Leaderboard

My old vanettes speedo glass has been faded , bubbled and cracked since I bought the vehicle and it kept getting worse and i've tried to find a suitable replacement for a while with no luck. Recently the glass cracked apart in two in middle and it looked terrible. Vanette C22 dashboards rare to find and one bugger asked 45K for a heavily warn out one. I could not spend that much for the glass and two air vents ( except those , the existing dashboard is fine) . So I decided to make a glass myself and it came out very nice. 25010M is the part I made. total cost : Rs 400/= ,only thing I bought was a piece of transparent plastic board from a number plate making place. here are few pics I took while doing it, only took about and hour for that whole job. I feel like an ass when I think about the time I wasted stopping at every breaker joint I see where ever I went. Sorry for the lack of extra details , but this is too easy for anyone to get wrong. If anyone needs more details please PM . 1. Removed front part of the cluster, and cracked glass is fixed with a piece of duct tape to take measurements for the new one. 2. Lay the glass on the plastic board and draw the outline with a pen 3. Cut the straight lines with a help of a steel ruler and a paper cutter. We dont need those small extrusions around the glass since we are going to duct tape it to the frame and hot glue it. Just cut straight. Cutting the plastic board is bit difficult using the paper cutter, put cuts on both sides before applying gentle pressure to break the glass - just like glass cutting, but put marks on both sides. 4. smooth out the edges with a angle grinder. 5. it has a small curve along two sides, use the angle grinder to grindout the plastic to get the previously marked shape 6. The original glass has a convex shape , no need to worry , we can use the frame around the dashboard to push the glass to the speedo cluster to get that shape, ( I tried to use the hot air gun to bend the plastic glass after warming it up and messed it up once - dont do it) 7. Drill out a small hole for the trip meter reset . 8. keep the glass on the meter frame and duct tape it. dont try to bend and close the gaps on the right and left sides. duct tape the top and bottom only. Use hot glue on places where the clip were before. Use it generously . 9. Fix it to the dashboard , tight in the screws well - and thats it! Looks just like new.

Creating a new thread to share updates and discuss about Formula 1 this year. Race calendar: https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2018.html Driver standings to date: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/drivers.html Car rule changes for 2018: The 2018 season kicked off yesterday at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia and in spectacular style. Hamilton managed to secure pole position, breaking an all time lap record in the process. This guy... damn! Lewis Hamilton pulled off from the line in first, followed by Raikkonen and then Vettel, He managed to hold on to his place, but the virtual safety car was deployed following an incident and Vettel was in the pit during this time (while Hamilton was still on the track - driving slow due to the virtual safety car). Hamilton had already pit the car by this time, so in essence, Vettel entered and exited the pit faster than Hamilton was on the track. This put him in front of Hamilton who was stumped, thinking what just happened. With Hamilton's tyres 7 laps older than Vettel's, all the Ferrari had to do was hold on to that position and continue the race. And that was what he did. Aussie boy Daniel Ricciardo finished qualifying 4th, but received a fuel irregularity penalty and suffered a 3 position loss on the grid, but he finished 4th, overtaking Max Verstappen who spun his car during the race and ended up finishing 6th. Race highlights below:

for some reason when I first saw this I missed the 'L' in clocks.... and then I saw this ... this all sounds very weird bro P.S: Did you forget to add the large freezer to store the hair and nails of your victims

Just wait till local wizz crashes a hybrid !

It looks like you want to decorate it in retro/vintage style. What I suggest is go to schokman and samerawickreme auctions. Usually they have an auction just before April New Year holidays. They have all kinds of vintage/antique style wall hangings, candelabras, brassware, chandeliers, retro furniture, gramophones, records, crystalware, Beer mugs, goblets etc. You can bid and get them for a fairly good price. I have never seen moose heads or bear mats though. Keep an eye on www-sandslanka-comThey don't have anything on the site right now but I'm sure something will come up soon. Also try Dallas Kelaart's auctions (Dharmarama Road, Wellawatte). Their items are not as good as Samarawickereme's but they too have some retro stuff. And for heaven's sake, get married soon. it may already be too late for you.

I doubt that mate, the plastic board barely bends on one axis , but with the support of the frame , it might can curve as you want given the curve is not that big. give it a try ?

Good workmanship. Will it also work in cases where the meter has a curve both horizontal and vertical direction?

DIY at it's best, good job mate.

