So far the most nasty thing i did was harvesting leftover ATF oil from scraped transmission oil cooler by turning them upside down to let it drip into a cup then pour it into my crap waja power steering reservoir, it was leaking big time, no point getting new oil.

Important parts and expensive ones I don't buy online.

If cheap stuff like wheel caps or accessories, yes, I buy online.

I usually go to Bay Brothers at PJ to get my car parts, there are many shops and car workshops too.

You can see many taxi drivers frequenting there because it is cheap.

This post has been edited by smsid: Dec 15 2025, 10:00 PM

Disc brake aka rotor - brand sanwa.
Brake pad ori brembo from mall seller Emerald.
Steering rack just use anshin just for temporary use, ori rack rebuild for future use.

Never trust those ads as original part. Mostly fake…except from mall seller.

Thanks bro.
Where to look for the steering rack rebuild service?
How much u got it done?
Btw have u change ur engine mounting?

This post has been edited by Zhik: Dec 16 2025, 12:55 AM

Just google around your place for steering rack rebuild. Most probaly they just replace the bush and lubricant cost rm 80 labour and bush rm 27.

Engine mounting still in good condition.

Don't bother rebuild la. Not worth the risk just to save some money. Save up and go buy china rack also better if you got limited budget

Ori
China - rm1.6
Taiwan -1k plus. Can use but low quality.
Thai 1k plus. Noise came out within a year
Recon 1.6k also.
Ori honda mly dont know where it from rm1.6k
The most expansive i have saw rm4.6k

The steering rack most of the time is the bush and the plastic thing worn out right? Once they change ur steering rack, they rebuild and recycle to the market wei.

Personally for major parts like rack , engine mounting etc I'll go straight for original. Steering rack is more than just bush and plastic one, got other components especially if it's electronic kind.

If you think about it it's still cheaper than buying new car and paying instalment. Don't bother recon rebuild all those, you may end up paying more in the long run for labour / buy parts again

Best option is still get original. I'm sure the original that came with the car lasted quite long for you ? You can save elsewhere like tie rod, rack end , etc.

It is my 1st car in my life. So i dont know when it started.
The dilemma now is, the mechanic quote me ori part for 1.6k. But as i have ask so far, the ori part got few places of production, thailand, china, and japan origin with their different price tag. So i am in confuse which to choose.
And also for my car service center, i have caught them not doing the services before....since then i service my car myself. LoL. Change ma eo, gearbox oil, brake oil, my brake shoe, tyre rotation, ma absorber. Lol.

what car you driving? Why not just go straight to spare part shop and ask for original steering rack? bring it over to him or other workshop for labour only.

If your mechanic don't want to do, i have a kampung subang mechanic that is more than willing to help u change (near subang airport)

Original or not me no idea lah but first thing i do is visit the category feature, then if i see the category setting still using the default category setting then is a sign for me a fake shop,

because if Bavarian Auto got official of course they have a man power they'll do things like Bosch auto parts the category is properly named and separately unlike the Bavarian Auto you mentioned the category is like pasar malam everything in one basket if i were you i probably avoid at all costs .

That shopee bavarianauto.os? Now they tutup on vacation, u dare to buy? Lolx

shadow_walker duno he says is official store and saying confirm is official store

Yea bought A/C filter and side mirror glass before.
Dun care if ori or not...janji works 😁

All this spare parts shop or any other shop if category are this pattern probably from same group same boss open many2 I'll avoid kena scam

You see this 2 photo already can tell the difference





This post has been edited by zuozi: Dec 16 2025, 01:49 PM

personally ayam usually go there la pickup at store to buy..never use the shopee shop yet..anybody try contact whether its their official shoppee anot..helpp

Usually all workshop are willing to do, just covered them the labour fee.
What the workshop really dislike is, tauke complain many clients bring their Shopee bought brakepad, brakedisc to install
Then complain workshop after 1 week say got yik yik sound when tekan brake

They usually will say dont provide after-sales follow up when clients bring their parts
because those fucking customers really entitled to the max

Gm6.
This old man ask me to buy and bring him to do installation. Thanks.

If the physical shop then yes you can worry free if shopee or lazada you really need to call and ask to confirm .

gm6 is super duper common car and easily can buy spare parts outside at physical shop. If you got doubt go and ask them what's the difference, most of the spare part guys are more than willing to explain to me what they know

but generally

original - expensive but if the original lasted u at least 7 years, rest assured you'll gonna get similar lifespan out of it. All original parts NO warranty

Third party - China / Thailand / Taiwan/ Etc - very tempting in terms of pricing , can be easily less than half the price. Has warranty but usually after few years you will start to hear some weird sound or some parts starting to break. I have not personally bought it because i am lazy to go workshop again to remove and replace. I feel this is a good option if (1) it's for your 2nd car (2) low mileage car (3) budget is really a big problem till you don't have money to makan already

Third party - Japan - This is usually priced somewhere between ori and china/thailand/taiwan stuff. E.g. Sankei 555 the original ones are made in japan. If budget is issue and can't get original, this is my 2nd choice. No warranty as well.