bigJ
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So, i'm on to my second Puma now which was a bargain I picked up on a spur of the moment thing due to the price and the lux pack. I currently have 2 puma's sitting on my driveway with the silver one to be sold so let me know if you're in the market for a silver one.
So after a banzai run across the middle of the country in a GT-4 we picked up the Puma. First impressions, very good, a little bit of rust in the areas you expect...but nothing that can't be sorted with a bit of time and effort, car is very tidy, good engine (with some nice little bits of detailing), small dent above offside front wheel which can be sorted and a few little extra details the previous owner has added.
Second impression...after signing the paperwork, paying the monies and getting a mile down the road it appears that there's quite clearly something wrong with drivers side front suspension which hadn't made itself audible in the test drive. Pit stop in the garage and we assume its a bushing issue and carry on through the torrential rain home back to Peterborough with me cringing every time I go over a bump bigger than a 2p.
That was 2 weeks ago, vehicle is SORN until the end of the month while I get the silver one MOT'd and prepped for selling. Photo's below:
So, pros:
Engine very tidy and sounding good
Anti-roll bar on front's which wasn't advertised
Paint-matched engine cover
Stainless steel (I believe he said it was a Janspeed) exhaust
Recent Cambelt change
Equipment upgrade on the silver one
Some nice little extra details
Stock front speakers replaced with components
Cons:
That front right suspension!
A little bit of paint/bodywork repair to be done
apart from that very pleased!
-note on the suspension, looks like a recent replacement and not been tightened up properly but I've got a week off next week to have a fiddle and *should* be able to sort it myself
So....my plans for the new puma
*Sort the suspension
*30mm drop
*17" rims (I did have some lined up but fell through)
*Repair the little scratches and rust on bodywork
*K&N 57i induction kit (already bought, just waiting on delivery, will fit next week)
*Replace/cover hoses
*Engine clean/replace pipes
*Replace stock rear speakers with some 6x9's
*Respray door card's and dash black/silver
*Re-upolster the fabric in the door cards with purple velvet
*Re-upolster the seats in black leather/purple trim
*or buy some new bucket seats
*Replace headunit with usb/bluetooth etc (already have unit, to be fitted next week)
*LED striplights in footwells
*Change pedals
*Boot spoiler
*FRP splitter
*Colour code calipers
*Sound deadening
*NGK Spark plugs
*Fly-eye light covers on rear
That's it so far and all of those can be done over the next couple of months pretty cheaply and easily. Considering other tweaks to the engine, maybe super/turbo charging it and maybe a bit of a paint job but I want to get everything else done first and have it looking good first before I start doing any major and costly mods.
So after a banzai run across the middle of the country in a GT-4 we picked up the Puma. First impressions, very good, a little bit of rust in the areas you expect...but nothing that can't be sorted with a bit of time and effort, car is very tidy, good engine (with some nice little bits of detailing), small dent above offside front wheel which can be sorted and a few little extra details the previous owner has added.
Second impression...after signing the paperwork, paying the monies and getting a mile down the road it appears that there's quite clearly something wrong with drivers side front suspension which hadn't made itself audible in the test drive. Pit stop in the garage and we assume its a bushing issue and carry on through the torrential rain home back to Peterborough with me cringing every time I go over a bump bigger than a 2p.
That was 2 weeks ago, vehicle is SORN until the end of the month while I get the silver one MOT'd and prepped for selling. Photo's below:
So, pros:
Engine very tidy and sounding good
Anti-roll bar on front's which wasn't advertised
Paint-matched engine cover
Stainless steel (I believe he said it was a Janspeed) exhaust
Recent Cambelt change
Equipment upgrade on the silver one
Some nice little extra details
Stock front speakers replaced with components
Cons:
That front right suspension!
A little bit of paint/bodywork repair to be done
apart from that very pleased!
-note on the suspension, looks like a recent replacement and not been tightened up properly but I've got a week off next week to have a fiddle and *should* be able to sort it myself
So....my plans for the new puma
*Sort the suspension
*30mm drop
*17" rims (I did have some lined up but fell through)
*Repair the little scratches and rust on bodywork
*K&N 57i induction kit (already bought, just waiting on delivery, will fit next week)
*Replace/cover hoses
*Engine clean/replace pipes
*Replace stock rear speakers with some 6x9's
*Respray door card's and dash black/silver
*Re-upolster the fabric in the door cards with purple velvet
*Re-upolster the seats in black leather/purple trim
*or buy some new bucket seats
*Replace headunit with usb/bluetooth etc (already have unit, to be fitted next week)
*LED striplights in footwells
*Change pedals
*Boot spoiler
*FRP splitter
*Colour code calipers
*Sound deadening
*NGK Spark plugs
*Fly-eye light covers on rear
That's it so far and all of those can be done over the next couple of months pretty cheaply and easily. Considering other tweaks to the engine, maybe super/turbo charging it and maybe a bit of a paint job but I want to get everything else done first and have it looking good first before I start doing any major and costly mods.
