Detailing on the Altezza

one fine day, was cleaning the ride.... just out of curiousity, spread some Meguairs Gold Class Wax on the ride..... omigosh!!! the difference was too great to ignore!!! the car's paint was bad! think i need to get some detailing work to be done on my car.....

managed to get a relatively good deal from Demon on the full detailing for my altezza.... got Mun to attend my ride last saturday....... came around 11am...... (he supposed to be there around 930am and i waited for him till i almost fall asleep.....) Mun started by investigate the overall paint surface of the car...... nothing major he said...... and he started off with car wash...... took him more than 3 hours JUST TO WASH THE CAR!!! can you imagine that he took almost 10 minutes just to wash the door handle! really pro! use everything, includin toothbrush to wash those hard to reach and wash areas........ even clean up my engine bay.....

after washing and cleaning the car, he proceeded with the surface preparation... uses meguairs diamond cut, he started off to clean up the surface of the paints before waxing..... took him some hours of waxing and another car wash before another round of waxing......

overall, after cleaning the interior, it took him almost 9 hours to fully detailed my car..... (from 11am til 800pm......can u imagine that? really worth the money that i paid to them........

will try to upload some photos on the finished product...... heheheh........

Final Mod List on Skully.......

this are the mod list on my kenari, aka skully (adapted from the sticker on the side of the car)

Transmission: : MT
Color: Silver

Engine Mods:
1. K&N Open Pod Air Filter
2. HOTBITS Full Exhaust System
3. HOTBITS Extractor
4. Denso Iridium Spark Plugs
5. Color Coded Spark Plug Cover
6. Customized Engine Grounding

Interior Mod:
1. Nissan Skyline GTR-R33 Front Seat (replaced with MOVE L902 Peanut Seats)
2. Satria GTI Gear Knob
3. Big-End Billet Style Steering
4. Apexi Auto Timer
5. Apexi SAFC
6. EL Vacuum Meter
7. EL Oil Temperature Meter
8. Color Coded Dash

Exterior/Bodywork Mods:
1. Customized NRF Daihatsu MOVE Front, Rear, Side Skirt & Eye Lids
2. Daihatsu MOVE Air Scoop
3. Bonnet Wings
4. Daihatsu MOVE Double Layer Spoiler
5. Customized Body Sticker
6. Daihatsu MOVE L902 Rear Tail Light
7. High Intensity Discharge (HID) Head Light
8. Daihatsu MOVE Side Mirror

Rolling Stock:
1. 15 inch K-Speed Rims
2. Dunlop LM702 165/50/15 Tyres

Suspension & Brakes
1. Standard Daihatsu MOVE Shocks coupled with H&R Springs
2. Steel Braided Brake Hose
3. Daihatsu MOVE L9 Brake Caliper & Rotors

Security & ICE
1. Autobahn 2 Way Car Security System
2. Pioneer DEH-7350 CD Player
3. RockFord Fosgate & SONY Amplifiers
4. RockFord Fosgate 10 inch SubWoofer
5. Alpine Component Speakers

i have some magazine write ups for the ride....... will post it up when i've scanned it..

The new pride and joy..... Toyota Altezza

well, it doesn't came across my mind to post my new ride on the blog, until i saw EJ's posting on his ER34.... wat the heck.....just for memory......

got my white TOYOTA ALTEZZA from another car fan, and after a lengthy period of loan arrangement, inspection and transfer of ownership, finally i took delivery of the car on Friday, 15th Sept 2006.....

car was decent, clean and without much flaw.....clocked almost 67k on the odometer........ appearance wise, this is one of the best Altezza that i have came across.....

some basic specs:

Toyota Altezza SXE 10
BEAMS 3SGE Engine (200BHP)
Automatic Tiptronic with Steering Shift Buttons
Legana Bodykit (a.k.a. NEO Bodykit)
Sunroof
17" Sports Rims

basically the car is according to factory specs, and even the rear privacy glass are still on the car...

just to share some photos on the ride....taken at Putrajaya

Evolution of Skully continues......

the evolution of skully kept on progressing to a ground where there are no way for me to stop... hahahah....... literally...... it kept getting worse after i know a bunch of enthusiasts and a shop known as Racing Fit..... started off with installation of aftermarket taiwanese MOVE tail lites......... then peanut tail lites........ side stickers......... MOVE Side Mirrors....... ori MOVE L9 scoop, bonnet wings, etc......

internally, he was injected with dosage of SAFC, K&N Open Pod and Hot Bits Full Piping (extractor to end, mind you....) at a very attractive bargain price from leftism...

to further enhance my driving visibility, a set of retro-fit HID was installed...... it was taken off from a Mazda 6 head light and it took me and mikeeeee 2 restless weeks to install, test and calibrate the headlight.......

lastly, the ride is done...... almost..... hehehehe........ felt that had enuf of R33 seats, managed to sold if off and installed daihatsu MOVE L902 Peanut version seats...... comfort finally, but no more body hugging performance.......

this is one of the final pics that i can salvage online...... think lanatir posted this online..... and i dont even have this in my pc!!! hahahah.......