Grande Punto My Red Grande T-Jet (Daisy)

[Reuuk]

Looking great @Sweex ? I've always thought these wheels suit your car so well!

red caps came yet mate?

 

[Sweex]

No not till next week. Didnt realise they werent from the UK ?

 

[KBonnie]

No not till next week. Didnt realise they werent from the UK ��

Until then Reuuk will just have to imagine what they'll love like with the red centre caps, we know there his favourite alloys on a GP

I ordered from Amazon once without looking at the delivery date, turned out to be in two months! Needless to say the order was cancelled.

 

[Sweex]

Sorta forgot to update with center cap pics so...
Before

After


And some shots from today.

 

[Sweex]

'Im going to put this back to standard and leave it.'
Said noone ever...




Swapped with someone today, they have some bad kurbing but they will be getting refurbished anyway.
I love this car too much to keep it standard.
Few more bits will be happening this year.

BUT.

This happened last week...



Nearside inner cv joint blew to pieces.





Had some fun with the hubnut.
WHICH IS A 36MM ON A TJET NOT A 32MM.



Fixed ?


Anyway, hope everyone is well!

 

[puntofan01]

'Im going to put this back to standard and leave it.'
Said noone ever...

My Grande is completely standard, and will stay that way, lol!

 

[Djfoxs]

Moo

'Im going to put this back to standard and leave it.'
Said noone ever...

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Swapped with someone today, they have some bad kurbing but they will be getting refurbished anyway.
I love this car too much to keep it standard.
Few more bits will be happening this year.

BUT.

This happened last week...
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Nearside inner cv joint blew to pieces.

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Had some fun with the hubnut.
WHICH IS A 36MM ON A TJET NOT A 32MM.
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Fixed ?
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Anyway, hope everyone is well!

What caused it do you know?

 

[radddogg]

Yeah, what caused it? I'm seeing mounting evidence of a weak point in the inner CV possibly passenger side only. Symptoms are a juddering at low revs in 4th and 5th which feels like an engine issue.

 

[varesecrazy]

Moo

What caused it do you know?

not uncommon on lowered VEEhickles

Greek GP fella, is doing R+D work on long-term fixes whilst still LOW

Charlie

 

[jakepocock]

This looks epic!

That is all

 

[cmosfxx]

not uncommon on lowered VEEhickles



Greek GP fella, is doing R+D work on long-term fixes whilst still LOW



Charlie

From my experience, I don't think the problem is the low height from the start BUT when you CHANGE the height of the car AFTER a lot of miles.

This is happening because the inner cup has already a normal wear on a specific area and after lowering the car you change this "travel" area.

Then the tripod is traveling through a rough area and fails much faster.

Grease performance is also a crucial part in these cv joints (correct type, boot condition etc)

 

[Sweex]

Its happened to 2 brand new driveshafts since.
So it is, how low it is. But thanks lol.

 

[Sweex]

Soooo, this happened

 

[wrightyy]

Love them Sweex! White on red is always a good combination

 

[Sweex]

Love them Sweex! White on red is always a good combination

Its a little chavvy for my liking so a colour change might be on the cards at some point lol.

 

[wrightyy]

Its a little chavvy for my liking so a colour change might be on the cards at some point lol.

Haha, get some photoshops done before you commit to anything!

 

[Sweex]

Haha, get some photoshops done before you commit to anything!

Oh dont you worry, I shall haha!

 

[HarryS18]

What coils have you got sweex?

 

[Sweex]

What coils have you got sweex?

Ive got joms.
But, fk coilover rear springs and ive got no helpers in the front wound about 15 threads from.the bottom.
Id have them all the way down but because its a tjet it breaks driveshafts.

 

[HarryS18]

Ive got joms.
But, fk coilover rear springs and ive got no helpers in the front wound about 15 threads from.the bottom.
Id have them all the way down but because its a tjet it breaks driveshafts.

That's the exact combo I'm looking for!! Few questions, is it ok to take front help springs out? And also how did you get fk rear springs?