap the window surround gloss black too aswell as a spare grill. So the winter look on Rosso will be red n black 😂

 

Edited October 12, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Hobson284 10]

What's wrapping round corners like? Could you wrap a PH1 centre console for instance?

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[jonalfaspider 107]

Rosso spider update.

 

Hi Hobson soz for the late reply, had the aux belt tensioner fail resulting in loosing the aux belt on the m1, no power steering and battery light on so nothing running the alternator so rather than risk destroying the powerstearing pump I got recover home.

 

The rac guys said these spiders used to look stunning in their day! I think he was paying a compliment as he had a good look around the car but not sure what he meant🙄

 

I got the car home and the follow day had a new aux belt and tensioner delivered and was back up and running two days later 👍 The tensioner was faulty as it was only a year old, done when the cambelt was done. 

Fooked!!

 

While the car was out of action I  decided to fit some led lights I bought as recommended on alfaowners, my gtv v6 is running on hids and are great except that purple blue chav colour for the first five mins when you switch the car on, then they go a nice bright white and are a huge improvement vision wise and look great. Anyway I bought these as only £17.99 and I was bored of the yellow oe look so I fitted these and they are a lovely white light. however I haven't noticed any real improvement in vision at night.

 

Mans finally a bit more vinyl wrapping.

 

Hobson the ph1 centre console would be hard to wrap, but with practise it could be done. The bottom console would be straight forward however the top console would be hard, just around the heater controls I imagining would be difficult and maybe have to use inlays. Still it would look great 👍

 

I have done my window surround and grill in gloss black. The vinyl heated around the edges of the grill ok but had to use two inlays on the upper inside as not enough material on the inside to stretch around including the corners. I painted the grill gloss black as well and fitted a new badge😎

 

Not it the best pics as it threw it down with ran not long after,

 

Window surround

 

Grill 

 

What I like about the vinyl wrap is if you get bored you just heat it up and peel it off. I'm going for a black n red look over the winter eventually wrapping the hardtop once I'm more skilled at it and probably fit the grey darker wheels😎

Edited October 22, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Hobson284 10]

Good stuff all round! Glad you've got it all sorted I've bought the rare white leather GTV interior which I'm modifying for my Spider, not in perfect nick but just some re-dying of the driver's bolster needed, so I'm doing that myself. So I was going for a black/white interior theme, and am going for a deep gloss piano black centre console. Think I'll give it to a proper body shop to do. I keep reading mixed things about the LEDs so I'll stick with the HIDs for the time being. Post up how you get on with yours though if you would be so kind

[916C-V6TB 30]

Nice! Can you post a pic of the full front of the car with the new black grill? Thanks

[jonalfaspider 107]

Yeah will do bud, I want to wrap the fins in the bumper gloss black too and maybe the wing mirrors not sure, going for the Rosso and gloss black 4c look

 

I will ill get some better pics from further away too.

 

the white leather sounds very nice 😎 And rare 👍 I think on the ph1 centre console gloss black would look fantastic, the little key tray would like nice in gloss black too, might have a go wrapping my key tray see how it turns out. 

 

Yep hids vs leds....... looks wise the leds win as a lovely crisp white, however looks and the vision with the hids are the overall best for me. Having both I would recommend the hids as light upgrades.

Edited October 22, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

As requested a pic of the full front of the car 

[jonalfaspider 107]

I'm more pleased with how the window surround has turn out, it looks so much better gloss black and was very easy todo than the grill, just need some sun shine now to see than lovely gloss.

Edited October 26, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Hobson284 10]

Wow, the gloss black grill and window surround look great!

[Gaincho 57]

Very nice.

[916C-V6TB 30]

Thanks Jon.  It's very nice on red car, I'll try to wrap it in black in the future.

[jonalfaspider 107]

your welcome 👍

 

J10 update.

 

right guys it seems to be taking forever to remove the wrap with it being on for so many years. The vinyl wrap is come off slowly but leaving the glue resin on the car when I heat the wrap up to peel off.

After hours spent i did some research and I came across a product from America called goo gone that is speeding up the process, I tried the usual, heat gun, wd40, lemon etc but nothing touch this glue, I wish I had found goo gone before as it's a great product I would highly recommend it. 

 

 

so now I'm turning my attention to the interior as bored of scrubbing for now 😂

 

I have removed the centre console, door cards and all the little autodelta extras plus I sold the ph1 seats as they were battered.

 

Has anyone changed their dash? If so how hard was it, how long did it take? Do you have to remove the heater, any problems with airbag and stearing wheel? 

 

I'm very tempted by the red dash and door cards but a little nervous about taking a while dash out.

 

 

Edited November 2, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Outdoorfunguy85 0]

Job well done! I like the result of your wrap. I'll consider doing my own wrap but probably seek some professional help from Gatorwraps.

[jonalfaspider 107]

Thanks, yeah if I was having the whole car done I would get it done professionally, it's defiantly a skill I'm going to attempt the hardtop soon first I need to swap over the hardtop fixings then the gloss black vinyl wrap.

 

i had a delivery at work today😎 

 

but what colour have I gone for 🤔??

 

I'm enjoying playing around with the interior, I have remove everything and think some of the steels/chrome parts are a brand called fracng? i haven't heard of the brand but this is on the gear knob.

It's seen better days but a nice heavy quality gearknob

 

So I sanded the peeling laquar that had gone yellowish, and put on the buffing machine at work using a fine sandpaper and come up like new. 

 

The gear leaver and door pins appear tobe zender as in Alfa assesorries brochure, they have black rubber bands on that I removed while refurbish.

 

The heater controls were also metal you can see the original on the righ and the buffed on the left.

 

So with these nice and shiney I plan to do something with the alcantara, and I noticed the air vents have been poorly painted black aswell as the rings on the clock, temp and fuel gauges were silver originally. I plan Togo back to how autodelta had it in the brochure.

I think the alcantara will look so much better darker👍

 

 

 

Edited November 9, 2017 by jonalfaspider

[Hobson284 10]

I reckon, hmmm, red seats?