Alfa Romeo Mito Accident / Crash Repair

[@josephmifsud8261]

Great save of this car. I'm impressed just how much skill and hard work went into rescuing it.

[@ItaliaAutos]

Cheers

[@dwarfshortage244]

WOW what a surprise to hear Freddy Curci’s astonshing vocals during the intro. Thought I was the only Alias/Sheriff fan left haha!

[@ItaliaAutos]

Yeah I love it.

[@kimwalton2873]

Always thought the MiTo had an interesting and unique look. Glad you can keep this one on the road!

[@daniellee9015]

Absolutely brilliant video neil 👍 what is up with ppl not watching you waw you are the best alfa channel brilliant

[@andyhill8236]

Another alfa saved well done Neil keep up the good work

[@paulturner2379]

Keep going Neil we really appreciate the hard work and really enjoy seeing you bring cars back to life

[@claudiov428]

Alfa Mito, grande piccola auto. Non capisco come mai, non sia stata tanto apprezzata nel mio paese (Italia). Io ne ho avuta una del 2014, attualmente ne ho una del 2009. Ad oggi se dovessi cambiare auto, cercherei una altra mito.

[@andyrides9666]

New subscriber. Chin up, you've got a nice set up there and 30k subs. Onwards and upwards. Nice job on the Mito. I'm a Saab/Volvo man myself. I'd like an Alfa project one day, In the meantime I'll enjoy the content and the knowledge you have for this marque 👍

[@terrymolloy6997]

Top job Neil, I love the MiTo and I feel it never the reviews it should have got 🤶

[@Jay-B1750]

My first Alfa was an 09 MiTo 155 Veloce with the optional Frau leather, I've had two Giuliettas and now a Giulia. Love them!

[@wensonds]

Nice video, I had to change the radiator on my MiTo 3 weeks ago on my own, the only thing left to do is to replace those easy to break bumper brackets :/

[@temporarynoble]

Nice job, well worth the effort to fix, particularly the plastic repair!!

[@mikkokarvonen6632]

Good work as always Neil! Greetings from Northern Finland. We have 3 h 3 minutes between sunrise and sunset today so I know what you mean about everything being a little on the dark side. :)

[@ItaliaAutos]

I don't know how you cope with that amount of darkness. But I bet you get some great views of the sky's.

[@mylesnic]

HOWDY NEIL, JUST WATCHED THE MIGHTY MITO VID, I THINK YOU DESERVE ANOTHER CUP TEA WITH SCOTCH FINGERS BISCUITS. 🕯 ☕ MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO ..🎄

[@alancampbell1008]

Nice fix Neil, lovely little car.

[@MMJJBB]

More rebuilds, perhaps a higher end stelvio or giulia, great content

[@Thecarman1994]

Another video full of good content. You were so upbeat that I had forgotten that you were down last week ! Santa's on his way Neil, keep it up !

[@ItaliaAutos]

Filmed over 1 month lol 👍

[@peterfi.]

Great skilled work, your customers are lucky to have you

[@ItaliaAutos]

Wow, thank you

[@davee5938]

Cheers Neil 👍

[@tmac1001]

Fair play to you doing it on your own 👍

[@ItaliaAutos]

Thanks

[@howardlake6178]

Such a range of skills. I will always watch your videos, and sometimes watch them again! Brilliant content 😀

[@timhancock6626]

I confess I'd have just used some jbweld bumper repair epoxy on that intercooler hole. I use it for all sorts.

[@2008tourer]

YT's algorithm can be pain in the ass sometimes. Don't be discouraged, your videos are really good

[@bastogne315]

I'm getting one of those electric ratchet things for Christmas and some onitsuka tigers..and a ⛺

[@ItaliaAutos]

Saves plenty of time and saves your wrists

[@diego16160]

I drive a Mito, so I will go a bit biased here Neil, and say do more Mito videos! Great repair! Also, I like the music in this one. P.S. please don't stop filming videos! Maybe it is just a bad period and views are gonna get up again! Also, there are suggestions in other comments to maybe add the estimated and total cost of repairs or something similar to change things around a bit.

