Grande Punto Hinksy's Orange T-jet.

[Hinksy]

ah cool, do you have a members motors thread yet?? you'll defo know which one is mine if you see it lol only one in the area thats been modified so far, theres 1-2 standard ones about though.

 

[Gr3g]

Nah nt yet man, Gna get sum pictures taken n get one dun over the weekend hopefully. Haha yea same mate! Seen one other modded this end but all hed dun was spray the wheels and the front fiat badge black lol.

 

[Hinksy]

Got the wood for the boot now really arent sure how im going to do it yet though, want maximum space, but the foot wells get in the way and how far the seats go back :/ dont want them hitting it, will have to design something at work and see how it goes , also dont know wether to cover the bit where the 'non-existant' spare wheel goes, thinking of making it able to be lifted up so i can still get to it.

 

[S1M0]

Got the wood for the boot now really arent sure how im going to do it yet though, want maximum space, but the foot wells get in the way and how far the seats go back :/ dont want them hitting it, will have to design something at work and see how it goes , also dont know wether to cover the bit where the 'non-existant' spare wheel goes, thinking of making it able to be lifted up so i can still get to it.

Thats the problem I'm having, can't decide wether to take it all the way up to the back of the seats or stop it at the rear footwells??!!

 

[Hinksy]

yeee its a hard choice haha, im tempted to just stop it at the foot well after them stupid bumps so i can use the foot well still for storage where it cant slide around ^^. also noticed them bumps are very slightly higher than the origional boot level so its gonna be on a slight tilt ;(, whys nothing ever simple.

 

[jakey1192]

loving the car the mate looks sweet, gettin stuck in straight away lol love it! wheels look awesome, best style IMO. Keep up the good work mate!

 

[Hinksy]

cheers dude! yeah love the orange/black theme!. just brought some H4-3 6000k HIDs and yes i know a lot of people dont like them but its personal preference , and ill make sure not to blind people . hopefully going to buy the ebachi springs off classifieds too so will be some nice changes to the car happening!!. still need to cut the wood to shape for the back >.<

 

[Hinksy]

aint really posted anything for a while on here purely because im lazy i think haha, but since i have, ive finished my boot and it looks amazing, lots of space, will try get some photos up over this weekend or later tonight. Im still loving the HiD kit too it looks amazing on the car

 

[Enos]

aint really posted anything for a while on here purely because im lazy i think haha, but since i have, ive finished my boot and it looks amazing, lots of space, will try get some photos up over this weekend or later tonight. Im still loving the HiD kit too it looks amazing on the car

Gimme these f***ing boot pics!!!

 

[Hinksy]

haha i apologise, been quiet busy! its my 21st birthday today so got plenty to do!! but here you go.

Managed to get a spare sheet of 1/4 inch ply from work, and cut it to size on the guillotine .


thats all the wood in place and stuck down, perfect fit tbh with some strength braces underneath too so that i can sit in it and get changed or sleep if needed ;P


i bought some sound proof acoustic carpet to go over the wood and give a bit of padding , this is before i cut it to shape and glued down. havent got any pics of it totally finished but this is a good idea of what its like ;P



And heres my baby i did all the work for!! i love this machine!

do more miles on it than my car haha.

 

[grantm616]

It's the work you guys put into these that amaze me. Panelling all looks good though mate!

 

[lukemortlock7]

Looks great! Strength braces might be handy in there too ;P
Love the Specialized too, very smart!

 

[Hinksy]

Heres a few pictures of my car as it is right now, i had a couple of cool ones from my GoPro aswell but they wont upload ;( so these are off my iphone. next in line is some new brake disc/pads and then 40mm drop (sportlines i think).



EDIT: also im gonna get my front bumber resprayed sometime soon as its faded like crazy and looks ****e :/

 

[BenYoung]

Defo needs the 40mm drop. Looks high on the last of the latest pictures. Other than that its looking tip top keep it up

 

[S1M0]

Looking good mate. Agree with Ben about the lowering, would finish it off. Hoping to get mine done towards the end of July.

 

[DlightSwitch]

Absolutely love it Great work.

All you need now are some tinted side repeaters!

 

[Gr3g]

Big tumbs up dude! Not that im biased or anythin lol.

Deffo get the tinted side repeaters man, i got the tmc ones this week (as im sick of the fly eyes) they look a 100 times better!

 

[Hinksy]

Thanks for the comments guys

yeah ive always put off lowering it because i go up mountains on it to get to biking locations, but i have come to the conclusion i can afford 40mm .

yee i would really like some tinted side repeaters no idea how to change them but im sure ide find out easy enough, they'll be going on the list for some time when i get some same money and time.

 

[Gr3g]

Haha its literaly the easiest thing ever man, jus pull em out n whack the new ones in!

 

[Elliott313]

yeah im hopefully going to upgrade when im about 19-20 bit of no claims bonus to help the insurance down a bit aslong as it gets better to the current 3 grand!

nice car anyway mate will keep my eye on this thread see the mods you do

Yeah not bad... I'm 18 and I started driving 4 weeks after my 17th birthday, got a Grande Punto 1.4 tjet sporting... 4.5k for insurance! Hit the bank hard! Lol