Proton Preve Specification

The much awaited Proton P3-21A has been a hype from the day it was showcased during the roadshow at Bukit Jalil. The car was heavily masked as shown in this photo at Paultan.org.

Unmasked, this is how the P3-21A, or otherwise known officially as Proton Preve, looks like.

From Malaysia-motoring-news.blogspot.com

Touted to be the replacement for the Persona or Waja, this car surely have some impressive specs for the racer boy. In fact, it is being compared to the other two compact sedan by Toyota and Honda. If the specs is true, then the Japanese will be in for a surprise dip in sales soon.

From some site in Facebook. Taken from the same website above. However, note that unit conversion to PS is not accurate. Also, if the replacement is for Waja, then it should be compared against Altis and Civic. No doubt Preve will have a huge advantage with pricing.

Malaysians love their cars and somehow, information such as these WILL leak out. SO, someone working in Proton has perhaps, "left" the full spec sheet, on the table during one of his/her Teh Tarik Session (TTS) perhaps. Here is a scanned copy of the Spec Sheet obtained from various sources online.

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The premium model comes with 7-speed Continous Variable Transmission (CVT) and has up to 103kW power at 5000 RPM, which translate to about 138horsepower (HP) or 140 metric HP (PS).

The above power could be obtained due to the CamPro CFE engine that is also being used by the current Proton Exora Bold. That means, it is a light pressure turbocharged engine equipped car. That explained the flat torque of 205nM between 2000 - 4000RPM engine speed. The above is only true for the Premium model and does not apply to the basic model with the more basic CamPro IAFM engine.
Estimated (unofficial) selling price for the Premium model is at RM78,500 (not sure if on-the-road (OTR) or otherwise), but it is a close RM10K or RM12K when compared to the top line Toyota Vios and Honda City respectively.
Lets hope the above is true - and pray that the above will not translate to more reckless modification or driving on Malaysian road. Our Driving school do not equip us to drive a turbocharged car - be it light turbo or otherwise.

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Malaysians Love Their Cars

A car is to be used to move from Point A to Point B when it was first invented. It was meant to replace the horse carriage. It was also a status symbol. Malaysians are known to love their cars; some drives car more expensive than the house they live in. Some even willing to give up their kids, burn their wife...but was saved by his love for his car.

What disgusted me more when i read the news above was that the husband, was apparently trying to give away one of his kids to a friend. Fair enough if they are poor and not able to support more hungry mouth like the olden days. But unlike the olden days, this father, obviously has no love for his own kids, or wife. Read on and tell me if this man deserves to be burn with his beloved car. He can shove his ding dong into the car exhaust tip if he wants to.

News from The Star

I know many that drives better car than the average Malaysian, but don't own a house, or have savings or still staying with parents or staying with gf/bf. What mattered most is that they have a CAR. A flashy one is a bonus, but if it is an average car, they will spend a month, maybe two or three months wages to get it done to be ONE OF THE KIND. I spotted this hideous car in Empire yesterday. I was in awe of his taste and he could had spent close to four to five thousand just to do this up, physically. He could be a big fan of a certain brand with three-stripes too, judging from a very consistent theme across the car. You might also be in awe - and that too, will tell a lot of your flavour and view with cars ;-)

I sometimes wish i have a truck. When cars like these tail gate me, i just slam on my brakes

F1 team must learn from them to make diffusers such as these on the lower left. Can act as a Tar-pow pick up too, just leave the tar-pow on the road side and these will scoop them right up.

Diffuser on the bonnet. The downforce on the front could rip the roads apart. Wait, maybe that explained all the pot holes in KL.

Diffuser even on the window's deflector? So the cigarette ash won't fly back in?

Power by a 1.6 inline 6 - quad cam- triple DOHC engine. 0-100km/h in perhaps 14 second?

Must have - LED lights under the rear diffuser. Useful when changing tires at night.

 Serious, this car is hideous.

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Driving On Road : Glad You Are Alive Today?

