[blakebrumby14]

Hello all

My name is Blake, i recently bought my 2nd puma after owning a 1.7i Puma black a couple of years ago, lovely little car! I bought an Audi A3 2.0 TDI which I still have and use as my commuting car, and bought my purple puma last weekend as I'm desperate for a fun weekend / project car to get my teeth into, so my drive is now cluttered with 3 cars

I'll put photos up soon, once i figure out how to upload them.

Hope to speak soon x

[happy-kat]

Great choice look forward to your project updates.
Will this be a track Puma?

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[blakebrumby14]

This post has been edited by blakebrumby14: 19 October 2014 - 05:34 PM

[blakebrumby14]

happy-kat, on 19 October 2014 - 05:13 PM, said:

Great choice look forward to your project updates.
Will this be a track Puma?

(The gallery you can upload your photos if within 1024 x 768 size)

Im thinking of stripping it out and wither turning it into a track / road car yes. There is a gap in the engine bay atm where i've removed a godawful pipercross foam airfilter, cone type. It didn't even have a cold air feed so that's next on my list, to do:

• Bigger brakes
• Sort rust and repair paint in areas (Ford paint only, Halfords is a rubbish match!)
• lower rear end 35mm or so
• refurb wheels / new wheels and tyres
• new rear lights - on their way to me
• new drivers side headlight as previous owner has tried frosting it!!! may t-cut off though, i've done the passenger side already, bloody hard work!
• new exhaust or at least new rear silencer
• various bushes / mounts etc for MOT
• possibly sideskirts and a small rear spoiler if it doesnt look chavvy

[happy-kat]

Hey a P reg, wow a really early Puma, it will be one of the fastest.
If interested there is an FRP air box mod thread. Ian G worth a contact for a replacement airbox.

[blakebrumby14]

Its actually a V reg!, the P300 plate is a private one that came with the car, pity my name doesn't relate to it. I definitely need an airbox so ill contact Ian G, thanks for the tip!

[Cliftonpuma]

HelloI also own a Puma on a T plate.I use Halfords Melina blue to cover small areas until the final repaint sometime in the future. It seems to match quite well - helps to keep rust at bay!Stewart

[johnpidge]

just fitted 278mm brakes off a ST150 - whilst it was a bit of a mission (needed to buy new pads and discs) which are still bedding in but are massive improvement - have a few tiny bubbles on the rear arches - fairly normal

[blakebrumby14]

Quick progress update:

Lowered 40mm
Hornet rear silencer
sorting rust out one bit at a time
Refurbed wheels
Fitted new rocker cover gasket

This post has been edited by blakebrumby14: 12 April 2015 - 04:08 PM

[happy-kat]

Looking very spruced. :-)

[Y0ungn1ck]

Looks great !

[johnpidge]

Looking nice - those wheels have come up great

[martytay]

ST170 300mm discs and Mondeo MK3 calliper's is a really cheap and easy brake upgrade, did mind recently and made a huge impact

[blakebrumby14]

Thanks for the kind words all, and yes the brakes are lacking so bigger ones are next on the ever growing list of things to do! Im cutting the rear arches out and welding new metal in to stop the rot, the previous owner tried bodging and has made a proper mess of it too

[Phil290482]

Hi BlakeBrumby14, Puma is looking great, I also just bought my second puma. Just a quick question if you dont mind... What did you end up doing with the headlamp? replace or refurb ? mine are also looking pretty crap and so far t-cut and polish isnt getting the results im after

Cheers