YES! As per mentioned, I've been driving my car for 15days since we did the full car.
What do i have to say?
The car's handling improved alot. not only it it noticeable, but again, it took me some time to re-adjust myself to the reduced body roll of the car when taking high speed corners.
I will also have to admit that certain frequencies of my car's tire noise has been COMPLETELY CUT OFF and it is really quiet in the cabin on certain roads. For the rest of the tire frequencies that were not cut off, it was reduced.
It wasn't only me, the driver that felt the difference. I fetched my elder sister for dinner two days ago and she told me that the sound of the exhaust was also reduced compared to last time when she sat at the back of my car on the way back from Kuantan to KL.
The girlfriend, on the other hand, told me that the engine noise was reduced. This must be due to the noise being blocked off from entering the door sill area where the sound amplifies itself and penetrates through the cabin.
I now have more confidence in taking corners and tearing down highways at high speeds.
Overall, Desmond, I AM a very well satisfied customer. You deserve this review as you have delivered more than what you have promised.
Cheers to Desmond Chong, KL Auto, again :).
Next stop : Ulu Yam
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Addiction to Autofoam
And so I sent my car to Desmond to foam up the rest of the car.
5.00PM, 13th July 2010
At this very moment, my car is there :)
5.00PM, 13th July 2010
At this very moment, my car is there :)
Friday, July 9, 2010
Autofoam, Part 4
Still on Day 2,
After work, I got into my car and fired up me engine. Drove out of the basement parking lot and roaring straight down onto the highway.
The moment I took the first corner... THERE WAS SO MUCH LESS BODY-ROLL!!!! I almost oversteered hahaha.
Indeed, it took me quite some time to get used to my own car again, which i have been driving for the past five years.
The car feels much tighter, quieter, and part of the tire noise was transferred to the rear of the car due to lack of Autofoam in the rear portion.
I immediately got home and took a look at the souvenir Dezzy gave me. I pressed it and smelled it. It got harder, firmer, tighter :p. I broke a single piece out of it and observed carefully ; rub against the broken surface and you see no crumbs falling off. Unlike certain foam that crumbles off like a biscuit. Coool!
There is no need for me to describe the feeling during the third and fourth day as you guys already know what's coming next ;).
Am looking forward to go back to him for the door sills and pillars.
Credits to Desmond Cong, Autofoam, by KL Auto. Three Thumbs up!
Price : RM1,180.00 for Comfort Package + A-pillar
Pros : As mentioned Above
Cons : None
Contact :
www.autofoam.com.my
Desmond Chong
012-624 0373
-Signing Off-
After work, I got into my car and fired up me engine. Drove out of the basement parking lot and roaring straight down onto the highway.
The moment I took the first corner... THERE WAS SO MUCH LESS BODY-ROLL!!!! I almost oversteered hahaha.
Indeed, it took me quite some time to get used to my own car again, which i have been driving for the past five years.
The car feels much tighter, quieter, and part of the tire noise was transferred to the rear of the car due to lack of Autofoam in the rear portion.
I immediately got home and took a look at the souvenir Dezzy gave me. I pressed it and smelled it. It got harder, firmer, tighter :p. I broke a single piece out of it and observed carefully ; rub against the broken surface and you see no crumbs falling off. Unlike certain foam that crumbles off like a biscuit. Coool!
There is no need for me to describe the feeling during the third and fourth day as you guys already know what's coming next ;).
Am looking forward to go back to him for the door sills and pillars.
Credits to Desmond Cong, Autofoam, by KL Auto. Three Thumbs up!
Price : RM1,180.00 for Comfort Package + A-pillar
Pros : As mentioned Above
Cons : None
Contact :
www.autofoam.com.my
Desmond Chong
012-624 0373
-Signing Off-
Autofoam, Part 3
Day 2, Curing Process
Next morning, I got into my car and drove off to work as usual with the reduction of noise and body roll.
A satisfied customer I am
Next morning, I got into my car and drove off to work as usual with the reduction of noise and body roll.
A satisfied customer I am
Autofoam, Part 2
On Monday morning, 5th July.
Desmond's guy test drove my car and I decided to go with the Comfort Package.
The first thing Desmond did when he first saw me was; he shook my hand with a firm grip and pinched my right nipple saying 'Autofoam is better than Spot Welding'.
His Guy, Sam, dropped me and my girlfriend off at the Titiwangsa Monorail and we went off to Times Square to catch a movie. I paid Desmond in advanced for the Comfort Package and was informed that the car will be ready in two hours. I had also specifically requested them to foam up my A-pillar as i strongly believe that wind noise was penetrating into the cabin from there.
Four hours later
My movie ended and we took a monorail back to Titiwangsa and walked over to KL Auto.
Desmond handed me my car keys and I drove off.
He handed me a little 'souvenir' for me to take home.. the balance of the foam that was cut off from my car during the cleaning process.
