My 1999 Avella

Hey guys, im new here! GREAT WEBSITE! - I love your passion for these cars!

Anyway, Im from Malta and had bought this as a second hand car. Since then, I changed the Rims/Tyres, tinted windows, resprayed bumpers and sprayed interior and side mirrors. Other than that, I just loved it from the moment I saw it xD ... never mind the bird poo on the first photo ... parked under a tree :S









I will post more photos of how the car was before but I dont have my laptop at the moment. I will be fixing the rear bumper next week too

What do you guys think? Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Eric

1st of all, to the forums!
There are a few wild Avellas from out your way! I have been (unsuccessfully) trying to navigate maltese modified forums to no avail.

Nice ride! I like the wheels!

Welcome to the site. I will be starting a contest shortly.

One question, did you come here by typing in http://www.kiaavella.com or did you use http://www.fordaspire.com or none of those?

James

Hey guys, thanks for the replies!

I think I got the link from Wikipedia? .. or just google ... I forgot.

@ Festy, thanks for the comment on the wheels ... your Aspire is the best one I've ever seen till now! ... cool video on youtube too!

Yeah there are some cool avellas here in Malta ... but there is no community or group that I know of - would be interesting though.

Cheers,

Eric

looks nice and tidy, though from and Aussie perspective its odd seeing GLXI badging on a 3 door as over here GLXI is only a 5 door

^^Oh, good pick up!
Does this mean you have central lock or powered glass?

I have powered glass and mirrors, but unfortunately no central lock ... although it doesnt bother me much on a 2 door. I'm not sure if it is the opposite here in Malta, meaning .. GLXi only on 2 doors...will try to notice this while on the road.

Cheers,

Eric

I noted that there are 4 doors with GLXi tagged as well, weird huh?

Anyway, today I fixed my resprayed the rear bumper, sprayed the mirrors and some of the front bumper where I had scratches, etc. its all DIY, me and a good friend of mine ... we also sprayed the inside mirror black, just to make it look more serious what do you guys think?















I love the new look

Beautiful. This is the original colour of our car too!

Congrats on winning Car of the Month! Gotta love the color keyed side mirrors, if I still had mine, you would be sending me some.

love those wheels!

Congrats mate. Well deserved!

lets see some interior pics! I noticed you said you re-sprayed it?

Thanks for the votes and everything Im happy I won it ... i wasn't expecting it!

I will be posting some interior pics too then ... its quite standard inside .. just have a set of seat covers and a custom made (by my grandma ) dashboard cover with the kia logo which I bought from ebay

I resprayed the whole rear bumper because it was as you can see from the previous photos it was deteriorating - white circles, etc. I also resprayed parts of the front bumper so that I removed scratches, etc. Me and my friend did this - got the colour code, bought the spray, sand paper and then start spraying! I love the result. What I need next is the rear spoiler and I really want to change the steering wheel...

Cheers guys!

Eric

Firstly nice little car there and congrats on wining COTM . What colour code was it? Think it's same as mine or close to it (not sure if there's a difference in paint depending on country?). Would be handy to know for future reference.