Dude, if I'm not wrong, JB has more potholes on their roads compared to KL. So, your 16' rim will do you good over there.
Unless the city council already upgraded all the roads, of course.
On another note, I'm looking/planning to install a car alarm system on the Forte. Do you guys know of any, besides the original KIA system, which is compatible with our existing SmartKey?
I remember I saw one from sh@rty from gs or yip auto from sea park pj, u can look for yip in fb
After a 3 days (including this morning) 8 trips of extensive driving (which clocks 290km in total) which includes city, highway, traffic jams, midnight speeding, cucuk-ing and kena cucuk-ing, I think I can review now on VS.
1) AC not cold enough. I am current set at 22 degC and I do not feel that the off coil temperature is 22 degC –
Review: Improved. Colder. Now temperature set at 23 degC and it feels colder than previous 22 degC. However, when I turn to 24 degC, it is not up to my requirement. So will stick to 23 degC.2) 1st to 2nd gear change is noticeable. Not jerking, but the sound. Other gears not noticeable –
Review: Definitely improved. Smoother feel, sound also smoother.3) Car vibrates very very little at idle, my butt can feels it -
Review: Improved. Car vibrates very very very very very very little now during idling. Be it in idling, or engage in D with foot on brake. Changing gear from N to D feels so smooth and no vibration effect4) Some of the songs has interference noise in stock car audio, but nothing on laptop -
Review: No Improvement. Not able to fix. The interference is still there. Improved. Bass and the deep voice crispier, total sound is clearer. Sound level did not enhance. Still playing songs at level 7 as previous. There is however, one effect that I have noticed. There is one song with heavy bass. At the same location, same time, same song, same verse, before installation, the rear view mirror trembles abit when the song boom. Now no more trembling.5) Wife said engine noise loud when she is outside of the car -
Review: Improved. Noticeably a slight bit lower engine noise at idling and during running (after the car has run smooth). Evening start up also more quiet. Morning crank up still as loud (at least I think it is) but the noise does comes down faster, rpm drops to below 1k rpm faster than before. 6) Piggy back feel at traffic light –
Review: No Improvement. The piggy back effect is still there. There is still an empty room in the accelerator. Not sure if it has decreased. Do not think it has become sensitive. 7) Gear shift smoother for all gears in AT –
Review: No Improvement. 6 speed gear already smooth. Not much of effect that I can feel.8) Light (Head, cabin, tail, etc...) become brighter and less dim when air-cond compressor kicks in -
Review: I do not feel compressor kicks in effect on this car even before installation. So when does the compressor kicks in? I do not know. I also do not observe any light dim or power loss. Improved. However, the in-cabin lights, the tacho lights, the HU lights are definitely brighter. Very noticeable. Head lamps also brighter, sharper. Seems to have further throw. 9) Reduce sudden car slow down when you rev and at the same time Air Cond compressor pumping -
Review: No Improvement. No feel on this car even if no installation. So this one can ommit.10) Increase battery life span -
Review: Too early to tell11) Improve ICE audio clarity and bass because your AMP needs clean and stable voltage -
Review: Same comment as number 412) Engine turns to be quieter and lower vibration because the power from spark plug is enough and misfire is reduced -
Review: Same comments as number 3 and 513) Increase engine life span by reduce carbon residual inside your engine chamber and also increase engine performance -
Review: Too early to tell14) Increase life span of car ECU, Car Player, AMP, and other electrical or electronic components -
Review: Too early to tell15) Improve Fuel Consumption -
Review: Too early to tell, but will after 1 month 16) Easier morning start up crank –
Review: Car still new, no problem in morning start up. Other comments same as number 517) Lighter throttle –
Review: No Improvement. I accelerate like uncle. Constant acceleration. I cannot really feel that the pedal is extra light. My foot is light enough. Still coming out slow from SmartTag Gate and will still have 2 cars’ length gap during jam. I think this will still happen to me even if I am driving a Ferrari. Driving habit. I was trying to pull away from a civic 2.0 when both driving at 140km/h, I maintained 2 car length but not really able to run away far, but there is a slow car in front of me and I have to brake to 100km/h. He kept his momentum, over took me when I accelerated to 120km/h. So in this case, VS is not helping you. You need PBTo me VS and GC is not a performance part. It is more like a prevention part, a passive part for your car. Just in case your stock grounding cable deteriorate, your performance drop. GC is there to back it up. VS stabilises voltage and hence protect all your electronic gadgets. Worth it or not ah? You judge. I am happy thinking what this combo might save me from. Older cars might see more of the effect as the stock they have in their car is already deteriorating.
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