Spider owner in Victoria

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VicSpider

Spider owner in Victoria

Post by VicSpider »

Hello all, I just bought a 79 spider, what fun! Has anybody upgraded brakes for the Fiat 500? Just exploring the car and have already installed a sway up front.
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RRoller123
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA

Re: Spider owner in Victoria

Post by RRoller123 »

Welcome aboard! You will find plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people here.

Post some pictures! They help a great deal when trying to help diagnose problems, inquiries, etc that you may have.

Here is a thread on how to post pictures directly to the forum:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic ... 13&t=32169

And here is another picture-posting thread:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic ... 12&t=23084

This short instruction covers how to resize pictures so that they don’t get cut off at the right side:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30441

And here is a link to a map of Spider owner’s locations. Many forum members have listed their locations.

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=191825


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Re: Spider owner in Victoria

Post by georgeramos »

Welcome aboard! Given the limitations (speed) of the cars in "stock" form the brakes actually work quite well. If you hop up the motor then a brake upgrade might make more sense.

There will be many more fun and exciting ways to spend money on the car. The stock brake system components are pretty cheap, easy to work on and as I said are adequate for most driving conditions on a stock car.

Best of luck! Love to see pics of your car!
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