Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Sent my car for the 10,000Km servicing at Borneo Motors today. Changed to Synthetic motor oil using Castrol Syntron Extra 5W50 (4.2litres). Synthetic oil information can be found at:
http://eolcs.api.org/DisplayCompanyInfo.asp?CompanyID=226555

Complained that the car has difficulty in starting in the morning, ended up, they changed the car battery for me. Total costs: S$227.00
Will need to bring to tyre shop to do wheel rotation and balancing too.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

This is my Alpine Head Unit 9807. Bought in year 2002 and was transferred from my old Nissan Sunny to my current ride. As it is a 1 din HU, another tray was added to fill up the hole. Sony tray is good as the tray is steady and non flimsy.
This is the tweeter. Bought the Rainbow SL265 Deluxe component speakers. It came with a pair of tweeters, a pair of 6.5" speakers and a pair of crossovers. Can't really take the picture of the front door speakers as it has already installed. I'm lazy to open the door panel to take a photo on that... :) The 6 discs CD changer is another nostalgic hardware ported over from my old ride. It allows changing of CD much much easier... I'm just a lazy bacon.. haha..
This is the aircon with the aircon filter fitted into it. Two components are needed. Aircon filter (Caire Fresh HEPA aircon filter) and the filter tray.
By default, the slot is covered. Need to cut an opening to allow the tray to be seated nicely into it. Right inside, there is flap that control the air flow from outside. For cleaner air, the air vent should be closed at all times. By doing so, it will prevent polluted air from coming into the cabin easily. An aircon filter is needed to filter off any foul smell or dust.
This is the aircon filter (Cairefresh HEPA). It is a bit dirty and it should be cleaned using compressed air to blow away dust particles. Or, change to a new filter after some time.
Note that the wiremesh is at the bottom of filter.
This is my home computer. It is noisy due to the fan, harddisk vibration. I managed to find a quarter piece of sound mat for soundproofing of my car. As it is only a small piece left, I intend to test it on my home PC. My home computer is always noisy when the harddisk or fan spin causing the chassis to vibrate.

Here's the picture of the sound mat (Clasani Sound Mat). The effect is fantastic. My computer is now less noisy as the chassis vibrate lesser.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005



Aborted my DIY door soundproofing project due to work and family commitment. Don't wish to spend too much time on car. Sold the soundproofing materials to another car enthusiast.. Really hope to have the time to do it. Perhaps, will KIV this project and may comeback some time next year. Did i say next year? :)

Coming up next, added a pair of front speakers, tweeters and crossovers. The stock speakers are really pathetic. It really cannot project out the music and vocal of my Compact Disc (CD). With recommendation from Johnny, I've installed Rainbow speakers, SLX265 Deluxe, at AudioEdge along Jurong Kechil road. I'm able to experience clearer music and vocal with this new pair of speakers cum tweeters. I simply love it!! More information can be found at this website: http://car.rainbow-audio.de/products/details.php?lan=2&pro=1&lin=9&art=231610

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Met up with iBaygon to seek his advice on door panel dismantling. Well, seeing is believing, it is really really simple! Next task is to plan for the material application onto the door panels (internal and exterior layer). Might not have sufficient cable hunter for a single door panel with 2 layers. To my surprise yesterday, I saw my D1 Spec Volt Stablizer came off from the battery. In fact, 3M double sided tape should stick the D1 Spec VS tightly onto the car battery surface.

Call up the installer and get it repositioned at another location nearer the air intake. In addition, the cable tie SHOULD NOT tie to the radiator hose.. This is a lesson learned.

Well, my Canon Powershot G2 is not with me now.. Hence, unable to take pictures to show in this blog site. More pictures coming soon for the next new project!!!