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2011 Honda Insight Color Options



2012 Honda Insight Color Options



Official Spec | Price : Honda Malaysia Insight Hybrid

Lowyat Insight Hybrid Owner (Google Form) credited to Chizzu

Honda Insight Malaysia New Car Owner Checklist credited to lovencare

DIY for Honda Insight Hybrid
Cabin air filter replacement credited to ongdennis
OEM Boot Light credited to babysmile
Enable Alarm Buzzer credited to gadgets2us
DIY sound proof on front bonnet area credited to watonk

Honda Insight color code :

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Video Clips from Insight Owner from Malaysia


This post has been edited by babysmile: Sep 5 2013, 02:16 PM

Please read these self Questions & Answers ( Q&A ) before ask everyone in this thread. Many thanks.


FAQ on Honda Insight Hybrid new comers / want to be Insight Owner

Favourite post from LYN INSIGHT member

Personal review by LYN members :

Bloggers review for Honda Insight 2011 Malaysia :

Useful Links for Honda Insight :

Honda Insight Official Bodykit Pic: Credit to psyeo

Accessories when Getting Our Honda Insight :

LED mod from Lowyat Members :

Tips / Tricks from Lowyat Members on Honda Insight :

Service Maintenance Price on Honda Insight :

DIY Original Mugen bodykit Installation on Honda Insight : credit to thusithasam

Touch Up Paint for minor scratches / lines : credits to chizzu

Current Tyre of Insight :

Insurance renew on Insight :

Recommended Honda Service Center :

Creep Aid System | Hill Assist System: credits to psyeo

If you all have any ideas to wish post up on the first page, please do inform me.
Thank you.

Fuel Saving Tips on Honda Insight Hybrid :



Wash / clean on Honda Insight Hybrid Car:


This post has been edited by babysmile: Aug 25 2013, 06:22 AM

Special Quote from Lowyat Member cbinn :


This post has been edited by babysmile: Aug 23 2013, 09:25 AM

Cool! v6 already. Active and informative thread

nice! finally v6 after a long long time

Hi anyone interested in buying Honda Insight Zues bodykit 2012 versoin. I recently dekited my car. I bought from rexxstyling still keep the reciet for proof. Still good condition but need to spray to your own desired color. can provide pictures also. pm me if interested. thanks all.

haha finally v6 ..

Hmmm just want to ask the TT anyone can join?

@DevilKia

Most important of course who own an Honda Insight are welcome to join. That the most simple requirement. Maybe you can ask them via FB.

Why did u dekited the bodykit eh?

lols..finally is version 6 dy

Thanks mate, I hope my car can come out this weekend

Hi, whr is ur location? Hw much and wat color?

Recently, bought a KNN drop in filter from kaitospeed and installed it.
below are the fuel update, notice that it do improve a bit or maybe my stock filter really dirty already.

remark:
#55 with best fuel because travel go n back to kl at highway


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Hey guys, other than Mugen front grille, what type of front grille u guys manage to get? I'm looking Modulo front grille…anyone have an idea?

Hi Bro,

Yes, you can just spray on Permanon after washing the car. No need additional step.
Actually Permanon can replace wax totally, so we do not recommend to apply wax first. But after apply Permanon, you can apply wax.

@Mr.DC

At the moment is mugen front grille or zeus front grille. Modulo front grille is not selling in Malaysia unless you can supplier to build one or direct order from Japan.

Is there rear armrest for insight?

@lifeseries

There is no rear armrest for Malaysia insight.

Hi, just finish drive for almost a month after 20K service.

Complain my IMA battery indicator drop from full bar to zero and then back to full for 1 min drive(Occur once a while) and lastly go up Genting (almost near genting) IMA battery show half but acceleration can only go for 10Km/h even I change to lower gear L. Pedal bang to the floor but still speed around 10Km/h++. I have to release and bang again the pedal to push a bit of speed. Luckily the distance was short or else get honk by cars behind then down hill to recharge my battery and everything back to normal.
SC put a remark to ask mechanic to check IMA battery. After getting my car they say the IMA battery connection is loose. So I test drive for a while to see if it happen again. So far no drop for the IMA battery indicator. The up hill thing so far no problem but is not like Genting hill slope so is hard to say.

