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Right here goes, I've owned this car for over 4 years now and she has been through a lot of changes, good and bad. But she is now on the up with a lot planned for the coming months to get her close to finished if not finished.
Here is a little life storey for her. I bought her is Jan '08 and didn't really do much for the 1st year but then I decided in April '09 to get her low and start smoothing her myself to see what I could do and this is how she turned out (rubbish)
Running with Mk1 GT3 wheels
Then found out why speed bumps and low cars don't mix, went through my 1st downpipe (of 8 up to now)
Then after a short break it was time to get it sent to a bodyshop to actually get it done right, in early '10 she was born a new car running Alfa 'cloverleaf' wheels
Then came Me being obsessed with low's and dropping the back to match the front
Then came the start of the interior changes, the front seats changed to Alfa 156 leathers with custom brackets, then and OMP roll cage cut and smoothed for the rear half only
Then someone decided to go straight into the back of me kill the bumper and exhaust
, this was the 1st of the bad luck over the next 2 years of her life
So because of this went for a 'Marmite' bumper. This was nice at the time for me but I now **** it with a passion and will be gone very soon. This was Trax (sept '10) and she looked the best she did for a while
Snetterton '10
Then came the next bit of bad luck, I ended up front ending someone as the car infornt decided to turn not indicate and cause this crash then disappear. Ontop of this it went back to the bodyshop they 'fixed' some bits but then informed me they were closing down and left me with half a car
So after nearly a year at Trax '11 I decided to get the front end temp sprayed with an Abarth bumper just for the show, and here she was sitting on my other Punto's RH classics.
Then a week after more bad luck and the bonnet decided to un-weld itself to the bracket and come up on the way to Belgium for a holiday. So then had a smoothed/bad boy bonnet off a friend which wasn't sprayed until last week. But while this was going on I was going through a wheel dilemma and didn't know what to have. I'd had Borbet A's and then got these Super Advans
I liked them but they had a sealing issue so had to go so got some my Braid 2 piece Splits out (15x8j 4x108pcd) and got some adapters made to get them on
Then came the decision Feb '12 to get this back on the mend and get it finished so it went into the bodyshop but after some nice problems the colour came out slightly different so she is going for a new full respray in a few weeks but this is how she stood at HOW 9 (Heaven on Wheels)
So now just waiting for to go to the Bodyshop tomorrow to get her booked in ready to finish, she has a new rear bumper there waiting to be fitted to finish it off nicely. While this is going on I will be going to the trimmers to sort out doing a custom dash and get the interior leathered with yellow stitching as i have built an install as well which will be smoothed over and covered in leather. And later in the year she will be getting a turbo conversion and hopefully a smoothed bay with some special extras.
The Spec list up-to now -
CAR SPECIFICATIONS:
- Model : Mk2 3 door
– Engine size : 1.2 8v
- Year : 2003/03
– Colour : Lamborghini Pearl Yellow
ENGINE MODIFICATIONS :
- Focus Induction Kit
- Full Stainless Ashley Exhaust System
STYLING MODIFICATIONS:
INTERIOR:
- Parts of Dash CC
- Sports Steering Wheel
- Alfa 156 Front Seats
- Stripped out
- OMP Roll cage
EXTERNAL:
- De-Badged
- De-Locked
- De-Handled
- De-Stripped (doors and bumper)
- M3 Mirrors with indicators
- Removed side repeators
- Braid 2 piece Split rims
- 20mm wheel adapters
- Rear Abarth Bumper smoothed
- Sporting Sideskirts
- De-wipered/washer (rear)
- Removed ariel
- Smoothed Bumpers / Quaters / sideskirts / Mirrors / Handles / Locks / Bonnet / Roof
- Tinted rear (3) windows
- MK2b Rear Lights
- Angel Eyes
- Tinted Front Lights
CHASSIS:
- Ap front coliovers - (approx 110mm) (have some spax set up the same when is finished)
- Spax rear springs and shocks (approx 80mm)
- OMP Strut Brace (CC)
- Camber shims for the rear
ICE:
- Alpine iDA-X200 Headunit
- JL Comps TR650Csi (3 sets) (to be built in)
- JL Sub 12W0v2 x4
- JL Amp J2 500.1 x2
- JL Amp J2 320.4 x1
FUTURE MODS:
- Engine rebuild, this will include full change and will be turbo’ing it hopefully get it up-to around 140bhp but keeping it a 1.2 8v.
- Have engine polished and painted once finished
- HGT rear axle with disc brakes, and Punto GT front brakes
- Smooth some gauges in the dash/pillars , i.e. boost gauges etc.
