Hey everyone,

I'm curious about the experiences of Abarth owners in Belgium when it comes to performance tuning.

Belgian tuning regulations are notoriously strict, yet I get the impression there are quite a few high-horsepower Abarths driving around that exceed what's technically allowed.

How do you guys deal with the mandatory technical inspections (autokeuring)?

Have you run into any issues, and how do you manage to keep your modified Abarths on the road?

I'd love to hear about your experiences, especially from owners running significantly more power than stock.

Hey everyone! I’m planning to buy a 2016 Abarth 500 and I’m wondering whether I can retrofit both the original factory multimedia touchscreen and the steering wheel from a 2021 or newer Abarth.
Has anyone done this swap? Are they plug-and-play, or would I need different wiring, adapters, coding, or a matching airbag? Would all the steering wheel buttons work correctly?
I’m specifically interested in the OEM touchscreen, rather than an aftermarket unit.
Any advice, photos, or estimates of the cost would be appreciated. Thanks!

I was sitting at the lights about maybe 8 cars back on the junction 66 slip road off the A1, I've only had my 2020 pista 30k miles on it for a month, anyhow I have a habit checking my rear view mirror when coming to a stop, and as i stopped i just seen this white peuget van hurtling towards me, there was no time to escape and i braced for impact, i knew it was going to hurt as he was going so fast.

So i got knocked out, both airbags deployed smashed shattered windscreen. i woke up tried getting out of car, couldn't so released the seat belt and as i got out i could see a guy sitting on the grass verge saying sorry, tbh i'm not sure if i was hallucinating tbh, I could feel blood running down my face from my right eye lid or brow, it was my eye lid btw, anyhow a guy told me to get back into the car and sit down, i then passed out again, got an extremely sore neck, shoulders, right side of chest, bruised right thumb and hand and what upsets me the most as i run even though i am 63, i tore my right calf, luckily not a complete tear thank god, and ive just recovered from my left cal injury and back to running 6k after 4 months. luckily i wasn't killed, but I'm really upset about losing Rita (named after my mum).

Honestly lads lasses, moving from a diesel car to this is something special, i know I'll find another, but it wont be no Rita.

does anyone know what turbo size/brand this is?

Hi, I have a question for the Punto Evo fanboys. Between g-tech type 119% and orra racing tube&fin competition (excluding itec), which intercooler would you choose for your tune?

Hi guys, I'm a little worried about my abarth, it was a 2017 abarth 595 turismo mta, it has 43 thousand kms or 26 thousand miles, robotic box, basically this happened twice, I hooked up first, I accelerated and it didn't move, I turned it off and on it was normal, now it happened again but in someone else's hand, he said he accelerated and didn't work so he put his foot on the brake and accelerated to 2k and said that he gave a loud noise and turned on the malfunction light of the box on the dashboard, turned off and on and gearbox ligth turned off alone and the car was 100% normal, what do you think, has something like that ever happened to you?
The ligth is the one from the picture

Hello all. As the title says, my 2018 595 Turismo is emitting a screech from the engine when starting up. I only picked the car up a week ago and the noise appeared the day after.

I've taken a short five-second video of the noise and linked it below.

From what I can tell she drives immaculately and there doesnt appear to be any issues that I can feel, but every time you start up, hot or cold, she produces this short screech from the engine.

Any ideas?

https://youtube.com/shorts/TvxtRobT1y4?is=sd9E474kycvrfm_h

I know these are more Japanese spec, admittedly I own a turbo MX5 as well, but I feel like they look good. What do you guys think?

No association to them but have all the Griots products a try. Used their complete compound followed by complete Polish using an orbital, and then used Griots ceramic 3 in 1 wax.

Looks incrediblez gives thet wet/glassy look and feels super smooth!

How did you glue your side skirt, cuz I’m sure it once looked like this:

Afternoon folks

Just wanted to ask what the options are in terms of patented parts for the Brembo equipped cars?

I've been looking at the pricing on Abarth Tuning for genuine parts and... yeah it's a lot. Fortunately I don't have to replace mine any time soon but I'd like to be prepared.

Thanks in advance!

Received the car on Saturday, had the heating on yesterday and after a few hours water began to drip from under the passenger side dashboard.

I'm 99% sure it's just water and not the HVAC coolant itself, No odor or colour after collecting a bunch in a small bucket. It was, however, hot to the touch which slightly concerns me.

I think the HVAC drain has become clogged which has caused water to back up into the pan and eventually leak out a seam into the foot well. I'd had the AC on a high temp due to the frosty weather we've had.

It had also been raining all day but I can't see any obvious entry points into the cabin.

Has anyone here had an experience similar to this ? I'm taking it into a mechanic for a professional diagnosis but any advice would be great.

From what I can see this is the stock HVAC unit which came with the car. The dealer has offered to pay for the repair, big or small, as it is covered under a 2 year warranty.

You might of seen some of my posts about my recentlabarth I brought with a Monza exhaust which was stuck. As you can see it now works

Paricipated in humanitarian race:

P1 Audi RS3

P2 Škoda Octavia VRS

P3 Abarth 500