All Sifus here,

I am now hunting for a 2nd hand Alza Auto, currently drive Sage BLM.

May i know which manufacturing year Alza is better? Coz some of my fren suggest to take yr 2012 or before, due to better material use.

Besides that, what important area need to take note when seeing the car at the shop and test drive.

Tks in advance.

For pre fl alza, get at least premium spec, for fl alza, get at least se spec. Got abs, airbag and better interior trim

tks bro.

other than the model selection, any others thing need to beware of?

Check for abnormal sound since alza got no soundproofing. Also check gearchange smoothness

I saw some of forumer also experience issue with headlamp spoilt in every few months . I'm having this issue too on my 2 years old Alza . I changed my headlamp just few months back at SC , now it spoilt again. I saw some OTR Alza also have one headlamp died . Lol

This post has been edited by zarksentinel: Jul 6 2016, 11:19 AM

Change both side at once, normal branded h7 bulb like koito, bosch, osram, philips cost around rm12-rm15 at spare part shop.

Easy to diy just that have to follow bulb marking for correct alignment beam pattern

Ya...saw that too. I also surprised that Alza has this issue.

What i noted is that:
1. Mechanic's fingers are dirty and oily when changing the bulbs.
2. Even diy.
3. Unstable current.
4. With dirty oily fingers, after 1-2 times changing, the socket contact point ended up dirty. So next change it will be no use even fingers are clean.

I got the tips from a friend of mine who is selling performance parts that fingers must be clean.

So i foresee if the socket contact point is dirty, in your next change, use electric contact cleaner to spray then slot in. It is not easy as the plug is within the headlamp...just dont get messy.

I normally changed bulbs on my own. With this 5 years, my alza has 4 bulbs spoiled. (2 headlamp 2 fog)

Me add grounding, still the same. After add voltage stabilizer seems better. But my voltage stabilizer cost 15 times more than 1 bulb price ha ha. Better standby extra bulb in car and diy if spoilt

Ya...i have grounding and VS too. Had it since new car.

For me, not really 15 times as i am using performance bulbs that is like rm 50 a pcs.

Yup performance bulbs pricey, before this using osram silverstar 2 and osram nightbreaker also using osram all season for foglamp. Cannot tahan, thats why afterthat using normal bulb only ha ha

Osram silverstar and night breaker... ya... i noted that.. i had osram night breaker too, not sure if this round still have 1 of it running.
I heard that there are 'fakes' or lower quality osram out there... even philips as well...

I got Bosch the previously, but was told that current batch not good, hence, getting Hella power light to replace one of the h7.

Even we have the VS and grounding, it is better but still we can see the light dimmed a while when the aircon kicks in especially when car idle.

This post has been edited by Kiefer: Jul 8 2016, 10:38 AM

Me buy performance bulb from powerbulbsdotcom

Yup, same, light still dimmed when aircon kicks in.

Where did you get hella power light and how much rm bro

Got it from my friend in PJ. His shop in seaview PJ.
Price, forgot liao..

Ok no problem bro, just asking ha ha

no problem too... just that some normal spare parts shop don't sell this.

just sharing though.

tried to install spring buffer coil . testimonial..its make my ride like change to sport spring. yes..its does reduce body roll..at the end. i refund it..not suitable for me

it seems kinda normal for alza to have burn bulb, my alza kena twice in two years, same left side. even philips bulb also cannot tahan.....

Hi All Sifus,

Just checking if any of you have any guide on:

1. removing front bumper
2. removing rear bumper
3. side mirror / side mirror's mirror & cover
4. inner door panels

etc... i think a compilation of guides in the front topic page would be good if have.

Thanks in advanced.

I see if I can build some guides, for the ones I know and share. :>

You can open new thread and put guide bro, this thread already over limit

perhaps we open up a V4 thread as well?