Thanks for doing all the video’s on Fiat 124 Spiders. They are very informative plus entertaining. I enjoy them so much I have subscribed to your channel. I purchased a 2018 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso about 2 months ago and I am interested in installing a Turbo Blanket. I watched your videos and noticed you installed a PTP Turbo Blanket and a Sila Turbo Blanket on your Spiders. From using both which would you recommend. These are the two companies I am interested in and would be very interested on your experience with them and which you would use if you were to buy and install again. Keep your videos coming. I enjoy that your whole family is involved in your channel.
They are very similar, but the Silas Turbo blanket has small advantages in price, performance, and warranty. When I got the PTP for Itsy, I was unaware of the Silas Concepts blanket.
Thank you and your son's for your Vids really appreciate the content.....Just picked up a 2017 Abarth 124 spider....with only 4,000 miles and I Love the car !!!!! My Red PTP Blanket just arrived today !!!!!
Just finished, half hour job like you said, until I dropped a bolt and spent another half hour looking for it! Only tip I would add for future installers is installing the third bolt (the horizontal, side bolt that’s hard to get to) first as it made it easier for me to see and line up the hole. Thanks though, great to have a friend in the mod business!
I really enjoy you vids. I do have one problem with my 2018 Abarth, which i just bought 2 weeks ago. With top up and driver side window up when i get out of car and shut the door the window automatically goes down half way. Any ideas? And where can i find your we site?
Never happened to me. They do say the blanket (depending on which manufacturer you order) may cause a powdery substance on your engine and under the hood after the first few times driving it.
Easy way to find out: ask your local dealer. You aren't changing anything mechanical so it shouldn't. I guess if you screwed up the sensor while doing it , they might not fix it for free.
Nothing voids you warranty unless it causes damage, and it does reinstall the stock part. Roll it into the dealership for warranty work. I got turbo replaced, and I had tune, throttle body spacer, cold air intake, after market wastegate actuator, you name it I had it. Put it back to stock, and I'm ripping and running with a new turbocharger. Free of charge.
Unless you are running it hard, say on a track ,SCCA, long, long curvy roads, etc, it won't help much. Then, its biggest benefit is keeping the wires nearby from breaking down from the heat. It DOES definitely help the blue cold engine light turn off more quickly though.
I got the Lava turbo blanket. I know for a fact the turbo blanket for the Dodge Dart will not fit. They accidently shipped that lava blanket to me and it does not come close to fitting. I'm not sure why Eurocompulsion (if that is where you are looking has the 500 and Dart blankets up there as the holes are not in the same spots. PS: I just wrote them a message asking them about those listing. If you look at the PTP Lava turbo blanket for the 124 Spider/Abarth and compare, you can see how different the 500 and Dodge blankets are.
Great video. I bought the same for my 124 but the package did not come with the longer screws for the blanket and the factory ones are too short as you mentioned in the video. Did you have to buy them separately and if yes what size did you get?
No and no...lol. If you plan on tracking your car or doing SCCA or something like that, it is definitely good to have for heat protection of nearby wires. Performance-wise, it adds a teeny tiny little bit as you accelerate but it will not be noticeable. I recommend the GOPedal from Madness 500 as your first performance-oriented mod.
Thanks for doing all the video’s on Fiat 124 Spiders. They are very informative plus entertaining. I enjoy them so much I have subscribed to your channel. I purchased a 2018 Fiat 124 Spider Lusso about 2 months ago and I am interested in installing a Turbo Blanket. I watched your videos and noticed you installed a PTP Turbo Blanket and a Sila Turbo Blanket on your Spiders. From using both which would you recommend. These are the two companies I am interested in and would be very interested on your experience with them and which you would use if you were to buy and install again. Keep your videos coming. I enjoy that your whole family is involved in your channel.
They are very similar, but the Silas Turbo blanket has small advantages in price, performance, and warranty. When I got the PTP for Itsy, I was unaware of the Silas Concepts blanket.
@@DropTopTees Thanks so much for that advice. I will most certainly use it.
Thank you and your son's for your Vids really appreciate the content.....Just picked up a 2017 Abarth 124 spider....with only 4,000 miles and I Love the car !!!!! My Red PTP Blanket just arrived today !!!!!