I slammed on the brake on the uphill stretch this morning while going at 25mph all because a Teksi (taxi in my country Malaysia) decided to just zip out from a junction on the left. I was only about 30 feet away. Could have been a bad morning to start with an accident.
I gave the driver a long honk from my "soccer-mum" Korean made car.
He was oblivious and continued to drive away with a smirk on his face.
Heart pounding and with the feet still firmly on the brake pedal, I was glad that there was no car behind me else it will be a pile up.
And that was the sixth near-miss I had today while driving 8miles to work.
How many near misses you had today?
With technology advancement (read: faster cars) and the need for everything fast; Fast food. Fast internet. Fast songs. Fast services. Fast women. Fast death.
Since the invention of wheels and the first T-model by Ford, the revolution has never stopped that we had cars that went from 0-60 in 2 minutes to those that takes a mere 4 seconds to achieve the same. While having all that power is good if you have a freeway without speed limit, driving in a confined road with 50 vehicles within 50meters radius around you is not fun.
Drivers yakking on the phone. Messaging. Tweeting. Facebooking. Holding a sandwich on one hand while the other struggled to manipulate the gear stick. Reading newspaper.
Opps! Did I just saw someone mis-flicking his cigarette butt and it landed back inside his car? That got to be one hot seat he is in right then.
Driving changes human behaviour. It is a Jekyll and Hyde situation. They can be the most loving person but turned into a completely different persona once behind the wheels. They are rude. Obnoxious. Common courtesy is when they could not sing louder than their radio blasting out songs.
We have all fall into a situation where (I read) it is called Normalized Dysfunction. It is a situation where they go through the same thing every day, at the same time, at exactly the same location. They take it for granted that the same thing will happen every day. In short, driving blindfolded is possible. Ever noticed that you light up that cigarette at exactly the same location every day in the jam?
When normalized dysfunction kicks in, we become like the Teksi driver above. It’s ok to just drive out of junction without stopping; because someone else will stop for you.
When that someone else don’t stop for you, on the very bright side – you will get to fix up the car that you have been holding back to do and perhaps get a new paint job at the expense of the insurance company.
Never mind the hassle of the police report and the wait to get the car back – after all the attitude will not change. The mind-set won’t change. If it does, the road will be less exciting today.
There will not be any accidents to witness, no death to cry over, and no “I survived that crash” story to tell.
Today. I had six near misses. That’s already a better day compared to yesterday and the day before on Monday. I guess it’s a”normalized” thing that as the week goes on, people become less reckless. That is if they survived the weekend partying and DUI.
Give yourself a pat on the back for every day you survived the traffic and reward yourself with an ice cream for not causing misery in another person’s life.

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Proton Gen.2 Sedan

I got this from the email that someone sent to me yesterday.

Gen.2 Sedan.

Now i wonder if the problematic QC would be amplified since there is more rooms for error (because now got backside what...)

Price unknown.

Enjoy the not so spy pics.


Backside view - wah...ah beng chrome


Side view - elongated version of Gen.2

Another disaster in the making???

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Proton - QC

As we all know. Proton is notorious for bad QC. Don't get me wrong, this is not anohter post to bash Proton, but merely to highlight why we Malaysians are so forgiving.

Lets face it, Proton cars aren't the cheapest around. At almost RM30K for the most entry level car, it's still expensive for some. So, what do you get for RM30K anyway?

Look at both the pictures below. Both cars are the same variant, the Iswara "facelifted" version.


Silver


Black

To start with, notice how the parts are assembled? one of them is flushed to the edge of the car body, the other is, well...not so flush la.

If you are wondering why i showed both the pictures above, it was because if you do notice it, the black iswara's gap between the body and the boot door was really huge compared to the silver Iswara!


Silver Iswara : +/- 6mm gap


Black Iswara : +/- 8mm gap!!!

OK, much ado about that 2mm differences, but trust me, to the naked eyes, it's really really obscene! Fault me for being detailed with these things. But it speaks volume of how accurate the assembly lines is!

