At Tiong Nam Setia Alam doing my 1k service. Quite a nice place here, with some light snacks, drinks and wifi.

My car also has the uneven rear exhaust issue and minor car misalignment (goes to the left). Lets see if they will rectify these issues

Got some LED bulbs for my lowlights this morning. Have to test later to see if its ok. Main thing I want is not to blind others and as long as its brighter than the halogens. I expect the light throw distance to be the same. Our stock halogens are Philips H11 LongLife btw

I think either of these 2 would be an improvement over stock halogens. Though it would still be yellowish in light. If you want a whiter look, you can try Philips Diamond or Crystal Vision; but light output would be less

Pretty straightforward. A little cramped on the passenger side as there are some cables running about. But I would say very easy to do. Just turn counterclockwise to detach and remove original bulbs, detach the cable, and put the new ones in (in reverse order).

Nope. Just plug and play. No need to cut wires or change the housing bracket

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I got it online, from Auxbeam. But plenty available on ebay/amazon. Hard to determine which is the better one. Mine was about USD55, including shipping.

As above, its from Auxbeam. About USD55 in total. I saw more expensive ones that are branded, like OPT7 and JDM Astar. But I feel LED aftermarket is limited. The light output is great right over the car, but the intensity and light drops off in the distance. I think HIDs are still the best option but I wasn't comfortable with ballasts and relays running in our cars, especially with the auto light which would trigger the lights on and off. For the money I spent, I am quite satisfied. For now, haha

Didn't know Osram and Philips had LED aftermarket for our lowlights. Or are you talking about fog lamps?

I believe they are; they are still halogen-based bulbs.

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Quoted at 4k lumens. But need to look at more than just the pure lumen value.

I thought it was 30% for the rear windows and screen?

Btw, forgot to say thanks bro! Nice organizing of the thread

You are in luck! Just saw a posting on the Honda Civic X facebook group (as in the 1st post). Join in (as its a closed group) and you will see. Factory price RM3300, but there is a group buy for RM2950. Claims to be OEM/original Honda. Installation excluded but can be arranged. Tempting....

That looks sweet! I had CVs before in my previous ride, not bad . But now there is an (very expensive) option to go for full LED OEM headlamps...fingers itchy

First 'service' is 1k km, but more of a checking than service. Real 1st service is when the car hits 6 months or 10,000 km, whichever is first. However. with the turbo, we may need to go for an oil service earlier, depending on the car condition, which is then dependent on how the car has been driven (hard, leisurely etc). You will know more by reading the informative posts at the start, particularly on the maintenance minder.

On a side note, I have been driving all these while with ECO mode on. But just now I turned it off just to try, and whoa, you can feel the noticeable increase in throttle response. Methinks no more eco mode from now on, unless its highway cruising.

What I normally is do is before I reach home for the night, I would drive to a nearby petrol station and pump the tires with more pressure, say about 34 or 35psi, then go home. In the morning when I get up, before starting out, I would then use the tire pressure meter and release the air till its 32psi. That way, perfect cold temperature for the tires. Hope this helps.

Just a heads up for those on the halogens. I noticed little spots/specks on the projector lens itself and am at the service centre now. The tech drove a brand new undelivered civic next to my car and it too had the little spots. They said they will raise this issue with Honda Malaysia so lets see.

Also rectifying the seat bracket cover at the driver side. My plastic cover on the right side pops off too easily, so waiting for them to fix this.

In my view, the Mazda also has better drive and handling. But you are correct, do drive both and you will decide the right one for you.