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Miss my Panda of similar vintage. How's the rear beam? I resprayed my wiper arms once a year, but I believe you may be able to swap with new Fiat 500 ones which are fairly cheap.
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For the rear beam replacement it is better swap it to the ford KA one, different spring and damper rates as well as a little wider track. Can be cheaper than the 500/panda one.
Are the wiper arms the same as the Ford KA? Lots of parts are the same but sometimes Fiat is cheaper some times Ford.
Does it have a sloppy gear change?
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I think the rear beam is pretty much ok. Surface rust but nothing major. Think I’ll take it for undercoating at a place here where they do linseed oil and then the gooey stuff.
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Ditched the micra, or sold it rather, to an enthusiastic gentleman approximately 20 years of age. Full disclosure about the rust obvs but he seemed unbothered. After a week of trawling found a new pile of junk, albeit slightly less crappy than the micra. A 2011 fiat panda. It’s dented and scratched but very little rust. Well looked after mechanically. Looking forward to gradually fixing it up slightly and hopefully will be able to keep it for a few years. Main projects are rust under paint chips at the front arches, crackles in the headlight clear coat and rusty/oxidised wiper arms.