The Black Iswara was with WLM number plate and the Silver one was a WMB plate, giving them essentially about 9 months of differences in manufacturing date (going by the convention that KL plate moves by one alphabet within 3 weeks max).

I'm sure some of you had seen Proton cars door not being able to shut tight/flush with the body once it was closed. This again, is evidence of poor manufacturing standard!

I'm not saying that Proton is a bad manufacturer, other cars manufacturers has their defects as well, but not as often seen in them compared to Proton!

Now that the VW-Proton talk is back in order, i shudder to think that one day a VW Passat or even Golf assembled in Malaysia has these manufacturing imperfection (because it's not defect, but imperfection!)

ISO 9001:2000??? Give me a break!

Ps - i was waiting for wifey in the car when she was at the bank, so all i did was reverse and go forward and took both the car's picture at the same zoom level and distance...and as a contractor, i always have my measuring tape with me!

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Malaysia Produced Own Jet Fighters

The Ministry of Defence will be proud with the locally produced Kancil that could double up as a Jet Fighter.

Forget the Sukhoi and the F-18. This Kancil will definately out run and give the pilot a huge dog fighting advantage and in the process, save the government millions in yearly defence budget as a Kancil would only cost RM35K OTR with all the wings fitted on. This design will also make it possible to make do without any airport for take off as the Highway could be used as the landing/take off strip. Infact, it feeds on normal RON95 or even RON97 fuel and pumping it with that special variant of fuel available only at that certain petrol station would make long distance bombing mission possible.


Codenamed : Brembo Fighter

With the Huge Sticker behind the car windscreen, it is also telling the other Jets not to mess with it as it could do a Mach 3 to Stalling the plane in mid air in less than 9 seconds. This would give great advantage as the sudden stop would also allow the Kancil Jet Fighter to do a Cobra Move, previously only possible with a Su-29 Flanker and Mig-29 Fulcrum, this, they believe would also put a stop to the Mat Rempit menace as these racers will be reduced to nothing as they crashed into the rear of this Jet.


Afterburner warning up, ready to take off

Spotted in Damansara Perdana yesteray night, it was sans it's camo paintwork and was parked by the road side illegally. It did stopped a few other cars, envy of the modification and some were even seen taking pictures of the car for further R&D purposes. Suspected pixmen were most probably working with the rival car manufacturer Proton. However rumour has it that the famous UK secret services is also looking at this current genius invention.


Agent Q at work.

The next 007 will be equiped with this piece of engineering marvel. As we all know, the DB9 in Casino Royale can't even handle a sudden shift in Gs that it went flying over Eva Green as 007 slammed on the brake. This machine will put to rest all worries for the next 007 as it will be touted to be the next generation Bond car as the Agency do a lil bit more modification to make it operate under water as a submarine. Should be hard as the large wing would be used as rudder under water as well.


Imposing "Don't Mess With Me" stance

The next time you see this vehicle on the road, don't be surprised if the downforce produced will cause a crack on the road where the wheels tread on. Infact, the local council at the vicinity has already started blaming it for all the pot holes caused.

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Worst Modified Kenari, Ever!

Picture tells a thousand words, what more if i have two of these?


What is it with red bumper and black car?

The above picture is already worth a thousand words. The car looked great as it was zooming from behind me this morning, with all the nessasary scoop, bonnet spoiler, stainless steel grills and front bodywork, it looked promisingly well modified, from my rear view mirror.

So, never one to mess with a possible turbocharged Kenari running on a 660 cc engine, i moved aside.

Horror of horror...as i notice the rear bumper of different colour, *sports* suspension that ensure the car occupant to be bouncing inside with every available peeble on the road and best of all, twin exhaust pipe which was really, really, really, really badly, so ever badly done.

And i instantly know that this is a stock engine Kenari trying to be what it is not.

Sorry, i really couldn't resist taking this pic.

