Grande Punto My Mean Tangerine

[JAM113]

Hi

Not really update because not much has changed, so cleaned the car today and took a drive through to edinburgh tonight for some snaps next to the bridge hope you guys like


Dirty Car


Products Used


Teeth being done lol


Mid Wash


Clean


Beading


Done


Done


My GPS and the Bridge


And Finally the bridge its self

Cheers

 

[JAM113]

Finally got my carbon wrap through so got my steering wheel controls done last night and my door pillars done today, will have pictures of the door pillars tomorrow probably, let me know what you guys think.

disassembly

Finished

Installed

Cheers

 

[JAM113]

Some more carbon wrap

Grills Out

Wrap Done

And the Tangerine Glow
Cheers

 

[JAM113]

Small update coming soon with more pictures to follow showing this

I just hope I can sort the wiring

Cheers

 

[Reuuk]

is it a head unit?

 

[JAM113]

Nope, Its the Subwoofer and Amplifier Unit from an Alfa Romeo 147 which I got for free, so I thought I would have a go at installing it in the car, might not be that good but, the amplifier is capable of powering all the door speakers aswell as the subwoofer so maybe when its closer to the summer I was thinking of running the cables to the door speakers aswell, but thats only if it works lol

Cheers

 

[Reuuk]

Nope, Its the Subwoofer and Amplifier Unit from an Alfa Romeo 147 which I got for free, so I thought I would have a go at installing it in the car, might not be that good but, the amplifier is capable of powering all the door speakers aswell as the subwoofer so maybe when its closer to the summer I was thinking of running the cables to the door speakers aswell, but thats only if it works lol

Cheers

I cant imagine it being much harder than retro fitting the factory subwoofer like i did. But you've got to find out which wires which ;p

 

[JAM113]

I cant imagine it being much harder than retro fitting the factory subwoofer like i did. But you've got to find out which wires which ;p

I gave up trying to work out which wires did what given that there are 25 pins on the amplifier, so I thought it would be a good idea to ask Bose for a wiring diagram and from that I was able to get it all wired up and working now just to find a place to put it, I was thinking under the tray in the spare wheel well?

Cheers

 

[Reuuk]

hmm yes you could ask bose, OR see if you can get a manual from Alfa if its a factory upgrade?

 

[JAM113]

Re: The Mean Tangerine

That's what I did do, spoke to Bose this afternoon and they emailed me a wiring diagram which i'am under strict instruction not to give out lol

 

[Jordan92]

Re: The Mean Tangerine

Looking good mate! Well dine in the sub too what does it look like?

 

[JAM113]

Re: The Mean Tangerine

Looking good mate! Well dine in the sub too what does it look like?

Cheers bud, not looking so good just now in terms of the sub never got a chance to finish it off nicely last night and the car had to go in for the strut top bearing today and I won't get it back until monday, but managed to get the amplifier sitting nicely on the right rear wheel arch with some velcro, will post some pictures once it's all finished so you guys can see

 

[JAM113]

Wells as promised here are some pictures of the final process and the final outcome, safe to say I am quite pleased at how it's turned out and doesn't sound too bad either

This is where the amplifier goes held on with velcro

Now I thought the amplifier could be given a better look so put my soldering skills to the test with some spare LEDs I had lying around

Placed inside the amplifier

Amplifier Installed

Need to get some wiring loom tape to tidy up the wires a bit

:slayer:
Cheers

 

[JAM113]

Not much more to report on for now really so thought I would post some pictures I got of the car over the weekend, after all we have to make the most of the nicer weather just now

so managed to take the car for a good and proper drive, and I have to say i'm very pleased with the way the car handles, although I think a set of braces will be on order soon

Now whilst I was taking the last picture a very nice Maserati Gran Turismo drove past and I gave the guy a wave and thought it would be a good laugh to try and catch it, which give the Punto its dew it did and I was well impressed to say the least, so was the guy driving the Maserati lol

Heres a picture one of my friends managed to snap

Just incase anybody is interested this road is called "The Dukes Pass" and it runs between Aberfoyle and Callander

Thanks for Looking

 

[GYoung87]

Looks like a fantastic driving road. I e got a fair few near me. It would be great to get a collection of people local to yourselves and get some motion pics on these roads

 

[JAM113]

Looks like a fantastic driving road. I e got a fair few near me. It would be great to get a collection of people local to yourselves and get some motion pics on these roads

Its a fantastic driving road, but unfortunately it doesn't have very good statistics such as there's many people die on it every year so you do have to be careful when on it, and yes it would be awesome to get some motion pictures from the cliff tops looking down onto the road but I'm not sure if anyone on here lives as close as me to this area, it is a lovely part of Scotland aswell

Cheers

 

[Reuuk]

finally got your head around the wiring then

I though the mjet's handled like a barge boat loaping into the corners so I didn't waste time and got myself some eibach springs along with the forge braces. NOW it handles well haha

 

[JAM113]

finally got your head around the wiring then

I though the mjet's handled like a barge boat loaping into the corners so I didn't waste time and got myself some eibach springs along with the forge braces. NOW it handles well haha

Yeh was a bit of a nightmare trying to wire it all up, and yeh a bit barge like but on the road in question I was really surprised, although it was really squirmy (tail happy)

Cheers

 

[JAM113]

Right bit of an update, not done much to the car other than touching up some small bits and bobs to give it a bit of a fresh look, loads of pictures

Starting off with my rear light cluster bolts, as these were really rusted on the top surface, so I attacked them with some spare paint I had lying around.

That was enough for that day, then the weather got worse so about a week later it was a lovely day so decided it would be good to do some more bits and bobs

Got to love the optimism was still a hot day though

Started off swapping my wheels round, as the front tyres were down to about 4mm and the backs are like new at 7mm

Needing Lowered I think

Anyway I had a slight problem with some lacquer peel on one of my rear panels, I know this is not how its meant to be fixed but I can't afford to have a body shop do it just now so with some spare lacquer I made my best attempt to stop it from peeling in the mean time.
Started with this

Sprayed, ended up with this

Polished down, Ended up like this, not the best finish, But it has stopped peeling for now

After this I decided to sort my wheel nuts, something that has been bothering me since I bought the car is that they are all rusted, so off to halfrauds for some paint
Dont have any before pictures, Rears done

Decided to do the brake discs whilst I had the wheels off

Fronts

Then I went mental cleaning it and giving it a good wax

And now the car is away for a gearbox refurbishment when I bought the car in February the gearbox was groaning, then the other night it developed the dreaded whine in first and second, but its getting done under warranty so thats a plus, hopefully get it back next week in time for the weekend

Cheers

 

[Jordan92]

nice update mate. I did exactly the same as you with the wheel nuts lol. and good job on the laqure peel