Alfa Romeo 156 1.9 JTD - Why wouldn't you?

[Mal]

Yeah, these Alfas love rusting floorpans. In extreme cases the rot goes to the front and the legs go rotten. I can get pics of an extreme case in daylight if one wishes.

Like here and here to begin with.

Upper wishbones go often, easy replace. Get TRW ones

Polybushing would be a huge help. The kits start at about £150 for the full car (or £600 from superflex)

Make sure you upgrade the brakes, as standard they're piss poor and fade after a few mins

Wheels from a GTV will step it out an extra 10mm per wheel. TI wheels are nice but buckle easily

If the elec rear windows refuse to work, it's usally the plug on the door and not the motor

Upgrading to leather? Seat plugs under the seat require a 2.2k ohm resistor to fool the airbag ECU (here's one "ECU" I discovered in one such car). This applies to cars with bags in the seat going to a non bag seat

All in all, not a bad car. Don't know too much about the JTD's but the old TD version of those engines were fantastic

Source: I have 4 here....