beaus turquoise sporting

[beau]

puntoboy kindly reminded me there is a project section of which i did actually forget about :p so heres my thread.

as soon as it arrived-

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image560.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image561.jpg

clear side repeators and tinted windows went straight on-

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image565.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image568.jpg

then next day tinted rear lights-

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000456.jpg

then next day went on a set of white 15" multi spokes-

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000466.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000475.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000479.jpg

and today, i sorted out the interior-


Abarth mats
Abarth gear knob
Abarth leather gear gator
Abarth gear surround
heater vents sprayed white


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000480.jpg

[space]

Looks a minter mate. Whats next on the cards? Lowering and removing the text on the rear windows imo ;)

[beau]

Looks a minter mate. Whats next on the cards? Lowering and removing the text on the rear windows imo ;)
well next is coloured skirts and handles, full paintwork touch up.

it will be lowered but cambelt and service is more important, and id rather have the dents removed than lower it... but it will deffinatly be lowered, iv got the springs, just got to get them fitted.

lol the stickers are nice!

[dazzagt]

get cleaning them seats lol

[beau]

get cleaning them seats lol
lol will do

[marky_sr]

I think the white dashboard would look 100x better with some white dials, they would go really well

[beau]

I think the white dashboard would look 100x better with some white dials, they would go really well
i want some plasma ones but cant afford em atm.

[space]

How much do they go for? I saw them on a diff forum and was really impressed.

Oh, love the wheels btw, they really suit the car.

Yeah service and cambelt is more important, but I obv didnt know that needed doing :p

[Jonsey89]

Why not fit the suspension yourself beau? Its not too hard?

But i have to say this is the best you have had and just keep it tidy.....

[beau]

Why not fit the suspension yourself beau? Its not too hard?

But i have to say this is the best you have had and just keep it tidy.....
i might... how hard is it? well i wont do it my self :p but il see if my uncle and his mate can do it... they did my rear shocks on my orange one for the mot... hopefully they can do springs...

thanks! and i am keeping it tidy... :) lol

[Jonsey89]

Its really easy....fronts are more trouble and i havent done mie yet as one of the strut bolts is seized to **** so i need to take it up the garage to get it loosed with the air gun.......(i hope)

But the back is really easy took me about 30 mins to do the back and i was in no rush......and that is on my own with no help.......all you need is an 18mm spanner.....and a jack.....(car jacked up on axel stands for saftey fisrt)

Put car up on axel stands at rear..........then using the jack jack the rear arm up slightly to take the force of the shock bolts....undo the shock lower bolt....and then lower the jack to let the arm drop down.......do the same to the other side.....and then baisically just pull the old springs out and put the new ones in with the rubbers from the old......jack arm up and put the bolts back in....easy.....

So far i have only done the rears but the difference it has made to the handling is unreal. My old cars suspension was way to harsh on too big a wheels and it handled crap but this is still on steels and the handling is mint.....cant wait to get the front done.....

[Pummy]

Really easy to do the shocks. If a fat git like me can get the fronts done then you can do it without issue.

[stuuyh]

the heater vents look stupid IMO,and the wheels are to small.need lowering quickly.

[beau]

the heater vents look stupid IMO,and the wheels are to small.need lowering quickly.
ok lol, and yes a set of 16's would look nicer but 16's slow car down, and dont make it handle as good, and the 15's were free basicly with new tyres, and imo, when lowered they wont look too small at all.

[Puntoboy]

ok lol, and yes a set of 16's would look nicer but 16's slow car down, and dont make it handle as good, and the 15's were free basicly with new tyres, and imo, when lowered they wont look too small at all.

Who told you that? They were telling porky pies.

[beau]

Who told you that? They were telling porky pies.
16's loose torque, and smaller wheels, better handeling... surely this is why the racing fiats all roll on 13" wide steelies...

[Puntoboy]

As I have said many a time.

My 16's are the same size as the standard 14's. Infact I bet they are smaller than your 15's.

So no loss of torque or speed.

[beau]

As I have said many a time.

My 16's are the same size as the standard 14's. Infact I bet they are smaller than your 15's.

So no loss of torque or speed.
yeah but then you have to have low profile tyres which makes the ride bad.

and anyway, i think my 15's look nice :D

[Puntoboy]

The ride isn't bad.

[cpunto]

Not many colours left to collect now Beau..?

Congrats on seemingly your best buy yet.

[officer_dibley]

Looks fairly smart - but other than a subtle roof spoiler (abarth?), losing the window stickers and maybe lowering, please don't do any more to it......

