My car has been getting weird noises on the front end whenever I go over uneven roads. There's squeaking, rattling, and even knocking sound. Checking back the maintenance record, I found out that my front lower arms were still the factory fitted ones and has been used for close to 9 years. Later I also found out that one of the ball joint has freeplay already, which explains the knocking sound. Time to get new ones.

So this is a good chance to upgrade the rubber bushes with something much better. The SuperPro PU bushings. So I got a pair of OEM replacement arms and sent to the machinery shop to remove the rubber bush to insert the new PU bushes.

After the installation, my suspension feels much more solid and most of the weird noises disappeared. Enjoy the pics.

I got myself a couple of spare TB and recently I got a new toy, the Dremel tool. Took this opportunity to port and polish the TB for better airflow at high rpm range.

The TB shown here is a 1.6 TB taken from 4G92 SOHC engine which the previous owner already ported the top part for better flow. Now i'm porting the entire TB and polishing it to mirror finish.

This DIY I wanted to post for such a long time but didnt have the time and chance to do so. Finally, I got a set of new pads to test out and took the chance to document it as well.

Pretty simple steps with simple hand tools needed. Just make sure you clean the brake assembly well during the installation for a noise-free braking experience.

My friend Kenny has a set of spare Wira headlights which is not so good in condition. He passed to me and see what i can do to it do restore the condition and enhance the outlook of hte headlights.

Here's what I have done, cleaned and smoked the headlights. Now the headlights look better in condition.

Recently I was thinking of getting a bigger diameter center piping as the engine displacement was increased to 1.6L after the major engine overhaul. I was thinking of using 2.0 inch piping, but then one of my friend adviced that I will lose low end torque with 2.0 inch piping.

And coincidentaly this friend of mine wanted to upgrade his Satria GTi 1.8L piping to 2.0 inch. So this would be a good chance for me to get his original piping to fit into my car.

The GTi piping is slightly shorter by about 4.0 inches which need to be extended to fit into my car. The result was quite satisfying as the pickup and power increased throughout the entire RPM range.

Few months ago, I have replaced the front anti-roll bar of my car with a much bigger diameter one. It is a 23mm front ARB which comes from Mitsubishi MIVEC suspension. The original Wira front ARB is only 20mm in diameter.

Until recently, when i wanted to tighten the bolt so that the bushes are tighter, I noticed that one of the armlink bolt was bent. So went to a local bolt n nut shop to get a stronger and shorter bolt with self-locking nut for replacement.

My car handle very well after the bolt replacement.

From the previous collection, I have posted the pics on my car engine major overhaul. After the overhaul, the air intake has been dramatically increased and the main restriction to the entire system would be the TB itself.

One of my friends adviced my to replace the TB to a larger size to optimised the engine performance. So I got this larger TB from a Satria GTi 1.8L which share the same mounting positions. But there is a little problem for this TB as the bottom harness socket is not compatible with my car. Well, this can be solved by just swapping the bottom part with my original one from the 1.5L version.

During the engine overhaul before, I already bypassed the water hoses into the TB. So there is no problems swapping the bottom end of the TB. If you notice the 1st picture, the water channels are not exatly the same for both TBs.

After the installation, the TB works fine without any idling problems. The only thing i need to do is to adjust the throttle able tension and adjust the idling screw to get the correct idling speed. Then some serious porting need to be done on the intake manifold to match the new TB port.

The results?? Matched with my other engine mods, this upgrade is simply amazing!! The low-end torque increased tremendously and the powerband had never been so great! Money well spent.

Alright, its been a long long time I didnt post pictures here. This collection is about my car which undergone a major engine overhaul due to serious engine oil leak externally and internally. It was done back in April with the help of my colleague.

All wear and tear parts like oil seals, gaskets, worn-out parts are replaced. Since everything already dismantled, I sent my engine cylinder head for port-n-polish and the block for rebore to fit in 1.6 stroker kit.