- smoothing the engine bay and relocating batteries and fuses to the boot so have less wires in engine bay
- Smooth under the bonnet lid and have it airbrushed
- New floor lining
- Roof/Dash/ pillars/ door cards all leathered with yellow details
- Ferrari 308 gtb wheels (I have these)
- Alfa 147 steering wheel (i have)
- Smooth and relocate fuel cap
Don't think I have forgot anything but I will be keeping this up-to date with the progress from now to finish . Enjoy
Here is a little life storey for her. I bought her is Jan '08 and didn't really do much for the 1st year but then I decided in April '09 to get her low and start smoothing her myself to see what I could do and this is how she turned out (rubbish)
Running with Mk1 GT3 wheels
Then found out why speed bumps and low cars don't mix, went through my 1st downpipe (of 8 up to now)
Then after a short break it was time to get it sent to a bodyshop to actually get it done right, in early '10 she was born a new car running Alfa 'cloverleaf' wheels
Then came Me being obsessed with low's and dropping the back to match the front
Then came the start of the interior changes, the front seats changed to Alfa 156 leathers with custom brackets, then and OMP roll cage cut and smoothed for the rear half only
Then someone decided to go straight into the back of me kill the bumper and exhaust
, this was the 1st of the bad luck over the next 2 years of her lifeSo because of this went for a 'Marmite' bumper. This was nice at the time for me but I now **** it with a passion and will be gone very soon. This was Trax (sept '10) and she looked the best she did for a while
Snetterton '10
Then came the next bit of bad luck, I ended up front ending someone as the car infornt decided to turn not indicate and cause this crash then disappear. Ontop of this it went back to the bodyshop they 'fixed' some bits but then informed me they were closing down and left me with half a car
So after nearly a year at Trax '11 I decided to get the front end temp sprayed with an Abarth bumper just for the show, and here she was sitting on my other Punto's RH classics.
Then a week after more bad luck and the bonnet decided to un-weld itself to the bracket and come up on the way to Belgium for a holiday. So then had a smoothed/bad boy bonnet off a friend which wasn't sprayed until last week. But while this was going on I was going through a wheel dilemma and didn't know what to have. I'd had Borbet A's and then got these Super Advans
I liked them but they had a sealing issue so had to go so got some my Braid 2 piece Splits out (15x8j 4x108pcd) and got some adapters made to get them on
Then came the decision Feb '12 to get this back on the mend and get it finished so it went into the bodyshop but after some nice problems the colour came out slightly different so she is going for a new full respray in a few weeks but this is how she stood at HOW 9 (Heaven on Wheels)
So now just waiting for to go to the Bodyshop tomorrow to get her booked in ready to finish, she has a new rear bumper there waiting to be fitted to finish it off nicely. While this is going on I will be going to the trimmers to sort out doing a custom dash and get the interior leathered with yellow stitching as i have built an install as well which will be smoothed over and covered in leather. And later in the year she will be getting a turbo conversion and hopefully a smoothed bay with some special extras.
The Spec list up-to now -
CAR SPECIFICATIONS:
- Model : Mk2 3 door
– Engine size : 1.2 8v
- Year : 2003/03
– Colour : Lamborghini Pearl Yellow
ENGINE MODIFICATIONS :
- Focus Induction Kit
- Full Stainless Ashley Exhaust System
STYLING MODIFICATIONS:
INTERIOR:
- Parts of Dash CC
- Sports Steering Wheel
- Alfa 156 Front Seats
- Stripped out
- OMP Roll cage
EXTERNAL:
- De-Badged
- De-Locked
- De-Handled
- De-Stripped (doors and bumper)
- M3 Mirrors with indicators
- Removed side repeators
- Braid 2 piece Split rims
- 20mm wheel adapters
- Rear Abarth Bumper smoothed
- Sporting Sideskirts
- De-wipered/washer (rear)
- Removed ariel
- Smoothed Bumpers / Quaters / sideskirts / Mirrors / Handles / Locks / Bonnet / Roof
- Tinted rear (3) windows
- MK2b Rear Lights
- Angel Eyes
- Tinted Front Lights
CHASSIS:
- Ap front coliovers - (approx 110mm) (have some spax set up the same when is finished)
- Spax rear springs and shocks (approx 80mm)
- OMP Strut Brace (CC)
- Camber shims for the rear
ICE:
- Alpine iDA-X200 Headunit
- JL Comps TR650Csi (3 sets) (to be built in)
- JL Sub 12W0v2 x4
- JL Amp J2 500.1 x2
- JL Amp J2 320.4 x1
FUTURE MODS:
- Engine rebuild, this will include full change and will be turbo’ing it hopefully get it up-to around 140bhp but keeping it a 1.2 8v.
- Have engine polished and painted once finished
- HGT rear axle with disc brakes, and Punto GT front brakes
- Smooth some gauges in the dash/pillars , i.e. boost gauges etc.
- smoothing the engine bay and relocating batteries and fuses to the boot so have less wires in engine bay
- Smooth under the bonnet lid and have it airbrushed
- New floor lining
- Roof/Dash/ pillars/ door cards all leathered with yellow details
- Ferrari 308 gtb wheels (I have these)
- Alfa 147 steering wheel (i have)
- Smooth and relocate fuel cap
Don't think I have forgot anything but I will be keeping this up-to date with the progress from now to finish . Enjoy
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