soonest also 4th quarter of 2012, 5 yr life cycle...

not really, i tried tailgate 308THP during 140kmh, den sudden tekan till 170kmh still can maintain close, not too far, not bad for 1.5l car. highest i managed to achieve is 200km/h. btw, e spec tire are too skinny, unstable when over 150km/h, just change to 15 or 16 inch if hav budget.

just new bodykit, dun worry...

all new vios will be on next year 4Q, which based on japanese 5 years life cycle.

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once it pass 50% wear, when raining comes, u can feel the "sliding"...
tot i'm the one who feel like this, but other 912 users from autoworld forum did feel the same, maybe we drive too fast?

doing only 70km/h+-, u can feel the grip is not there, like skiing.

parts i think around RM500+-, cant remember clearly...

try go for vios forum, look for a guy called ah pong from vanli, he can help u on this...

where u get this quote?

using nct 5? change to better tire as nct 5 damn noisy after 15K mileage...

if looking for sound proofing service, highly recommend kl auto.

http://forum.autoworld.com.my/index.php?showtopic=98111

i been thru several experience of sound proofing... just like enson1985, i did dynamat on my 1st car, and it cost more than 2.5K, it covered all including door, floor, roof, boot, fender and etc. not to mention with some superlon on top of dynamat on certain area, at the end, the result seems not satisfied also, it does improve, but not as much as i tot.

compare to my forum members who went to kl auto and spend similar budget as i, they got better result.

in conclusion, u need several material for sound proof, and dynamat aka those bitument stuff is only godd in prevent rattling noise at door, roof and bonet. if u like to boom boom ur ICE, u definitely need this, but dun over done on this thing, just spend the right amount will do, and spend ur other budget on auto foam (pillar package or comfort package), den must get the road buster things from kl auto, that "sanitary pad" works! even toyota prius having it, but kl auto version is even more suitable for our local road condition...

just feel free to drop by there, desmond is a good guy... be prepare to get poison...


btw to enson1985, if u manage to get 10% improvement, is a good result... for an example, imagine when u cruising and ur stock vehicle cabin noise is 75db, after SP is 67.5db, still not satisfy?... SP is not easy to achieve high improvement, and its expensive too, for me 10% will be happy enough and drive with ...

now i using vios for my sales job, b4 this was a myvi ezi, totally not agree on this, easily close 1 eye that myvi SP is worse than vios... SP is subjective to everyone, and it also depends on some criteria and situation, for example, tire, weather, vehicle age and etc etc... most important driver will feel more noise and road feedback than passenger...

for vios, i chosen facelited E spec, due to dual air bag and not much difference than G and TRD, i dun need leather, as i like black interior more and TRD just accessories, if u hav $$$ go for it. after some discount, my car OTR below 78K. except proton, hard to get any more choices for budget below 80K, but UMW sucks a lot our money, the price we paid for vios should be a toyota axio...

is been a year plus for my E spec, mileage up to date is 59K, so far no major problems. only claim a small accessories, which they order from kl and takes just 2 days den ask me for appointment to fix it. damn fast i would say.

the real toyota still from corolla range onwards, vios just their budget car, but it still hav some toyota DNA on it, my other colleagues using city, civic, latio and etc etc, they hav their problems also, some even worse, claim this and that also. sometime i drove my manager's 1.8 civic to outstation, the civic SP just a little better bit than mine, i would said the difference is very minimal, but when it comes to build finishing and solid, toyota and nissan still done a good job.

SC plays an important role, since most of our vehicle on road do hav their own problems, after sales service, toyota still better, warranty claims, parts order, complaint and etc. i only go for umw branch service center, not dealer, some dealer not up to par yet.

give me the choices for a new car, i still go for toyota, i always concern on after sales service, since spent so much for new car, unless i buy 2nd hand... as my job in automotive line, there some other brands which even far worse than toyota, their SC standard damn , like no different that buy from 2nd dealers...

This post has been edited by NiCkY: Aug 21 2011, 04:43 AM

depend ur location, just go to any umw branch service center... u can refer the address in de service booklet, or check from toyota website...
i from jb, usually i went to larkin SC...

much knowledge or not is depend how u look on it, for SP, there is no black and white, still depend on individual, maybe is another way's round?
those are my personal comment, i only speak from my own and real time experience rather than others bla like keyboard warrior...
trust or not? different ppl hav different perception.
cheers...

same as others compare vios and myvi, also different segment, when talking about SP, is very subjective topic, big car doesnt mean good SP, small car doesnt mean bad SP... do VW polo and golf bad in SP?

try to search on garage sales there, i think someone selling replacement cabin light bulb, which is led type, quite bright...

haha, dude, sad to say myvi was my 1st car, and vios is my second car, and i humble to said that there is other cars with my family, i confident with my knowledge and experience, i not going to ask u follow or believe me like dog, since SP is very subjective (i emphazie again), unless u really wanna be, so no point to bark here.
wake up honda owner? i'm a honda fans, if u manage to notice, i knew what i talking.
btw, since u also vios owner, and u sounds so pro, kindly tell me what the different of SP between J, E, G and TRD spec?

since u skim once, and now become worse, maybe disc brake already warp. try go back SC, request a technician drive along with u, and u demonstrate this problem to him.

to confirm this problem whether happen on other vios or not, u can try go any showroom with lastest vios facelift for their test drive car, and try on it.
the reason look for new facelift vios test drive car is, due to new car, brake disc should still in good condition.
suggest u go to UMW branch, since once there is any new facelift, they will change their test drive car to latest model, some dealers wanna save on expenses, still using pre-facelift model as their test drive.