halbe01
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Morning all,
I finally collected my new silver 07-plate GranSport from Autoficcina yesterday. It's looking lovely, having had a load of work done to it before collection (fitting the H pipe Benny sent me, fitting the DBW module, a major service, a full interior and exterior detail, and a few cosmetic tweaks including new carpets and a little carbon-effect wrap for the little plastic interior door panels).
I'll post photos at the weekend when I take some nice ones.
There is still quite a bit to do to make it spot-on however - and grateful for any views:
1. Stereo - I'd like to upgrade the stereo to something with bluetooth and MP3, so a simple but good quality (and not too silly looking) unit is on the cards. A little research finds the word "mechless" is now in use in such circles - and as I have no need of a CD player any longer, that seems like the right approach (for those, like me the other day, who'd never heard the word - it just means there are no moving parts - so no tape or CD player, nor is there fit an 8-track slot). Anyone had any issues with fitting standard single-DIN stereos to a GS? I found Matt's post on speaker upgrades - which I may well emulate at some point too.
2. The Maserati logo on the bootlid is a little corroded.
Ilyas at Autofficina suggested painting it, or perhaps somehow polishing it. Has anyone seen this before and proven a fix?
3. When reversing, I get a continuous beep, even when I'm not close to anything, which I don't think is right. Isn't it supposed to beep beep beep until I get close to something?
4. Still unsure if I like the colour and style of the interior carpet. Has anyone replaced this in theirs and know a) how much a OEM carpet (i.e. not just the mats) would be, and b) how easy or not it would be to fit?
Thanks
Ben.
I finally collected my new silver 07-plate GranSport from Autoficcina yesterday. It's looking lovely, having had a load of work done to it before collection (fitting the H pipe Benny sent me, fitting the DBW module, a major service, a full interior and exterior detail, and a few cosmetic tweaks including new carpets and a little carbon-effect wrap for the little plastic interior door panels).
I'll post photos at the weekend when I take some nice ones.
There is still quite a bit to do to make it spot-on however - and grateful for any views:
1. Stereo - I'd like to upgrade the stereo to something with bluetooth and MP3, so a simple but good quality (and not too silly looking) unit is on the cards. A little research finds the word "mechless" is now in use in such circles - and as I have no need of a CD player any longer, that seems like the right approach (for those, like me the other day, who'd never heard the word - it just means there are no moving parts - so no tape or CD player, nor is there fit an 8-track slot). Anyone had any issues with fitting standard single-DIN stereos to a GS? I found Matt's post on speaker upgrades - which I may well emulate at some point too.
2. The Maserati logo on the bootlid is a little corroded.
Ilyas at Autofficina suggested painting it, or perhaps somehow polishing it. Has anyone seen this before and proven a fix?
3. When reversing, I get a continuous beep, even when I'm not close to anything, which I don't think is right. Isn't it supposed to beep beep beep until I get close to something?
4. Still unsure if I like the colour and style of the interior carpet. Has anyone replaced this in theirs and know a) how much a OEM carpet (i.e. not just the mats) would be, and b) how easy or not it would be to fit?
Thanks
Ben.