Its soft, and odourless :).
Driving Experience After Autofoam
-The car feels a little bit stiff, up to my expectation.
-Tire noise went lower, but not up to expectations. But later, my expectations changed as I understood that I will have to foam up the door sills along with the B and C pillar to totally insulate the tire noise in the cabin.
Desmond told me that the curing process will take 4 to 10 days and told me that the car will feel tighter after every day during the foam curing process.
-to be continued-
Desmond's guy test drove my car and I decided to go with the Comfort Package.
The first thing Desmond did when he first saw me was; he shook my hand with a firm grip and pinched my right nipple saying 'Autofoam is better than Spot Welding'.
His Guy, Sam, dropped me and my girlfriend off at the Titiwangsa Monorail and we went off to Times Square to catch a movie. I paid Desmond in advanced for the Comfort Package and was informed that the car will be ready in two hours. I had also specifically requested them to foam up my A-pillar as i strongly believe that wind noise was penetrating into the cabin from there.
Four hours later
My movie ended and we took a monorail back to Titiwangsa and walked over to KL Auto.
Desmond handed me my car keys and I drove off.
He handed me a little 'souvenir' for me to take home.. the balance of the foam that was cut off from my car during the cleaning process.
Its soft, and odourless :).
Driving Experience After Autofoam
-The car feels a little bit stiff, up to my expectation.
-Tire noise went lower, but not up to expectations. But later, my expectations changed as I understood that I will have to foam up the door sills along with the B and C pillar to totally insulate the tire noise in the cabin.
Desmond told me that the curing process will take 4 to 10 days and told me that the car will feel tighter after every day during the foam curing process.
-to be continued-
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Autofoam, Part 1
DESMOND Chong, who needs not introduction into the chassis tuning industry, has given me the privilege to review his main best-selling product, Autofoam.
DAIHATSU Charade, my personal car, who needs not introduction into the car industry, has been with me for 13 years.
Starting off with my car, I had issues with tire noise since I-Dont-Know-When and had been doing a lot of R&D with soundproofing, noise dampening, insulation, vibration dampening. I have done extensive DIY soundproofing from applying bitumen onto my floorboard and boot area along with a layer of Insuflex for the past 3 years.
To my suprise, it has given me minimal, if not, results not up to my expectation.
Oh my, I realise all my hard work, sweat, and tears has not been paid off every time when I'm done with my DIY jobs when I go for test drives and still hear the same amount of tire and wind noise. Nevermind the engine and exhaust note.
Finally, after setting aside a small budget aside and much hesitation, I sent my ar to Desmond. He got his guy to do a test drive and came to a conclusion that the tire noise is coming through the bottom door sills and subframes.
The theory to his conclusion was :
The tire noise was amplified through the hollow sections of my chassis. Take a cave for example, shout through it and you'll hear an echo following.
So, this was what's happening to my entire car. This proves that although my car is filled with bitumen and insulflex on the floorboard and doors, noise is still penetrating into the cabin!
My car is known to be noisier compared to other sedans and hatchback for no appratent reason. It's been driving me crazy everytime I travel back to my hometown on the East Coast Expressway.
-to be continued-
DAIHATSU Charade, my personal car, who needs not introduction into the car industry, has been with me for 13 years.
Starting off with my car, I had issues with tire noise since I-Dont-Know-When and had been doing a lot of R&D with soundproofing, noise dampening, insulation, vibration dampening. I have done extensive DIY soundproofing from applying bitumen onto my floorboard and boot area along with a layer of Insuflex for the past 3 years.
To my suprise, it has given me minimal, if not, results not up to my expectation.
Oh my, I realise all my hard work, sweat, and tears has not been paid off every time when I'm done with my DIY jobs when I go for test drives and still hear the same amount of tire and wind noise. Nevermind the engine and exhaust note.
Finally, after setting aside a small budget aside and much hesitation, I sent my ar to Desmond. He got his guy to do a test drive and came to a conclusion that the tire noise is coming through the bottom door sills and subframes.
The theory to his conclusion was :
The tire noise was amplified through the hollow sections of my chassis. Take a cave for example, shout through it and you'll hear an echo following.
So, this was what's happening to my entire car. This proves that although my car is filled with bitumen and insulflex on the floorboard and doors, noise is still penetrating into the cabin!
My car is known to be noisier compared to other sedans and hatchback for no appratent reason. It's been driving me crazy everytime I travel back to my hometown on the East Coast Expressway.
-to be continued-
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Custom Grounding Cables
Hey Guys,
Over the past Monday, it was my off day and I had nothing much to do. Therefore, I carried on with my long procrastinated project ; Custom Ground Cables :D.
I and a few friends strongly believe that a a 6mm DC cable is already rated at 36A is most suitable for grounding, compared to come aftermarket speaker cables what are widely sold in the market.
However, this is too technical of a spec for us to find for people dumb lke me :), so we opted for welding cables.