It is ok with the kickass rear lights which were tinted dark to go with the body paintwork, It is also ok to put in 15 incher rims into the car. But to NOT ENSURING THAT THE BUMPER WAS OF THE SAME COLOUR AS THE REST OF THE CAR AND WITH ONE REVERSE LIGHT MISSING....

BAD TASTE!

Yeah, and it's as ugly as the font colour above.


OMFG

And seriously, if you could cut part of the red bumper to accomodate the right side tailpipe, why can't you do the same to the left side tailpipe? It looked amazingly fugly. Total shame to all the car lovers out there, and an open arm to rice car criticiser like me.

The second picture tells another thousand words, but i ain't gonna go there as i don't think i could actually write any further on how ugly it was!

Just a note, if you even think that this was a replacement bumper, don't. Every single thing told me it isn't, well at least not in the most recent period of time. The number plate is not the standard type, it's the type where you pay almost RM100 for the so called stainless steel alphanumeric, consistent with the car plate up front. The exhaust can't be done like yesterday as there is visible black soot on both end of the tailpipe. But whichever mechanic that does the tailpipe, he either has a Ph.D in both automotive and physics, as he could do such ugly job with theories only known to him.

Band this car from the road, please!

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Hyundai Matrix - Grounded

I've just got my Matrix grounded.

No, she didn't do anything wrong and i won't send her to her room.

Ok, corny jokes aside. what i did was, well, to be more precise, i've added more grounding points for the car.

The usual RM69.00 for 7 point grounding kit that comes with so called copper block sold in some car accesories shop just doesn't hack it.

The product is good, but to get a good installer to install it properly is hard.

So, when i came across what Drex Chan does, it took little convincing to actually go to him, eventhough the price is a little less than double for what i could get for.

Customised Grounding.

He call it C-Ground.

I call it personal service.

So, for Rm120.00, what did i get?

I get a solid 4 gauge OFC tin coated pure copper 1666 count of cables

Now, i've been taught that resistance is directly proportionate to the length and inversely proportionate with the area of the cable. It is also proportionate to the material's constant. Now, the material aside, what this custom grounding offers was a large area (5.189mm) and the optimum distance(or length). This would minimise the resistance of the cable and hence, provide more path for the electricty and current in the car to return to the battery's negative terminal.

Think of it as you are working in KL and you are constantly stuck in Jalan Sultan Ismail. If only you could build one dedicated road to return home, wouldn't that be great? Now imagine if you could do the same for 4 different places that you frequent. Now, that was what Drex gave me, a 5 point grounding.

Some accesories shop offer up to 7 points grounding, but shody work would make even 14 points useless. OK, it might make your car engine bay looked as if it was pimped, but that is besides the point.

Furthermore, the cables from these shop are mostly 8 gauge cable in thick rubber housing, thus, giving you an impression of, well, thick cable!

I reached Drex's place at about 2.30pm. A brief introduction (eventhough we've seen each other online via the Autoworld forum) and he proceed to check the engine bay for all the possible place he could ground the cables.

1. Engine block to Chasis (side nearer to battery)
2. Chasis to battery's negative
3. Alternator to Engine block
4. Engine block (far end) to engine block (near battery)
5. Engine block (far end) to chasis(near filter)

"Alternator will be tricky", he says.

Eventhough item 1, 4 and 5 seems to look redundant in writing, but when you view it in the engine bay, it does make sense. As there is two points where the engine block is meeting the chasis, there is also an existing point where the manufacturer grounded from the chasis to the engine. So, what we are doing is to create more path.

He then proceed to cut the cables and crimped it with the lug. Then he used the heatshrink wrap to wrap the connection.


Stock as it can be

The whole process took almost 2 hours. Definately you won't get this kind of installation if you go to the usual accesories shop. I've seen bad grounding routing done, usually bolted straight to the first nut these buggers can find. Shoddy work!

Now look at the picture below. This is what Drex has done after 2 hours. Compare it with the before picture above. Nicely hidden with no extra intrusive looking cables lying around, no?


