A Day with Rolla.

Warning. Long post ahead!

Today, went to Jeembo's Garage in Kajang to check the air conditioning system of Rolla. My early assumption after visiting few air-cond shop was the cooling coil. Which is inside the dash. I know air-cond prob usually gonna cost a bomb to fix it especially when it comes to the compressor, blower and what not. I also bought a used cooling coil from a friend and was hoping that's the only thing I need to replace.

Arrived, and I was greeted with JMG's new car; just arrived yesterday, the AE86 Trueno. Been told that the car had been inside a warehouse for a long long long long time. I'll get to it later.

Anyway, after Rolla was checked, found out that the problem is the condenser, not the cooling coil. The condenser had been smashed by a medium size rock, thus leaking out the gas. Relieved, I guess I just need a new/used condenser to solve my problem BUT since today is  Chinese New Year, all shops were closed, so have to find it from my friends. Hopefully can get it before Friday.

Also asked them to fit in a rubber spoiler taken out of Din's car. Been wanting this spoiler for a long time too. Finally got it. Thanks to Hashim for selling it at me. Time to drill some holes after marking it.

Also while waiting, its time to do the project I had been delaying; the filter for the four-throttle.

Poof!

Poof! Klang klang klang..

What is it? I was on the way to my class when suddenly there's some noise from the front tyres. In my mind was "Argh, Im going to be late if I stop now. Maybe it just a small rock hitting chassis."

So after reaching the campus, my car's steering suddenly became heavy and it tends to go left. So I parked my car and went to see my front tyres.

What I saw was;

Holy Shit! This is a new tyre man! Cost me RM280 per piece. So, a fucked up front Goodyear tyres. Its still new. Bought it few days before Raya. Went to nearby tyres shop and ask them to repump my tyres and found out that the sidewall had been torned from inside. Wtf~

If someone would want to sabotage me, they must torn it at the outside wall, not inside. But this one, it is from inside. I cant even reach the inside wall too. Hmmm, blur, I ask them to change it to the cheapest tyre available. And it still expensive, Rm240 for a Silverstone.

So, Goodyear, another -1 for you. No more Goodyear tyres anymore after this.

Few things updated!

Lets see some updates that had happened in this few days.

Lets start with the Bumble Bee problems. The troubles mostly was becoz of my lack funds. So kinda sad with the car, and make me almost wanna kick the door till bent. And so on. No money, no repair can be done, JPJ thingy; more money need to spent to make it a proper looking to please the inspector on duty. Ok, so the car had passed the Puspakom test, therefore less one problem. Others was like... Replacing important parts, but Im short on cash. Greeeaaat~ Nevertheless, there is always someone that you can rely on, and of coz its my parents. Thanks mom and dad :D

And.. Cancelling rim deal with Jeya, coz wanna pay for the replacement stuff, then Dad came along to help it, so the rims deal is on back. Jeya and TK also help me with few 'stuffs'. And for someone to understand other people problems ( I complaint to TK pulak! Hahaha.), that is what I called a true friends! And also not forgetting Mok and Jaguh!!! :)

Emm.. Cant wait to take my new rims! Argh, cant resist Jeya's offer somehow; 13' 7j -30! What model? Typical oldschool rims! :P Babywolfz @ Josh will send it to me by next week. Sweet~

So, that's all for 808 trouble. The car is with me less than 1week, yet I had spent extra RM2000+ for replacement parts, repair, inspection, insurance, roadtax, bla bla bla. Really gimme a headache!

Today's pic:

Bee meets Jaguh's KEtam. We need a green car, so that it can become 'Traffic Light!'
Damn, Jaguh's KEtam looks and feel much better than mine except his KEtam had been smoked by Bee in 3rd gear :P

Getz had been replaced with most of itsOEM parts back. Im sorry Getz T_T

And Mok also is upgrading! Her Mawi had been slammed and kissed a lot of bitumen lately. And what now? Front diffuser! So now, its 4fingers from the ground! Damn~~~ So now, before we are going anywhere, we have to decide which route should we take, which one we should avoid, which car is more suitable! LOL! Sendiri cari pasal!

That's all for now. Wanna sleep. It was a hard day for me.

Goodbye Aftermarket. Hello OEM!

So, this will be the last pic of my 'modified' Getz. Eyelid and bosskit had been sold. GAB coil, still pending payment, spoiler still available, bucket will be transfered to Bumble Bee, OEM steering is returned to its original position, replacing the dished steering. And transfered to Bumble Bee also. Bullet and spacers also had been reserved.

Emm, I guess thats all for Getz. It will become standard back. Doing daily routine in standard form. No more touge, no more track-day, no more beng sound, no more 'racer' looks, no more slammed, etc etc. Kinda sad though. Thinking back when the 1st day I get the car. Now almost 2years, and considered to be mission accomplish coz had fullfiled all my wish list. And return back to original state.