After everything's done, my car is back alive with more torque and power. Very nice to drive and the best thing is the fuel consumption is not affected!

This is the very last project for the year 2007, and completed the very last day of 2007 31st Dec. As promised earlier, this is the 2nd fiberglass project which i call it the Subwoofer Faceplate, which turned out quite good.. hehe..

Well, this project is the most time consuming one as there are lots of sanding and grinding involved to get the surface smooth enough. But at last i gave up sanding to perfection, but still look good enough for viewing from far.. :D

Throughout the entire process of making this faceplate, i discovered more efficient techniques which can speed up and make the job much easier to produce better results, which will be useful in coming fiberglass projects.

Next i'm thinking of doing some minor interior jobs. havent decide yet. So enjoy viewing ;) Lots of pics.

Hi again, it's been sometime I didn't post new stuff here. Been bz with work n stuff. Thanx for all who stayed tuned to my gallery postings. :)

This time is the 1st time I mess with resin n fiberglass works. Well for the 1st attempt, I chose something small which is easier to fabricate and for practice. Here I have done two sets of fiberglass eyelids which is quite sucessful. Coming up next will be a custom "face-plate" for extending my subwoofer enclosure to fit longer subwoofers. Hehehe....

I have been looking for a good pair of fog lights or spotlights... but later i found out that fog lights are usually used in foggy conditions and most aftermarket fog lights are only for aesthetics. The light spread of fog lights are very near and makes no difference to the driving vision. The other thing is many of the aftermarket fog lights do not last and you might experience water getting into the light or the glass breaking due to cold rain water on a hot light.

Until recently, about few months ago, I noticed this pair of so called "Driving Lights" by Hella in a car accessories retail shop which looks good and checked out the light beam spread from the internet. This is the light i want and finally i found it!! Woohoo!!

The installation took me half a day as I always want a close-to-perfect installation workmanship. The results is very very satisfying, the light beam spread is quite broad and even, which i can drive even without the headlight ON.

The last CAI DIY I did was without taking out the bumper, and the CAI hose path was a little long and crushed by the bumper. If there is a fog light, the pathway will be blocked.

Now.. the new setup uses shorter CAI hose as the hose go through the chassis bypass holes without getting the CAI hose crushed. But at a price of removing the bumper in order to get it all done nicely.

For this DIY, the pictures taken are not on my own car. This car is my customer's car who asked me to install the CAI hose for him at a small fee. ^_^

Previously I installed the H4 type HID kit which has a quite glaring beam to oncoming traffic. This is due to the poor design of the anti-glare shield that comes together with the HID bulbs.

So I refered to some other brands of HID bulbs and custom made this anti-glare shield of my own. It tok me two attempts to get it right. The 1st attempt did not go well as the anti-glare shield cover too much of the HID bulb. So I made another one which is similar to ELEVO HID anti-glare shield, which works on my HID bulbs... hooray!!!

The 1st prototype reduced the glare very nicely.. but the beam became very dim.. just like normal white bulbs... Can't live with that... The 2nd one is fine.... bright but with reduced glare.

Due to the influence of my friend Gary who DIYed his A-Pillars with tweeter and midrange mountings, and thanx to his ideas, here comes my version of customised A-Pillar for my pair of tweeters.

The entire process of the job is fairly long which took me about 2-3 days to complete everything including the wrapping process which took me sometime to hunt for it.

This is a very good experience for me to deal with fiberglass materials and custom fabrications. This is the 1st time dealing with fiberglass fabrication, so my workmanship isnt that good. Heheh...

After getting my rims... one fine morning.. suddenly I felt like spraying the brake calipers RED. :-)

So I got my tools and start the DIY right away. The entire process took me about 1 hour. Enjoy!

My friend bought a set of HID conversion it from zth and installed it into his Toyota Vios. Then he found that the glare is too much no matter how he adjust the angle of the headlights. Even eyelids also can't help to solve the problem. So he decided to sell it off. Then he offered me a good price for this kit.