Ask yourself this question :
You jump start a car, can your 'speaker/amp' cable do it? Or you use welding cable to do it?
Welding cables are very high in conductivity and lets high amp travels right through from one end to the other. We also have to keep in mind that the length of the cable matters as you try to jump start a car with a 10m long welding cable, you will be unsuccessful.
So, things you will need :
2-3metres of 25mm welding cable
25mm cable lugs
Scissors
Cutters/pliers
Crimpers
Optional :
Solder equipments
Hot glue gun
Trunking
I will be doing a 5-point set as there isn't much personal theory to be applied to how many do we need.
1.We start by measuring the length of the cables needed to connect all parts of the engine to the body and cut them into pieces.
2. Then, we start cutting off the outter rubber insulator of each ends of the cable. You can opt to add some trunking around the cables. You have to do this before you fit the lugs.
3. From there, use a crimper, or plier to fur the cable lugs onto each end of the stripped cable. This may be abit hard. To make things easier, you may want to get a slightly oversized cable lug to fit them on as you dont want excessive 'cable hairs' sticking out of the lugs.
4. This step is optional : You can solder the wires down to the lug. Sorry for the bad workmanship as i do not have a proper solder nor soldering grease to spread the jam evenly. This is (along with the next step) quite important as the cable hairs may or may not break over time.
5. You can also use some hot glue gun to seal up the cable to cable lug joints.
6. Wallah! This is the outcome :
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You are going to have to fit them onto the car. Keep in mind that it is not necessary to connect them all to the negative termila of the battery. Instead, you can bolt them down from the throttle body to absorber mounting nut, ignition coil to absorber mounting nut, air cond compressor/starter motor to body/engine block, and so on.
It would be best if you have a clamp-type ammeter to measure current flow into the ground and try various ways to fit your grounding cable and see which one gives the highest reading.
Sorry I didnt take any pictures after fitting as it was already dark at that time.
Took me about 4-6hours to make the cables and fit everything in as its been quite awhile since i did this.
Credits to Steven aka mxsteven for the welding cables and Zam for the cable trunking :).
Results : Didnt really noticed the improvement in audio quality nor headlamps as I was using HIDs. However, engine was smoother and fuel consumption improved by a bit.
Cheers
Over the past Monday, it was my off day and I had nothing much to do. Therefore, I carried on with my long procrastinated project ; Custom Ground Cables :D.
I and a few friends strongly believe that a a 6mm DC cable is already rated at 36A is most suitable for grounding, compared to come aftermarket speaker cables what are widely sold in the market.
However, this is too technical of a spec for us to find for people dumb lke me :), so we opted for welding cables.
Ask yourself this question :
You jump start a car, can your 'speaker/amp' cable do it? Or you use welding cable to do it?
Welding cables are very high in conductivity and lets high amp travels right through from one end to the other. We also have to keep in mind that the length of the cable matters as you try to jump start a car with a 10m long welding cable, you will be unsuccessful.
So, things you will need :
2-3metres of 25mm welding cable
25mm cable lugs
Scissors
Cutters/pliers
Crimpers
Optional :
Solder equipments
Hot glue gun
Trunking
I will be doing a 5-point set as there isn't much personal theory to be applied to how many do we need.
1.We start by measuring the length of the cables needed to connect all parts of the engine to the body and cut them into pieces.
2. Then, we start cutting off the outter rubber insulator of each ends of the cable. You can opt to add some trunking around the cables. You have to do this before you fit the lugs.
3. From there, use a crimper, or plier to fur the cable lugs onto each end of the stripped cable. This may be abit hard. To make things easier, you may want to get a slightly oversized cable lug to fit them on as you dont want excessive 'cable hairs' sticking out of the lugs.
4. This step is optional : You can solder the wires down to the lug. Sorry for the bad workmanship as i do not have a proper solder nor soldering grease to spread the jam evenly. This is (along with the next step) quite important as the cable hairs may or may not break over time.
5. You can also use some hot glue gun to seal up the cable to cable lug joints.
6. Wallah! This is the outcome :
_________________________________________________
You are going to have to fit them onto the car. Keep in mind that it is not necessary to connect them all to the negative termila of the battery. Instead, you can bolt them down from the throttle body to absorber mounting nut, ignition coil to absorber mounting nut, air cond compressor/starter motor to body/engine block, and so on.
It would be best if you have a clamp-type ammeter to measure current flow into the ground and try various ways to fit your grounding cable and see which one gives the highest reading.
Sorry I didnt take any pictures after fitting as it was already dark at that time.
Took me about 4-6hours to make the cables and fit everything in as its been quite awhile since i did this.
Credits to Steven aka mxsteven for the welding cables and Zam for the cable trunking :).
Results : Didnt really noticed the improvement in audio quality nor headlamps as I was using HIDs. However, engine was smoother and fuel consumption improved by a bit.
Cheers
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