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Sick Boy · 06-25-2005, 05:16 PM

First the custom pic. Well, not really. I bought these racing seats wich I'll install next week, so I've put a paper and the car keys on it. Hope it'll do.

proper custom pics

Now the car. It's a 2005 Fiat Strada 1.8.

New parts:

- 17in wheels with 205/45 Yokohama tyres;
- high temp light bulbs (super white, looks like xenon

)
- new seats to be installed;
- sports exhaust;
- tinted windows;
- lowered suspensions (new rims make it way too tall);
- new sport dampers, to be installed this month.

I may buy a new ECU chip aswell, maybe to get an extra 8 or so horses.

Pics are hosted in this SC.net topic: http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?vie...43587&bottom=0

I took the pics with a Sony F828.

Cheers.

TT · 06-25-2005, 05:23 PM

:arrow: and

Wating for a proper custom pic. How hard it is, if you have a digicam, to go out and take a quick one?

06-25-2005, 08:43 PM

proper custom pics added

Sick Boy · 06-25-2005, 09:10 PM

Thanks there, mate.

More pics:

komotar · 06-25-2005, 09:37 PM

nice pics man!

did you take them yourself?

BADMIHAI · 06-25-2005, 10:30 PM

Excellent photography! :shock: The car is nice too.

Sick Boy · 06-25-2005, 10:38 PM

Yes, I took them. I love to take pictures, car related or not.

BTW, is there any photography forum here?

BADMIHAI · 06-25-2005, 10:50 PM

There's no real dedicated photography forum here. But most of the pictures taken by us go in the "What You Saw Today" section.

TransAm · 06-25-2005, 10:51 PM

Wow! Never seen a Fiat pickup truck before, and I live in the land of pickup trucks!

Are these kind of cars popular where you are?

Do you have many big US trucks like the F150 in Brasil?

Nice car, nice pics. Great choice of tyres too

Sick Boy · 06-25-2005, 11:15 PM

There are F150s, RAMs and Silverados. The most popular are the smaller ones (well, small by american standards) Ranger, Dakota, S10, Mitsu L200, Toyota Hilux.

The Strada is more like a car than a truck, really. It's based on a Fiat hatch, they only changed the rear suspension. So it drives and handles pretty much like a normal car.

TT · 06-26-2005, 03:26 AM

Thanks for the custom pics, and stunning photography, congrats! As already said, you can post pics taken by you in the "what you saw" section. Mostly car related, but everything goes in there

jon_s · 06-26-2005, 05:14 AM

Did you use a camera mount to take:

or did you have a mate hang out the boot?!

06-26-2005, 05:30 AM

Lovely pics dude! As transam also said i haven't seen a fiat pick up ever! not a bad looking one either as they go!. Love to see some mroe of your pics in what you saw today

Sorry about having to be all doubtful but if you check out some old topics in here you'll see why custom pics have to be asked for in every case, unfair otherwise.

gis · 06-26-2005, 07:57 AM

wow never ever seen one of these b4,they actually look pretty good.

whats the power of it with the 1.8? is it the HGT engine with 130hp stock?

Sick Boy · 06-26-2005, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by jon_s

Did you use a camera mount to take:

or did you have a mate hang out the boot?!

I used a long piece of timber attached to the boot, and the camera mounted on the other end of it. It's very amateurish, but it works.