Grande Punto My Black Tjet

[James1989]

ended up ordering the jubilee clips from forge £46 all together, not happy the guy i was going to use says he wont have all the ones i need for a month and i dont wanna wait that long

 

[doody]

that intercooler is going to look nice on a shiney black punto. where can i get one from?

 

[James1989]

that intercooler is going to look nice on a shiney black punto. where can i get one from?

all the stuff in that picture is from forge motorsport they provide parts especially intercoolers for a large variety of cars


below is link for the grande punto section on their site..

http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&catalog=060202&cat=060202

 

[RobSport]

ended up ordering the jubilee clips from forge £46 all together, not happy the guy i was going to use says he wont have all the ones i need for a month and i dont wanna wait that long

I know its crap but at least you will have all the correct sizes of clips and you will have the right amount so you wont go short when fitting the parts

 

[James1989]

I know its crap but at least you will have all the correct sizes of clips and you will have the right amount so you wont go short when fitting the parts

well hope there the right size as i measured them and colated them into the size catagorys, fingers crossed lol but i have just realised i never ordered the two for the inlet pipe

 

[James1989]

Subframe braces! weather stayed rain free yesterday so i pulled my finger out and got them on


Lovely and shiny

first long bar brace on, i did do it up more after

the smaller bar i had to use different bolts i had laying around as i lost one of the bolts supplied lol fail!

 

[James1989]

Intercooler time

bumper off

the old and new

id have more photos of the progress but i got carried away and the camera wasnt on my mind

anyway heres her finished, dirty but finished :slayer:

 

[RobSport]

damn you! well done matey least your getting them new bits fitted now, how long it take to do the IC then ? how hard was it to get the front bumper off ?

PICS NOW please ha ha

 

[James1989]

damn you! well done matey least your getting them new bits fitted now, how long it take to do the IC then ? how hard was it to get the front bumper off ?

PICS NOW please ha ha

ive edited the post for the pics ^^

its dirty very dirty because i was going to a show last night and the fmic and braces took much longer than i thought,

the bumper was off fairly quick, it went back on in a few minutes aswell once youve done the install once you can do it fairly bloody quick again, if i was ever to have to do it again it wouldnt take long at all.

the tough bits was the rubber mounts which took ages fiddly and a couple of torx screws that were a pain to get to with everything in the way!!

i took a while to complete the whole thing as i celotaped the screws to the pages in the instructions so i knew exactly where they went that would be my tip to you if your gonna install it because it makes the re-assemble run smoothly

now its done it feels more torquey at higher speeds its deffinately made a difference :yum:

 

[1.8Stilo]

now its done it feels more torquey at higher speeds its deffinately made a difference :yum:

Yup should hold the boost for longer

looks sweet mate.... now you just need shinny brembo's off the abarth up front

 

[James1989]

lol the calipers will stay the same but new discs and pads are on the cards

 

[James1989]

Re: My Modified Black Tjet

Quick update, as i fitted the intercooler and braces on sunday ive had a couple days driving to feel it and with the intercooler its deffinately improved mid range torque, when i get her remapped will be far more affective but you can feel it already

the braces have sharpened up the turn in and changing of directions is also much better, round the bends i cant feel so much of a difference but i guess thats more the lowering springs job!

pleased so far!

 

[James1989]

Fly eyes arrived

i also got some clear indicator bulbs and tinted them

looks very spotty here but doesnt look so in real life

heres the finished product both rears and the high level brake light

 

[James1989]

time for a service!!

naked

new filter and jubilee clips as the one i had fitted was rusty, new spark plugs, new oil filter and oil

 

[James1989]

So................................Forge parts

boost, coolant, breather hoses and alloy inlet pipe

looks alot better in real life though trust me

 

[RobSport]

OOoooo i see that you have done bout friggin time though, Very niceeeee yeah

 

[James1989]

OOoooo i see that you have done bout friggin time though, Very niceeeee yeah

the boost hose that comes directly of the turbo and the one between the intercooler and turbo have yet to go on but i need the bumper off again and ive had just about enough today lol

 

[Andy The Gardener]

Looks very nice James, especially the hoses. How long did you last with the fly-eyes before you opened a window because of the smell lol?

 

[James1989]

lol yeah the smell is potent but i did it outside

i got 2sheets to do front and back and messed up one piece for the rear so now i have to order more lol it went fine i peeled off the excess and the corner peeled off with it

cheers it looks a little crap in the picture but when you open the hood up its lovely !!

 

[GavinAshford]

did you take your highlevel light out to do it, if so how??

i tried to get mine out but after 5mins i had failed miserably and left it untinted...

engine bay looks good though!

heres the finished product both rears and the high level brake light