For sale I have a Alfa Romeo 147 1.9JTD M-JET Turismo 3-door. I have owned the car for 6 months now however I now require a 5 door. I bought the car on 124,000 miles and is now on 130,500 miles. In that time I have performed some work myself however the previous owner had all work carried out by Autolusso Dunstable, with no expense spared. The car has all the receipts to back this up. The car comes with a full MOT and service history, a thick folder of paperwork / receipts in date order, and a fully stamped service book. Two keys are included. There are four previous owners before me. 

 

Stock Car
•    Year – 2006 (registration 04/04/06).
•    Mileage – 130,500 (rising as used daily).
•    Colour – Nero Metallico (metallic black); now wrapped in 3M Gloss Black Rose.
•    Location – Carnoustie, DD7 7LL (will deliver anywhere within reason if travel costs are covered).
•    Transmission – manual, 6 speed.
•    Engine – 150bhp, CF3 engine with no swirl flaps. Now pushing >250bhp.
•    Trim – Turismo (now upgraded to TI spec with heated black Recaro seats).
•    Options – cruise control, air conditioning.

Modifications
•    Exterior:

• 3M wrap: On 02/06/16 the car was wrapped in 3M Gloss Black Rose, with the roof and Scudetto in black carbon fibre. This was done by Bristol Blue Customs for £1000 and has 3.5 years of its 5-year warranty remaining. The car was wrapped as the original black paintwork was looking tatty could do with a respray; wrapping was a cheaper option to get a pretty unique looking car. Receipt included.
• Dent removal: Before wrapping, every single car park ding and dent removed by Dentpusher on 12/04/16 for £240. Receipt included.

•    Interior:

• Cruise Control: Retrofitted
• TI leather seats: In June 2015 the previous owner purchased an excellent condition set of black leather Recaro seats from a TI and fitted himself. These seats are extremely comfortable and still in perfect condition, with no visible wear, including on the driver’s side bolster. The seats cost £300.
• Since then I purchased a written off 147 Ti to transfer the interior from. This included kick panels, carpet, headliner, sun-visors,under dash, glove box, grab handles, door cards, parcel shelf and all plastic trim pieces. There is no cream interior left. 
•  

In-Car Entertainment:
    Pioneer SPH-DA120 head unit with Apple Carplay.
    Hertz ESK 165L front door component speakers, with mini amps in doors. 

    JL Audio JX400/4D amplifier.
    Wiring for sub/amp in boot. - Subwoofer in photos is not included
    Front door sound-deadening.
    The head unit is so useful for navigation and making/receiving phone calls; while the front speakers can be turned up high and sound crisp and clear without sounding like a boy racer. A sub/amp package can be plug and play to fill in any bass that you’re missing.
     All professionally fitted with receipts. 
     Cost >£700.

•    Suspension & Brakes:

• Shocks – FK ZZAL High Tec front & rear shocks, Jan 2015. 
• Springs – H&R springs, lowered 35mm front and rear, Jan 2015.
• Brakes – Performance Friction Z-rated pads; fitted by Autolusso, June 2017.

•    Performance:

• Autolusso Silicone Upper/Lower Turbo Hoses  - Blue, May 2015.
• Clutch – 3.2 GTA clutch kit, June 2015.
• Solid flywheel conversion – Autolusso conversion, June 2015.
• EGR delete & blanking plate – Autolusso, April 2016.
• Quaife Limited Slip Differential – Autolusso, June 2017.
• Hybrid Turbo & Remap – Turbo Dynamics Billet GT1756V Hybrid Turbo, June 2017.
• Decat downpipe – Autolusso, June 2017.
• M-Tech Short Shift – Ian Studley Cars, November 2017.
• Prowler exhaust (back box only). Changed the tone of the car, a lot nicer but not much louder. August 2018 

•    Wheels:

• 17” “Super Sport” alloys, refurbed in Shadow Chrome (could do with another refurb).
• Front tyres – Goodyear Eagle F1 ASY3 215/45/R17 – bought June 2018
• Rear tyres –Mid end tyres (will find the brand tomorrow) 215/45/R17 – bought June 2018.

Maintenance History
Here, I will detail and list all maintenance work (including modifications as these usually occurred at the same time) done during my / previous owners ownership, with prices.

13/08/2013:
Repair of broken timing belt.
16 rockers, rocker cover gasket, belt + water pump kit, injector seals.
Total - £850 at Autolusso.

14/06/2014:
MOT & premium service (fuel/air/pollen/oil filter; Valvoline 10w40 Max Life Semi Synth; air-con regas)
Replaced front upper wishbones (both) with powerflex.
Front droplink.
Rear wheel bearing.
2x Nexen tyres.
Total - £1348.73 at Autolusso.

22/11/2014:
Replaced heater control panel, £114 at Autolusso.

