Styling Grande Punto to Evo conversion??

[idaho1]

Grande owners seem to keep dismissing the Evo & saying it a mess when really the Evo is actually a very nice car and it is an improvement on the Grande, the mistake Fiat have made is with the front & rear bumpers & the “Start Stop” system.
The Interior of the Evo in my opinion is far superior to the Grande & the front & rear lights on the Evo are pretty slick looking too, but they messed up by ditching the classic design of the Grandes bumpers and as for the “Start Stop” don’t get me started!:bang:
Anyway that’s just my opinion, although no doubt you’ll all come after me with pitch forks now! eace:

The front looks like a 500 that's had plastic surgery gone wrong I like the interior though

 

[B.L.A.C.K Grande]

Grande owners seem to keep dismissing the Evo & saying it a mess when really the Evo is actually a very nice car and it is an improvement on the Grande, the mistake Fiat have made is with the front & rear bumpers & the “Start Stop” system.
The Interior of the Evo in my opinion is far superior to the Grande & the front & rear lights on the Evo are pretty slick looking too, but they messed up by ditching the classic design of the Grandes bumpers and as for the “Start Stop” don’t get me started!:bang:
Anyway that’s just my opinion, although no doubt you’ll all come after me with pitch forks now! eace:

To be honest I fully agree with you there! The Grande Punto is one of the most good looking hatchbacks ever made and by sticking these ugly bumpers on, I think has ruined it. The Lights do look good and from looking at pictures of the interior looks superior to the grande. I could'nt comment on the start and stop as I havent test drived an evo yet but all in all, I would opt for a GP over an evo any day.

 

[gpactivesport]

i do agree, the front isnt perfect but i think the back is very slick

and personally i dont like the interior, its very girly to many curves etc
id rather the grande interior with the front dash covered in leather

 

[TallTom]

Leather only comes with the leather option if im not mistaken. I think everyone hates the non body coloured bumper insert arpind the number plate. I also cannot believe that they have kept it for the Abarth!!!!!

 

[mikejt]

exterior wise, id say leave it as is the only bit i prefer on the evo are the rear lights

interior however, is a lot nicer.... if you could change the dash that would look great thats if it would fit and if it could be wired correctly!

 

[Mayatt]

has anyone looked at the rrp of the new evo rear lights? i dont think theyd be too major to swap over?

 

[JackFi]

has anyone looked at the rrp of the new evo rear lights? i dont think theyd be too major to swap over?

Been trying to scout some on ebay but none From what a found out I think there wired a little differently but is easy to sort.

 

[gpactivesport]

Been trying to scout some on ebay but none From what a found out I think there wired a little differently but is easy to sort.

if you find some, let me know where and how much
and then if you fit them, how easy they are

 

[Mayatt]

ill try get a quote from fiat

 

[JackFi]

Found this thread on the Grandepuntoclub website about how to do it, you need to fit a resistor and swap afew wires around abit confused tho.

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...to+club&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&prmd=df

 

[kEvo95]

Take it from an Evo owner - leave the exterior shell of ur GP alone. The Grande is an orignal piece of design and looks right. The Evo made it all fussy.

The advantages of the Evo are things you wont be changing...stronger body shell, engines, soundproofing, airbags everywhere...boring sensible stuff like that.

As for the lights, yeah the rears do actually look really nice. The fronts wont fit your GP without a new bumper. and if you go there you'll be re-wiring indicators and fog lights!

 

[JackFi]

ill try get a quote from fiat

Did you get a quote mate?

 

[lbhgaz]

There £69.89 each inc VAT plus postage on shop4parts (sorry can't post link as i've got less than 5 posts)

So does anyone have more insight into how to wire them up?

 

[JackFi]

Go on the link I posted on the page before & thanks

 

[punto_matt]

You cant link to threads on there. Just takes you to their home page but its not hard to find the thread which tells you how.

 

[Mayatt]

get them from ebay.it £104 + £20 postage

 

[lbhgaz]

get them from ebay.it £104 + £20 postage

The ones i found were £115 plus £30 postage, for the sake of a few quid i might aswell just get them from shop4parts.

 

[JackFi]

You cant link to threads on there. Just takes you to their home page but its not hard to find the thread which tells you how.

Opps I didnt realise it just takes you to the home page but yeah its easy enough to find.

 

[lbhgaz]

I've ordered a set and found the thread, now all i need is to get the electrical engineer from work to wire them up

 

[gpactivesport]

nice one if you get a chance do you think you might be about to write a quick guide and if any other parts are needed