More LED

So yes i know my moose is rather old today and in comparison with the new cars coming out of the factory today and the techhy stuff that's fitted in this newbies, definitely i cant compare.

So in making her feeling abit younger of trying to add abit more new era stuff if you may.

Ever since LED lighting became popular in the automotive industry i began being more fond of it as well.

I started by getting the H7 Xenon conversion kit and adding Phillips LED bulps to it as well.

I always see new cars fitted with DRL. Day Riding/Driving Lights in other words. This is actually popular or standard in countries that snow to help other driving looking at your car.

In Malaysia today its equally popular as well. Some cames standard or you can always purchase an after market one.

I could not help myself by getting a pair for my moose as well.

These are not branded and YES its from the motherland of imitation parts...China. Learning more about parts from China, i soon understood that even this "fake" stuff if you may have their grades as well and the quality aint that bad. So the above cost me a total of RM170 which is not that bad seeing the warranty that comes with it and the finishing of it. Just for your knowledge, a Phillips 4 LED would cost RM 550 :)

This DRL comes with 9 LEDs in a reflective enclosure which will generate better light quality. The quality of the LEDs as well are of good standards...good in a way that i go abit blind by looking directly into them for a few seconds. It comes with all the needed wires and sockets for easy fitment. No wires to cut or splice which i like.

Based on the length of the DRL, the only suitable place would be just below the number plate. My initial plan was to fit them just above or below the fog lights which is a bit tight and decided not to. Any other location would require cutting the bumper which of course im not happy about. 

After the fitment, they actually look awesome. Its not too high up that will glare onlookers, but does the job as well. They have been wired to the ACC power source, which means if the key is on the ACC position, it will lit up. Another way of doing this is to wire it up to your headlamps, but that means only when your lights are on they will come on as well.

End results are awesome...

So with this in ending year 2013...(the mod was done just a few days before new year)..hopefully 2014 will be really bright.... :)

My first lady has another man

On my very first post, i posted an entry stating on my intention to give away my first lady to a new owner.

Yes she is old but not rusty! Yes she has aged but very young at heart and will definitely get your blood rushing when you hit the right pedal.

After a long time of hiding her behind the covers finally 1 guy stood up among the crowd to house her.

After a few rounds of interview and negotiation of the "dowry", we came to an agreement and with a hand shake the deal was on!

It was not an easy process but i managed to get it done.

My last photos of her....

As a going away present i dressed her up with a set of 4 new shoes from a well know designer Bridgestone and a nice bubble bath.

Definitely a lot of nice memories but you got to let go to make way for the new lady..pocket does not allow me to have them both, plus an additional REAL lady coming into my life soon.

bye bye..you will always be my first.

Tragic Accident !!!

As i mourn and write this post, a few days ago i over judge my cornering capability of my s40 and ended up with a tragic accident.

It was at night time and i was not under any influence but the influence of a hungry stomach as i was going to the local "Mamak" shop to pack some food.

As i took the corner i was confident that i could make it, but in less than a second my heart just stop beating. I was so shocked to have feel the impact. I knew this days will come but did not think it will be that night.

My first reaction was to immediately jump out the door to see the damage. It was bad, really bad. I just could not believe i scared her due to my missed judgement. 

Well a damage is a damage... 

Lesson learnt: Dont be hungry and think of food while driving.

S40 Wheel Bearings

During the purchase of this S40, i noticed that there is a slight noise coming from the rear wheels when entering corners, to the left only. After much digging under the car, we thought i could be some aged bushing.

Since that was the case, i never really gave much thought to it, just told myself that i will change all of them when im doing the suspensions.

During my last maintenance, (post about it is here) i had to do a full wheel re-alignment which made the same noise now permanent. This drove me mad, and after much of searching, its was the wheel bearing. In a way i was a bit please because it was not a major issue.

Called up the local volvo spareparts shop and to my shocking 1 wheel bearing cost freaking RM500..arghh plus labor its at least going to be RM550-600.

After a few rounds of my fingers dancing on the keyboard, research found that the Mitsubishi Evo 3/Waja also uses the same bearing... :)

This is thanks to the fact that they share the same chasis construction. Big smiles on my face, as this only means cheaper parts!

Fingers continued to dance to later find out that the ABS tooth thinggy that sits at the back of the bearings are different compared to the Volvo and Mitsu. Their gaps are different, and the way its assembly is not the same as well.

Volvo's one are bolted to the hub while the other is just slotted in. hmm...

So after some thoughts, i do not want to disturb the way the ABS works on the Volvo and decided to send the New Japan Bearing, which is bolted on to a new hub to the local machine shop to make 2 holes so that the ABS tooth thinggy can be bolted on. After an hour its done.

NTN Japan produces the best bearings apparently.

Notice the 2 bolts that have been added :)

This is before the extra 2 holes are made.

 All in i only spent RM 110 for the bearing and RM 80 for the labor and machine work. Total of RM190 and i am happy.

