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Grande Punto My First Love Grande Punto

Introduction

Hi guys, I just want to share with you my first own car, which I'm in love with it!
It is a Grande Punto 1.3 Multijet from December 2007. I have made a lot of mods, but I will just show you a few of them (looks). Take a look how it was when I bought it, and now:

When I bought it:
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*Here you can see my father talking with the seller at background hahahaha*
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After this, this was changing. Many mods were added and removed, depending on how it looks (Tell me what is your best one):

On Center we have LED DRL lights homemade:
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Then I added DRL with Turn Signals Homemade like Hyundai i30-style, old DRL lights are for Fog DRL:
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Me with Blue Front Side lights:
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Changed color of Mirrors, Add covers and stickers:
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EVO Taillights:
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I've changed hubcaps to real RIMS:
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UPTADE 27-01-2018
Well guys, I have made a lot of modifications to my vehicle. I'll start with the mods that I've already posted on this thread:

24-04-2017

After almost a full scrapping a "GP Emotion Version", here it is the result (note that I have dynamic version):



New Instrument Cluster:
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Installed after-market Fog lights and enabled as original, with original buttons panel:
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New ASR button in a new panel (I am earning for buying ESP & ASR and all stuff I need to install it):
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Arm holder:
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Emotion seats with electronic regulation (and maybe heated, another stuff to check): EDIT: I think that meybe heated seats wiring is on seats but no heating system inside, or maybe damaged. Stuff to keep checking :)
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Automatic Reverse Camera system on mirror (manually can be disabled):
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Startup button:
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HUD-DISPLAY:
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Doors Fiat logo when opened:
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Full Brembo brakes system (coming soon Falken Tyres...and sorry for dirty, yesterday night was raining and now is hot as hell hehe):
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25-04-2017
I have installed a system to start-up car with barin. Just a test, not used nowadays...



26-04-2017

Tiny Update: Here they are, my new Falken Tyres with proper size (old ones were wrong):

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18-05-2017

NEW UPDATE! FRONT SPOILER!

Bought in Amazon UK, from RDX RACEDESIGN, here it is:
How it looks with all spoilers, eyebrows, new rims, and few modifications too:

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It came in black so it is perfect for me :

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And other small mod is this:
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But there is some bad news too! Someone that is a bit dumb-@$$ stole this from my car: NOW FIXED :D

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27-01-2018

My car was completely modificated again:

-This is the car with front lip (with my friend's car):

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Unfortunately, my front lip was damaged and cracked in two pieces, now I want to fix it but it takes some time. So my car took back to previous step (without lip).

-Next thing I did, since I was penalized by the police because I've used low intensity H3 lights on my "Fog Lights" as DRL, I've decided that is time to make a few changes on my headlights, so I've installed DRL headlights:

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And also a Android Head Unit like this:

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And now a new front spoiler (Sorry for the "CUPRA R" logo, spoiler was a second hand purchase):

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So...

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What do you think?
Its so refreshing to see someone do there own thing to thier punto, Ive seen alot and most stick to the same ol style, so yeah thumbs up from me for being different(y)
 
At least something different than the usual off the shelf DLR crap (as in the grid) For ones look very nice, have close-up / details of those ??

Regards, Bernie
 
Kind of h4 headlights do you have in your punto
Aaah!! Sorry m8, I've H4 Hi/Low beam LED 4000lm(there is up to 12000lm) cold White (6000k or 6500k) and Side lights are LED cold White too, but looks a bit blue. Sometimes, police stop me thinking that I have bi-xenon lights without proper headlights lens, because it looks so. But After checking lights, I'm free without problem :D
 
At least something different than the usual off the shelf DLR crap (as in the grid) For ones look very nice, have close-up / details of those ??

Regards, Bernie
If you want further details, you can go to AliExpress and search for "flexible LED DRL car" and there are a bunch of them (I use 45cm ones). I got one of them that they are with turn signals. White LEDs turns automatically when you turn signal light (they have a chip for that that it came with each one) and after a second without turn signal, it turns back on. I recommend to use some voltage regulators (two for each one, one for DRL and other for turn signal, two regulators for each light),they are really sensitive. I used them as DRL, turn signals, and parking lights (when I unlock car or open doors, they turns on and off automatically too. I have removed them because they are too sensitive and soon stop working properly, but now I have realized that you must use voltage regulators.
Now I'm going to put Flexible DRL inside of the headlights, it looks much better.
To get turn signal, take a wire from side turn signal positive wire of each side.
On grid, they are from AliExpress too, they fits really great just pulling between grid stripes. Use one voltage regulator for each one.