Stock as it can be, still!

The after picture, you can clearly see item 1,2,3 and 4. But it appear as only 2 cables running parallel with the engine block and a hint of the cable sneaking/peeping out from the battery's negative terminal.

Here, more pictures


item 1 and 2. Notice how thick the cable is?


item 3 and 4. The cable is the same size as the engine breather hose!

Drex went on to make extra bracket to hold the cable running to the alternator. Nice touch. Look almost stock, isn't it?


Item 5 to complete the grounding

As he unplugged the battery terminal, the car's ECU has been reseted to factory setting. That also has the safety feature found in Matrix activated.

I tried starting my car after the work was done and couldn't start it despite the starter cranking.

A quick check by the both of us found a switch near item 2. There is a switch to reset the fuel pump. As a built in feature, this switch was switched off when the battery was removed or during collision to cut the fuel off from the car.

As this was Drex's first work on a Hyundai Matrix, this was indeed a learning experience for the both of us.

I didn't notice any improvement on torque or in horsepower after installation, it should have actually as the grounding does nothing more than allow the electronics in the car to function better.

But a test at night yesterday as i went to see a friend to pick something up, i did notice that my radio reception was much clearer, especially over a few spot i drive past everyday where the reception quality would be bad. The headlight too, surprisingly shone brighter. But these might just be my imagination.


pics taken in a total dark road in Mutiara Damansara

And of course, which modification will be complete until a sticker is stuck to tell the world you've just modded you ride?


"Damn ah beng man..." This was Drex's own words...

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Best Car of the World Adverts

Like 5 years old telling their 5 years old friend whose daddy is stronger, bigger and better looking, i can't help but smile at how these few reknowned car manufacturer poke fun at each other with their (over) achievements.

It all started with BMW putting up a congratulatory message to one of their rival, Audi.


I meant to say: Bugger, in South Africa only what, in Malaysia you are nothing!

Then of course, expect friendly fire from Audi.


I meant to say: I know la Proton tried to be BMW of Asia, but they failed...aren't you gonna suffer the same fate?

Heck, it's mocking at its best.

But as per how other 5 years old would fight, there will be one of them which will stand up and say that his/her daddy is the best of the best of the best!


I meant to say: YOU TWO dumb Blondes!

And just like the classic fight, there will be someone that would have the last say.


I meant to say: take it like a man, you pussies!

Now, if we were to interpolate this advert scenario into Malaysian Automotive scene, who do you think would be BMW, Audi, Subaru and Bentley?

My take is BMW would be Proton (naturally, since Waja is the BMW of Asia), Audi to be Perodua, Subaru to be Naza and Bentley to be Alado!

End of the day, the China's Alado with their cheap copycat-cut-paste cars will have the last laugh as the first 3 manufacturer tries to outdo each other.

Then again, i seriously think that Proton can fit into Audi's shoe, instead of being a 6 times champ in Le Mans, Proton is, afterall, the master of Facelifting Technology which has remaked the 7 years old Waja, at least 3 times?

Even the 20 years old Saga is now rebadged as Iswara and the Wira is still running around (with 15 inch rims, no less) and lets not even go into Waja or the much hyped Neo (Which, by the way, was late by 1 year). And lets not forget that Savvy is winner of the best supermini car in Malaysia (well, according to AmFinance and NST la...how that happen, beats me).

Overall, i think Proton should be Bentley, sticking their finger(s) up to the rest of the world! Who else can produce 1100hp car?

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The All New Waja Campro!!!

Well, instead of coming out with new model, all proton been doing for the past years was facelift their existing model.

This time around, Savvy and Waja got brand new face.

I was browsing through their Proton.com website and horror of horror, there were at least 2 mistakes in the advert posting, which i don't think anyone actually cared to notice, or even Proton themselves cared to rectify!


New material called leatehr seats....

My Engrand isn't as good, but theirs can't be worse, no?

Also, if you are considering to buy a Waja Campro, wait no longer.