Another thing I found is normally when I fill up full tank I can get up to 350 - 380 KM (Empty Fuel tank light up) but after this service I can get 400 - 430 KM (City 85% highway 15%).


Damage from 20k service (Chan Sow Lin SC):-

Labour = RM117.0
Oil (Semi) = RM99.80 (15% discount)
Washer Drain = RM 2.10
Oil Filter = RM26.08 (15% discount)
Dust and Pollen Filter = RM153.00 (15% discount)
(Air cond service postpone to next services cause very expensive)

Total = RM405.00 (including service tax 6%)

This post has been edited by jtlim98: Nov 24 2012, 12:48 AM

uh my 20k service coming soon also (sweat)

Haha during test drive i remember there is rear armrest. Hmm.....

i think u saw it in the brochure

Haha the test drive car at setia alam showroom

guys, need ur help. Just discover this metal piece like gasket sticking out. Does your insight have this as well? Located near the engine oil cover. Below it. Anyone can confirm it is normal?

So, other than buying these item from Honda dealer; anyone from this forum know accessories shop selling OEM Boot Tray and Side Step Garnish? Please give shop name and address (in klang valley area).

to be honest it looks nice but its quite low. so i took it off. sometimes hit slopes. i dont like when it happens.

anyone?

@alxdc

Can you try to post in FB if possible ?

Officially an insight owner yesterday!! The car is fun!!!

So many. Which one?

IMA battery connection loose? That will give you an IMA warning DTC code on your ECU, your IMA warning indicator on your dash should have been lit up.

I am not there seeing what the SC had done to your car, so I am just guessing based on theory and experience. I suspect what the SC does to your car is to disconnect your 12V battery for a while to have the BCM memory cleared, then rev your engine to above 2.5k rpm at neutral gear to recharge the IMA and triggers the IMA recal sequence. If your car is recal issue, this should solve the problem and return the IMA function to normal, however, if it is your 12V battery going bad, the symptom will return later.

But if you ask me, if my Insight have this symptom, first thing I will check is the 12V battery capacity (not with a volt meter, you need a proper load tester for that). What does a low capacity 12v have to do with the IMA? A bad 12V drained the IMA via the DC-DC converter, and causes the BCM to looses memory thus causing frequent IMA recal, which is exactly the symptom you are seeing on your car (one minute IMA close to full, and another short moment later it falls to 0, system frequently on regen mode rather than assist, and eventually the car felt extremely sluggish because not only the 1.3l engine have to propel the car, but also have to keep charging the IMA at the same time). I think I am not going to go through it again, you can search the previous thread for detailed explanation.

If you have a 'friendly' car battery shop that you can loan a good 12V battery to you for a few days, you can run your own experiment on the above.

When Insight owner goes to SC on similar problem, all kind of different version of explanation given. Most common example is IMA system software requires update. IMA battery connection loose definitely is a new version of explanation I have heard of.

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Added on November 25, 2012, 6:23 pmYea, my Oct 2011 pre-facelift Insight have that piece of gasket extending out at the same spot too.

This post has been edited by cbinn: Nov 25 2012, 06:23 PM

thanks.....its a relief to know that.

Bro mind to share ur experience with ur car so far?

Hi guys...

Just place my booking fee for Honda insight..

I'm from Puchong. Been eyeing insight for long long time, recently discount really catch my attention. Haha...

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

Hi bro..I am from RAYTECH window tinting, we have many different quality of tinted film.
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!

Which bank?