[beau]

Looks fairly smart - but other than a subtle roof spoiler (abarth?), losing the window stickers and maybe lowering, please don't do any more to it......
yes iv got spoiler to go on, abarth, and i will lower, got twin exhaust going on soon too.

iv got full original abarth kit in my room tho... so i might fit that, but i like it as it is without it at the moment.

Not many colours left to collect now Beau..?

Congrats on seemingly your best buy yet.
lol, quite a few left :p

id still say the gt was best buy :p but this is best buy for car which i may actually drive.

[Ferret]

Doesn't the sporting have a turbo guage on the clocks ? Or is it just the GT ? I thought both did.

Nice car though - And you got the same HU as me.

[karting]

sporting dosnt have a turbo gauge? why would it?

its got revs, speed and fuel

[beau]

And you got the same HU as me.
doubt it lol, theres lots of alpine models which look very similar, not saying you havent tho :p

[JoeGT]

I thought you were gonna wreck that car but actually it looks quiet good. Dont go for any cheap stickers or badges on it though. I think it looks mint as it is. Definately drop it 60mm And It will be perfect. :D nice buy.

[MattMk1]

Yea gotta agree, slam it 60mm it will look sweet! You've got the right size wheels to avoid rubbing issues too, my 16's rub on a 40mm drop :omg_smile:

Loose the colour coded interior bits, just looks cheap IMO.

[currey]

lol so are you keeping this one then? sorry couldnt be bothered reading the whole thread.

the only thing im not keen on is the tinted rear lights, dont really suit it now it has white wheels IMO, id be tempted to put the standard lights on.

[essexlad_89]

never fan of white wheels beau but its pulled it off i think and good job mate

[beau]

gotta love thy abarth :dance:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/uno_94/S7000491.jpg

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http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000490.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000487.jpg

just held in place with masking tape... cant fit yet cos i need some sikaflex, they look really good though :dance:

[Cat]

Are they the skirts from the black one? Did u spray them yrself?

[beau]

Are they the skirts from the black one? Did u spray them yrself?
there from the grey 75sx (my first punto! lol :D) and yes i sprayed em my self, bloody good job if i may say so lol :)

[Cat]

Aye, yer, look sound.

[vtec_will]

I recon standard rear lights would look much better mate - keep it nice & clean....

Defo your best effort yet though :)

[Goldie Punto]

I recon standard rear lights would look much better mate - keep it nice & clean....

Defo your best effort yet though :)

Agreed!

Seems a good job on painting the skirts from what the pictures show.

Bet your well chuffed, you going to paint and fit the bumper spoilers and the boot spoiler ?

You wanna put down the amount of paint etc used and the cost of it to paint your kit.

[beau]

Agreed!

Seems a good job on painting the skirts from what the pictures show.

Bet your well chuffed, you going to paint and fit the bumper spoilers and the boot spoiler ?

You wanna put down the amount of paint etc used and the cost of it to paint your kit.
well i dont want standard lights :p i think the tinted onesl look nice 8-)

its an ok job, its obviously not bodyshop quality but its deffinatly good enough to fit, im well pleased with the results, plus it cost me under £10 for the paint for both skirts :dance:

doing the other skirt and boot spoiler tomorrow, and got to do the 2 other wheels white also, so time consuming though! iv got lots left to do, but it seems to take hours and hours!!!!! lol

then im going to do the front one, but il need more paint.

[Cat]

Just need to pass yor test so you drive the ****er.

[beau]

Just need to pass yor test so you drive the ****er.
well its not ready to drive yet anyway :p but i should be driving soon i hope :)

[beau]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000515.jpg

my twin exhaust, also de-catted

[Cat]

Where are Abarth skirts?

[MiniMike]

Looks really nice mate ! Zorst looks good, Wheels look really good and ur spraying skill arnt bad at all ....

Good on u chap :Pray:

Now keep this one........ :shock:

[beau]

Where are Abarth skirts?
they were only held up with masking tape to see how they looked, i need sikaflex, cant afford atm lol

[Thats a Punt!!!!!]

skirts look proffesionally sprayed!

[beau]

skirts look proffesionally sprayed!
trust me there not in real life, but there good enough :) better than the drivers door lol, you should see it :o :-# :lol: lol cant afford a respray yet tho.

[karting]

i like the way the pictures are all of the same side of the car!

a big ding in the other door? :P

[beau]

i like the way the pictures are all of the same side of the car!

a big ding in the other door? :P
otherside is ok, pics are all of one side cos the wheels are still silver other side.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000517.jpg

[OwenK]

Ahh mate it looks excellent on the other side with silver wheels, you should spray the white ones back again... pmsl

[beau]

Ahh mate it looks excellent on the other side with silver wheels, you should spray the white ones back again... pmsl
shut up lol, white ones look much better

[sicskate]

i c ur orange 1 has sold now!

