[headers]

. All the lucky owners out there, do your Puntos bottom out on even small breakers?

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

WL

Its as bad as the old honda city..but not too bad unless you are fully loaded..in chennai speed breakers, there are no issues..

[raj_5004]

Guys, I am planing to have a black roof for my white Punto 90 hp. Glossy black & not matt black. Should I paint the roof or sticker it?

Painting at Fiat A.S.S. - Rs. 4200/-
Painting at local garage - Rs. 2500/-

Stickering (normal vinyl) - Rs. 1500/-
Stickering (body wrap with warranty) - Rs. 4500/-

[wannabe loser]

Originally Posted by headers

Its as bad as the old honda city..but not too bad unless you are fully loaded..in chennai speed breakers, there are no issues..

Thanks man. One car that I really like and...

[gopikb]

Originally Posted by Arkin evoisrevo

I'd love to have those!!! Live on OA road, 'work' opp. Concorde near Dairy Circle .
How about IRR then? Are you free on monday?

Hi Arkin, Sorry mate this week is too busy in the evenings. I am also driving to Tiruvannamalai in the weekend. If needed, we can plan to meet up next week some time.

[Akshay1234]

Originally Posted by raj_5004

Guys, I am planing to have a black roof for my white Punto 90 hp. Glossy black & not matt black. Should I paint the roof or sticker it?

Painting at Fiat A.S.S. - Rs. 4200/-
Painting at local garage - Rs. 2500/-

Stickering (normal vinyl) - Rs. 1500/-
Stickering (body wrap with warranty) - Rs. 4500/-

Get a wrap, don't paint it. The wrap will be easily reversible and will not spoil the paint underneath. Can you give some details on the wrap with warranty?

[raj_5004]

Originally Posted by akshay1234

Get a wrap, don't paint it. The wrap will be easily reversible and will not spoil the paint underneath. Can you give some details on the wrap with warranty?

But will the wrap have the desired looks? the lustre of the paint? also, wont wrap fade after a year or two? I dont mind even if its irreversible. I will PM you the details.

[Akshay1234]

Originally Posted by raj_5004

But will the wrap have the desired looks? the lustre of the paint? also, wont wrap fade after a year or two? I dont mind even if its irreversible. I will PM you the details.

I've seen pictures of many cars on the net which have been wrapped, and they sure looked quite good. I don't think it will fade too easily.

[nkg77]

Originally Posted by wannabe loser

Folks, contemplating buying one these beauties for myself and soon to be wife. The car felt pretty good while doing the TD but coming from a OHC VTEC, you know how it is...

Have heard from a couple of well built friends that the car bottoms out and scrapes over speed breakers. I DID NOT notice it during the TD. All the lucky owners out there, do your Puntos bottom out on even small breakers?

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

WL

It is not as bad as being told by people, I am owning a Punto for the last 6 months and have done 9k kms, never had any problems with the speed breakers. 4 times the engine guard scraped the ground on real bad roads. The ground clearance is much better than OHC, so if you comfortable with your OHC then you will be comfortable with Punto.

[bottle]

I test drove a 1.2 Punto and there were 4 adults in the car, went over a pretty decent sized hump and there was no scraping, so I guess it can't be too bad

[gp_fanatico]

Originally Posted by nkg77

It is not as bad as being told by people, I am owning a Punto for the last 6 months and have done 9k kms, never had any problems with the speed breakers. 4 times the engine guard scraped the ground on real bad roads. The ground clearance is much better than OHC, so if you comfortable with your OHC then you will be comfortable with Punto.

The numbers speak for itself !

Ground Clearance of Honda City & Fiat Grande Punto:
OHC: 160mm
ANHC: 160mm

Fiat GP 1.3 Multijet Diesel: 171mm
Fiat GP 1.4 FIRE Petrol: 174mm

[shashank.nk]

Guys, are the accessories like aluminium pedals, rear spoiler, side step etc. available for the Punto 90HP? Read reports of these accessories when the Punto Sport was to be launched. Later fiat called it Punto 90HP If I'm not wrong.

[neoonwheels]

Originally Posted by gp_fanatico

The numbers speak for itself !

Ground Clearance of Honda City & Fiat Grande Punto:
OHC: 160mm
ANHC: 160mm

Fiat GP 1.3 Multijet Diesel: 171mm
Fiat GP 1.4 FIRE Petrol: 174mm

The Punto's nose is pretty low and that's why it scrapes most of the times

[gp_fanatico]

Completely agree to that Neonwheels !

Thanks to FIAT for providing the Engine Gaurd. The lower part of the front bumper ofcourse takes a hit if a hump/ramp or a ditch is not tackled slowly.

[headers]

Originally Posted by neoonwheels

The Punto's nose is pretty low and that's why it scrapes most of the times

Not really sir. If one is careful, you dont scrap the front. But if one is fast then the scrape occurs!!

[StarrySky]

Originally Posted by wannabe loser

Have heard from a couple of well built friends that the car bottoms out and scrapes over speed breakers. I DID NOT notice it during the TD. All the lucky owners out there, do your Puntos bottom out on even small breakers?

I think all TD cars normally tend to be E.Pack versions which have a little bit better clearance due to the 195/60/R15 tires. Are your friends talking about the lower variants? For eg: my friend's MJD Emotion did scrape the speed-breaker near my home with just the two of us in it, whereas my MJD 90HP has never scraped that speed-breaker even with 5 adults on board.

My friend's medium grey MJD 90HP is being delivered tomorrow. He chose it over the Honda City (of which he was/is a big fan) and i20.