Why? Because this New Waja facelift with Campro engine is capable of churning out 1100hp! wow!!!


Ah Beng's dream come true...

Then, when i saw the headlight of this new Waja...it couldn't look more plastic than the already made from plastic headlight. Sorta reminds me of the Bengwara i reviewed in one of the Autoworld forum (can't find the link, back then haven't blog! January 2004! :P)


What's with the ridges inside the headlamp?

I did an FR (Field Report) on Savvy when it was first launched. This newly face lifted Savvy doesn't look any more different from the first generation, no?

On the plus side, this new Waja comes with dual airbag (a first for proton, locally) and ABS (which am really not sure if it's the real ABS or Proton's Advance Braking System!). Even the flagship Perdana V6 doesn't have Airbags!

It is also interesting to note that the Wajas and Gen.2s and even the new Neos are now fitted with Campro engine.

Not sure if what i am gonna say next is accurate. The Campro engine in Proton, which stands for Cam Profiling (or CPS as per what Proton says) works like what Honda called their VTEC (Variable Timing Electronic Control). But ironically Campro engine is still being tested for this function (ie not available la!) Meaning the Campro engine is just, well, name sake and does nothing more than your regular engine.

Also, because it is called Campro, the working rpm for the torque and majority of the powerband to kick in is at 4500 rpm.

This was obvious in both Neo and Gen.2 as once wifey took a friend for a neo test drive and the Sales Assitant in one of the Platinum show room says that "you need to press the accelator to feel the power", that's her exact word relayed to me by wifey and friend. Her friend ended up buying a Kelisa instead.

Gen.2 is notorious as a fuel drinker. Yet, another feature that Proton claims (but doesn't happen) is that Campro IS FUEL EFFICIENT.

Dr. Iqbal recently bought a Gen.2 and hearing horror stories of the fuel consumption (something like full tank can get 250km at worse and 320 at best).

Heck, at that FC, my 1.2 Tonne Hyundai Matrix seems to be a more fuel efficient car! (Gen2 full tank is between RM70 to RM80 and Matrix is between RM80 to RM90 and does 480km easily, both 1.6liter car)

Now, how can that equate to good FC for Waja Campro if they are using the same engine (and Waja is much heavier compared to Gen.2)???

I know, some of you Proton lovers will hate me for this, i'm no Proton Basher, just merely pointing out my observation. My family was a loyal Proton user, but we stop after getting the last Proton Saga Magma in the early 90's. National car manufacturer wise, i would put my money in Perodua.

And we are still giving Proton all the priviledge, and yet, still can't compete globally?

Edited: Proton.com has since updated the website with the proper info(as of 1518hours on 19th Jan 07 but only on the 1100hp item, still come with "leatehr" seats!). Small timer like me also can cause them to kelam kabut ah?

Also Check out Paul Tan's write up on this new Waja

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How to Adjust Hyundai Matrix Headlight

I've been in a dilemma. The car headlight wasn't as bright as i wanted it to be. maybe because the ride is higher and the lights did not throw as far as i wanted it to go, hence, minimising the efficiency of the whole lighting system.

Upgrading the bulbs seems to be the easiest way around. Fixing in a 90/110 wattage bulb would not only illuminate the night, but it would also blind the other drivers. It would also melt the plastic casing of most modern headlights (where the older ones are mostly made of glass) and also melt the wiring harness because of the higher heat dissipated from the updraged light bulbs.

Coincidentally, that is the trick where most so called *upgraded* bulbs which claim to imitate HID lights by churning out light temperature of almost 5000k minimum. The bluish coating on the light bulbs would allow only a certain colour of lights to go through, and hence, the whitish lights appearance. But to compensate for the thicker colour filter, the wattage of these so called *upgraded* bulbs are also doubled. Many are not aware of this and would end up a few hundred ringgit poorer when they found out they have to replace the whole wiring assemblies and worse case scenario, having their multi-face reflector headlights melted or burned.


