hi.New insighter here one week later.may i know where to find good tinted and leather seat chair packing?bcz honda qote me for tinted and have leather for 3900.is it worth it?

Changed tyres from Jap Dunlop SP2030 to ContiComfortContact 5 (CC5).
UTQG TW 360 Traction A Temp A.
Load Index 83
Speed Index V
Profile: 185/55
Rim: 16 x6 JJ (stock alloy)
Price RM265 (high side. Can be had for RM235-255 if done at Conti shop)
Others: Metal valves, nitrogen, balancing

My mechanic added adjustable camber bush on FL side. Testament to hitting a deep pothole in Pothole Jaya (PJ).

I ask about Bridgestone Ecopia (Thailand) and it came to RM345 (probably RM310) for 185/55 profile. Michelin XM2 about Rm290++. CC5 will do for now. Tyre quieter but FC upped slightly but should improve after certain km of running in.

Stock tyres flaking off the sides after 31,000 km. I actually did pump it up to 42F/40R in PSI to test out claims by US forums that had them claiming that their fuel economy improved. Well it's true it does. Easily can reach 24-25 on NKVE but don't know if side flaking is due to overinflation beyond 32/30 or the compound formulation cannot take our weather. I have a porch which does not cover half the car so mostly park front facing out which means the fromt tyres take punishment from the sun. Anyway tyre wall states do not inflate beyond 51PSI so the higher than usual is still well within the range.

Q: what's our stock 16" rim offset and PCD?
A: Found it here. PCD 100 Offset 45. 40 will be too out. [26 Nov 2012]

Note: Next round, will plan to experiment with 15" x 6JJ rims. Have a couple in mind. Reason being 195/55-60 profile prices and choices are wider and cheaper. Could also go for 185/60. Real reason: saw the Federal Formoza FD2 195/55/R15 (UTQG Treadwear 420 Traction A Temperature A). It has 4 water evacuating channels compared to the conventional 3 that's common to all. 195/55/R15 will be 2.42% faster than stock 185/55/R16 but will lowers the ride by 6-7mm. Not keen if wider than 195 cos hv owned 2006 City iDSI and have seen fuel economy degrade 3-4km/l in city driving conditions although handling improved. Perhaps the Ecopia may change my perception since it's supposed to be improved. Checking the brake assembly area behind the rim, it should be able to downsize to 15". Only need to know PCD and offset for the current 16" rims.

Update: Some info on rim and tyre size difference but based on 185/60/R15 as benchmark.

This post has been edited by halcyon27: Nov 26 2012, 05:13 PM

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You can pm me your contact number for me to explain with u directly over the phone.

Hopefully u can get ur car soon

last saturday, i to to SC to service 20K.. a few info from the SA..

if take the 10k discount, cannot get the 0.88% interest.. need to pick only one option..

which 1 is better ? 10k disc or 0.88% ?

Hi cbinn, can advise on the step to disconnect 12v battery and rev 2.5k in neutral for the recal issue. Should start the engine 1st then disconnect the 12v battery and so on or don't start engine and disconnect 12v battery...

Wow...long explanation....Thanks for the info... Very education Your previous thread is on the first page... So far my 12V battery looks good. Will keep an eye on my 12V battery. Normally when I return home, I always make sure the IMA battery is 3/4 full... Probably will change to bigger battery but it all depend on the battery compartment...

This post has been edited by jtlim98: Nov 26 2012, 11:25 PM

Copied from what is written in Insighters Malaysia Facebook page, lazy to type all over again, credit to all the Insighters who had contributed in discussion:

Most mechanic will simply change the 12v with your engine running. Reason being, even during the 12v batt being disconnected, all the electronics like the clock, radio and ecu still receive continuous 12v supply from the running alternator (the dc-dc converter in the case of insight), thus all setting and memory would be retained.

So, whats bad if memory not retained? For clock and radio, it would be the trouble of reprogramming the time and station. As for the ecu side, not really that harmful except you may get rough engine and transmission for the first few journey after battery change, till the ecu relearn all the setting like fuel curve by itself. Otherwise you suppose to perform at least Idle Relearn and Crank Pattern Relearn procedure. hybrid have one more extra issue. the bcm or battery control module memory is lost means it will trigger recalibration routine. then you will get cases where the state of charge being full one minute, and without much assist, the soc will suddenly drops to complete 0 and ima keep on staying on regen mode making the car felt sluggish. this will go on a few cycle depending on the condition of the ima pack till the bcm determined that the soc being recalibrated properly.

Have some 1 told if u dun want reset everything, change the 12v battery while car started. Is that true?

True but just have to be very careful. Lots of moving things when engine running, and reversing the polarity or accidentally touching wrong cable at wrong place can be very very damaging to entire car electronics because everything is 'alive' when engine is running.

So the best way still is stop the car to avoid any unnecessary damage?

Best is to let experienced mechanic do it, whether to change with engine running or attach a backup battery before performing the change, you still need to do it properly and carefully to avoid unnecessary damage. Modern cars have plenty of electronics, not to mention ours have even more because of the hybrid system.

Got this paragraph from the internet. Removing 12V may cause ECU to be reset / memory loss, and if you do not recalibrate the CVT's start-up clutch 'release' position after ECU reset, you may get high fuel consumption during the first few drive. Because engagement of the start-up clutch (when you shift from P or N into D) is via hydraulics and activated by the ECU via sensors, once you reset the ECU, you need to let it detect when the start-up clutch is at full engage (what they call 'lock-up') and when it's at full release. The best way to do this is to get your service center to do it as there is a specific procedure for it. If you don't, the ECU may not have the start-up clutch in the fully released or fully engaged positions when it needs to be and you may end up with very bad fuel consumption. This has actually been reported by a number of owners who resetted their ECU without doing the proper re-calibration procedure. They reported very bad fuel consumption but it was solved after the SC did the proper recalibration procedure for them. In my opinion people resetting the ECU but not recalibrating the CVT may also possibly be one of the reasons for some of the small numbers of start-up clutch failure that has been reported.

paultan.org written this for City, but also applicable for other Honda CVT like Jazz and Insight.
http://paultan.org/2005/09/04/honda-city-c...osition-memory/

i think 10k better
0.88% only worth it if u take very long loan tenure

Is 1 years 8 months plus with this thread, glad that we have reached V6. Hope you guys have fun and enjoy your ride with your Insight! Is so attractive that nowadays honda give away such huge discounts.. envy! lol.

Take cash lol. Your SA never show you the different kah?

Assuming you getting 80,000 for 7 years.
2.50% 7 17.50% 14,000
0.88% 7 6.16% 4,928
Total different are 9072, with 10K cash you still earn...

Play with the formula, you can decide yourself.
Mine even only discount 5K, yet I take the cash....so you should too.

How the quality for the HU?Any issue?



This post has been edited by Jo_da48: Nov 28 2012, 10:44 AM

I have change mine to ContiPremiumContact 2 for below RM200 per piece ... got friend with staff price.

what type of bodykit is it?

That depends on the years of loan you taking. If you are taking longer loan, then take the 0.88% interest lor. Else.. money come first.

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Added on November 28, 2012, 3:46 pmZeus kit.

This post has been edited by MikeX: Nov 28 2012, 03:46 PM

Wanted: friend working in tyre companies who can get staff price.

Hw much is complete zeus kit/?

Definitely!