Grande Punto DlightSwitch's Blue T-Jet.

[GYoung87]

Not been on here for awhile. Does DlightSwitch still have the GP?

 

[tempz]

Not been on here for awhile. Does DlightSwitch still have the GP?

I believe he does but could be out the country at the mo,

 

[DlightSwitch]

Not been on here for awhile. Does DlightSwitch still have the GP?

Yup.

 

[Killeybh]

alright mate, just looking through your thread. great car! Ive now got gymjunkies's punto grande however he took off the forge actuator and replaced the decat with a cat-back. He says its running 156bhp. Your similar setup was looking at 170 + wasnt it? Think i may need to get the map tweaked and see what that does. what you reckon? How did you manage to get 47.7 mpg? im averging around 26 at the moment

anyway, great progress thread. I may carry on from gym Junkies if i have the time (and money) but im new to all this, i used to play around with silly little saxos

 

[ianal09]

how did you get that black plastic thingy at the top of your exhaust mate?

 

[GotGrande]

how did you get that black plastic thingy at the top of your exhaust mate?

The black heat shield comes on the sporting models as standard but there is not much need for them on the non-sporting versions

 

[ianal09]

it looks cool and would love to have one instead of having just an exhaust stuck at the back of the car

 

[GotGrande]

Have a look on ebay and see if someone is breaking a sporting model grande punto if so see if they will remove and sell it, worth a try.

 

[ianal09]

i've seen one and message the seller and hope they still have it
cheers mate

 

[ysidfa]

As with a couple of other threads on here, ive just re-read yours and I cant express my love for your car!
Pick my T-Jet up tomorrow and needless to say Im freaking excited! Shame my bank account isnt big enough to buy all the bits needed to be getting 160bhp let along 180
Get some recent pics/updates up soon dude!
Tom

 

[MISC1691]

give us an update david!

may I also ask how do you get to make all these videos of allll these cars? your youtube channel is brilliant car entertainment

 

[DlightSwitch]

As with a couple of other threads on here, ive just re-read yours and I cant express my love for your car!
Pick my T-Jet up tomorrow and needless to say Im freaking excited! Shame my bank account isnt big enough to buy all the bits needed to be getting 160bhp let along 180
Get some recent pics/updates up soon dude!
Tom

Thanks! Can't wait to see pictures of your T-Jet, and my advice is, just wait patiently until the right parts come up for sale nice and cheap, that's what I did.

Updates will be coming soon when there is something to update

give us an update david!

may I also ask how do you get to make all these videos of allll these cars? your youtube channel is brilliant car entertainment

Updates will be coming, and I promise that when they do come, they WILL be exciting.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. My parents live in Qatar so whenever I go out there to visit them it's supercar heaven. As I'm still a growing channel I'm meeting a lot of new people too, I've made some great friends and fellow enthusiasts who have given me a lot of good opportunities! I'm totally loving it

 

[callumt]

alright just read through all 20 pages and i am in love with your car haha i am also now set on getting gold wheels for my gp !

and a wee question... where did you get the custom badge ?

 

[Gr3g]

He did the badge himself i think mate.

https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto-guides/226817-custom-badge.html

 

[callumt]

aww i see thanks very much !

 

[DlightSwitch]

Update tomorrow folks!

aww i see thanks very much !

Yep it's really easy to do. Just make sure you use pure acetone to remove the existing paint, nail polish remover didn't really do the job on mine.

Thanks for reading all 20 pages and thanks for your kind words

 

[callumt]

i got sucked in and thought i would just keep reading and ended up finishing it haha. your car deserves the kind words! its beautiful ! especially the wheels

 

[ysidfa]

Update tomorrow folks!



Yep it's really easy to do. Just make sure you use pure acetone to remove the existing paint, nail polish remover didn't really do the job on mine.

Thanks for reading all 20 pages and thanks for your kind words

With my old Grande (with blue badges) I used nail polish remover and it fogged the plastic :/ Still got one new style badge laying about, might give it another go

PS.. Hurry up with that Update

Tom

 

[DlightSwitch]

With my old Grande (with blue badges) I used nail polish remover and it fogged the plastic :/ Still got one new style badge laying about, might give it another go

PS.. Hurry up with that Update

Tom

Nail Polish Remover just didn't do anything for me, didn't get any of the paint off at all, only pure acetone did the trick.

 

[DlightSwitch]

So, update time.

Had the car MOT'd, no advisories
Then taxed and insured for another year! Maybe that's not so interesting to you all but I just thought I'd let you know.

A couple of friends and I decided to go for a road trip to the Lake District the other day, set off from Newcastle early and drove through the night and the fog, round lots of twisty roads, to get there to make the most of the day.

However, once we got there, my clutch pedal decided to get stuck down right outside a farm at around 7am. After having a look at the car myself, I feared the worst and thought it was the slave cylinder. I don't have breakdown cover so I tried contacting recovery companies, who all gave me ridiculous quotes. After a lot of time ringing garages and such, all 3 of our phones ran out of battery. Luckily, the farm folk were friendly; the woman had already brought us cups of tea and biscuits, so she also let us come in to use her phone. After spending about half an hour on the phone, I finally got through to the RAC, signed up for a years membership and called them out.

Here's some shots I took of the car whilst we were stranded outside the farm:

At around 11:45am, the RAC showed up, and after a quick inspection of my car, the bloke told me I was 'the luckiest man in the world' and that it was just a clip that had come off the hose for the clutch fluid, and I had lost my fluid. So after a quick refill of the clutch fluid, and a few pumps of the system, I had a working clutch again!

At this point, I was extremely happy; I thought I was going to have to leave the car at a garage and get a train home! So we decided to make the most of the rest of our day.

Pictures on the way to the lake:

Pictures in the car park of the lake:

Pictures taken whilst we stopped to enjoy the views from up a hill:

Then, before leaving I decided to take the car for a fun little drive up Kirkstone pass, a popular road amongst car enthusiasts. So finally, here are some pictures at the top of the pass!

Before anyone says anything, I have thoroughly cleaned the car now, and it's back to its usual shiny state, tucked up in my garage