[@christaylor5332]

Very interesting, currently waiting for the other half’s twin air to go into a local body shop, I hope they do it as well as you did that one

[@midlifemechanic834]

Just subscribed even though I’ve seen loads of your vids Keep up the good work I’m nuts about Italians and have the last classic Panda VIP an Abarth 595 competizione Now building a Strada 130 tc into a road legal rally car Look forward to more content

[@davidjob7332]

Nice work Neil, will make a nice little car for someone 👍👍

[@Jay-B1750]

Lovely little motor, top job! Lucky person having it as a first car 👍👌

[@bastogne315]

Do a costings on it...that's what got me into Salvage Rebuilds. And you could do with a side kick. 😃😍😊 If you watch Sam Craic he has his mum on it.

[@RyderGaming]

Keep up the amazing work Neil! Your videos are amazing. It's not all about the views.

[@ItaliaAutos]

Cheers.

[@anthonybrand6137]

That's a nice save Neil..... that Mito looks stunning in red! Really appreciate all the hard work you put into this & all your YT videos. Don't know how long it took you to carry out this front end 'restoration', but it probably would have taken me weeks! 👍

[@marklawton5753]

Interesting video! Being the owner of a 2017 Mito it was good to see how they fix together. Maybe a way forward Neil? showing how to do minor self repairs.

[@claudiov428]

Pensa, io ne ho una del 2009, e non penso minimamente di cambiarla. E divertente da guidare, è piccola, ed ha ancora una linea interessante.

[@uplerr]

@@claudiov428 presa a marzo di quest'anno una Mito 1.4 TJET 155cv del 2009. Montato scarico SS catback. Sound approvato hehe

[@claudiov428]

@@uplerr. Pensa, io a Febbraio ho lasciato la mia dal meccanico, poi venduta, e mi sono preso una giulietta t-jet. Non ne potevo più del multiair, bel motore, ma troppo sofisticato.

[@ceeshogendoorn1654]

Nice video. Maybe you can add a list at the end with the cost of parts and the labour time like they do onthe TV-show wheeler dealers. Would help people with crashed alfa's who are to far off to get to your workshop to do a little cost estimation themselves.

[@mikkokarvonen6632]

Yes I would like to see new things added to this well proven concept. Some additional info about the parts would be very welcome. How you purchase them, when you use strictly OEM parts and when maybe not. I know this all adds to the amount of work when doing the videos but I think it would be worth the try. And maybe do less videos but with more info if it's too labourous on this rate of publishing.

[@ds1868]

Hope you can rescue this one!

[@puchaczzpuszczy]

Piękna jest ta Alfa, chciałem taką kupić ale nie mogłem znaleźć dobrego egzemplarza i na razie mam 500C.

[@MrPabsUk]

The 2008 one I stripped was ex-Scotland, & 80% of the bolts were rusted badly & snapped as soon as you looked at them, the bottom bumper bolts were impossible to remove without damaging the bumper.. that one looked nice & easy in comparison!

[@bishbashbosh-j6z]

nice repair Neil. Had to deal with the frozen hosepipe as well and was desperate to wash my car today and get the salt and grit off the underside. Managed to thaw hose by taking it inside and washed the car today (in the rain :))

[@adyg8221]

Good video as always mate. You done well in minus 8 👍

[@bennkavanagh4306]

Hey Neil great video again, keep up the good work 👏

[@ajcgolf69]

Great video as always Neil, are you finding it hard to get Mito parts? I can’t get a high level brake light for my Mito for love nor money, on back order everywhere

[@jujujonbitcoinisplanbcrypt9618]

How much did the painting the front end cost? Great transformation

[@paologhinetti5612]

Nice job!

[@elvisman9998]

Nice video. I won that car the week before at auction, but didn't meet the reserve, and then missed it when it came up again. I seem to remember it had super low mileage

[@theflyace]

Very good job, awesome repairing skills !

[@bastogne315]

Great work bro..super job.

