Grande Punto RuSZ's '09 StarJet Grande Punto

Haven't Clayed it for months

My car is proof you don't always need it

you hand polished the car in 1 hour pah you never even worked the polish in especially useing paint renovator to remove the marks it initially inflicts

bet it needs a good claying and fall out removal


use either UDS or EGP NOT THEM BOTH AS THEY WONT BOND TO EACH OTHER

RuSZ said:

Its not the one that i wanted, I was looking for the single oval same as on Andy's EVO, but this has been discontinued so can only get the 2 circle exit ones. Didnt realise when i ordered it, and the two have the same part number
https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/data/3350/IMG_30052.JPG

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I was going to get this but am worried about it making my GP louder. Does yours sound any different? I don't want to sound like a chav when I drive by people.

It's trim. Fits round your existing backbox, does nothing to sound

RuSZ said:

Havent taken it in for the gearbox issue yet. waiting for a little while on that.

Today gave it its first proper decent clean, and gone over with SR2 Polish and paint renovator she looks shiney again. later in the week giving her a proper go over.

But even @Andy Monty would be proud of the shine, to say i only spent 1hour on it

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Looking nice and glossy
What wax/sealant/both are you using?

i need to clay the F*ck out of my car as the previous owner must have liked the look of millions of tiny tar spots all over the rear end.. :bang:

Pretty much anything Autoglym. its all i use after I won loads of the products.

Only things that arent Autoglym i use are "Turtlewax Colour Magic Plus (Purple)" and 3M Clay bar. Its getting a full claying tomorrow

I suppose if youve got it, use it haha
Have you tried any premium waxes?
Ive been through a few, Poorboys Nattys Paste wax, Megs Gold class caranuba plus liquid wax (not really premium), Collinite 915 and Dodo Juice Orange Crush. All are amazing products and not too bank breaking.
I used Autoglym SRP and it didnt really give me the results that I expected, Its more of a synthetic wax than a polish :/

Tom

I only use poorboys SSR-2 polish to get out light scratches and swirls.

I'm a believer that you can get the same result with cheap stuff as you can with the top brands, so often buy the cheaper £1-£3 stuff from my local Auto Factors

RuSZ said:

I only use poorboys SSR-2 polish to get out light scratches and swirls.

I'm a believer that you can get the same result with cheap stuff as you can with the top brands, so often buy the cheaper £1-£3 stuff from my local Auto Factors

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Ive seen some pretty decent results with cheaper products but from experience Ive had, cheap waxes dont last a week in poor weather, the Collinite 915 lasts 3 or 4 weeks worth of heavy rain and 300+ miles a week.

Ill have a look at SSR-2

Tom

Been sorting out the sound system today. now got the Sub and Speakers fitted on the standard Headunit.

From These



To These



And to attach the sub to the standard headunit, you'll need one of these. They take standard High Level output that your speakers use, and convert it to RCA output to use on an Amp :slayer: Thanks to Andy Monty for the heads up



Obviously the standard HU doesnt have a Remote Out, so hacked into the Cig Lighter feed



And finished cleaning the car too





Spot the issue...

RuSZ said:

Spot the issue...

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yah tit thats easy to solve


turn the sub up to drown out the rattle

just tried ringing you

Bet those speakers have made a massive difference!
What plank left that in there haha

Thats just rough Russ wood screws!!!!!!

lukemortlock7 said:

Bet those speakers have made a massive difference!
What plank left that in there haha

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Yep much better

ermm..

Andy Monty said:

Thats just rough Russ wood screws!!!!!!

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I know was all i had.

They do the job though :devil:

Did you have to fit adapters or anything to make them fit?

drill holes in the door panel. you need to drill out the original speakers anyway because there held in by pop rivets

A few pictures from the weekend at YorkshireITALIA's Dales Day Out.

Over 100miles of driving around the Yorkshire Dales, playing with the Cinq of Freebo, ChrisUK, Stotty5's & dombooth's Grandes, @@andy monty's EVO and the surprisingly quick Panda of Mr_PANDY and the Audi









This morning when I was waiting for someone, I was playing with the camera, and ended up taking this. Thought it was cool

RuSZ said:

This morning when I was waiting for someone, I was playing with the camera, and ended up taking this. Thought it was cool

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I know exactly where you are parked there if you'd turned down the lane beside the blue cafe (behind you) thats where I used to work

Freebo said:

I know exactly where you are parked there if you'd turned down the lane beside the blue cafe (behind you) thats where I used to work

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well the garage is at the end on that side behind me