Re: Restoration Log - Fiat Palio 1.6L GTX Quote:
Originally Posted by chandrda Looks Awesome
Congrats on completing the restoration. It really looks like a car straight out of Fast & Furious. There is suddenly a craze to own a GTX, this is the same kind of craze I witnessed for Baleno, OHC VTec, RD350, Roadking etc..
Even I have decided to restore my GTX, but it will be a slow and painful process as I have decided to gather all the parts first and then go in for the process of stripping/repaint. This will help me spread the cost over a year.
Question : Did you check the opportunity to install motorized headlight unit since you had removed the wiring. I believe the Motorized headlight wiring is different from post 2005 models.
Also did you upgrade to adventure brake at the front
Regards |
Yes suddenly there is this palio craze. The reasons are simple. We indians hardly get to drive such mean machines. 1.6 NA DOHC, race inspired engine which gulps fuel and is tuned only for performance.
Adding to this is the precise hydraulic steering with heavy build and one of the best ride quality. All this we get in just 40-60k, add another 1.5 lacs and its brand new vehicle better than our modern generation cars.
The 1.6 is a hoot to drive in the city. 1st gear 50, 2nd 70, 3rd 127, 5th 190
the car shoots from standstill like a rocket. A well tuned 1.6 does 0-100 in under 10 seconds.
Fiat announced support for Palio owners and pumped in all the parts in abundance in the FASS, that is the main reason i too bought the GTX
I would not want the motorised headlights anyways, so did not procure them. I am planning to modify the headlights and also put integrated auxiliary driving lights within fabricated pots. Quote:
Originally Posted by navsjab The ride looks superb! Congrats Amit
If it is not asking for too much, please could you give a rough breakup of the costing and time taken for the entire process?
And yes, please do not forget the interior snaps. Some more pictures of how it looks under the hood now will be great too. Hope you do many miles will the GTX and it stays scratchless forever. |
Thanks, The whole exercise costed me 90,000. The parts alone costed me 27000 which includes the cowl panel and the bottom part of it.
The paint is Dupont water based top quality ones which costs more than the usual 2k ones. The clear coat is also water based and hence costly. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannu_1 The matte shade looks kickass!
How about the long term maintenance of matte shades? Since glossy panels require polishing and waxing for the mirror-finish like appearance, how about these? Any idea?
Congrats on whatever has been done so far and good luck with the rest of the restoration work! |
The earlier trend was to just apply matte paint. This is matte base with smooth clear coat. If you touch it its just like normal paint and not rough like matte. So cleaning and maintaining is very easy.
You cannot use the normal rubbing polish or waxes. You easily get polishes for matte paint online. Also you can use meguiars quick detailer which you get off the shelf at 3m. Quote:
Originally Posted by neoonwheels Do they paint interiors as well? This is good since my Punto grey color interior theme sucks big time. |
I have painted the centre consoles and grills. Not the whole dash. The centre console is deep gloss mirror finish black gloss. Grills are red, but not upto my taste right now. |