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alvinrenren
post Mar 9 2019, 11:52 PM

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Hi guys, I have a question in regards to ester and molybdenum in our 1.5t engine. Was contemplating mt105 from mugen (engine oil additive with moly). Anyone used this?

Another is about engine oil. It seems mugen offers vt-alpha for civic and ms-S for crv (both 1.5t) . Is there a reason? Vt-a is a 5w oil with moly while ms-s is a 0w-20 oil with ester.
alvinrenren
post Mar 12 2019, 10:46 PM

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QUOTE(KnightSports @ Mar 12 2019, 03:10 PM)
This are things no one wants to clarify properly. It is safe to do alignment, balancing, tyres and brake pads outside.

This are things that sometimes cannot wait until your next service and you might not want to purposely go service centre to get it done.
The TCP LED shouldn't be having clear cut off since it not in a projector casing. The LED panels would disperse the lights a bit.
Try mine, 12months / 20k KM service and i only have less than 8,000KM on the clock.

The thing with engine oil is that even if you have not done the distance, your oil oxidises as it sits in the engine. The oil deteriorates even if you don't drive which is why you have a period and distance gauge to when you need to change oil.

You can in theory ignore it, it won't kill you. But you need to bear with warranty issues when the car manufacturer decides to void your warranty.
What is the price? Are they true group V based esters?

As for oil viscosity, no one in MY really cares about the 0w or 5w figure. Unless we have winter
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It seems the Ester ones are true group V? It says in Japanese it’s from motul as well(or collaborate with motul).

Yea just curious cause they recommend differently for both cars even with same engine. Knowing it’s a recommendation from mugen so just asking is there any known reason.
alvinrenren
post Mar 29 2019, 06:08 PM

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QUOTE(donhay @ Mar 29 2019, 04:44 PM)
finally I have saved money for Honda Civic 1.5TC. Going to buy next month from Honda Chan Sow Lin, hope the waiting list won't be too long.

I was wondering what do I have to look out for when buying the car? Hope some drivers can comment sikit2

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Might be in for a surprise. Honda malaysia not making Civic now, stop production. Might resume later lol 😂.....
alvinrenren
post Apr 2 2019, 10:13 AM

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QUOTE(tan350z @ Apr 1 2019, 11:42 PM)
I just had balancing n alignment while servicing A for 1.5tc. 8.5k km at honda SAG semenyih. After received the car, i found almost all car centre round rim H logo part having hard scratches at the side. Furthermore, 3 out of 4 rim having scratches at the edges of the steel near tyres. Seems alignment knobs not properly attached causing scratches. When query SA and the tyre man in honda centre, he said all aligned and balanced tyre honda cars will sure kena scratches. I cant accept this kinda explanation as we paying rm84 i.e. higher than outside but rims getting damage by them. Is this explanation acceptable or should i complaint to service manager and honda malaysia?

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Unacceptable. I do mine outside, never ever gave to sc to do and no scratch. What happen is that they have to remove hubcaps for this tyre service and usually they can pop it out. Those that are more difficult to pop out they have to pry it out. Now here is the problem. People who do this often would know how to take care of the rims, as some tyre shops sell rims and do tyres for much more expensive cars. So they would use hard plastic to pry the hub caps out. By looking at the pics, I can tell they are not using hard plastic to remove the hub caps, but any metal tools/ bars lying around the floor. These metal to metal prying will definitely scratch the rims/ damage the paint. Now imagine if the tyre shop damage a 21’ sports car rim doing this...... car owner will cry, shop owner will also cry kena beaten up.
alvinrenren
post Apr 3 2019, 11:26 AM

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QUOTE(tan350z @ Apr 2 2019, 10:23 AM)
Now i understand where the scratch marks came from at the H logo centre. The SC said they will repair the damaged rims. Can be trusted or ensist they replace the rims?
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How they repair? Repaint the whole rim? Use s small brush and just touch up? Use paste putty and whole thing repaint and repolish? Depends on how deep the scratches are and how good is your ‘negotiation’ skill.

Carrot or stick, or a mix of both. Sometimes they admit failure, fill out form to HQ then u get new rim(s). Depend whether how apologetic they are too.

