Grande Punto Matts 1.4 8V Grande

JDYER1 said:

yeah ive seen a lot of people saying you need the resistors which was just to complicated for me , they lights look the same without the hassle

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Tbh mate they do the same job, for cheaper and take 30 secs to install!

mattmuirhead93 said:

99p of amazon mate can't go wrong! Wire them up put them on a switch and then when she comes in the car turn them off. Pretty easy to hide all the wires and the switch too.

My sisters first reaction to them: do they come in pink?

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Link please mate

jameslfc5 said:

Link please mate

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2x 60 LED 120CM 120 CM Flexible Car Van Auto Underbody Blue Neon Strip Lamp Neon Light Waterproof:Amazon:Car & Motorbike

These are the ones - but currently unavailable

Good news: Alloys have been booked in
Bad news: not getting them done until the 29th

Done the grill in black in prep for the vinyl

Quick update:

Changed the interior courtesy light to blue LEDs- 32 blue LEDs on each side (64 in total) - looks mad at night when I unlock the car it just lights up the interior bright blue (picture to come when it's dark).

In process of changing heater control backlights as one is broken.

Grill update: It's been vinyled (in satin black)! I did it myself first time, it's alright for the time being, but it will get redone when I have more time as I'm not 100% happy with the finish around the edges.





Just cannot wait for my alloy respray now

Matt

So the alloys were done just before I went on holiday and only now I've had time to upload so here they are:

(Note: my neighbour is having there drive redone so my car is ridiculously unclean, waiting till it's finished to wash it)







Couple more things to do: put on some gloss black caps for the nuts and paint my callipers blue.

Also not sure whether to get a blue strip around the edge of the alloy to desperate it from the tyre, what do people think?

If you're doing the calipers blue then I wouldn't do this strip around the tyres mate, just my opinion but I reckon it'd look abit OTT otherwise

Wheels are looking very smart though mate

RowingLad87 said:

If you're doing the calipers blue then I wouldn't do this strip around the tyres mate, just my opinion but I reckon it'd look abit OTT otherwise

Wheels are looking very smart though mate

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I photoshopped it just now and tbh I think you're right, definitely need to hide those rusty bolts though!

Great looking car, I so nearly went for this colour

I have the same alloys and i was going to get them done in black, if you dont mind me asking how much did it set you back?

james44422 said:

Great looking car, I so nearly went for this colour

I have the same alloys and i was going to get them done in black, if you dont mind me asking how much did it set you back?

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Thanks buddy. No worries I searched around and most places offered £50 per alloy, however I managed to haggle this guy down to £40 per alloy so £160 overall. It's cheaper to do it yourself, it looks better done by a pro.

mattmuirhead93 said:

Thanks buddy. No worries I searched around and most places offered £50 per alloy, however I managed to haggle this guy down to £40 per alloy so £160 overall. It's cheaper to do it yourself, it looks better done by a pro.

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Yeah my mate has just done his Sei's wheels himself but I dont think i have the patience to do them myself plus i'm worried they'd come out like crap so better get a pro to do them

james44422 said:

Yeah my mate has just done his Sei's wheels himself but I dont think i have the patience to do them myself plus i'm worried they'd come out like crap so better get a pro to do them

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Anything I do there is a 80% chance ill balls it up, rather have the non stress route mate where do you live?

Near bristol, wheels are on the list. I'm gonna get them done in anthracite rather than black but i'm still not sure. I've seen a few people paint these alloys in black and they look great. I'm saving up for new springs first

james44422 said:

Near bristol, wheels are on the list. I'm gonna get them done in anthracite rather than black but i'm still not sure. I've seen a few people paint these alloys in black and they look great. I'm saving up for new springs first

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With a black GP I personally think black alloys are really nice but anthracite would look good too, take a nice picture of your car and photoshop it to see how it looks? Yeh I need to aswell, now I have nice alloys that gap is seriously noticeable I need to go low!

So it's been a while ... I felt like over the winter I lost a lot of love for my car. I started driving it less, cleaning it less, and just ignoring it a bit. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the psycho girlfriend. But now she's gone, the suns out and I've refound my love for my little Fiat

I've redone my interior lights, now a lot brighter blue and are fitted both driver, passenger and for the back seat passengers too. As well as being on a nice securely fitted switch, I've cleaned up all the cables and fitted my Bluetooth receiver to the dash to tidy things up inside the car.

Today I painted my calipers blue, at first I was really disappointed with the colour, as it felt too different to the body colour, however when I put the wheels back on the colour just pops and they look great! I honestly think I have the nicest stock alloys on this forum (May cause debate).



So what's next? Well after I finish my exams I plan to get the back windows tinted and the wing mirrors wrapped in matte black. Then we'll see where we go from there.

The main thing is I'm back and I love my little baby fiat more than anything.

Matt

mattmuirhead93 looks lovely mate and I love the contrast the with the blue and black looks absolutely ace mate

Regards
Stephen