[@bodinski100]

ya doin gods work mate..keep goin

[@JimRastall]

Thanks

[@rubendiezgarrido1820]

Good job neil. I think that a mito twin air is a little toy

[@iansavage2885]

Keep at it Neil....great content on great cars.....I'm always interested in your content... Ian from Hampshire.

[@funksteruk2]

good to see another mito repair mate, good on ya

[@stuartlew1229]

good vid mate

[@Lord_of_Beard]

Brilliant. I need to sort the bumper mounts on mine.

[@paaf5547]

I am subscribed and have the bell icon checked. For some reason I dont get notifications, so I always have to look for your videos. I love the content!!

[@ItaliaAutos]

Cheers. Yeah yputube it's functioning well for us

[@harps591]

Amazing Job. Wish I could let you sort my Alfa Romeo Mito out.

[@ItaliaAutos]

Thanks

[@harps591]

@@ItaliaAutos Is it possible to email you or call you about some work I want done for an Alfa Romeo mito 2009? If I cannot find anyone local and get a quote please and estimation on how long it would take ? Thanks Neil I appreciate I am not the only one that likes Italian cars.

[@ItaliaAutos]

[e-mail]

[@harps591]

@@ItaliaAutos I have sent an email.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Looks great! Are the Multi-airs any good? Considering one to replace my diesel Giulietta at some point!

[@ItaliaAutos]

There ok.

[@yofresh-_deep-h0_se713]

I'm planning to repair one too, this vid. make it easily to fix, so thnxs for that one!

[@yannicg]

Hi, nice video. I also own a Mito and im suprised how liked they are outside of italy. I am suprised how much afford you put into fixing that car aswell as in italy they are very cheap and not very rare at all, I kinda hate mine for varius reasons, I will list them if anyone is curios maybe some of them are not the cars fault but something is damaged.

[@tariqmahmood6497]

Merry Christmas 🌲🎅🎉👍👌 to you your family and italia auto family, God bless

[@MetalcoreOverAnything]

More MiTo Vids! Love your stuff! Earned a sub!

[@ItaliaAutos]

Cheers and welcome aboard

[@kajnsmetke2371]

Hey Neil,ive bought myself a Mito 2009 1.4tb recently and I need to take the front bumper off to flush my coolant and reconnect rear washer hose to the pump(I can't get in there without taking off the bumper). Problem is I can't get the torx screws holding the bumper from under the wheel well out. It seems that they got grinded out,I tried getting them out with T30 bit but either it kept skipping or it wouldn't budge at all,I even tried with penetrating fluid. Any possible experience with that or advice? Thanks alot.

[@wensonds]

Same happaned to me not too long ago when I had to remove my bumper, had to remove those screws by cutting them out using a dremel

[@hrgiyzueghe]

As always, a great job!

[@PRG888]

Looks great, is this a customer car or your car to sell?

[@paultaylor9652]

Looking much better Neil, still quite a modern looking car, not quite as pretty as a Guilietta though.

[@garethjones2434]

Great job!

[@ojmbvids]

Hi Neil - Just a heads-up if you didn't know about it - they do a kit to replace the headlight mounts rather than the entire headlight - part number is 51514988. I only found out about it purely by chance! I think it was £34 last I got one (but that was about 4 years ago)

[@ItaliaAutos]

I know ;-). units where cracked.

[@lamprosdiamantopoulos1887]

Great work! I am trying to restore a pre facelift 2014 Mito twinair has similar damage to this one, does the facelift bumper fits ok on pre facelift vehicles without any other mods (ie different reinforcement bar/foam etc )?

[@ItaliaAutos]

Yes it does

[@markreynolds8449]

Nice music!

[@a11csc]

well saved neil

[@michaelstaley2241]

Yep lovely cars in my opinion excellent presentation..

[@davidmccausland9063]

Really good stuff.....keep going it is appreciated 👍👍👍👍

[@Star-di9wo]

hello friend, I also had a not big accident, I changed the front TV and the bumper and headlights, but now there are gaps between the hood and the bumper, it doesn’t sit evenly, how can I fix this?