[beau]

i c ur orange 1 has sold now!
yep, picking up sunday :)

[GTBen]

how much did that zorst add to ur insurance?

[PuntoStar]

how much did that zorst add to ur insurance?

what insurance :lol:

[karting]

he dont drive so hes not insured :)

[charlieboy]

skirts look nice and the white wheels look great

not to sure on the exhasut though!

[JoeGT]

I like it. I bet your really wishing you hadn't given me that sickaflex for my abarth front now aint ya? :)

[beau]

I like it. I bet your really wishing you hadn't given me that sickaflex for my abarth front now aint ya? :)
haha yes! :p oh well

[JoeGT]

Nevermind!.

[karting]

how much insurance you paying beau?

[beau]

how much insurance you paying beau?
well im on my mums and its 900

[Cat]

I like it. I bet your really wishing you hadn't given me that sickaflex for my abarth front now aint ya? :)
lol, beau how much did you have cox Tom and I bought some off ya.:lol:

[beau]

lol, beau how much did you have cox Tom and I bought some off ya.:lol:
only 4 tubes, sold 3, kept one, used it for bump strips on my orange one, and they dont come with a ****ing lid to stop them drying out so i tried to make one with selotape lol, but it didnt work and dried out :(

[T]

only 4 tubes, sold 3, kept one, used it for bump strips on my orange one, and they dont come with a ****ing lid to stop them drying out so i tried to make one with selotape lol, but it didnt work and dried out :(

put a screw in the end, worked for me.

[karting]

screw or nail is the builders tip :D

thats what i used to do

[beau]

not very much of an update... but it took a very long time to do lol.

front and rear door cards had to come out along with rear seats, took absolutly ages! lol oh well its job i didnt want to do but i kind of had to get them done for tomorrow!

front speakers, sound deadened and proper wire wired up
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000541.jpg

cinquecento seat belts
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000540.jpg

other 2 wheels sprayed
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000539.jpg

[Puntoboy]

Don't think the seat belts go well.

[MiniMike]

u gonna delock the other door ?

[beau]

Don't think the seat belts go well.
neither do most people lol, i like them though :D

u gonna delock the other door ?
id like to but probably wont, need to get the pass door resprayed first really cos its got a dodgy spray job.

[MiniMike]

Looks good anyways mate !

[GTBen]

can i ask wot proper wire wired up is?

[beau]

can i ask wot proper wire wired up is?
wired up using 10 guage wire to my amp running 180w rms.

[GTBen]

how much did that zorst add to ur insurance?
did it add anything?

[beau]

did it add anything?
yes, i duno how much tho, £30 i think.

[Goldie Punto]

Good to see you now have matching wheels, why haven't you painted the door handles yet ? esp as you say you've had the door cards off and you have already painted the boot one.

Also i thought i saw in another thread that you had sold the Orange one ?

[Jonfun]

I quite like it,the colours are original...I saw one of these turquoise ones in the centre of Birmingham yesterday,
well done that man!

[beau]

was nice weather today, so sprayed and fitted my abarth spoiler-

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image661.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image660.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image657.jpg

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http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/Image663.jpg

might get round to doing the skirts one day.... lol

[cinquepunto]

looks good

In the immortal words of Arc, "needs lowered" though

[shorty2289]

lower it and change the exhaust to somthing that dont sound like a 2 year old blowing rasberry's

[beau]

looks good

In the immortal words of Arc, "needs lowered" though
thanks, and it sure does need lowering, but i cant cos of insurance.

lower it and change the exhaust to somthing that dont sound like a 2 year old blowing rasberry's
its a great exhaust! sounds brilliant :p

[Jonfun]

Love your stickers dont you!

[karting]

lower it and remove the stickers

[JoeGT]

Looks like you made a good job of the spoiler Bo. I'll reserve judgement untill I see it in real life though!. :lipsrsealed:

[beau]

well finally, i went ahead and fitted the skirts today, though one keeps coming off on the back wing, il fix that tomorrow.

but my car is now finished! im really pleased with it, it does look lovely, iv taken all the stickers off now too (arnt i good? lol :))

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z62/beau_4076/S7000656.jpg

well if you dont like it then i dont really care lol, i really do love it :D it obviously needs lowering but its not going to be, and the skirts are extremly close to speed bumps as it is!

[Jonsey89]

In fairness mate it does look pretty nice now......the front obviously needs sorting...ie bumper hanging off lol and a few dents here and there.

But other than that it is looking very nice...try and keep it out of ditches now ;)

[charlieboy]

looking good beau

lower it, itll be fine. speed bumps meh find a way round em man!! lol

looking good now stickers have gone

[jonzz]

nice that is mate :)

how did ya fit them skirts?

