hi

first of all thank you FCC for the website and the forum; it's incredible to see how many people so far from Italy loves this great car !!

I'm an italian owner of a fiat coupe 20VT 1996; I have a problem from a long time but I want to solve it now!

The central console and the central tunnel are in very bad conditions (they are sticky and fatigued); I understood the cause of this problem: I have used wrong products to clean these surfaces (based on silicon), I need new parts but Fiat for original parts ask about 600 € for both.

Can you help me? I see around internet some pics of the console and tunnel made in carbon fiber.

Sorry for my poor english.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards.

Davide Cervi

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=202583&page=1#Post202583

That should show you how to strip and clean the console.

Alternatively, contact countrycruising (on here) who will be able to provide replacements.

I don't recall a fibre replacement.

thank you a lot
again surprised...
only few minutes after mi first post an exellent answer!!

the impressive thing is that in Italy fiat Coupe is considered a third world car....(not for me of course)

sorry again for my questions .. but how to find countrycruising (is this a member of this forum?)

thanks to evryone

ciao

hi barnacle
why to not consider the console and tunnel in fiber material?

only for costs reasons? or for availability problems?

thx
Davide

I'm not aware of a fibre tunnel. That doesn't mean there isn't one, but I don't know of one.

It's a complex moulding with quite a lot of material; it wouldn't be cheap in glass fibre. In carbon fibre I'd be surprised if it were less than three or four hundred euros.

On the other hand, Joe breaks damaged cars and delivers to you the original article. It's going to be a fraction of the price...

Here is the thread for the carbon fibre bits

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post637770

Although im not sure if anything came of it

Pictures are near the top of the page

I sent my coupè to official Fiat service and I sent to them the procedure posted by barnacle
I will post the results with some pics when my coupè will came back home...

ciao
Davide

I was this morning in Fiat service and I spoke with the chief of mechanicals; He told me that was difficult to find pure 100% methanol (chemical formula CH3OH) and on street markets there are at least 3 kind of methanol.

I ask to barnacle if is possible to know what kind of methanol is to be used....

Also official Fiat service is learning something new thanks to this forum!

ciao
Davide

"meths" sold in the UK is "methylated spirit" made from 90% ethanol plus 10% methanol plus a purple dye, it's a good cleaning agent to have when working on the car.

Methanol (100%) can be bought (usually in bulk quantities) and used in water/methanol injection, I have this on my Coupe

Whoaaa!!!

thousands thanks Dave

you greatly help me! but purple dye is necessary? or is enough to mix in the rights percentage ethanol and methanol?

thank you again

you are right we find methanol from a boat racer pilot!

Davide

most people here falls in love with these new dinosaurs called SUV

The purple dye is not necessary its just to stop people drinking it!!!

Nothing wrong with SUV's - I have both, though the coupe is far more fun

Just thought - I don't have an SUV as such - its a freelander - doh!

I finally have had back my Coupe from Fiat service and the results are very impressive for me! The final bill was 290 €, I want to post some pics to receive feedback of this forum please tell me how to post images
thanks in advance

Dave

How to post pictures

here are my pics (hope will work!)
thanks to stan!

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy66/kemical1138/?action=view&current=P1050310.jpg

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy66/kemical1138/?action=view&current=P1050309.jpg

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy66/kemical1138/?action=view&current=P1050301.jpg

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy66/kemical1138/?action=view&current=P1050300.jpg

http://s778.photobucket.com/albums/yy66/kemical1138/?action=view&current=P1050298.jpg

Thats brilliant! looks like new