@Jo_da48

You may ask Mr Joshua on this double din. So far he is very satisfy on this Head Unit. The control still work in the steering wheel which is a plus on that.

sound wise also better compare to the original unit.

c-west kit no one try to get? looks very nice

If original Zeus from Japan, should cost no less than RM10k. If local replica, should be around RM1-2k maybe. You can check around forum and mudah.my... some ppl are selling it

Good Morning everyone

Hi. Everyone, good p.m..... I have some problem need to seek your advice

1)I noticed that my CD player (display screen), it will looks haze/blur during daytime, especially when the strong sunlight shine directly into the car, it will looks even more blur!! Do you guy have the similar problem too??

2) does the 10k service do the wheel alignment too?

Thanks

This post has been edited by Chong1105: Nov 29 2012, 09:27 PM

Just signed the agreement with RHB today. Going to receive the car most probably next week. Moving forward to the power of dream.

Today I went to Honda Dealer in Kuala Terengganu to test drive Insight. Already make a call the day before and the sales representative told me I can come any time.

So today after lunch I go there, but the test drive unit was not there. The salesman told me maybe his boss already take the test drive unit to go somewhere.

Then having some discussion with the salesman regarding Insight down payment and loan. He told me discount will be RM7k... Since my current car NCD already 55%. My down payment will be RM1k. Booking order RM500 and pay another RM500 when loan approved.

Then around 4.30pm the salesman call me and told me actually the test drive unit was inside their store and I can come to see the car but cannot test drive since so many car block the test drive unit. Weird... Since I already on the way home, I refuse to go back just to see the car.

Any opinions from other Insight user... regarding the down payment

This post has been edited by Deani_77: Nov 29 2012, 09:22 PM

How much discount u get?

Hopefully you can get your car soon.

Rm8000.


Thanks. Waiting my runner buying the plate no. If everything is according to the plan. Perhaps I should receive the on Monday or Tuesday by the latest.

Can i get some info? what is the best deal given for insight recently? planning to get 1 car by end of the year. but web say 3k rebate. some say RM9k / 0.88%

So fast? My SA didnt advise me on the date, i install leather seat so maybe late a bit

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Added on November 30, 2012, 12:39 pmMine was discount 10k with 2.35% RHB loan


This post has been edited by lifeseries: Nov 30 2012, 12:39 PM

0.88% interest rate if you loan minimum for Rm80K above & max pay out for 3 years. That what the SA told me. Btw I've 2.3% of interest rate as well.

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Added on November 30, 2012, 1:11 pmWow....you have a good deal. Any than 10k discount any free goodies from your SA.

This post has been edited by se2nd: Nov 30 2012, 01:11 PM

not sure on the goodies but SA said will put all of those in my car, so lets see...hehe
btw, i install leather seat for RM2800..

I got rm210/pc @klang hin leong..ok la since most selling rm240(pj area) - rm270 (kl area)..

Good price!!

I manage to get RM11k, discount. Waiting for bank approval, rate should be around 2.4 to 2.5%

So far this is the best deal i saw in Mudah.my. No discount but give all the bodykit, leather seat and etc.

NEW HONDA INSIGHT HYBRID !!!
- Brand New Honda Insight Hybrid for sales
- CBU from Japan 2012
- Most affordable price for Hybrid car in the market
- OTR RM 99,800
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NO GIMMICKS !!!
- FREE Mugen bodykit worth of RM3,800.00
- FREE Leather Seat worth of RM3,000.00
- FREE Safety Tinted worth of RM2,200.00
- FREE Insurance worth of RM2,743.35
- FREE Road Tax for 1 year worth of RM70.00
- FREE full tank of petrol worth of RM70.00
- Extra DISCOUNT of RM1,000.00 for CALL IN & TEST DRIVE customers
(TOTAL AMOUNT WORTH OF RM12,883.35)

Which branch?

Anyone has shodded the Hankook Ventus 2 Concept on the Insight yet?
185/55/R16 UTQG 500 A A
http://www.1010tires.com/Tires/Reviews/Han.../Ventus+V2+H437

Garang looking tread pattern

not sure on the goodies but SA said will put all of those in my car, so lets see...hehe
btw, i install leather seat for RM2800..

I oso want to knw which branch..