[beau]

nice that is mate :)

how did ya fit them skirts?
screws each end and sikaflex along the top edge

[cinquepunto]

you'll be fine lowered, mine only catches occasionally, and I'm on 14"s...

[Jonsey89]

I beleive he is not lowering due to insurance purposes.

[beau]

well im not lowering cos 1. as i said there very close to the speed bumps, i have to go over 4-5 to even get out of my road, also 80% of the time i have 3 people in the back of my car, lowered 60mm + 3 people in car + abarth skirts + speed bumps = big no, and 2. as said above, insurance! its already £2400! lowering is something like 140 extra and 3. its for sale so would be pointless imo.

[charlieboy]

beau im down 35/40mm on 14's and i can just about get away with bumps (even the big ones) with a fully loaded car. youll just have to remember to take it eassy over the bumps

[Tom]

£2400? Youve been ass raped.

[OwenK]

£2400? Youve been ass raped.

Yeah welcome to being a new driver in the UK. Although boo definitely got raped harder than most ... i guess due to his area or something?

I live in nice quiet surrey and my sporting insurance is still 1200 a year.

[Tom]

The guy I sold my Sporting to (trigga on here) who gets it a lot cheaper than that.

[beau]

The guy I sold my Sporting to (trigga on here) who gets it a lot cheaper than that.
he is on a policy as a named driver, i am on my own

£2400 is over £800 cheaper than any other company, it was very cheap compared to the rest.

[Superman]

Trust me You'll reap the rewards of been on your own policy so long as you dont have to make a claim, or have one made against you, so be carfeful.

Im only just 22 and pay a smidge over 600FC with everything declared on the GT, there are many GT owners older then me with more years experiance who pay twice that.

[karting]

im 20 and i pay 900 with all declared.

but its only tpft :(

[Norro]

he is on a policy as a named driver, i am on my own

£2400 is over £800 cheaper than any other company, it was very cheap compared to the rest.

sorry to tell you pal, im 18 got no-no claims, and im paying £1200 on my own policy, with quinn

[OwenK]

sorry to tell you pal, im 18 got no-no claims, and im paying £1200 on my own policy, with quinn

I think he is with quinn too... remember prices vary a LOT by area!

[beau]

sorry to tell you pal, im 18 got no-no claims, and im paying £1200 on my own policy, with quinn
yes but im 17, a quote at 18 is ALOT less, if i get quotes at 18 i get them come back at like 1100ish but 17... oh dear.. i guess 17 and the word sporting really doesnt go does it :(

[Thats a Punt!!!!!]

yes but im 17, a quote at 18 is ALOT less, if i get quotes at 18 i get them come back at like 1100ish but 17... oh dear.. i guess 17 and the word sporting really doesnt go does it :(


no mate the word sporting is crazy for a few extras over the models below you pay lots for more for insuance, like said on your own policy is beter and you will benefit from it.

[Tom]

Just re read this - you should have got a cinq or 55 for a year or two.

[xploitGT]

i would have got a smaller car when i was 17 i had no aspirations of getting a fast car a 1.4 was fast to me then lol, all because of insurance premiums i doubt it will drop a great deal next year too.

not a sporting my GT cost me £2k named driver at 20 to insure now at nearly 25 its circa 400 lol

But if you have the funds to insure it and run it then why not :)

[xploitGT]

Agreed, i would have got a smaller car when i was 17 i had no aspirations of getting a fast car a 1.4 was fast to me then lol, all because of insurance premiums i doubt it will drop a great deal next year too.

not a sporting my GT cost me £2k named driver at 20 to insure now at nearly 25 its circa 400 lol

But if you have the funds to insure it and run it then why not :)

[beau]

RIP :(

http://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/data/500/boo2.jpg

http://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/data/500/boo3a.jpg

bloke i sold it to has crashed it, missy spotted it in surrey the other day smashed at the road side :( looks ****ed apparently, smashed rear quarter & door & bumper, and the front bit behind the bumper is proper mashed, im really upset even tho its not even mine any more, regret selling it now :( my poor car :(

[PuntoPlaya]

such a shame to a nice little mota...thats why insurance is so damn expensive for younger drivers!

[shorty2289]

well i gues he wont be need the service history now then shame cos that engine was a good 1 as well

[sicskate]

1 less turq on the road.

[gaz0_0]

i bet thats how you sold it to the guy, and told him the front just needed a t-cut :lol:

[John_c]

i bet thats how you sold it to the guy, and told him the front just needed a t-cut :lol:
LOLOL!

Thats a shame! looked good before!

[silent_thunder89]

know its a long shot but does anyone know a way of contacting the bloke who currently owns it. those wheels would look tasty on my turq sporting too :D