All becoz of the 'new' ride; 808. Damn you! Hahaha.

So, goodbye aftermarket. Hello OEM!

Im sad. T_T

Coz 808 will be a trouble-maker for my pocket. Now also already burn my pocket.

New Seat~

Finally! The seat had taken its place. The railing, bracket and what-so-ever, I took it from the original seat. Done it at Jeembo's Garage. The seat quite comfortable, body hugging, luckily ngam for my body. And luckily the seat didnt hit the B-pillar. Huhu.

But, quite hard to get in and get out from the car. LOL~

Some pics:

Putrajaya photoshoot

Few days after we return from JB, Mok came to KL for her photoshoot for Deballz. So, yesterday's night, we went out to Alamanda to eat some waffles. Nyum nyum! While eating the waffles, I was thinking bout 'Hiro Nakamura'; a character from 'Heroes' drama. lol.

Anyway, I was thinking bout doing some scenary shots as Putrajaya has a nice light setting at night. I also was thinking bout doing some panning. That is truly not a good idea as I need to use a very high ISO and very slow shutter. Of all 300+ photos, only around 30 shots can be used. Hahaha.

Anyway, my waffles. Nyum! Paid by Mok and Jaguh. Muehehe. Thanks guys!

Project Codename : Old school VS Modern school.

THE OLDSCHOOL.
Model : Toyota Corolla KE70 DX.

The old 'not-so-virgin' spotted on the highway at a high speed.

The old car slows down and shows us some 'bling' especially the dish-ed rims!

What the heck?! Spongebob was tortured in front of the grille.
Old car need a nostalgic feels. lol. Actually the lighting and color was bad.

The proud owner, Mr. Jaguh a.k.a Afif.


Kompleks Kerajaan Putrajaya--> A nice place for photoshoot.
And also at the bridge.

THE NEW BREED.
Model : Hyundai Getz.

The modern breed chasing the old virgin, KE70.

Mixed breed; Satria GTi parts + Hyundai Getz.

Look fast? HAHAHA. Try again next time.

I guess this is the only pic that doesnt need to be edited. LOL!
Slow shutter + low ISO + tripod = Cun!

Many thanks to Mok and Jaguh for sparing some times for the photoshoot. And for doing what I ask, etc. Im the boss that day. Muehehe. I would love to try panning shots again someday, in the daylight!

Project Spoiler- DONE!

Finally, its done! No watermark coz right now Im at JB. Hehehe. Celebrating my birthday with Mok and Jaguh. Some photos before we departed to JB this morning:

Im happy coz the car's look much better now. More beng. I know. But as for me, Im satisfied with the DIY works! Thanks to Jaguh coz helping me as usual!

Sealing the extra holes.

There are many ways to seal the unused holes around the spoiler area. If want to cement it, then I need to spray pulak, then Jaguh suggested to use sticker which is brilliant idea. If I had sent it to paint, maybe already cost me extra RM100-200. Sticker? RM10! I forgot to pay you lah Jaguh. Later please remind me!

Measuring time.

Doing it slowly and carefully.

Total time? Around 30-40minutes.


Chun!

New spoiler part 2.

More updates:

How senget it is?! You be the judge.

Dirt already been cleaned up.

Working area.

Spoiler that had been sanded and smoothen.

Primer and sanded again!
Primer still doing..

New spoiler.

It's quite rare for me to wake up at 7am this day. So yesterday I woke up at 7am. Dunno why I woke up so early despite I took the sleeping medicine the day before that. And I slept at 5am. LOL~

So nothing to do, I sms'ed Jaguh to stop by at my house. And off we go to bodykit shop to search a Satria GTi spoiler. I bought it at RM100. Quite a bargain. So we return back to my home and started the project.

First, Jaguh trying to remove the OEM spoiler.

After a while, off it goes.
Where the hell I wanna put it? Backyard? Store?

Sooo many holes.

Measuring time.

Marking time. We were gambling with the measurement and poof! On to the next pic.

Drilling time. And testing time. The results? SENGET! Hahaha. That's the results of DIY! Its OK. I accept the fact that it had been drilled and no turning back.

Looks OK or not?

Semester Break project.

Some planning I had thought earlier was:
*Repaint eyelid with clear coat.
*Repaint grill coz color had fade due to hot temp.
*Search and install the Satria GTi spoiler.
*Repaint rims.
*Learn more bout Getz.

First, before doing anything, I had sent Getz to be cleaned up. Why? Coz later on, it will be easier for me to do painting job, and the car had not been cleaned for a while.

So, here's the eyelid without the clear coat. Not so shiny.

I will be painting it back today. So it need to be removed first. Tara.. More scars on the eyelid while Im trying to remove the tape. Next time I need to be more careful.

The method that I used was polish + you nail + and a piece of cloth. Tara... Here's the result.

And finally, my fucked up grill.