Magnum

No, you can use a different lacquer. I have used Sikkens paint and Debeer lacquer. 

@TheFlyingFox Did it come out fine? I have heard that sometimes the paint could start getting bubbles and ripples all over.

It came out just fine if the painter is a “wada karu “. Using a good quality lacquer on a middle grade paint can actually make it look much better. 

@Magnum Great news! I should dig into this further since there is a 660CC 

Spoke to a large car sale in kandy recently, they said no one has plans to bring it down large scale as even the older models that came in are stagnating in sales, they called it a market nightmare lol,

the more reason to buy one as it will be scarcer!

@tiv Yeah true, just like the Copens and S660s. Of course the Jimny is a bit better 

yeah.. like hell yeah.. my office friends thinks im sick cuz i have restore the car after paying for a market price.. they dont get it.. they dont get the thrill in it man.. these days im also buying a lot of parts and i get to hear the same thing  

Nope mate.They contain only capacitors to block out low frequencies.Even the budget tweeters(around 2k-3k) has the same method.If you plan to add new ones,make sure to get your hands on a reputed brand like,Pioneer,Kenwood,Jbl,Alpine etc etc... which comes with a proper filter.

Yep high end tweeters come with a separate cross-over, I got a set of Carrozzeria tweeters 

Yup.That’s the only way.I have seen most people have recomended this.One of my friend owns one and he replaced the clutches at 100k kms for 2 lakhs.Also change the clutch oil at every service.I also thoroughly searched for this issue,since I was going to buy an Axio Luxel from one of my father’s friends,and he planned to go for a Vezel.So I have to made up my mind for a Premio or Allion since almost all had told him about this replacement?

well that fixes it then

Actually Premium/HighOku ranges from 95 till 98 (ish). Depending on the fuel manufacturer. Nowadays the common premium is 98 except for a few budget brands which are 95ish. Then some manufacturers do the whole "special additive" marketing which in some cases would increase the octane value as well (as some were octane boosters).100 is still reserved as Ultra Premium (which previously/used to range from 98 upwards) and actually not that widely available even with the larger brands. But the notion is that things are going to stagnate at these octane levels for now as most manufacturers are on a frenzy to put on hydrogen stations because of the deadline.

So depending on the car (its period to be more specific) even 95 as "premium" would suffice.

@tiv what sort of compression ratio is considered as high compression ratio?

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/compression-ratio-octane-ratings1.htm

@iRage what's RFP?

In this case the electronic system had got confused or something as it was going forward smoothly without a fuss but when you operate the mirror with your hands you can hear the locking mechanism working

Sorry..FRP....not the same composition as the bonnets and hood scoops and stuff but not the plain on plastic either.

But....in most cars, especially the older ones. with auto retract.you can hear the wheels go click click click when you open and close with your hand can't you ?

@iRage Yes you can, but what I meant was that this specific mirror I have mentioned in the status had got knocked somehow and when unfolded with the switch it behaved as if there wasn't any lock. When retracted it went all the way front smoothly but when the mirror was folded with hands the lock made a clicking noise at the normal stopping position.
The electrician explained that circuit had got confused where the normal stopping position hence it had unfolded all the way towards the front.

Considering his explanation, I assume when a mirror normally unfolds, the locks are unlocked until the mirror is unfolded to the correct position where it stops and the locking mechanism locks it there in place. 

Yep its pretty dope! You sit very low in it and the passenger side door is only an arms length away, although I didnt drive it, I could tell it would be fun to drive.

The one I checked out had a price of around 4 million which is a fair bit of investment when there are other alternatives which offer more.

Practicality wise, the boot isn't that small, I was told that we could use the space where the roof goes into if we leave the roof closed, but everything will have to go in the boot as you don't have much space upfront if you got a passenger.

I didnt check it out with the idea of buying it, rather I just came across it but yes it's very tempting

4 mil is too much unless it's a 2017 unit as they are rarely sold, car sale fellas are desperate to get rid of em despite their Lamborghini like appraisals lol. There are cars unreg even at 3.5 and used ones may go as low as 3 mil. But even at 4 mil it's like a miniature SLK!

I think this was a fairly new one and 4mil is quite a lot of money when you know it's going to drop in value quickly after you register it

@terrabytetango got this from Laugfs in 2017.

What on earth are original wiper blades from Japan ? Japan Toyota does not sell wiper blades..they have an OEM brand and they put a Toyota sticker on it...so most of the time you get better after market ones than what you get at the Toyota dealer.

Could be that the wipers got some kind of stuff on it ? Like an oily cleaner or something you might have wiped it with ? Also sometimes the wiper rubber has some protective fluid on it which needs sometime to wear off.

How clean is your windshield ? Some glass cleaners the service stations use leave a sucky residue.

Could be some kind of water repellent that you put on the windshield as well. When you spray water on the windshield does the water bead like a waxed car body ?

@iRage bought it from Toyota dealer.

I added some windscreen washer fluid and gave the wipers a good clean up. I think the issue is sorted now. Havent yet had an opportunity to drive it in heavy rain.

Defenders,minis and other old school SUVs are insanely overpriced and really they're abused to bits but fetch stupid prices due to the show-off factor.

Unless done up well, nightmares on wheels in terms of reliability. 

Funny thing about those dodgy Classic Minis is that most them are with complete mishmash of parts from different generations.

Why? What happened??

a Viva Elite and a Premio decided to stop for fuel all of a sudden along a bend

When I took my CHR to the hospital for the first time, almost all the doctors were asking "malli, oke thel keeyak karanawada?"