OMG !! This is fabulous !!!

Good job! Well done!

Yes. Emission test report is required from the second year onwards. I got the test report and renewed my revenue license online.

Okay...so the gentleman actually lost one of the key components of a micro hybrid system, which is that it is not an actual Hybrid system. I still stand by what Suzuki themselves say (based on the actual definition of a micro hybrid system as in the link that has been given)...ENE-CHARGE is not a Hybrid system but a system to improve engine efficiency by providing a mechanism to power electronic components and accessories through reduced dependency on the engine. Can't compare the Wagon R's system with the Alto's because the Wagon R only came with S-ENE-CHARGE (which is an actual mild hybrid system....which is now slowly getting phased out and replaced by what Suzuki calls MILD HYBRID) and the Alto comes only with ENE-CHARGE.

Like to add this link which explain micro hybrid and mild hybrid. Also following video explains Wagon-R hybrid system which may similar to Alto too as both are Suzuki.

Only test driven an Alto RS..which was a hoot and a half to drive. The RS would be a fun little city car. No idea about the standard variants though. However I can state that the Alto does have a nice little "chuckable" chassis . The more subdued and softer suspension of the standard Alto might take a bit of that chuckable feeling away though. Note that these are kei cars which are city cars. So they are quite good in the city but will be under stress when it has to deal with high loads and extensive highway driving.Compared with the Wagon R the Alto is smaller and looks more basic inside. So perhaps people go for the Wagon R instead because it looks a bit more "special" ? As far as I know the Alto comes only with ene-charge. It is not an actual Hybrid system as most car sales people say it is (i.e. it does not have a motor to assist the engine). The ene-charge system uses regenerative braking to charge up a battery which is used to power up electrical components in the car. Thus, reducing the load on the engine and making idle stop/start easier. The manufacturers claims are based on a JC08 cycle which includes a 50:50 split between highway and city driving (also note..city driving in Japan would be a lot better than city driving in Sri Lanka as in Japan you get ring roads, inner city expressways, etc...). Also, in Japan manufacturers need to make sure that in real life the car has to atleast do 70% (or more) than than what the JC08 figures are. So even in Japan, you can expect the real fuel consumption in a JC08 to be around 23.8 - 25.9 kmpl.

i think no knowlegeable person goes to advance now. i also didn't believe all those nasty stories they said about advance until it happened to a close friend of mine. they are quite bad now. i have dealt with Pet#o and gilberts too. i think gilberts is the best out of them all.

Ya stay away from Adv@nce they really mess things up. Known for breaking clips, not fitting beading's properly. Just a really shabby job overall though they brag about everything.

well...consdering the whole elctronics thing...i wouldn't skip the warranty. esepcailly for the head unit and that too if you're going high end. and yes...Pet#o installations are fat better than advance where i got a job done on my car previously.

In the News today in Europe: Due to the increase in Vehicles(EV,Hybrid) with Li-ion batteries, firefighters and rescue workers throughout the world are struggling to develop new methods to put out fires. Conventional methods and materials,seem to have less impact on a controlling a burning Li-ion Battery. Recntly an EV parked in an outdoor park caught fire in the German city of Stuttgart. After using 700kg of CO2/Fire hydrant ,the fire was still not possible to control which would have not been the case with Petrol/Diesel..Then they brought a 40-foot container filled with water and put the car into it.After 4 days in quarantine,they took the car out thinking it was safe. Guess what,in a few minutes it started burning again! In the statement said that 65% of the Car-fires reported in EU last year were equipped with Li-ion Batteries. In addition ,although Theoretically the Safety-mechanism "Cuts-off" power to the vehicle immediately after an accident,it seems there is no 100% solution to reduce the Voltage at all places where the rescue worker might touch/cut through. Rescue personnel are now required to have training based on vehicle wiring diagrams, to decide within seconds where to cut through the chassis and save the passengers without electrocuting themselves.In one case,the Rescue team had to call Tesla in USA,to get information. Tesls had specifically instructed to keep the wrecked car in an outdooe/free area,away from other cars and not indoors. Therefore it is recommended to keep a diagram showing the safe and risky areas , inside the vehicle to be used by rescue personnel in case of an accident,which will be obligatory soon. Wonder if our Firefighters/Rescue workers/Drivers are prepared/trained to handle these new challenges,or plan it the usual way "to learn by doing and by mistakes"..