The shop mod for me is at Kg Subang (some where after the old Subang Airport). A chinese installer with experience on ICE for Prius and Insights... If you want the contact, i can PM you.

Best you call him and make appointment.. he only got 1 staff working with him.. so you might need to wait if too many cars.

thanks, please PM me the contact




BTW a forumer quoted me rm900 for his secondhand 3 years old Phoenix Gold Xenon 100.4. Since i am not gonna change my HU, is this amp too high end for the stock HU?

Insight ice mod is the same as any other car la.... So just take to any reputable ice shop and they can do for you. As long as u don't connect anything or even touch the hybrid battery ur fine. Xenon amps are huge, won't be able to fit under the car seat. With our limited boot space u might wanna rethink especially when the hybrid battery is just below the boot space. For me I don't even wanna take any slight risk. For ice od here is my suggestion: depending on ur budget, if high, get the audison bit one as it comes with speaker level input, or audio control eq, they offer far better than those cikai brand hi lo. Get an efficient amp which is usually small, and ur ready to go. Got chance I post my setup for reference. Happy icing!!!

Oh yaaaa u reminded me of the size issue..
My budget is under 2k for amp + speakers, someone suggested me to take Soundmargus amp, its built-in processor will improve the sound of stock HU. Think I gonna go for testing one day, there are too many choices in the market, kinda confusing...

finally got my trophy at 11k millage.

Hi Bro, I would not use a too old amp (in this case 3 years) as it might started to fail in 1-2 years time... If budget allows, buying a brand new is best but if you short in cash then getting a 1-2 years branded amp will be alright. I am using Helix Dark Blue (2 years amp) from a good friend so far no problem with stock HU. However, you do need to change the front 2 chap-a-lang stock speakers (u will know what i mean after u see the material built for stock speaker) to 6.5" component which my friend offering a good set of DLS component at around RM500~600.

I'm using stock and add a under seat woofer so far so good for personal enjoyment

I had used 10" under seat active sub before in my ex-ride.. now I use 12" sealed box woofer

Poor SA .. Is ok to pay a bit higher for maintainence .. for sure the saving on fuel will be much more. I calculated that you could save about RM400 for 5.8L/100km (my Insight) vs 8L/100km (normal car) per 10000km on current fuel price of RM 1.90/L.

At sumber auto for my 15K service....noticed that they dont change the engine air intake filter...what about you guys? The service advisor to,d me that it will be replaced during my 20K service...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endsc...1&v=gQghB4asSnI

for those who worship RON97!!! hahaha unless you driving a Sports car else RON97 is waste of money!!!

engine air filter?
I have just done with my 20k service...apart from replacing the regular the engine oil + filter, they have also replaced my air-cond filter and cvt gear oil...was told that engine air filter would be replaced during the 30k service...
last but not least, i did my service at Actmar Klang..

Good to see a few icer here.... Share share ur setup plz.... I will start with mine

Insight: stock HU- audiocontrol eql- alpine amp- helix speakers - arc audio sub
Vios: pioneer p99- hustler tube amp - phase evo rs 2 - seas 3 way - arc sub

That's all for now, another car of mine is undergoing ice revamp soon... Hehehe... Can't live without ice

yeah...totally agree. since our car is not high compression engine, there is totally waste on higher octance fuel.
Even for high performance car like civic type R, with modern engine the ECU will auto adjust the timing and cope with the lower octance fuel. what u lose just few horse power.

has anyone change the insight's chicken horn? any issue with the warranty after change horn?

trophy??

I change mine to hella horn..... Much better than the gay sounding ori horn

Yes. Insight ICE Mod is same as normal car. I am using back the original head unit, connecting
1) McIntosh Component speakers
2) 8 inch 250 watt Bazooka Amplified Bass Tube Subwoofer
3) Phoenix Gold 4 channel Amplifier (More than 10 years!)
All speaker wire re-route instead of using original. Any reputable shop shall do a good job. There is no issue encountered during installation but it took pretty long hours as it involve taking out the headunit, 4x door panels, back seat. The Amplifier and bass tube sit in the boot side by side.. just nice.

hi guys just got news 2012 Insight MMC 1.3 is coming to our shores end feb early march :smile:

so happy cant wait for new car
anyone got book 2012 model?

but u pay more in servicing every 5k km. in the end, the maintenance costs more than the petrol saved. not to mention about the time spent doing 5k km service.

if honda practice the 10k km interval, then it'll be much more economical and consumer friendly

i dont have insight, almost bought one, until i looked at the maintenance schedule.

This post has been edited by ckk125: Feb 10 2012, 01:51 PM