Thanks a lot!

Lots of deals on these things to be had, good luck!

Thanks! I think your install videos are the masterclass, so I’m just trying to add some “why” and “how does it work” to the picture, along with some nonsense a respectable business owner can’t get away with.

A long way from the best, but I’m trying

@@EveryOtherFridayOff thats why you are awesome- 99% of channels seem bought out or something. I know how much work it is to do youtube, and when someone is genuine is shows. Im 99% sure im going to pick up an abart, hopefully if i do ill see you on a course sometime!

Thanks, you too!

No front chassis braces? Against class rules? If not, i recommend the DNA or El Gato ones. Makes a huge difference.

Nothing yet. On the wish list, but that will be a next season mod. While getting my butt kicked on the corner balance, I did wonder how much flex negates everything I was doing.

Sure. If your in immediate need, this is online a lot of places. Its a little bit of a difficult car to do because the rear points are a pinch weld, and you need to be careful not to touch the side skirts.

@@EveryOtherFridayOff I am in no hurry. In the future I want to do some work myself. Earlier I found some photos that state the jack points. But I can't find any video that show how to use a "bridge". I don't want to brake my Abarth...

Are you talking about the spring mounts? They are part of the Vogtland kit

Sorry meany replacement rear bump stops. You removed the stock.oem top mount to lower rear adjustables. Thanks

They seem to be holding up just fine, but I'm not giving them a ringing endorsement. There is a range of shocks you can get, from high quality non adjustable, to high quality fully adjustable. I think these Vogtlands try to shoot for the middle, which maybe isn't a good thing. It just bothers me that the height adjustment affects the spring compression. I wasn't going to spend more for proper adjustment, but I kind of wish I had gone for like a koni setup, giving up the height adjustment but gaining some quality and valving. Thanks for Watching!

@@EveryOtherFridayOff Thanks for the response! I am leaning toward your coilovers because of the price... Have you find a good setup (with a comfortable amount of ride quality plus great handling)? Or are these always uncomfortable?

Remember I’m coming off of lowering springs with stock dampeners, so even with the car as low as I dare, it’s still more comfortable than what I had. I really won’t know anything more than that until race season starts.

I am not very impressed. They have a cheap feel. The sway bar end link bracket is worse than oem. Ride is stiffer and lower. Maybe I’ll like them more when race season resumes. Good luck!

@@EveryOtherFridayOff Hi and thanks for your reply. I might try another brand then when the opportunity comes then. I have TA Technix as the cheaper ones but people talk good stuff about them and more or lesse ate the same price of the Vogtland I have AP, KW, ST, Lowtec... I will do a much thorough search about coils. Thanks for your help. Best regards

Rear sway bar is a good idea, and is separate from your other question about springs and dampeners. I think that the spring and dampener should be matched. So I consider throwing a lowering spring on stock dampeners a mistake. Other than that, I think its really up to your budget. Being as low as possible in our high CG cars seems pretty important.

Erik Linder it’s important to eliminate any under over steer problems, ultimately it’s a personal choice really I’m planning on a new heavily greased chrome moly sleeve to put over rear bar and doubling up or tripling, if the screw thread is long enough, on front lower and side chassis support with the stock parts on top of existing ones, seems like a cheaper way to experiment, may have to improvise for the bottom front one with a few spot welds after a few scrapes on current height in front not excited about fmic pipes and anything attached to them getting damaged so ultimately adjustable coil overs are the best way to enjoy both worlds

About 2500 lbs

@@EveryOtherFridayOff Thanks

scottsvxr I was looking at this the other day. Your top of the strut mount looks tiny, and your washer on top of the tower looks much more stout. My question is, I have to think our strut towers are the same, so are our parts interchangeable? And whose are better? Do you guys have lots of strut mount failures like we do?

It's just a theory but I think in the right hand conversion they used a different scuttle because on the UK car the top mount is sort of an oval shape as is the recess in the strut towers, it's a nice tight fit with little movement off load. The UK top mounts are also the same fitted to the early Punto (one before the Grande). It looks to me like the US/left hand drive Abarth Version has a round strut tower like the Grande punto. So my thoughts is Fiat used an old Fiat Punto scuttle to convert to Right hand drive to keep costs down. Yes still get them failing after 30,000 if your lucky.

@@scottsvxr Thanks a lot for the info! I've been asking this question in the forums, but you are the first with such a solid answer. Thanks.

A nice little cheap modification I run on mine is hub centric spacers, 16mm on the front 20mm on the back. Not only improves handling but looks very good too, though wheel spacers are not for everyone. I got my kit from Italy which was specifically designed for Abarth 500.

Of course as mentioned I got my alignment afterwords, which only confirmed that the place I had set it was already pretty good, which is likely because these things have very little adjustment. However, none of that really affects static load distribution, which is what I was using the ride height to set.

True, but I paid under $9k for a really fun car with 26 k miles. Some cheap elements are to be expected

Every Other Friday Off As long as you love it, that’s all that matters. Cheers!