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lol indeed dude.



starting to get f**ked off with the wait now, its taken a silly long time, carol got her new motor 2 working days after agreeing the sale. I'm now at two weeks because of the end of a financial quarter making them busy. Oh well, shouldnt be much longer, hopefully today or tomorrow.



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So, first there was the red 2006 1.9 Lusso, then there was the Stromboli Grey 2009 2.4 Tourismo, and now its a 2011 white 2.0 Ti Sportwagon. Some of those with a keen eye may recognise this motor from its previous owner....Mother Badger. Before that it was an Alfa UK car.



Cheaper tax than the 2.4, much better mpg, far more practical for the dogs, much higher spec, and fuck me does it have road presence. Only owned it 5 days and I've been stopped by folk in the work car park to talk about it.



Donnelly's kindly fitted some OEM optional extra rear mud flaps (fronts not compatible with the skirts) and I got the wind deflectors fitted as soon as I got home. It has an options list fitted thats the length of my arm, and I managed to score a free copy of the brochure from 2011 thats going for about £10 on the bay!



Collection:



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Home:



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19s and Brembos, daily:


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Wind deflectors:


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And a couple from when Mother Badger owned it:


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Phil.


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Wow, I haven't bothered to update this since I bought the car....that would be because I haven't done anything with it, bar services and driving her daily. To date the car has been faultless bar a lambda sensor that was resolved under warranty. Daily slogs have taken their toll on the paint and especially the condition of the brake calipers sadly, but, its a daily driver hauler not a show car, and those are all things that can be restored via various services available (refurb and replace services on eBay, etc).



Work still continues at a (relatively) good pace on sorting out the EP, however, the time has come to breath a little fresh air into the daily, nothing major, just some small touches to make it a cool dad's car, given the imminent arrival of a little Badger (codename: Mushroom....get it????).



So, started with cleaning up the bulbs last weekend with some Ring Xenon 130% H7s in both the dipped and high beams. Fitted some LED sides too, then discovered that I had forgotten that LEDs aren't compatible with Alfas without resistors, so I'm awaiting the arrival of some clean white/blue 501 bulbs and silvatec indicators to clean up the front, puddle lights and rear number plate lights.



I also plan to fit Osram Fogbreakers in yellow (for totes Euro looks y0) in the front fogs.



Some pressed metal number plates are on order, and after that, going to look at replacing the emblems on the car as salt and water and stones have taken their toll on them....might change them up for some black and silver Alfa emblems. Couple of small interior trim pieces to source that have always been missing (small rubber mats from inside door handles), and perhaps a K&N filter to help it breath a bit better will be on the cards.



Nothing major, just some tidy ups and attention.



Bulbs so far:


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Before - blown dipped beam bulb and stock bulbs all round:


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Ring's in the dipped and highs and LEDs in the sides (coming out) and still stock fogs:


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Phil.

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Still waiting on a bunch of bulbs and some fresh plates arriving today, but over the weekend got some silvatec front indicator bulbs to do away with the fried egg look!



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When compared to the OEMs:



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And with the current side light bulb, believe it or not this whole unit looked yellow with the previous indicator bulb:



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Phil.


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Nice warm, dry evening last night and the plates and bulbs arrived so set about some fettling:



501s for the sides, puddles and rear:


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Pressed metal plates:


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Compared to OEM - not as white as LEDs obviously but Alfas dont take LEDs well (without some resistor wiring etc) but they are much brighter - OEM on the left, Philips on the right:


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And all fitted up - yes the car is filthy I know, but I did detar and wax behind the rear plate before refitting!


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Just the sides! Bright!


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And all the new front bulbs so far (still waiting on fogs):


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Phil.


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