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Grande Punto Introducing Our New(er/ish) Grande Punto

Introduction

So last Friday I had to have surgery on my right knee the result of this was strong pain killers, and eBay, apparently its not a good combination.

So First of all I bought a drum machine, I did this from my phone while still recovering in hospital immediately after the surgery.

all in all an awesome purchase although the Missus wasn't happy

Then a couple of days ago after a very heavy dose of strong pain killers I bought this.

Grande Punto 1.4 8v active sport (i'm not entirely sure why)
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looks very much are deceiving and this thing is an utter mess, its so badly scratched its untrue every panel especially the roof and there are quite a few dings in the doors that need attention

the interior is filthy and need to come and and have a full and proper clean.

however.
everything works, which is amazing in its self, its covered just over 101k miles and the one owner its had from new has spent on the mechanicals and not bothered with anything cosmetic, the foglight is smashed after a run in with a rock and the lower grill is missing after a run in with a thieving scrote

a couple of plastic clips are broken on the interior but other than that its all there, original unmolested.

total bill was £1040 which is very cheap for this car even with all the body damage.

will get some more pictures tomorrow and give it a good look over but it got me home nicely over 170 miles with no issue.

the main aim is (if you don't know me) I make videos for YouTube on how to look after your Fiat Punto and i plan to use this very rough little car to make lots of Gande punto videos and eventually sell on so in the comming weeks it will be getting

full service
throttle body clean
maybe a cambelt
maybe a clutch

and lots of body work attention. i'm sure i'll find other things but essentially everything i do will go up on youtube for others to follow (y)
The whole car has now been machine polished and looks great, need to finish detailing it but from what it looked like to start with it's an incredible difference ImageUploadedByFIAT Forum1400596013.489149.jpg
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Also bought it, it's own keyring as I already have too many keys on my house keys
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Two things left that let it down, the scrape on the front bumper and the various dents which I might get a smart repairer to look at

The steering wheel is also very shabby but I've bought a new one off eBay for £15

Total bill so far is £1188 including all the new parts brakes and oil & filter change (+air filter)
 
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Washed and waxed over the weekend the shine in person is really stunning the pics really don't do it justice, it's just a shame about the scuff in the front bumper although was talking to my brother who is going to repaint it so it should look great, and I've been speaking to a smart repairer about the dents ImageUploadedByFIAT Forum1401046444.400979.jpg
 
No bubbles (that I can see) yet, have had plenty of practice with my brothers vw shuttle (transporter)

Didn't want to go too dark, enough to be obvious and reduce sunlight into the cabin as this car gets very hot when left in the sun but not so much you can't see out the windows.

The tint came from eBay 6metres for £11 the company is very fast and the film is a reasonable quality and easy to work with, so thoroughly recommend it
 
In addition to the Oil Change Video, here is a quick on on air filter change, i plan to cover spark plugs HT leads, coil pack and maybe cambelt and clutch in the future,

i was going to sell the car but at the moment its not really costing me anything and i can make quite a few more videos, i plan to get the front bumper and some of the dents in the body work sorted as well to make it a nice tidy little car

 
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