PIAA H4 Super Plasma - a 100/110W upgrade...

Lights' intensity are measured in Lux and the colour are measured in Kelvin.

Most newer HID lights (for example HID Kit & Xenon Headlights) actually emits up to 12000K colour, that is already purplish in colour and would be a nightmare to drive in rain and foggy situation(not that Malaysian roads are foggy anyway).

So, i am in the quest to get the highest lumen bulb to compensate for the ill illuminated ride at night.

I've used Osram Silverstar and Osram Cool Blue before. Silverstar worked as it claimed, but at RM70 for two, it's not exactly cheap. Cool Blue on the other hand, gives whitish hues of about 3500K (the newer ones touches 4000k) but it would meant i have to sacrifice the intensity for look.


Cool Blue effect - overated...

As safety are more important, i decided to consider Silverstar. Only thingy holding me back was the price. So, i decided to do the next best thing.


Silverstar - because the tip is silver in colour...promises 50% more light output!

Adjust the bloody headlights.

Going by the notions that headlights are ill adjusted as they leave the car factory, i whipped out the car manual and was pleasantly surprised that Hyundai did include the measurements to adjust the headlights.

They gave the distance to measure from the front of the front tyres to the wall (3000mm), the height of the light (675mm) and the distance between both headlight centre (1045mm).

Heck, in the process, i even managed to find the fog light adjustment screw for my car! Well Done! I've adjusted the foglight to act as a secondary driving light (H3 lights emit 55watt of lights, that is same as the main headlight on low beam, better get it to illuminate the road proper than the front of the car!)

Found a suitable spot where i could come back and adjust the headlight bulb.

So, i proceed to firstly place the car 3000mm from the wall. DONE.

Then i took 675mm from the ground level up and mark it in line with the car beam on the wall. This is the reference point. Marked it with marker pen. Done!

Then i took 1045mm from that 675mm point towards the left to the next headlight beam. Then i counter checked it by taking 675mm from the ground up to get the exact point. Surprisingly the headlight vertical measurement was correct. Marked it again. DONE!

But the horizontal measurement went off by 4 inches on the right headlight and 3 inches on the left headlight.


Right Beam before


Left Beam before

Took a number 6 spanner and proceed to adjust the adjustment screw behind the main headlight. Can't go wrong as there is only one for Horizontal and anohter for vertical (which i never bothered to find since i don't need to adjust it).

Took me about 10 turns to move it up an inch on both sides.

Did some finetuning to ensure that the eye of the beam sits right below the marker pen mark i did. Any higher it might not give the results i wanted, any lower would not give a good spread of light either.


Left after adjustment


Right after adjustment

Here is more comparison picture, taken at the same position inside the car (on top of the steering wheel which is steady and immobile).


Before


After

Noticeable differences between the two pictures above is the level where the lights fall on. In the before picture, the beam fell inches below the fire hose on the right and the after picture showed the beam sitting just above the fire hose box.

Little differences seen in picture but the effect when driving at night was a major improvement. The light throw further and visibility improved. Should had taken a pic of before adjustment on the road and after adjustment on the road!

Now, to actually appreciate how Silverstar would look like in total darkness, here is some pictures i've taken years back when i have this inside my Kancil.


Pic taken 100meters away, low beam, no joke.


Normal bulb's beam would stop where Silverstar is brightest

So, i'll drive along with this newly improved adjustment until i save up enough to get a pair of Silverstar!

Oh ya, last friday, my plan to pick up Ryan's MyKid card failed and i found myself going to this favourite shop of mine in Petaling Street.

This place is like some treasure trove, you can find so much bargain here it's not funny.

Here is the latest buy from that shop.


LED W5W bulb for RM2???

And here is how it looked like, before and after!


Before


After

Even Wifey's car gets a makeover!


Before


After

I must say that it looks better on Wifey's car!

And now, how am i suppsoed to be happy with the car headlights? Simple, just install any HID lights, like those being offered by HID Kit & Xenon Headlights company!

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