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Autofoam Review
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andrewsh
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Nov 28 2011, 11:02 PM
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Getting Started

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I went to KL Auto 3 days ago to do autofoam for my Wish despite of some of the negative comments circulating around recently. The decision to go down from Penang to KL to do this stuff has been bothering me for a while and I did worry about having making the wrong choice. After done my research and having better understanding on my current car behavior, I believe I will get some handling improvement on my car with this autofoam.
As per Desmond's recommendation I took the Comfort package + A pillar. I did find the car handling has been improved vastly after filling in the foam especial from the 2nd day onward. Having autofoam inside the mainframe does strengthen my Wish and reducing the car body flex a lot. Before this, when I go through uneven and rough road, I can feel the car body flexing and it took a while for the vibration to stop. I guess the suspension was not able to operate in optimum condition as the body flex too much in original setting.
Now I feel very satisfy and more comfortable on how my car is able to handle the road better. I would like to thanks Desmond for hosting and putting extra efforts to educate me on how to improve car handling and also sound proofing technique. I also thanks Desmond for performing some magic to reduce the overdamped sound on my car.
As I drop back to Penang today, I felt great with a better ride home.
One last comment. As everyone has their on expectation on what they want to get out from the autofoam. I believe we need to have a better understand on our car behavior and also the realistic improvement we can extract out from the foam. Then we can walk out with a big smile.
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andrewsh
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Nov 29 2011, 10:04 PM
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Getting Started

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QUOTE(vr2turbo @ Nov 29 2011, 10:37 AM) Very true on what expectation you are looking at, as this is not a cure all thing..... Yes, like what you said, there is no one solution cure all. Car suspension system is a complicated stuff, its behavior is affected by temperature, car loading, tyre pressure, spring and absorber type. For example the car suspension feel different between early in the morning and in the hot afternoon. Personally I prefer my car behave in the afternoon where the tyre has heated up and the suspension is more responsive. Even with autofoam installed into the car, the same principle applies except that the stronger chassis will make the suspension to behave as it should be. As for car loading, with autofoam installed, I find my Wish rides better when all my family member(2 adults and 4 kids) are inside the car. The extra weight does bring out the advantage of having a stiffer chassis. I believe this is what the original design intent of MPV to carry more load. On the other hand I do feel the ride is harder when I drive along but the handling is still good. So I have no regret with autofoam as this is what I expect it to behave.
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andrewsh
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Dec 1 2011, 09:13 PM
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Getting Started

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QUOTE(oriongoh @ Nov 30 2011, 08:12 PM) i did mine about a month back and the change was drastic.i Drive a Chery eastar which is an MPV.I doubted and was thinking about DIY before going to KL AUTO .I was shown samples of foam just like u i guess.The difference is i felt the soft and hard.The outer layer which is the crust is hard just like what i saw coming out from my car and i have the sample that drop from my car at home.After breaking through the crust come the softer part which was the same material as of what i dig out of their bottle sample.Maybe you should bring back the car and compare and raise your dissatisfaction to desmond. Today just had a test drive after doing my A pillar and surprisingly the engine sounded a bit further plus lower wind noise.I still need to go over again to see what can be done to bring the wind noise even lower.Maybe we can meet up when at desmond place hehehe. Added on December 1, 2011, 9:33 amI have a different thought as i didnt expect anything so no standard set in mind.The moment the foam was done i was shock how a car could be transform with just foam.I paid 80k for a car that perform like one and added alittle to make it better but instead the little brought me a new car hehehehe. As your Chery Eastar is a bigger car then mine, the improvement is definitely more which is a good thing. Let us enjoy our new transformed ride. Now I am thinking whether do more foam on B and D pillar.
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