Punto (Mk2/2b) Meet my Punto Chirpy :)

[Ziggy122]

Colour coding is always good - door handles and mirrors

bumpers - no point it'll be chipped like it probably already is anyway - but thats my view

Fitting a sunroof - thats sooo 1990's tbh.... and even factory ones are known to leak let alone aftermarket....

Paiting the front calipers Yes yes yes! But painting drums.... Its like saying - Hey look! and then feel like crying?

If you paint them - paint them black or a dark silver to help blend them in

Some people are having sun strip tints instead - Homeward i thinks done it?
Im still tempted but money and all that!

Ziggy

 

[Punto Sutty]

Colour coding is always good - door handles and mirrors

bumpers - no point it'll be chipped like it probably already is anyway - but thats my view

Fitting a sunroof - thats sooo 1990's tbh.... and even factory ones are known to leak let alone aftermarket....

Paiting the front calipers Yes yes yes! But painting drums.... Its like saying - Hey look! and then feel like crying?

If you paint them - paint them black or a dark silver to help blend them in

Some people are having sun strip tints instead - Homeward i thinks done it?
Im still tempted but money and all that!

Ziggy

The bumpers each have odd bits that need repairing and painting so I plan on doing the full bumpers in one go and do the trims at the same time.

No plans for a sun roof! Although they do bring back memories from my mums old cars in the 90s when I was a kid. I'm surprised it haven't got one to be honest as it's not got AC.

Good idea with the calipers and drums, front red and drums Matt black I think! Had an old mg zr in this week and it looked crap with red drums!

It's a tinted sun strip I want, seen kits on ebay for cheap so I'm tempted!

 

[homeward]

Some people are having sun strip tints instead - Homeward i thinks done it?

What a good memory you have...!

It's a tinted sun strip I want, seen kits on ebay for cheap so I'm tempted!

See this post in my Members Motors thread...! Definitely worth it: especially at this time of year, when the sun's low....

 

[Punto Sutty]

See this post in my Members Motors thread...! Definitely worth it: especially at this time of year, when the sun's low.... [/QUOTE]

Cheers! It was worth the read, nice car you have very similar to mine

 

[Punto Sutty]

Small update!

I decided to give chirps a proper going over to get her body work back to looking new as best as I could with out repainting! I started with a full clean inside and out followed by a full machine polish and wax on the outside! I managed to get rid of all scratches and restored all panels to a new finish. I also polished the head lights and got them near perfect too. This gave me a good base to decide what to repaint and what not. Turns out only the bumpers need more work due to scuffs and cracks in the paint.



All in all I'm very pleased with her new look, I feel like I've rolled back the years for her! Even managed to turn a few heads of other road users and pedestrians, either that or my driving! Also decided to change the wheel trims from standard fiat one to cheap Halfords ones as the we're looking a bit battered! They should do till I find some alloys for her

 

[Punto Sutty]

Advice needed!

I'm looking to fit a set of xenon bulbs to my punto and want advice on which ones. Due to the nights drawing in and driving a lot on unlit country roads I want to upgrade the stock halogen bulbs. Also for looks too! I want a bright clear white light with no tint. I'm looking for the best compromise of price and performance!

Is it possible to upgrade orange indicator lights and all rear red lights to brighter bulbs?



Any advice/ experiences welcome!!!

 

[jordan1293fiat]

Regards to the bulb upgrade the best you can probably get are osram night breaker plus about 12 quid for the pair of ebay, any brighter than that then your looking at a HID conversion, an for the side lights try led bulbs pick em really cheap. Hope this helps

 

[punt it 76]

H4 or h1?. Cheers

 

[jordan1293fiat]

Mine are h1 in my 02 sporting, would assume there the same in yours. :thumbup:

 

[Punto Sutty]

Regards to the bulb upgrade the best you can probably get are osram night breaker plus about 12 quid for the pair of ebay, any brighter than that then your looking at a HID conversion, an for the side lights try led bulbs pick em really cheap. Hope this helps

Cheers I'll have a look! I don't want to spend money on hid for this car, doesn't seem worth it. I just want a simple standard plug in bulb. Could I get xenon side lights too or would led be better?

 

[Punto Sutty]

H4 or h1?. Cheers

Not really sure, I'm guessing the difference is brightness?

 

[Punto Sutty]

Mine are h1 in my 02 sporting, would assume there the same in yours. :thumbup:

What do you think of them? Worth getting?

 

[jordan1293fiat]

Ive got leds in mine look great, a really bright white light last forever an cost about 2 quid each all found on ebay

 

[Punto Sutty]

Ive got leds in mine look great, a really bright white light last forever an cost about 2 quid each all found on ebay

Do they just plug straight in or do you need to do extra wiring? Cheers!

 

[punt it 76]

Are the LEDs side lights or the main and dip?. Cheers.

 

[jordan1293fiat]

Just plug straight in like your standard ones side lights only though, couldnt be easier

 

[howardsam95]

Worth mentioning that LED sidelights could cause a CAN bus light for there being a bulb failure. Worth spending a bit extra and getting CAN bus LED sidelights. My old punto had them and they are great.
HIDs are illegal on your type of car because of the lense type. Yours is a reflector, i.e spreads light everywhere. Whereas the pre-facelift are projector which is a fixed beam pattern and are safe to change to HID.

Sam

 

[Punto Sutty]

Just plug straight in like your standard ones side lights only though, couldnt be easier

Cheers just trying to figure out which bulb type I have!

 

[Punto Sutty]

Worth mentioning that LED sidelights could cause a CAN bus light for there being a bulb failure. Worth spending a bit extra and getting CAN bus LED sidelights. My old punto had them and they are great.
HIDs are illegal on your type of car because of the lense type. Yours is a reflector, i.e spreads light everywhere. Whereas the pre-facelift are projector which is a fixed beam pattern and are safe to change to HID.

Sam

Thanks and that makes sense about the hid being illegal. I'm glad I decided on xenon/led bulbs instead