Fog lights are a weird kit that I found on eBay, it is not too easy for me to found something like that. With fog lights, car looks bigger than without them.
Side lights are LED, bought on eBay. Use a regulator for each one:
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Tailights first bought a couple on online store (just lens, plugs and others from a car scrapping) but they are not original ones, and due to hot summer, both brake lights blow up damaging lens, so I went to other car scrapping and I bought other couple from a real EVO.
1st Hand EVO lens (not original): 140€
1st Hand EVO plugs and wires (from original EVO from car scrapping): 30€
--------------170€

Then, get other couple from other car scrapping(original from EVO without any damage and with plugs and wires):30€
-------------30€
 
Thanks for the extended description, guess you got the headlight LED from Ali as well ??
MODerator: where's gone the Thanks button on this thread ??
 
Thanks for the extended description, guess you got the headlight LED from Ali as well ??
MODerator: where's gone the Thanks button on this thread ??
Yes, headlights are from AliExpress too, and after a year working everyday (I turn them on even at daylight) they work like first day. You might do something to keep lights on headlights support, because they also have a Fan for cooling LEDs inside car lens, so it does not fit directly, but it is really easy to install without any lens modification
 
After almost a full scrapping a "GP Emotion Version", here it is the result (note that I have dynamic version):

New Instrument Panel:
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Installed after-market Fog lights and enabled as original, with original buttons panel:
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New ASR button in a new panel (I am earning for buy ESP & ASR and all stuff I need to install it):
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Arm holder:
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Emotion seats with electronic regulation (and maybe heated, another stuff to check):
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Automatic Reverse Camera system on mirror (manually can be disabled):
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Startup button:
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HUD-DISPLAY:
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Doors Fiat logo when opened:
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Full Brembo brakes system (coming soon Falken Tyres...and sorry for dirty, yesterday night was raining and now is hot as hell hehe):
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Thanks for watching!
 
ola !

I like your starter button, r u thinking about a key-in-pocket solution or is it already connected to your brain ;-) ??

Regards, Bernie
 
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ola !

I like your starter button, r u thinking about a key-in-pocket solution or is it already connected to your brain ;-) ??

Regards, Bernie
Hahaha, naah, remember that Brain Headset System was a proof concept, not a real solution, but, what you says can be done, maybe using Phone instead of Keys, or NFC bracelet, but it is a bit dangerous and easy to be hacked ? but can be solved adding extra protection layers, wich they are simple to implement ?

By the way, what is your language? You always answer with my mother tonge and I dont know How to answer you :(

Regards,
Julio.
 
ola Julio,

how about under-skin electronics ?

Le Français est ma langue maternelle ...

Buenas tardes, Bernie
 
Hi there,

Just wanted to say how awesome your GP looks! Properly sick! I've ordered a set of those DRLs.
Is your arm rest a GP specific, or have you adjusted one of those universal ones? I've been after one for a while but just didn't think the universal ones would fit that well.

Anyway great work pal!
 
ola Julio,

how about under-skin electronics ?

Le Français est ma langue maternelle ...

Buenas tardes, Bernie
ola Julio,

how about under-skin electronics ?

Le Français est ma langue maternelle ...

Buenas tardes, Bernie

Bonne nuit hahaha,
Je parle français un peu, mais je suis plus d'écouter.

What do you mean with under-skin electronics?

Regards,
Julio.
 
Hi there,

Just wanted to say how awesome your GP looks! Properly sick! I've ordered a set of those DRLs.
Is your arm rest a GP specific, or have you adjusted one of those universal ones? I've been after one for a while but just didn't think the universal ones would fit that well.

Anyway great work pal!
Thank you so much mate! The Arm support/rest is from an original GP. I had to remplace the part where handbrake is, because before it I had a can holder. You can buy other kind that it fits on your car, at eBay.com you can buy it for about 36-40€, or you can go to a car scrapping and get it and install it DIY.

Show me your GP beast if you want ?

Regards,
Julio.
 
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