As I was driving earlier, by the road side got someone cutting the grass, suddenly a stone hit my side window, now there's a chip.

Toyota SC allows to bring our own parts (bought from other spare parts shop)? Planning to ask them to change to an iridium spark plug which I will bring to them to change. Will there be any additional charges?

Guys, which aftermarket brake pads would have a similar feel to the original Vios brake pads? Better still if anyone knows which company/brand it is for the original brake pads.

You mean get the ori brake pads from spare parts shop? For this, my only concern is that they might be selling fake ones.

Have you tried the Bosch one yourself? If yes, how did it feel?

Yea actually I did try to do some research and try to shortlist some brake pads, I found that Bendix is also not bad but a lot of feedbacks that it is bad for the rotors in the future. Some are dusty while some when braking, there's some sort of sound or something like that.

So this is why I'm trying to look for the brand that manufactures the Toyota brake pads for Vios. What I like about the ori one is that it is actually quite quiet (based on my experience) and can hardly see any brake dusts (unless didn't bring the car for washing for a very long time). Braking power is decent enough for my driving style.

P/S: cheeann last active on 14th February 2011, I guess he is inactive already in this forum.

This post has been edited by OKLY: Jul 12 2011, 01:27 AM

Any noise when braking a little bit harder? I still remember there was once I went for an aftermarket brake pad from a workshop near my place (not a Vios though), after replacing it there's some sort of grunt sound when I brake a little harder. Was kinda annoyed with that. After driving the Vios, I really liked the feel of it (yes I know there are better brake pads out there with a better bite but I don't need so much bite based on my driving style, I just like the feel of the ori brake pads that came with it).

Thanks bro, you've been a great help!

P/S: Otherwise I might just try the Bosch PowerPlus brake pads, it isn't really expensive so if I don't like it, not much damage done.

That's the whole point I'm asking if there are other alternatives since the ori brake pads from the SC will cost a bomb and at their price tag, might as well straight get something better already. So now I'm scouting around for options first before making a decision. Seems like the Bosch PowerPlus is one option.

Then I guess I'll give it a try, saw some sellers in this forum selling it around RM50-60 for Bosch PowerPlus as well but not sure if they are still selling since they don't seem to be active anymore.

As for the Bendix Metal King, heard a lot of good reviews about its bite but also many are complaining that it could also be bad for the disc rotors after a while.

Change to iridium spark plugs now or wait until warranty over? About 6 months old only.

Currently at the Toyota SC and they told me that replacing the spark plugs outside could very well void the warranty if there are any knocking issues. So I asked them how much are the iridium plugs and they quoted me RM79 each so for a Vios I would need 4, will be above RM300.

Was in the Jalan 217 branch, the one next to Federal Highway. Their advise is ridiculous, just as long you use the correct rating/specs of iridium spark plugs then it could pretty much benefit the car in the long run.

P/S: Decided to change the spark plugs to the Denso Iridium Power, already changed it just now at my frequented workshop (before I changed car). Kept the original spark plugs that came with the car just in case, if really need to claim warranty then I'll just have a workshop to plug back the original spark plugs.

Haven't brought it to the highway for high speed testing but for a normal road drive, I feel that pickup feels steady, don't really know how to describe in words but the feel is much better. It claims to improve a little on acceleration but I did not feel it, anyway they claimed the acceleration to be improved by about 0.7 seconds but can't really be felt since I'm not driving like I'm in a drag race competition.

Also, I've read some feedback stating that overall, you won't be able to see much difference but a lot felt while cruising at higher speeds, it's easier to go even faster with iridium plugs.

Anyway, no harm putting something better since the price already justifies its estimated lifespan of about 100,000KM or so.

RM145 per set of 4.

Yea, the IK16 is the recommended rating by Denso for the Vios but after researching at many car forums and several sellers, many recommended to go with the IK20 instead (one temperature rating higher) which will be suitable for the hot Malaysian weather. Found a lot of Vios users using the IK20 as well, even when I bought the spark plugs from the spare parts shop, the moment I mentioned Vios they gave me the IK20.

Now considering to replace the front light bulbs, considering those from Philips. Around 4000K is still fine right? Forgot where I read from but it stated that I need to consider the max/ideal range of temperature.

Anyway, would like to change to the white light but the H11 bulbs for the fog lamps are quite costly and was thinking to leave the fog lamps at stock. Then I can just replace the headlights with a brighter yellow light. Don't like the idea of the headlights being white and then yellow on the fog lamps.

Philips power2night:
http://www.lighting.philips.com.my/v2/auto...=more%20light#0

Philips X-tremeVision:
http://www.lighting.philips.com.my/v2/auto...va=more%20light

The power2night offers about 50% more light while the X-tremeVision is about 100% more light (when compared with standard bulbs). Price wise, X-tremeVision is about RM90 more expensive than the power2night. Considering that I'll be driving in the city most of the time, I think the power2night is more than enough right?

This post has been edited by OKLY: Jul 26 2011, 03:09 AM

Apparently the Philips has a lower failure/defect rate, 1 in 1,000,000. So of 1,000,000 bulbs they manufacture, roughly about 1 bulb will be defective. If it's consistently true then it's awesome.