Just went for 30K service

- was told that AC service was compulsory (as usual, SC person gives the ball juggling decision, if choose not to do it, warranty may be voided etc)
- charge was RM73.21 (element assy AC) + RM190 (AC service)

was it really compulsory? or ..

Due to the limited tyre choices available for Honda City, i suggest you to go for Michelin XM2 (185/55/16). It should cost you around rm250 a piece at Hin Leong tyre Klang.

195/55/16 will make the tyre look fat due to thicker side walls wor.

Appreciate it if you can share a picture

Holla. If I change the headlamp bulb to something better and stronger like Phillips Xtreme Vision 100%, will it damage my headlamp cover i.e. turn yellowish or faded.

Thanks.

It is recommended to swap front & to rear every 10,000km.. But I do it every 15,000-20,000km depending on feel of the steering & whether alignment is out.

Replace all 4 new tyres are subjective. There are a lot of anomalies that will affect the lifetime of a tyre. Some tyres last a lot longer than other, how we drive the car, how we take care of the tyres etc..

It is recommended to replace every 4 years though..

This could be really subjective. The tyre shop advice me to swap on 20k, change all 4 new tyres on 40k

Feel not bad with stock tyre CPC2, wanna give a try with XM2 when the time to change all 4 

195/55/16 will make the tyre look fat due to thicker side walls wor.

hi guys,

i'm using honda city 2011. and have started going to service outside of SC twice.

2 questions here:

1. the coolant cannot add water? what should i do if coolant almost near min? 
2. recommend engine oil for me plz..i do not know what is good.

Hi. I'm still using my ori coolant from Honda since I get the car new from 3 years back . Just recently start going out to service.

A bit worried as first time see the mechanic add water without asking me

For Hondas, the correct way is to run the engine & let it heat up for like 5 minutes then turn it off. There on, you can measure the gearbox fluid level.

The easiest way is to replace back the same amount of fluid you drain out. Use an empty bottle to measure the fluid amount.

Remember to use GENUINE HONDA CVT Transmission fluid for your car.

err..it is the coolant 

I ended up replaced all 4 CPC2 to BS Turanza ER300 @ RM210/pc.

The 3 CPC2 with about 60% tread-wear treat in with RM40 each.

ER300 apparently quieter and softer than CPC2 :-)

No it won't.

Can someone just sum up the good and bad for this City 2014? haha

so far i see on the road HC, nobody cover with car plate, haha..

no scare rain go in the lock and make it rust?

my SA introduce me a locksmith.... gonna go find him

Since our headlight is so bad, anyone want to try and install this CREE LED kit?

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3204270

Seems easier to install compared to HID. Just plug & play.

Don't blind other road users wor...   

Problem with HID we need to retrofit with projector type headlight.. huhu. This one can use the same headlight, just change bulb only.

Just curious, how much you change to projector? Got pic? 

So this is what happened with my quest to use HID ... by installing the projector on the City

After 2 weeks of deliberation, decided to get the service of this one guy to retrofit this onto the car. He mentioned that this is his last few projects being done out of his home, and they will be moving into a proper shop for projector retrofitting.

In my previous post, i did mention there is several retrofitters in this forum and around KL. The reason i choose him was because they do original Morimoto Projectors.

So this package comes with 2x Morimoto Projectors, 2 Mini Gatling Gun shrouds, 2 red LED for Demon Eye and 2 55w Instant HID ballast(4300k).

Now the installation is really a pain, i have watched numerous videos on Youtube and it looks really easy on Youtube, in actual fact its not. It took a whole 6 hours to install and further 15 minutes to align the projectors beam pattern.

There is several issues with this retrofitter in terms of his workmanship, though he knows what he is doing, but several things he did was shoddy, like cable management and ballast placements. Yet they are still better than the normal accessories shops out there which does even worst. He is willing to take suggestions and work towards it. Though he wasnt that cautious with the handling of items and sometimes he just does it as is, and not take much care in it. Not severe damage but just saying.

Once done, it was only 3PM and wasnt able to align the beam, so was told that i can do it myself or come back when its dark, i did the latter and came back later and he took care of it.

Now i am rather pleased with the work except for the issues above. Went on my way and got back, later did i found out the red demon eye wasn't working. Initially i wanted default option of not smoking the lamps, no CCFL, no demon eye as provided with the other retrofitters. But since this was included without me asking, i just went ahead. Dont really prefer any weird colors on the lens actually.

So back to the demon eye, once i am home, found out its not working, on both sides. The demon eyes is actually split from the pilot light, no wires cut here as he used some form of connector to tap that pilot light cable. So i informed him and was told to go back to let him check, and this was around 1AM.

So i went back and he checked and found out its faulty and its on both side, he found it weird. but i told him its ok, not important for me and let me know what he plans to do. He told me his stock will arrive next week and will replace it for me. If this is the case, means he has to redo the whole thing and re-open the headlamp again. I might not want to do that, but will see.

Forgot to take pic of just the projector, this is with the Mini Gatling Gun shroud

That look really good actually, and the output is so much brighter.. but 1k. Fuh. Haha.

Does he offer warranty for the service? Got any issue so far?

Wow the output is very consistent and much brighter. Btw won't get than by JPJ?

mine got stolen last time too. but when i got those replacement, i just took it off and replaced it with a rubber washer and nut.
someone has posted this issue about the starter motor and solenoid before.
your service centre should know about this kind of issue.
you can try to find it back in the thread few months ago.