Nobody bothered to ask "how is the handling? how is the power, comfort? What are the new features?"

Typical Sri Lankan mentality. It's almost like the number of kilometers per litre a vehicle does decides its market value.

@sathyajithj99 There was a poll on FB regarding the most important feature when purchasing a vehicle, the highest vote was for fuel economy

I wrote this on one of the threads as well..fuel economy is so high in importance in SL because 90% of the people buy cars that they cannot afford. So when they spend a lot of their income on paying the lease..they hardly have any money left for living life. Even if the companies give a vehicle allowance the fact still applies. So they want to spend as little as possible on fuel and maintenance

Then the another dimension is that we Sri Lankans LOVE a bargain. At a bargain we would even buy a heap of dog $h**. So exaggerated fuel figures are away of showing off what a bargain you are getting. In the same line....we measure human by the what we have rather than who we are. As such we always yearn to have the shinier, larger, newer car than what you always have. When you can't afford to get that....then exaggerated fuel figures become the justification for them to why they are using the car they already have.

Let's call it a little keep on the side !

They're not CVT yet, that's probably why you found it fun.

@terrabytetango It has tiptronic and the gearbox is very responsive to accelerator inputs

both same as after market toyota filter not jap. still vic is japan.

Well...if you were in Japan...there is no such thing called a Toyota oil filter....they put OEM ones  The box will have a Toyota part sticker on it  I believe a genuine VIC filter would be as good as the "Genuine Toyota" oil filters in SL, which 99% of the time come from Thailand, Indonesia, etc..anyway....There have been cases where people had cut off the VIC filters and they have ended up being far better than the "Genuine Toyota Filter"...

Just don't go for the fake Chinese crap that has boxes and logos that look exactly like the actual VIC...or fake VICs.

I came across that comparison between VIC and Toyota filter( thanks to Hyaenidae).

I used VIC last time, I'm gonna stick with VIC.

@tiv Ah yep the Every Wagons make me drool  

I also love the Spacia Custom and N-Box Custom, they seem to be loaded with goodies

I myself am having a ball in the hustler 

So easy to park , manoeuvre and I was shocked to see it easily take on the hills on the climb from dambulla to kandy.

Yep kei vehicles dont seem to be having an issue with pulling, I guess they got some wicked gearbox

Btw I saw this epic looking KDH, custom body kit, lowered / stanced really well, Pearl white with everything else smoked,

on 19" or more rims, in KANDY! Made my day

@tiv I think the van you are referring to is owned by one of my friend

Give him a thumbs up for me

It is very rare to see tastefully modified vehicles in the road now. Esp in Kandy 

Adds variety than the Subaru or civic you see on the roads daily 

Either it's stock or raped

if 2.5L engine produce  150 bhp  at 3500 RPM , so the torque at 3500 RPM is 305 Nm , 

torque at 2500 = 200 Nm

torque at 3500 = 305 Nm 

So its max power is still somewhere beyond thew 4500 RPM , so 2.5L engine max power is far better than 2.0 L engine.

That`s actually wrong.   200nm of torque at 2500rpm is the Maximum torque produced by the engine.  Torque against engine speed curve is never linear.  

it is nearly impossible to teach "vector space" to a second grade school student.

Very 

Yeah it's better to buy it in SL or bring it down alone with spare parts in a container

A--> B ---> B + Lightbar

@tiv how useful is a lightbar really? i mean the beam is concentrated on a narrow area is it not?

I use a combo bar.

The middle ones are spot and the sides are flood. Basically lens stuff

Most people buy the spot bar as it shoots the furthest but in real world it is useless 

This gives a very wide beam and covers the proximites as well

Certainly not road legal I guess 

 as per the posts there were some good facilities  on board such as  chargers, cool box etc. ok maybe the stickers and the pink - neons were a bit too garish but still stuff like chargers refrigerator etc are welcome. 

True that, I guess the cops still haven't figured what's safe and unsafe modifications. To be honest even the fancy paint job isn't a major issue, it's a common mod for commercial vehicles in most countries

Its not really what cops figure out or not, is the question. The bottom line is, those modifications are illegal and the courts made the ruling according to the prevailing law. True that selective justice is the system that exists in the country but selective justice is still better than no justice at all.

no its added to a separate tank,and sprayed tiny amounts into the exhaust manifold by an injector. not a fuel additive which goes in the fuel tank.

I see so it's no big deal. Btw the DPF issue seems to be more in the ones with DPF regeneration button than the ones with auto DPF regeneration. Atleast that's how it is in Hiace. From 2013 onwards Hiace came with a button for DPF regeneration and they seem to be getting clogged easily.

Euro 6 also has DPF. Does the adblue reduce the chance of it getting clogged?

sorry I meant the NOx storage catalyst is replaced by the SCR-adblue system. Particulates still need to be taken care of by DPF. It is the only way to fulfill Euro6 emissions norm.But you have an advantage that fewer or no Lambda sensors are needed(also a part which fails prematurely) More information can be found from wikipedia German article https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selektive_katalytische_Reduktion "By a selective catalytic reduction nitrogen oxides are removed from the exhaust gas with a high efficiency. In contrast to the diesel particulate filter (DPF), there is no additional fuel consumption. This advantage also applies to the alternative method of reducing nitrogen oxides by means of a NO x storage catalyst which, like the DPF, requires a temporary avoidance of optimum combustion conditions. The installation of an SCR NOx reduction system makes it possible to operate the engine at more fuel-efficient operating points. Consumption thus drops by between 3 and 8%, depending on the driving style."