The installation took me about 2 hours as there are some wiring mistakes i have done earlier as the wiring of this HID kit was modified earlier. I took my time slowly to hide the ballast n wiring to get a neat installation.

The results, very bright headlights!!! Fine-tuned 3 times to get the correct angle. The best thing about this kit is the high-beam which works like a normal bulb's low-beam which is quite useful at road-blocks. Hehe...

I'm currently doing my final year project which need to capture the road video for image processing.

I have been looking around for material to fabricate this camera mount. At last the hardware shop owner suggested me to use iron bar.... Well.. i think it is not a bad idea as it is quite easy to use and able to make many things out of it and the price is cheap too.

The OEM ARB bushed are already harden and I think its time to replace them. So decided to try out the Polyurethane bushes from Super Pro. Got them at a good price too!!

Well, my car front suspension has been lowered not long ago and I noticed the ARB bushes have deformed badly due to the slanted angle of the ARB bcos of the lowered ride height.

For this installation, I have shortened the bush spacer by approximately 10mm each side. However, after installation, I noticed the ARB angle is not much different due to the thicker PU bush. Just imagine how it would be if I did not shorten the spacer.

Installation of these bushes are fairly simple and does not require to remove the wheels for installation. The results after the installation was quite obvious. The steering response seems very responsive and the steering seems lighter. Strange... but i like that!! Hahaha!!

Brake pads will wear off over time... for rear drums brakes, we need to adjust the level so that we do not have to pull the handbrake so high to get the car to remain stationary.

This is a simple brake service that can be done with simple tools and takes little time to complete. You'll just need:

1. Lug nut remover + extension pipe(optional)
2. Car jack (preferably hydraulic type)
3. Philips Screwdriver
4. Flat head screwdriver
5. Hammer

The braking performance will be improved after this service is done. Nose dive will be reduced too during braking.

A very simple DIY for people with light wallet. :p If u can't afford to get an proper OCT(Oil Catch Tank), then this DIY will be suitable for you. Maintenance will be easy, just replace the petrol filter when the oil inside is almost full.

An OCT will catch the oil vapour and reduce the amount of oil vapour going into the combustion chamber. Therefore your engine runs cleaner without the engine oil vapour.

For this DIY, i also modified the breather hose between the cam cover and the air filter intake hose with an air breather to prevent oil vapour going into the TB(throttle body).

Got this pair of skirt FOC from drexchan. He got himself a pair of original WiSE sideskirts for his car and dump this pair to me... :p THANX!!

Previously these fibre sideskirts are fittted with rivets. So there were plenty of holes after taking outfrom Drex's car. I need to patch up the holes with putty n touch up the surface b4 the painting job. I DIY sprayed the skirts with DPI paint n RM5 clear coat.

Installation was done with premium grade double sided tape at the car side body and rivets front n back.

I bought this bar for some time ago but never had the time to install it. Finally i got it installed myself. Removing the fender is quite troublesome as there are 11 mounting bolts/nut all together for one side. Well... after ths installation and test drive, i'm very satisfied with the installation as well as the improvement in handling on my car. Going over bumps feels more solid too. The hard part bout installation is the door position.

I got this extractor from a forum friend in hometown. To him, this is an old junk, i wanted to buy from him, but he got his new stainless steel extractor at a dirt cheap price. So instead of selling it, he gave it to me. Treated him a drink n had a good chat with him. Well the extractor have been used a year and kept a year b4 it reach my hand. So I need to remove the rust b4 installation.

After the port n polish process done earlier, the WiSE extractor is now ready to be installed. The entire installation was assisted by Drexchan. Thank god he helped me, else i would be having hell of a time to install this extractor. Installation was completed smoothly and the satisfaction was great!! Lastly, thanx to Drexchan's help!!

