Grande Punto My Grande Sporting 'Francesca'

SamGP94 said:

Hi all,
Abarth lights all round
Smoked side repeaters
Refurbing the alloys (pretty bad curbing) and possibly resprayed white
Eibach Sportlines
Tinted rear windows
Convert to red badges all round
White mirror caps if I go for the white alloys

...plus whatever else the future holds but for now thanks for looking and let me know what you think!

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I cant help but find myself being some sort of inspiration! aha im kidding.. copycat! i'm joking!

Welcome to the forums !
Nice car, where abouts in Yorkshire are you ?
And the new badges for some reason really change the car

Edit: Huddersfield !

iPunto90 said:

I cant help but find myself being some sort of inspiration! aha im kidding.. copycat! i'm joking!

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There may have been a little inspiration there take it as a compliment!

FatherJack said:

Welcome to the forums !
Nice car, where abouts in Yorkshire are you ?
And the new badges for some reason really change the car

Edit: Huddersfield !

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Yeah I'm really happy with them yeah I'm kinda in the middle or hudds, Wakey and Barnsley...are you close?

SamGP94 said:

There may have been a little inspiration there take it as a compliment!

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I am doing dont worry, its always nice to hear but we dont want everyone copying us do we? aha!

SamGP94 said:

Yeah I'm really happy with them yeah I'm kinda in the middle or hudds, Wakey and Barnsley...are you close?

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Im in Hudds a lot. Il keep my eye out if you are ever near the centre

SamGP94 said:

Yeah I'm really happy with them yeah I'm kinda in the middle or hudds, Wakey and Barnsley...are you close?

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I'm from South Elmsall, it's near pontefract but like only 20 minutes away from Wakey :slayer:

Got my abarth lights on now, so happy with them, even thought the fronts were a little awkward...



apologies for the filthy car, black is such a pain to keep clean :bang:

Also fitted the red badge on the rear

Nice car!
Them abarth headlights really do set it off. You thought of getting a badgeless grill or do you prefer the red badges?

Don't Go badgeless it doesn't look quite right to me on a black GP. I would get a black grill though.
But lovely car mate get white alloys?

GPuntoW said:

Nice car!
Them abarth headlights really do set it off. You thought of getting a badgeless grill or do you prefer the red badges?

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Thanks! yeah I'm really happy with the lights...as for the grill I was planning on going badgeless but once the red ones are on I think I like them more, for now at least

GrandeBen said:

Don't Go badgeless it doesn't look quite right to me on a black GP. I would get a black grill though.
But lovely car mate get white alloys?

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Thanks, going to get the alloys refurbed and sprayed up white rather than fork out loads for a new set, also haven't really seen any I like yet. Where can I get a black grill from, ive seen the linea grill but don't think it will make much difference being black on black and all

SamGP94 said:

Thanks, going to get the alloys refurbed and sprayed up white rather than fork out loads for a new set, also haven't really seen any I like yet. Where can I get a black grill from, ive seen the linea grill but don't think it will make much difference being black on black and all

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Don't go linea looks tacky in my opinion many people will disagree but I prefer fiats to stay as standard as they can be. And well eBay have black grills for like £20 try there. Or if not paint it yourself? And good will look nice with the white alloys

I agree tbh, the GP is a stunning car standard, just needs a couple of personal touches to make it stand out. Think I've got a bit of matte black spray kicking around somewhere, might give it a go

looking good mate teplacing the headlights is a pain aint it!!! lol looks good all the same always loved black GP's

Jordan

Jordan92 said:

looking good mate teplacing the headlights is a pain aint it!!! lol looks good all the same always loved black GP's

Jordan

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Thanks mate yeah certainly more fiddly than I was expecting!

Just a little update on the car, a month gone and I'm still loving her, a pleasure to drive...just need a bit more power! Already got my eyes on the Abarth for a couple of years time :devil:

Couple of issues though: I hit a massive pothole a couple of weeks back and ever since there's been a 'boing' kind of noise when turning the wheel at low speeds. Thought it was my tyres rubbing as they were low on pressure and tread so changed them and its still there. So had a little look on here and diagnosed it as my strut top bearings...?? A mate said it could have cracked a spring though so not sure...

Anyway I made the most of the nice weather recently and gave her a good clean and polish



only for the dust to settle and the car to be filthy again within half an hour

Also been having major problems trying to get my iphone 5 to connect to blue and me, I only want to listen to music from it but bought the adapter and still no luck!

Only other news is that I've booked my wheels in for a full refurb and spray up So she'll be looking spick and spam in no time!

Have you updated the blue&me before you used the adapter?

Kept trying to update but it keeps rejecting it with 'USB ERROR: 10'

Took it to a dealer and they wanted £42 just to look at it!