Day before Genting Trip.

Sorry for dissapearing for awhile. Initially I was busy doing some work at home, and then the problem came. Tootache that ruined a few days in my life. And today I finally decided to go to the dentist and ouch, one of my precious teeth had been removed. And I need to go back to the dentist for some 'touch up' work. Ouch again soon.

Anyway, here's the day before my Genting Trip last week.

I arrived at Jeembo's Garage early in the morning so that the foreman, Man can check out my car before other cars came.


Kay's 5k engine in rebuilding process. Wireless yo!


Since Rolla is DX, and the new tail lamp is GL version, the socket need some modification in order to light it up.


Asked them to tidy up the wiring too. Nice. I like it.


The reserve tank had been replaced at the corner of my engine bay. And while Man was busy doing the wiring job, I borrowed a blower and clean up my engine bay. Now, no more dust but messy.


I cleaned up the air filter too.


Yeah. Done. This is the reason why I love GL tail lamp. Looks good when it is lit up.


And to get more JDM feels, I swap the current bulb with this white-blue-ish bulb. Grant Scotts prove it that white/blue bulb looks good with Corolla.


Also bought a wax from Turtle Wax and Rain X.


Swap my current rim with the orange rims too.


And while checking the engine bay, I opened up the radiator cap and found out that the water inside was rusty. So I ask Man to drain all of em.


And opt this coolant from Toyota. Claimed to be one of the best coolant in town.


Tested the car. Barely reaching 60. I don't have thermostat by the way.


And while waiting, found a few interesting stuffs.

Jeembo's new ride. I forgot the model, but its look like an E30 coupe with soft top and also Targa Top. Nice rim as usual.


SR20DET 'bongkok'.

4AGE 16valve.
Not one, but two of em. Any 4AGE lover would be angry with these. Hahaha.

And one of the crazy project currently is fitting this 1jz (Manual yo~) inside a TA22 Celica. Need to cut the firewall and gearbox tunnel in order to fit this beast in.

And this 'brand new' Corolla KE35 is up for sale. Everything had been stripped to bone and carefully refurbish. From top to bottom including the engine. Fully overhauled. Even the longshaft and axle are orange color. Open price is RM5000 highly negotiable. Call Jeembo himself if you are interested.

Jeembo, 012 952 5415.

Boost Leaking.

So as usual, on Thursday I will return to home for the weekend. Also finally took Rolla from the painter. When I got the car back, the first thing I noticed that the engine felt like shit. Total shit. Worse that Bee's engine after overhauling.

And the fuel gauge had been fixed. What happen was some paint got in into the socket. So Jimmy fix it up already. I noticed that Jimmy had touch up most of the flaw. Thanks man. And I got my batter back. Just a misplace issue.

When I arrived at home, took my DSLR and snap some photos. Gosh, I didn't regret spending RM5000 on the 50D.


Gosh, I love GL tail lamp. Looks wider than DX version.


See ma Super Duper Ultra bracket for the lip! The reason? The lip flew yesterday at highway. Hahahahaha. See the broken area? No I will not touch up it. I will leave it there as it will remind me to be careful on bump and uneven road next time.


Then on afternoon, the plan was to go to the wiring shop, to change my front rims, and to go for a test drift with Ejat. When he arrived, I took him for a spin. And shit happened. The engine was shitter that before. So we went to my home again. And I found out that the hose at the intercooler already detach from the clip. Torn some more. FUCK!

All plan was canceled and we removed all the piping.


Nah! All the hoses, my blow off valve and the big hose is from my air intake. All were in bad shape.


Went to a local aftermarket shop and bought some replacement stuffs. The first one is T Clamp from ZAP for the air intake. RM15 per clamp.


For the hoses, I opt the Samco hoses. And since my budget was a bit tight, I didn't buy new clamp for it. Gosh Samco hoses are expensive. RM30 for one piece.


Went back to fit it in. And found out again that the ZAP T-clamp didn't ngam. Fed up, we went to a local hardware and buy these freakin cheap clamp for the air intake. RM2 per piece. And it fit like a charm.


One hour after trying to fit the new hoses into the intercooler and piping, it is ready to roll.


Results? Engine performance is back to normal. Even runnin on 1 bar also no more problem now. Conclusion? Boost leaking can fuck up your day and your engine. Never knew that this issue can cause a lot of symptoms and almost ruin my mood. Rolla is back to normal. Performance was like usual. Causes? I guess the painter didn't tighten up all the hoses. That's all.

So? We headed to the Karunmas to test drift! Ejat is with his KE70 5.2k powered by DGAV Weber and me with Rolla. Just a few laps coz we didn't bring spare tires.

The test run:

Paint Done, BUT..

Well, as per title, Rolla had been painted. Some photos to share:

Bad ass enough? Love the 50D! Awesome photo from it!


While polishing it.


Looks good but..


But..


Also asked the paint shop to clear coat the rims.


When I took the car back, I felt the car is not performing and behave like usual. What I found and felt were:

*When I send the car, the battery's brand was SHOGUN. When I got it back, the brand is different, plus the voltage was too low till car cant start. So I asked him to find my battery back. No way I am gonna take the flat battery.

*Got flaw here and there on the paint's surface such as unevenness or dripping. Already asked him to touch it up again.

*Aircond is not cold anymore.

*Fuel gauge suddenly become faulty. Not working anymore.

*Boost is leaking. I can feel it when the boost reach 0.5 and above. I suspect the hose is worn out or maybe the T Clamp is damaged. Whenever the boost reach 0.5, the engine suddenly became like it is moving with 3 pistons only.

*All lights are out. Even the 3rd brake lamp. Hmm.

So I send back the car for a touch up job now. And since he's not gonna fix most of the problem happened during at his hand, I guess I have to send Rolla to wiring shop tomorrow. My feeling? Not so happy now. Still on examination week, plus these lil problem annoyed me too. Huargh.

Anger management, anger management.. x_x