*** Updated with Dyno comparison chart ***

I bought 2 pieces of Dynamatt and have been keeping them for a few weeks b4 i managed to find time to install them... Since the power windows' motors are getting weaker.. I think its a one-shot job la... enjoy...

Results after dynamatt-ing.... wow!! midbass improved so much!! my midbass can work almost like a subwoofer!!

One fine morning i was taking out the spark plugs to service them...then suddenly i saw the plug's body is very oily... after some check ups... then found out it was the gasket leaking already... no wonder the oil consumption is kinda bad... after 3000km of oil change... the engine oil will go down half at the dipstick...

So went to sparepart shop to get a new one n start the replacement... Cheap replacement n easy job!!!

Thanx to de flood near my house in the Petronas station one fine saturday morning... there was a hole in the water and I cant see it... and with my lowered front... I drove over that stupid hole and there goes my old lips...

So i got a new PU lip from my neighbour and sent to shop for spraying before installing it by myself...

After installing my old pioneer CD player into my bro's car... so i began to test the sound and then i noticed that the rear speakers sounded weird n crappy... Then i found out the foam already became like brittle like biscuit already... :D so i took it out and get new speaker foam to "renew" it again...

My rented house got lots of stuff... WHen stuff are a lot.. "Siu Keong" (cockroaches) will come n stay with u... This is not a new technology invented by me... This technology was used long long time ago... about 15-20 years back... and i was trying to find one of these in many places but failed... my dad had one in his workshop... so there comes the idea for this new design fully transparent cockroach trap!!

Originally... my wira came with a stock OEM fibre board as the rear boot floor board which was just enough to cover de spare tyre compartment... Due to excessive weight on top of it... it went out of shape n have poor support... So at last i DIYed this floor board after looking at some after market floor boards from audio shops which cost RM180 per piece.... wow!! And the carpet material was not my type... so this is my very own custom made rear boot floor board...

I had a piece of scrap acrylic plastic which is known as Plexiglass or Perspex measuring about 1ft x 1.5ft x 4mm thick, thanx to a fren who picked it up for me... So my another fren also had a same piece... he wanted to use it to cover the hole under his HU... then something came into my mind... n this is the idea that i have made it to reality... 1st time playing with acrylic plastics!!

Normally most ppl send their performance air filters to speedworks for cleaning for RM8.40 or just buy a K&N air filter cleaning kit n re-oiling kit at about RM70 and RM40 each. Well.. i found out that Brothers in Kelana Jaya is selling the KW air filter Cleaning n ReOil kit for just RM18.50. So now i can DIY it at a lower cost already. No more driving to speedworks just to get the air filter cleaned. Saves my time too.

In order to save money for good RCA cables i decided to DIY my very own RCA cables... And it is my luck to come across some used Belden Video cables in Pasar Road selling in loose quantity at a very cheap price... RM2 per piece (about 2m or so)... so i picked 2 pcs of them n bought 4 pcs of good RCA connectors which cost RM6 a piece... the connectors are much much more expensive than de cables.. haha... the cables are cleaned using spirit and then stripped the ends n soldered nicely to the connectors... voila!! a pair of good RCA cables..

After using dual 10" free-air subwoofers... its time to change to something diff... with a limited budget.. i chose the Mohawk Red 12 sub for de bass necessities for my paliah ICE setup... This collection shows the process of making de subwoofer box.... Nice workmanship from Mega Sound, Subang...

After checking the website for some time, i have gather enough information to modify my car original gear shifter.

I have been using an aftermarket short shifter for a period of time. Now its time to use my own DIY short shifter...

This idea came from one of my VS customers... He shown me his car Accord Euro R with a custom made BCS which is made from aircraft aloy... He asked me to make one for my car... So i thought over it... after some R&D.. well here comes my version of BCS custom made for Wira!! yahoo!! now it is for sale.... 2 of my frens tested it and their feedbacks are good!!

this idea was initially inspired by a friend in the forum... so i had some ideas to convert the normal bulb into a LED bulb...

anyway... this is an expensive n time consuming DIY... but it is a good DIY!!

