Grande Punto "Jess The Diesel Machine".

[willeywilson]

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Hope Jaz doesn't mind me knicking this picture but...

I want to do something like this when I buy some new badges, but can't really work out a decent colour scheme, I want to personalise it though, played with a few photoshops but nothing really seems to work except black and gold hehe any ideas folks?

 

[Mattyk]

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I want my dash like that, where sells the bulbs?

 

[willeywilson]

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I want my dash like that, where sells the bulbs?

I tried contacting the guy on grandepuntoclub.com to find out what led's they are but no response :/
To my knowledge they are very small SMD (LED's?) If you have a soldering iron with a tiny tip, the hand of a surgeon and a magnifying glass you should be able replace the corresponding lights to create something simillar, but it's time and money. I can't afford have the dash out of my car for that long at any point this year so it'll wait. especially as I want everything done at the same time, climate control, skydome buttons lighting, steering wheel lighting, window lighting, maybe a bit of ambient lighting from behind the door handles to boot:devil:

 

[Mattyk]

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do your steering wheel buttons light up now? I dont think mine do

 

[JackFi]

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I tried contacting the guy on grandepuntoclub.com to find out what led's they are but no response :/
To my knowledge they are very small SMD (LED's?) If you have a soldering iron with a tiny tip, the hand of a surgeon and a magnifying glass you should be able replace the corresponding lights to create something simillar, but it's time and money. I can't afford have the dash out of my car for that long at any point this year so it'll wait. especially as I want everything done at the same time, climate control, skydome buttons lighting, steering wheel lighting, window lighting, maybe a bit of ambient lighting from behind the door handles to boot:devil:

Yeah I think there the same as the mk2 ones, I changed the ones in my centre console & dash, you need quite a steady hand, its quite fiddely & I brought a speedo with rev counter did the leds & it didnt work i was well annoyed, just have to take your time really so doing the steering wheel buttons (if there the same) would be the best to do first. Here is a pic of my dash in my mk2 with blue & pink leds.

 

[JackFi]

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& this were the leds a used

https://www.crazyleds.co.uk/home.php?cat=57

 

[willeywilson]

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Yeah my steering wheel buttons light up. don't yours?

punto.jack wheres the picture ? thanks for the link matey. also i fitted a rev counter binnacle to my corsa, you have to run an extra wire from the ecu if it isn't there already. if you didn't know =)

 

[JackFi]

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Yeah my steering wheel buttons light up. don't yours?

punto.jack wheres the picture ? thanks for the link matey. also i fitted a rev counter binnacle to my corsa, you have to run an extra wire from the ecu if it isn't there already. if you didn't know =)

Sorry it was an external link here:

 

[willeywilson]

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That looks pretty good mate, how long did it take ya to do?

 

[JackFi]

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That looks pretty good mate, how long did it take ya to do?

A hour or so, made sure I had plently of time & didn't rush it & checked it everyvery couple of leds to see if they worked, the dash in the gp would have loads of leds I reckon.

 

[willeywilson]

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Iirc from the pics on grandepuntoclub.com there is about 8 in the speed binnicle for the lighting then obviously 1 per warning or indicator sign and one per each needle... i think

 

[JackFi]

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Iirc from the pics on grandepuntoclub.com there is about 8 in the speed binnicle for the lighting then obviously 1 per warning or indicator sign and one per each needle... i think

Yeah sounds about right 2 for each gauge aswel.

 

[willeywilson]

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ooooo stop it now!!! You're making me want to go rip my dash out... and I've got go work in an hour hahaha :/ now then colour scheme for the new badges ? =D

 

[flint]

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ive changed my mind. you should do your wheels and your wing mirrors gloss black to bring out the colour of the new bumper work.
and take of the punto badge completely......

 

[B3NNETT]

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i've had a nosey round this car a few times when it was at woodleighs while waiting for work doing on mine,
did look a nice clean example

one note never go back for warranty work

 

[willeywilson]

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I started readin that rant/thread but it got blocked as i clicked page2 haha. i did have to take her back for a sticking caliper piston causin' dangerous malfunctions with the abs :/ was scary when doin 50 along the dual carrigeway and the other 3 brakes start ''working'' had to carefully drive 60 miles there then was given a ****ty 1.0 corsa that shudn't have Had an mot to drive back in =| was done the next day though =) so can't really complain toooo much.
flint i nearly Took my wing mirror caps of yesterday to do but couldn't be arsed in the end. aren't sure about black alloys either =§ grande bolts did look good but i only like seein black alloys on white cars to be honest.

also cleaned egr today =! .... never again took me about 3 hours and two snapped allen keys just to get it off then i couldn't get the two pipes off so did the best i could. then forgot to attatch the bloody connector when i turned the engine on ( doh! ) another hour with the battery off and still didn't clear the 'check engine'

 

[willeywilson]

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All sorted now though =)

 

[B3NNETT]

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I started readin that rant/thread but it got blocked as i clicked page2 haha. i did have to take her back for a sticking caliper piston causin' dangerous malfunctions with the abs :/ was scary when doin 50 along the dual carrigeway and the other 3 brakes start ''working'' had to carefully drive 60 miles there then was given a ****ty 1.0 corsa that shudn't have Had an mot to drive back in =| was done the next '

that awfull mint green one :yuck:
that the gearbox felt like it wasnt connected to the car at all lol
i almost crashed that in the snow
had a crappy red mk2b aswell that left some nice 11 marks lol

 

[willeywilson]

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thats the bad boy! deffo one of the cv's was gone, the airbag part of the steering wheel was sticking out :| the tyres were awful i have to go down a windy slippy country road on the way back from woodliegh, my astra and the GPS took it easily the corsa went off the edge nearly killing me hit a rock bounced back out of the mud and into the moddle of the road. I have never shat maself so much in a car!!! it just went straight whilst i was turning :/ i was going relativley slow aswell

 

[willeywilson]

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what about these ? quick photo shop plus ive lowered it to get rid of the arch gap

thoughts? ren't too sure about the alloys :s think a prefer the abarth originals to the al aternatives (see page 1)