11/06/2015:
MOT & premium service (oil changed to Titan synthetic MC 10W-40).
Gear linkage bush.
Waxoyl under seal treatment + rust inhibitor.
Rear wheel bearing.
Rear discs & pads.
GTA clutch.
Solid flywheel conversion.
Total - £683.47 at Autolusso.

27/06/2015:
Gearbox diff oil seal.
C630 nearside diff seal.
Offside diff seal.
Total - £85.43 at Autolusso.

07/08/2015:
Brake light switch - £47.68 at Autolusso.

04/04/2016:
EGR delete, blanking plate, remap.
Replacement thermostat.
Total – £416.15 at Autolusso.

29/06/2016:
MOT & premium service.
2x front tyres.
Handbrake cables.
Total - £623.74.

15/07/2016:
Clutch slave cylinder - £125.41 at Autolusso.

17/12/2016:
Resolved ABS & VDC warning lights - £132 at Autolusso.

21/06/2017:
MOT & premium service.
Cambelt + waterpump (118804 miles).
Quaife LSD.
Hybrid Turbo.
Top suspension arm – N/S and O/S.
O/S drop link.
Total - £3785.29 at Autolusso.

11/09/2017:
Lower suspension arm, N/S - £187.02 at Ian Studley Cars.

27/11/2017:
Drove into a cat on the M5.
New front bumper purchased from Autolusso, re-wrapped by Bristol Blue Customs.
New intercooler fitted by Ian Studley Cars - £225.88.

 

12/07/2018: MOT REPAIRS / PREP

Airbag light removed from Dash (this was done after cleaning connectors underneath the front seats).

Nearside cv boots replaced before MOT. Put too much grease which spun onto brake pads causing brake imbalance. Cleaned and passed. 

 

30/07/2018:

I replaced the AC unit replaced (clutch / bearings had gone on it). Regassed after. (£40 parts only)

 

15/08/2018: 

I replaced the rear brake pads with brembo pads (£30 parts only). Installed new Prowler exhaust (backbox only) (£90 part only).

 

8/09/2018:

I replaced all four glow plugs (£30 parts only). Autolusso diagnosed a stuck glow plug however this was successfully removed and four new bosch plugs installed. This removed the warning light from the dash. 

 

20/10/2018:

One of the final things I thought to do before selling is fix the dreaded door strap hinges. Because the doors are so heavy in the 3 door they wear the hinges down. I replaced them with the later used ones which don't knock when opened. 

Bad Bits

•  Paintwork under the wrap isn’t great, so could do with a respray if you ever remove the wrap. 
• Alloys could do with a refurb
• The car needs to be driven in a certain way to avoid slipping the clutch. Because the car has so much low down torque and it's a petrol clutch the clutch can slip. For the clutch to not slip it needs to be driven like a petrol, so high revs if going fast and not full throttle low down. However it is easy to drive this way and is not an issue for normal driving, only to keep in mind if driving fast. 
• The 2nd gear synchromesh is also broken and so to downshift to 2nd double de-clutching / rev matching is required.  
• The wrap on the bumper was redone when the previous owner hit a cat , the wrap is peeling slightly at one part which I will get fixed if I have time. 
• I have taken all this into account however if I have time I will replace clutch with a stage 2 deisel clutch and gearbox at same time but neither of these issues are major. 

 

Here is a album of photos from previous owner: https://imgur.com/a/TORG4

Summary:
In conclusion, this is an insanely fast and unique car which has had almost £10,000 spent on it to get it to my desired spec. It looks great, has excellent in car entertainment, handles well, and pushes >250bhp safely due to the LSD. Every major component has been replaced or upgraded in the last 4 years so I don’t foresee any major expenses for the next owner, as long as servicing is kept up to date (I recommend to keep going to Autolusso as they know the car pretty well!).

I have always driven the car with mechanical sympathy. Any work I carried out was with the help of a mechanic friend (when needed).

My reason for selling: I need a 5 door. I thought a 3 door would be okay however I will be doing liftshares and need more space in the back. I would swap for a skoda fabia vrs

Test drives are welcome or I am happy to take anyone out in it. I am also happy to arrange delivery / pickup from airports or train stations.

 

I will deliver anywhere (within reason) if travel costs are covered. 

 

I would be interested in swapping for a mk1 fabia vrs, Must have good bodywork and history. 

 

£1800 or nearest offer.

Car has been off the road since November now. I'm going to break it for parts in the coming weeks. If anyone wants parts please pm me. 

 

Main parts will be the lsd, shocks/springs, Hybrid turbo and ti interior (heated seats) 

 

If anyone is interested in full car offers are welcome

On ‎24‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 14:00, 7600ee said:

Car has been off the road since November now. I'm going to break it for parts in the coming weeks. If anyone wants parts please pm me. 

 

Main parts will be the lsd, shocks/springs, Hybrid turbo and ti interior (heated seats) 

 

If anyone is interested in full car offers are welcome

what head unit does the car have?  DAB?

20 minutes ago, hussair5 said:

what head unit does the car have?  DAB?

 

 

ignore me, just seen the model number in the description for the headunit.