[@daveffs1935]

Can you get the headlights without the silver glasses on? its the only thing thats put me off getting a mito

[@RustyEYE]

How does the middle grill come lose just pull??

[@markevans2427]

Hi Neil great video .....i maybe wrong Neil but did you do a video on a gtv spider reference replacing the outer sill, i cant seem to be able to find it

[@ItaliaAutos]

Yeah it was about 18 months ago.

[@milosmilosavljevic8128]

Very good .. well done.. thx 4 video

[@ItaliaAutos]

Glad you liked it!

[@taxtag3962]

Hello neil Love your content man keep it up! I am the proud owner of an alfa 155 1.8 8v and have been having some problems while the car is idling the rpm don't stay at 1000 and fall below 800 sometimes. When i fully turn the wheel while parking (im guessing my power steering is causing this) the car might switch off if i don't give a tap. Have you ever come across smth like this? P.S i have new spark plugs and spark plug cables installed. Any help would be appreciated

[@ItaliaAutos]

Thanks for watching

[@taxtag3962]

@@ItaliaAutos I learn a lot man! Do you have any suggestions for what I told you?

[@jean-claudeleclercq597]

Hello, Niel it seems that the threaded rod of your rivnut tool broke when you placed the rivnut. is it due to the low quality of the tool and how did you solve the problem?

[@ItaliaAutos]

Just drilled out the riv nut a started again.

[@fionaslater9925]

Great job, great video

[@fiestasiphil]

great video 😎

[@speedtracker100]

what has happened to the black Alfa 155? Nice work...

[@pietrobarraco9630]

hi do you still own the broken bumper?

[@1972dsrai]

I'm looking for a car for my daughter who has recently passed her test, but unless I'm mistaken aren't damage repair cars harder and more expensive to insure, especially for first timers? Obviously depends on whether it has been reported and logged by the insurer under cat D, N or S for example.

[@ItaliaAutos]

Most insurers don't ask if its a accident damaged car.

[@Nalleman64]

Nice work! 👍

[@chrismalings4483]

Thank you for videos

[@juvenorbee]

Did you buy a brand new original bumper, or its an aftermarket one?

[@ItaliaAutos]

Original one

[@stefanopillin270]

Good day, I need your help with a part number? Please can you assist with those bumper duck insert you put in before the grill. I need them for mine left and right? Kind regards

[@ItaliaAutos]

Dealer order

[@stefanopillin270]

@@ItaliaAutos can you help with a vin number cause we didn't get the face-lift models in South Africa, I can't order them without out the part number.

[@alfistapersempre7182]

Good video.We wait another one :)

[@nerosapien]

hi loved the video ,,,and i have liked ,,,and subscribed!!.......can i ask you does the mito really do 80mpg ? on motorway ...i am interested in buying one

[@ItaliaAutos]

Highly doubt it. Around 55 I say.

[@richardshaw1968]

Grear work, was that a right off?

[@ItaliaAutos]

Yes

[@stephens9566]

Liked this one something different.

[@ItaliaAutos]

Glad to hear!

[@martindamsgaard8751]

where did you buy the parts from to the front bumper

[@ItaliaAutos]

Dealer

[@martindamsgaard8751]

@@ItaliaAutos ok thanks

[@trealin4730]

Where can I buy the facelift bumper ??? Help!

[@ItaliaAutos]

Let one I got was off ebay

[@trealin4730]

@@ItaliaAutos they’re really hard to find but thanks

[@valterreboredo]

👌💙

[@bastogne315]

Salvage Rebuilds.

[@karenmurray3098]

i like that honycome grill

[@ItaliaAutos]

They are an improvement over the earlier cars.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Nice repair… it does my head in how little protection these daft modern flappy plastic “bumpers” give to what’s behind them. Criminal that a car like that is written off by insurance companies…. If they didn’t offer free courtesy cars a lot more crashes would get repaired affordably.

[@zzhughesd]

What’s with the facelift changes. Thanks. Should know. Don’t. Would rather know somebody knows , cheers

[@smart3k]

Where on earth did you get a new facelift bumper from and how much was it?