Awesome on the turbo blanket. Glad we can help!
Just finished, half hour job like you said, until I dropped a bolt and spent another half hour looking for it! Only tip I would add for future installers is installing the third bolt (the horizontal, side bolt that’s hard to get to) first as it made it easier for me to see and line up the hole. Thanks though, great to have a friend in the mod business!
I just discovered your channel! Just subscribed!!
Thannk you!
I really enjoy you vids. I do have one problem with my 2018 Abarth, which i just bought 2 weeks ago. With top up and driver side window up when i get out of car and shut the door the window automatically goes down half way. Any ideas? And where can i find your we site?
No idea. That is a new one on me :/ The tshirt site is droptoptees.myspreadshop.com/
Cool video thank you, now I no how to install a turbo blanket when I get a 124 👍👍👍
Well - you have the right nickname for it :)
Thanks for sharing!
Anybody experience the thermal blanket smoking on the underside after installing this and driving hard.
Never happened to me. They do say the blanket (depending on which manufacturer you order) may cause a powdery substance on your engine and under the hood after the first few times driving it.
Mine did
Can you guys do a how-to in installing HID? Or at least replacing the headlight bulbs?
Hadn't really planned on doing that, but we will see...
Thanks for the vid. Could i keep the heat shield and add the longer screws and blanket over it?
I'm sure you could but I don't know if that would help or hurt. I would ask PTP what their thoughts were on it.
Any idea how to easily remove the factory front license plate frame?
Should just be 2 nuts and pull out the bolts.
Great video, but just wondering if this will void the warranty from Fiat. If not I will be doing this easy add-on. Thanks again.
Easy way to find out: ask your local dealer. You aren't changing anything mechanical so it shouldn't. I guess if you screwed up the sensor while doing it , they might not fix it for free.
Nothing voids you warranty unless it causes damage, and it does reinstall the stock part. Roll it into the dealership for warranty work. I got turbo replaced, and I had tune, throttle body spacer, cold air intake, after market wastegate actuator, you name it I had it. Put it back to stock, and I'm ripping and running with a new turbocharger. Free of charge.
I would think if that would help the engine more builders would added and make more appealing
Unless you are running it hard, say on a track ,SCCA, long, long curvy roads, etc, it won't help much. Then, its biggest benefit is keeping the wires nearby from breaking down from the heat. It DOES definitely help the blue cold engine light turn off more quickly though.
Thanks for the video. Which PTP did you get, they have one for the Abarth 500 and one for the Dodge Dart.
I got the Lava turbo blanket. I know for a fact the turbo blanket for the Dodge Dart will not fit. They accidently shipped that lava blanket to me and it does not come close to fitting. I'm not sure why Eurocompulsion (if that is where you are looking has the 500 and Dart blankets up there as the holes are not in the same spots. PS: I just wrote them a message asking them about those listing. If you look at the PTP Lava turbo blanket for the 124 Spider/Abarth and compare, you can see how different the 500 and Dodge blankets are.
Okay, thanks. I went to PTP’s website; I’ll check out EuroCompulsion.
Great video. I bought the same for my 124 but the package did not come with the longer screws for the blanket and the factory ones are too short as you mentioned in the video. Did you have to buy them separately and if yes what size did you get?
They came with the turbo blanket. If your blanket was a PTP, you might want to check with the manufacturer; they left out the extended screws.
Drop Top Tees Thank you for confirming. It is PTP so I will contact them tomorrow.
@@DropTopTees PTP sent me the extended screws that were missing from the package. Thank you for your great videos.
@@NikosBournas Awesome!
@@DropTopTees Wink wink, idea for future video: installation of the Forge waste gate actuator.
Sir, would you agree that this is one add-on that is essential to the operability of the 124? Should this be the first mod of a 124? Thank you.
No and no...lol. If you plan on tracking your car or doing SCCA or something like that, it is definitely good to have for heat protection of nearby wires. Performance-wise, it adds a teeny tiny little bit as you accelerate but it will not be noticeable. I recommend the GOPedal from Madness 500 as your first performance-oriented mod.
@@DropTopTees 👍