just wondering, has anyone here tried spray painting their OEM persona rims flat black or any sort of colour, maybe even plasti dip? just wondering anybody?

hey guys, im a new owner of a Persona Standard Manual..just collected it earlier at 3.30pm from the proton showroom..drove back to my house tok about 5Km..as i reach home, mum said smell like rubber burning..when i open the front hood could see the exhaust manifold heating up and smoke was rising from it?

is this something i need to be concern about and take in to SC or is it normal coz 1st time being driven?? pls help...im worried, just buy scare ad got prob le :'(

ya thats what im worried about..told my dad about it and he said w8 till tmrw coz he's off day..he wanna go and shoot them...

BTW another thing i notice is that this metal piece was so cold that it had form water droplets..normal?

ya could be..was wondering bout that too..thanks for your input bro..will try and see

fubar20 can clarify this? so far i hvnt seen this happen on my car la...

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this is another pic

the thing is it was at the lowest temp, and coolant level oso low..
but come out see like that...

just went to check..i so the coolant level, its fill half in the container..and the temp is low, so now i change high, try a drive and see how..

thanks guys..just went out again..no more water droplets, just turn the temp high..all ok

only thing left now is the manifold area..just came back again..smoke lesser visibility but smell of burning rubber still there..went under the car to check whether any rubber bush or something else is burning ~none..

Thanks bro..i so far already traveled 56Km...
No more smoke but the smell still there but not that strong compared to first time drive..

thanks bro

how long did you guys that before mod-ing ur personas (air filter,exhaust sys, etc etc)? just gt my persona last week..only one week past and i my hand gatal wanna mod...

is it advisable to wait at least 1st service then mod or maybe wait few months?? pls advise sifus

hey bro, i got a new persona new..not sure about whether engine can than or not...but its not recommendable to tekan habis habis la..as the stroker and piston still new, u need to let it season first..
my fren owns a persona, the day he get the car until the first 1000km service, always tekan minyak kuat2, when the service time came, there was a sound in the engine, it seems that the piston cracked..
i dun think this will always happen as over the years i use proton cars only, i've never heard to the extent that the piston can crack..
so just take it slow...i drive evryday to penang, i'll just cruise at 110km..later i'll be going harder ahahha

hoseh~ steady bro..lol !! but let say i duwan until kong my piston, is it recommendable to alter the exhaust sys so early, or just wait few months sin

mine is a manual, maintain drop in or open pod? which is better? confused ~

orait bro thanks for the tip BTW lightened crack pulley which brand more suitable and sustainable?

oh now i get it...thanks a lot, i think for me drop in better as i city drive 90%

mythology, yea i've heard of that brand..got good reviews about it, better to go for that than..better save up drop in+mytho lcp for now would be sufficient enough..work towards that goal

what is firestorm bro, is it spark plug cables?

i'll consider it bro..BTW i would be honoured to join u guys up for TT but i leave up north in kedah de wish i was staying in u guys' area..the car mod scene there is huge..here like oppa kampung style..nearest for me to mod is at penang

we are all here to help each other bro