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Grande Punto rolfs thread

Introduction

Yes i previously had a mm thread but hadn't really done anything to the gp well that and i made an arse of myself.


So now would seem a good time to start a members motors thread as ive finally completed some more mods and am in the process of others.


Completed mods:

Purple foot well leds (just need to finish wiring in)

Purple interior light

Black drum brakes

Auxillary input for standard head unit

Blue lidl headlights

Punto brakelight cover

Rubber mats

Rubber boot liner

Halfords car maintenance kit thing (lock deicer, hi vis vest, anti freeze, rubber gloves etc)

First aid kit

Lidl wheel brace

Lidl mini compressor


Mods to fit/complete:

Purple calipers

Fiatforum decals

GSR

Custom reg plates

Planned mods (subject to change due to current lack of a job):


Blue sidelights

I.C.E setup (yet to be decided)

Merkur or Zunsport grill (painted black)

16 or 17" OZ Michelangelo 8 alloys (size dependant on weight) to be painted with purple chrme rim and gloss black spokes at a later date

Eibach sportlines

Possibly capello/linea kit

Black angel eye headlights

Black led taillights

Full stainless exhaust

Purple dash strip

Purple Abarth style side stripes

Cobra Daytona seats to replace front seats

Full interior refit in black leather with purple stitching and piping

Possibly some Vimto decals

Possibly a remap

Back 3 windows tinted limo black and max legal tint on front 3

Anyhow my gp:

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Brakelight cover (to be replaced as fitted in a hurry)

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Purple interior light (looks better at night is more like a blacklight)

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Auxillary input lead

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Auxillary input lead

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Original headlining (has now been repaired under warranty along with the glovebox which didnt shut properly)

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Interior as standard


well thats my gp so any advice, ideas, opinions and comments much appreciated.
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Your GP's lookin tidy mate! I havent seen the decals you mentioned yet but i would say that is a big no no (prove me wrong by all means!(y)), will make it look takky as fcuk. Wudnt look good with blue sidelights either :(. The alloys should set it off nicely but would advice against 17s as could mess up gearbox on a 1.2 but if u want the look at risk of doin that then thats hairy muff mate!

In general im liking your shoppin list but dont go OTT with the purple and make it look takky...will be a shame on a gorgeous GP(y)
 
Im not meaning to sound rude or offensive, and good locuk with the mods and stuff.... but was does your mum think of you doing this to her car?

i mean... whats she gonna look like when she turns upto her coffee mornings in a car with purple wheels and all the other bits you are doing to it :confused:
 
Back 3 windows tinted limo black and max legal tint on front 3

you can tick half that off the list... your front windows are tinted from factory with the max you can legally have

oh, and no offence, but it doesnt sound like the car is gonna look very good.. you seem to just be sticking all sorts of ebay tat that you can get your hands on to it... e.g footwell neons.
although... we;ve all been there
 
"im not daft enough to leave my reg on" :p

you know you can run that aux lead under the head unit to come out by your cup holders(y) much better position IMO so you can leave an mp3 player or whatever in there and still have access to it so you can change songs(y)

coming along nicely.

thought about taking the punto badge off the back?
 
Looking good Carl, Purple rocks (y)

thanks. ill be re doing the brakelight in the new years as its wrinkled so looks naff:eek:

good start there Rolf,

Don't get Vimto logo's though.

thanks tris.

i was gonna get some small ones made up and possibly put them in the number plate border.

i could always look into them sponsoring me :chin: doubt they would though :thumd:


it is miles brighter at night looks like a black light.

and i think someone who made a thread about how he couldnt afford abarth lights can shh;)

Im not meaning to sound rude or offensive, and good locuk with the mods and stuff.... but was does your mum think of you doing this to her car?

i mean... whats she gonna look like when she turns upto her coffee mornings in a car with purple wheels and all the other bits you are doing to it :confused:

she doesnt mind. in fact shes pleased i take pride in it and even agreed to the wheels im getting when i showed her a photoshop obrooks did for me. after perviously saying no to alloys.

you can tick half that off the list... your front windows are tinted from factory with the max you can legally have

oh, and no offence, but it doesnt sound like the car is gonna look very good.. you seem to just be sticking all sorts of ebay tat that you can get your hands on to it... e.g footwell neons.
although... we;ve all been there

as far as im aware the gps arent tinted at all or at least dont look tinted. none taken. dont see whats wrong with leds, neons are tat hence why i dont use them.
 
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and a disco ball hanging from the rear view mirror!

lol nar your ok

jesus

stop picking on him :nono:

had worse than this i dont mind. purple is always going to be controversial

"im not daft enough to leave my reg on" :p

you know you can run that aux lead under the head unit to come out by your cup holders(y) much better position IMO so you can leave an mp3 player or whatever in there and still have access to it so you can change songs(y)

coming along nicely.

thought about taking the punto badge off the back?

i know about the aux lead but left it through the glovebox as currently haven't passed so is easier to use as a passenger.

tbh hadn't really thought about it . had contemplated painting it though. but still got to paint my other badges (been too cold lately for the paint).
 
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You talk about tinting the front three windows...

The WindSCREEN must have 0 tint. NO tint allowed.
Front two must pass 75% of visible light. which is a lot, only the lightest of tints is allowed and as mentioned before im pretty sure the punto already has nearly that.
 
You talk about tinting the front three windows...

The WindSCREEN must have 0 tint. NO tint allowed.
Front two must pass 75% of visible light. which is a lot, only the lightest of tints is allowed and as mentioned before im pretty sure the punto already has nearly that.

right ok i knew the windscreen couldnt be tinted i was looking into limo black rear 3 windows and a light tint on the front side windows and quaterlights. but i think ill play it safe and just get the rears tinted

First things first carl, get some wheels! and get it lowered. then you will probably need to calibrate your speedo but im sure this can be done easily but dont ask me how.

the plan is to sort my wheels sort lowering and then just work my way through the list.

the bad news is. with a current lack of a job it will be june - july before i can afford the wheels

or just get a wheel and trye combination with the same rolling radius as his steelies.

this is the plan
 
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Your quite lucky, my mum wouldnt let me touch her car!

She won't even put me on the insurance now :eek:

as long as i pay for the mods and pay the difference in insurance when i can she doesnt mind.

my premium has just dropped anyhow dunno by how much but according to my ma quite a bit as it was £850 after dropping from the original quote of £1200
 
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