the nose diving issue. ah yes. i know what u mean also. if u noticed, persona's butt is really tonggek whereby the front is far lower than the rear. can be observed from side profile. this contributes a lot to how it brakes also (nose dive)

i have always hated a lot on how tonggek persona's butt is. so what i did was, i purchased a set of low profile springs and fitted them ONLY to the rear suspension. front remained stock. now my ride is leveled and there is no noticeable excessive nose diving during hard braking anymore.

it rides like stock still. most of the time i even forgotten that my rear is on low profile springs.

just to share with you.....

obviously the manufactured year. its the birthday of ur car.

so fast Kuching number with QAV? nice.... how much that number cost u?

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Added on November 5, 2010, 2:44 pmoh ya true also. checked from jpj site http://www.jpj.gov.my/malay/plateno.htm

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Added on November 5, 2010, 2:45 pmso next time i see u on the road i horn u ok? mine 2218.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 5 2010, 02:45 PM

QAR2218

oh..... i know what u mean exactly. hahaha... yea. good tips.

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Added on November 6, 2010, 11:49 amthere lots of electrical wirings and connectors around and on top of the engine. Better think twice. If i were you, i'd use damp cloth and rajin2 clean the engine and the surroundings.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 6 2010, 11:49 AM

Current mileage: 25k.

Check ur cars with autogears.

DESIGN FLAW causing excessive dirt and sand entering the gearbox via the dip stick hole / filling hole.

I noticed that every few months i need to take out the dipstick and clean its filling hole and dipstick covered in black thick dust and sand. Mind you, these foreign materials will then make its way down into the ATF fluid tank and thus, circulating all around the gearbox and subsequently causing faster wear and tear and ultimately failure to the auto gearbox.

What i did was to improve the flaw by fixing a cut to fit length of insulflex tube meant for aircond pipe. It is a tight fit with the ATF dip stick to ensure seal from dust etc and when plugged into the filling hole, the bottom half of the insulflex tube will fit tightly with the filling hole tube making a clean seal. I do hope this will be proven to be clean and nice in the next few months that i myself will re-check.

Note: I will be writing to Proton about this matter and await their updates.

Photos below:-



















This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 7 2010, 02:09 PM

i accept any comments and criticisms for my DIY. Please do.

nothing. its just some part of the cover that does nothing.


yea

center hub ring or the real name hub centric ring.

See here:

http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Perfo...rt/60-1185.html

http://hondatuning.automotive.com/21672/04...photos11-0.html

http://www.justforwheels.com/hub-centric-rings.jsp

added low springs, added subwoofer with front component speakers, modded the original stock player rear wirings for routing to my amplifier and additional power cables for the amp. All done when the car was about 2 weeks old.

I still able to make all sorts of claims. No probs.

boom boom boom of cos nice la.

the sub and amplifier is from my previous cars i think more than 6 years already lo (still good looking since well taken care off). except for the front components which are new with my persona.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 9 2010, 02:46 PM

stock HU

can't remember man. more than 6 years old unit. amplifier is a 4 channel amp driving 1 unit 12 inch sub in a ported enclosure. I think some where around RM800 for amp and sub. persona's heavily insulated boot means that the amp needs to work and drive the subwoofer much harder. i find myself setting the gain and bass boost much higher than i normally would as compared to my previous car. so its best to get one that is powerful enough to drive the bass through the boot padding in the persona.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 9 2010, 04:32 PM

for me, a nice 6.5 inch / 6 inch front component speakers from Pegasus / Infinity / DLS plus a 2 channel amp driving the sub at the rear will suffice. Maintain stock player (as to not attract would be sampah masyarakat thieves) and also maintain rear stock speakers. Fader set mostly to front say 70% front.

Purrfect enough for me. Personal preferences may differ.

on mine, my front speakers were fitted with additional "rings" for better fitting. That "ring" got "roof" at the back to prevent water from damaging the speakers since door panels on all cars naturally will have water / rain water flowing through them via the window outer seal. So the 6.5 on mine fits nicely. BUT the door panel's plastic edges need to trim off a bit (cannot see from cabin). the amp drives the sub and no.... front only hooked to the stock HU. The stock HU is quite capable enough to drive the front components.

Again, this is just the setup for mine. Other peep's preference might differ.

something like this in google image....

http://www.google.com.my/images?q=speaker+...iw=1280&bih=615

mine for the front speakers are using plastic type. something like this



This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 10 2010, 04:10 PM

No. Mine is NE (normal edition). Original already got "rubber stud" in them. It's just that.... its not good enough. And yes, original also i need to pull it quite hard to get it out and also a bit to push it back in. But still... its not a tight fit.

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Added on November 11, 2010, 11:04 amthat pic is an example taken from elsewhere of the "ring" jacky84 was asking me la.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Nov 11 2010, 11:04 AM

btw, what padding is that? got pics?

7.1 - 7.2L / 100km for me. 50% city 50% suburb.

ur new to Malaysia??? Where you from actually?

no wonder. thats why i was wondering how come some peeps reported that their fuel warning light does blink if the fuel reserve is way too low. My 2009 unit only lights on permanently once fuel is low.

lucky i didnt try what some of u peeps said about it blinking. cuz i bet mine would just die off once no fuel.