QUOTE(vewership @ Jul 24 2020, 10:44 AM)
Very cool, man. Thanks for the link.
Do you know if changing the bulbs to LED will void the warranty? It's something that's been on my mind. The new bulbs are 36W bulbs (rated 60W), while the outgoing ones will be 55W bulbs. I was told that they should work perfectly fine with the car's requirements.
Here's a link to them:
https://www.amazon.com/TECHMAX-Headlight-Ex...n/dp/B07CBRXTT6Thanks again.
If its just a matter of swapping bulbs it doesnt void as its just plug and play and doesnt affect wiring etc. Also its wear and tear item.
Proton is unlike a certain car company where if u increase the tyres width(eg 195 -> 205) it will void warranty
QUOTE(vewership @ Jul 26 2020, 07:20 PM)
Hi all,
So I'm trying to learn as much as I can to slowly add mods to my car. I posted earlier about changing the lights bulbs to LED, and everyone was really helpful. Thanks for that.
Now I'm looking at future mods, making a wish list to be exact, to add incrementally more serious mods. Right now I'm looking at changing the wheels to 16" and new tyres at 205/45. After doing some research I have found some wheels I really like, and they seem cheap and cheerful: Enkei RPF1.
Now I'm how I will know they will fit. As far as I can tell looking at the specs, they should. They're 16x7" 4x114.3 mm. The offset is +43 for this model. But I don't know if that's too much. The standard one is +46 from what I gather. Anyone can help me here?
Plus, big debate in head over coilovers or just lowering springs. Lowering springs seem ridiculously cheap and effective for what I want to do with it, but there's a question of whether coilovers are better bang for your buck in the long term. If so for either, what would you recommend? I've found Eibach lowering springs online that seem to do the job but there's little information about it.
Many thanks guys for replies!
Regarding LED, from my experience, depending on your model. Older Iriz batches comes with projector which has a cutoff so that it doesnt shine too high up. I sat in a new iriz recently where the owner installed some super bright LEDS. Since new model uses standard reflector, it was very glaring and driving down the straights, you can see the sign boards above reflecting the lights from the LEDs. If this is the case, probably can get brighter halogens such as night breakers which improves visibility by a bit but not pain in the ass to those people driving in front of you.
16's maybe a bit too large for Iriz unless you need the space for upgrading rear drums to disc. Also dont forget to factor in the cost of tyres and upgrading the tyre size will affect acceleration and braking distance.
Coilovers offer better control over your car as lowering springs can bounce out of its holder(eg: when going over a pothole) which is dangerous due to the long factory strut from what i heard. Coilovers also can provide extra features such as high low and for more expensive ones soft hard which may be beneficial for adjusting ride height and amount of dampening especially when the car is gonna be used as a daily and/or you carrying passengers around.