For those who likes to DIY or just wanto save some money n time, u can DIY oil change. It is not hard at all... U just need some proper tools.. dats it... Only takes about 30mins to complete...

Tools needed:
1. 2 tonne jack
2. 17mm wrench
3. Oil filter wrench/opener
4. Oil container

This is a complete ARB kit took from wira 1.6 which includes the bar itself, armlinks, and the lower arms...

However, during installation... the armlinks are already worn-out. So i decided to replace with new ones to avoid problems later. The instalation is kinda expensive due to the algnment labourcharge.

Overall, i'm very satisfied with the performance when taking corners. When slow (around 40kmh), almost no bodyroll and when fast... bodyroll is minimal... the feel is good n very confident when taking corners... even changing lanes... 2 thumbs up!!

Long time already since i didnt post new pictures here. Heres what i have done for the past few weeks. Enjoy!!

note: This collection of pics contains newer and miscellaneous stuff..

after using the Eneos GK for some time.. i found dat the cables are rather messy on my engine bay..

so i decided to change to c-ground customised grounding kit.. so dat i can get a perfect fit cables in my engine bay... looks much better with all 4 awg cables.. and nicer lugs.. :)

i felt my car engine performance is smoother after installing the kit.. other things like brightness of headlights, ICE, etc remains remains good since i was using de Eneos grounding kit.

anyway... c-ground grounding kits is GOOD STUFF!!

Bought a voltmeter to install in my car.. but i realised dat the meter do not come with mounting bracket.. so i went arounf to look for one... but it is damn expensive.. rm55 for metal bracket n rm45 for plactic cup...

So i decided to DIY with steel band... total material cost cost me less than RM2.00.. spent half a day to complete the installation including wiring...

since so many ppl asked me how to install me DIY VS... ok lar.. got some pics here.. hope they help.. actually simple stuff onli... :)

my car suddenly start to skid shen taking a long right turn just b4 UPM toll.. my left side of my car.. hit de right side of de divider.. road condition was wet n oily..

In order to have my headlights look like Wira SE... i dun wanto change my headlights.. so how? i do it de DIY way.. yeah!! DIY rules!! DIYed using semi-transparent stickers.. got it from brother for RM8 a pc for bout 1feet x 1.5feet.. takes 2 hours to complete (looks like most of my DIY took 2 hours to complete... :P)

so satisfied when done it!! yahoo!!

This is a Ultra Racing Strut Bar.. i got it from ninja_iga@Stanley for rm180.

He taught me how to install it.. but later i noticed dat got a problem... got 2 things blocking de way of de Strut bar..de alarm siren n something in de middle i think is a pressure switch... so have to modify a bit. took 2 hours to install.. really tiring

i got this idea from DIY king from ZTH johnsonlam...

i did this DIY job for de front n rear brake hose.. when braking under high speed.. de feel is better with better bite...

anyway this job is very simple to do but takes time to tie de cable ties one by one... took me about 2hours to complete... need to take out de tyres

this is a Grounding Kit from Eneos.. RM58. although it looks nice.. but Made in China.. ok lar. can use also... installation is DIY... took me bout 1 hour to do it...

wat i get fo this thing is :
1. brighter lights at nite
2. no dimming of lights when idle
3. get heavier bass from ICE
4. engine bay looks a bit more colorful :P

watch out!! NFS Underground Style lights!! nah.. just some flourescent tubes.. heheh

relay + switch give acc. shop do.. other wiring n mounting all DIY

this mod let my car breath in cooler air rather than sucking hot air inside de bumper..
i got the 2.5" flexible hose from Drexchan... it took me bout 2 hours to completely install it into my car...

after used for a bout a week.. i feel my car got more power... engine response is nice!! more pickup.. n more uummph!! great DIY!!