Never do these at sc, they have so many check points on the car, items to replace, oils to replace, tyre is a small part of their job and they might not think too much about it. For me, tyre shops doing these is their bread and butter, must be perfect every time. I don’t mean to be critical to sc, and there are good and bad sc, as are tyre shops. So it could just be my opinion.
alvinrenren
post Dec 29 2019, 09:29 PM

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QUOTE(SGSuser @ Dec 29 2019, 09:25 PM)
headlight...the guy at rfid booth stick there one sweat.gif
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Mine stick windscreen, under rear view mirror, the inside square white one (the one used most other countries) and not the stick outside one and no issue. But use ceramic tint and not metal ones.
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post Feb 5 2020, 01:13 AM

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QUOTE(0501024 @ Feb 4 2020, 11:52 PM)
sidetrack abit:-
anyone of you feels the civic body roll is too much? and when you take a sweeping corner, after release steering it still moves a bit?

anyways i just installed front strut, rear lower and anti roll bar from ultraracing last weekend. instantly feels much more "planted" and rigid. just sharing some solution if any members feels what i mentioned above
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Spoon sport motion control Beam front and rear. Ultra racing seems too rigid, causing rattling issue all round.
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post Feb 16 2020, 02:02 PM

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Changed to Michelin PS4 then the efficiency drop d, so impossible to have that high of km per fuel tank. Used to have great fuel efficiency until 700km+ per fuel tank
alvinrenren
post Feb 25 2020, 01:14 AM

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QUOTE(keenhawk @ Feb 25 2020, 01:07 AM)
Maybe you need to add on 30% time spend at service center to claim Honda parts.
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Only if you have something to claim. For me, maybe I’m lucky, 3 years nothing to claim.
alvinrenren
post Apr 25 2020, 01:58 AM

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I would say go for tcp as you cannot add sensing after at local accessories shop. This is not just lane keep but it has side camera and adaptive cruise . Bermaz Mazda didn’t bring those into CX5 as per of their MRCC pack (Mazda radar cruise control).
Same goes for dual zone AC, you can’t add those at local ah beng shop.
At this point the bigger rims and expensive Michelin’s ps4 tyres are a bonus.
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post May 23 2020, 02:37 PM

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QUOTE(matrix88 @ May 23 2020, 02:02 PM)
I  am not mad la
but you buy car without even paying a single cent
take full loan
take back refund money from sales man

then you want to bring lawyer when collect car, consult lawyer to sign documents
call banker to stop payment

hello. you really got money to do all those or not?
take the car + your refund of 500 ringgit from the salesman. happy sudah la
Got issue just claim warranty lo.
Need to come out so many pattern, stop payment la etc?
Don’t forget you took money + the car, you should pay back wei.

what I dont like is your attitute.
talking big here and there
no money act like no money, no need to talk so big.
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I don’t even think it’s possible to just drive out the car with lawyer in tow after a phone call to bank to withhold payment lol.

The thing is, if car not satisfactory, don’t sign, no car until new car or they fix this car. If not, when u take the car, u sign the doc for the bank to release payment.

Nonetheless these things should be part of warranty, nothing to cause a ruckus about with car payment .
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post Jul 8 2020, 02:03 AM

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QUOTE(luvox @ Jul 7 2020, 10:23 AM)
Stick at the corner that the wiper cant reach
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Please la 😂. I stick inside, right behind rear view mirror. It’s the white square one. Cut a hole obviously. No failure since installed 6 months ago. Daily usage. Wiper won’t interfere. And the best part, won’t worry if stone hit it (cause installed inside, protected by windscreen).

Personally I would like to know the guy who recommend this stick outside crap. And to recommend headlight too. Nowadays new cars with LED module u cannot swap light bulb. If anything ur whole headlight need to change, then it will be another thing extra to do for your toll system. Of the many system we can do, this I suppose is cheapest where cronies can cari makan. Some just have an online system with cameras that detect car plate (front or back or both), some with gantry without toll both so u don’t need to slow down, and we still stuck with this crap where we need a toll booth lady, touch n go lane, smart tag and rfid. 😂
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post Sep 9 2020, 12:27 AM

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QUOTE(lyc1982 @ Sep 8 2020, 06:26 PM)
any owner here remap ecu or upgraded the stock turbo...?
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Now evaluating whether want the spoon turbo or not. Of course will need to retune the ecu and cap the torque a little. Bits and pieces like brake pad and tyres almost time to change too.

Simple changes like the intake can straight swap the filter or straight go nuts on eventuri. With the spoon turbo, might need to update the intercooler, radiator and add cvt cooler.

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