Next things to fix/do:

1. Front Lambda Sensor 

2. Steering Rack cover 

3. Belt Tensioner 

4. Service AC

5. Suspension

6. Bushing

7. All parts related to its arms and suspension

8. Rear passenger power window = RM 1 000 (Better find a used one from the halfcut shop)

9. Tint

10. Multimedia system

11. Rims + Tyre

12. Painting = RM 1500 +- (Hopefully 1 layer of paint will do the job)

13. AC fan

14. Rear wheel bearing

15. HID

16. LED Lights 

Wondermilk.. Really makes you wonder

This is actually a really old update which i found in the drafts...

on of the days in my "firefighting rat infested central store converted to an office", at the very last minute after lunch i found out its my good friends birthday..yeah i know good friend but dont even know its a birthday..pehhh

anyway me and another friend thought lets get her a cake...reality check....we are at office at 3pm located in the middle of no where near a shop that sells cakes..so as usual me and my buddy stormed out the office (we are actually a vendor based on client site so a lot of acting is involved) like we have an urgent issue to fix....run and jumped into my buddies "batmobile" drove out to office..and both of us looked at each other and go...Where are we going to find cake??

Yeap same thing happens for lunch as well..but not too far from the office we have a mall so best place was to try there...

no cakes were found but discovered this place called "The Wondermilk"....

So if you are actually as straight as i am what is the first time that hits your head....yeap yeap you got it...Its a Malaysian version of HOOTERS or a shop that sells milky stuff

Walked in to only see a long showcase of cupcakes...

Now they are not exactly cheap but what the hell..it is for our good friend that we did not even know its her birthday..so we licked the thumb  and chose what visually looks good and sounds yummy...

got 8 of them 3 candles and a happy birthday sign and off to the batmobile :p

The cupcakes are actually very rich and moist...definitely worth the penny.

Service of 120k km 24/08/2013

Kinda backdated but what the hell..a blog is a blog :)

Seeing my to do list was getting longer and longer this service i decided to knock off some items from it..

Here is the list

1. Castrol Fully Sys (lucky had balance from the old bottle so no need to buy 2 --> RM220

2. Volvo Original Oil Filter - RM 45

3. Steering Rack Cover (Driver Side) - RM 105

4. Toyota ATF (I was told its the best alternative) - RM 145

5. Drive Belt (Since i was changing the tensioner) - RM 195

6. Belt Tensioner - RM 275

7. Front O2 Sensor - RM 650

To reset CEL - RM 45

Labor - RM 180

And total burnt = RM 1860

on top of that an additional charge for using my card so in total = RM 1906

The charge of using the card to pay should actually be paid by the merchant legally but they are conveniently charging it to their customers..sigh

Post Service - Well the CEL came back on after some time with the same error so im really getting pissed off now with this issue. Starting to think this workshop is unable to solve this issue but more of trial and error arghh..

On top of that i had to do alignment for the front as the shocks were removed to help with installing the rack cover. Took it to a shop recommended by Wyn as well and did it for all 4 tires. The prize that i got now i there is a new noise coming from the rear of the car that sounds like bearing...and bingo it is bearing.

You would think that after spending so much of your hard earned $$$ to actually solve all the issues and make the car as perfect as possible but one by one it is testing me, hmm no worries i still can hold it together.

so now back to the list:

Next things to fix/do:

1. Front Lambda Sensor 

2. Steering Rack cover 

3. Belt Tensioner 

4. Service AC

5. Suspension

6. Bushing

7. All parts related to its arms and suspension

8. Rear passenger power window = RM 1 000 (Better find a used one from the halfcut shop)

9. Tint

10. Multimedia system

11. Rims + Tyre

12. Painting = RM 1500 +- (Hopefully 1 layer of paint will do the job)

13. AC fan

14. Rear wheel bearing

15. HID

16. LED Lights 

Item 13 & 14 is on priority and need to keep checking why the CEL keeps coming on..

 

Challenge against time!!

Its been really long since my last post and i know some are not so happy as well because i owe them past blog post and updates.

Many things have been happening lately which i am suppose to blog about but failed to do so...just to update below are the happenings which i will try to blog about in a separate post

1. Post BBQ pictures and seeing the grill in action

    Well the BBQ was awesome and the pit really did a good job but unfortunately all the photos       were lost as my phone got bricked along with the entire marination process as well..bummer

2. I was hospitalized...arghh..Prolapsed Disc

    Well this happened at the beginning of the month of July and it was worse than a bitter                 journey, thankfully i am the luckiest guy in this world as my gf took emergency leave and               come to take care of me with her dad. Thanks for that sweetheart, it really meant alot. So             happens she also has her own blog and she did write about it which can be found                         here....Crazycurle

3. Updates on the moose

    Well the moose on the other hand received some handsome addons. I managed to get the         windows tinted (3m), eyes were upgraded with Xenon Conversion Kits and with Philips LED     bulp for the evening lights/DRL (which ever you call it). I actually took photos of the entire             process of getting the tint done but as mentioned on no1, its all gone along with the phone

4. Food trip

    2 weeks back me and my close mates made a trip back to my home town just to eat and             literally that is all we did. It was indeed a very well and fun trip. Now this i promise i will share       the experience here, im just pending the photos from my buddy.

5. First love still not sold

    From my first post you would know what im trying to sell my first car but i have not been               anything about it to get it sold, but not that the car has been sleeping under the tree for some       time now, the car actually looks bad. The last i started the car, found out that only 3 pistons         were moving which means one of the plugs were dead. So plans are to fix everything and do     some handsome selling really soon (need funds for the moose).

That's all for now..