Perdana, Foamed!

Hi Guys,

Sorry I haven't been updating on the Perdana for quite some time. Been tied up with work and have not been able to do any writing at all. A lot has been done to the car, from Projectors, coilovers, engine rebuild, tubocharging, etc. I will write about it when I have the time to.


As for today, Chris Lua of the PREVOC club told me that someone came out from a famous chassis foaming shop in KL and started off his own business. I was surprised. I contacted Welgan and  promised him a write-up as the car was foamed up yesterday as it brought back memories of when the Charade was foamed four years back.

Most of you all should already know what chassis foaming is and I should not elaborate further.

I chose him to work on my car as I strongly believe he uses the very same material as where he used to work at. There are may other shops out there doing the same thing for a much cheaper price but some of the materials being sold in the market disintegrates, absorbs water or simply isn't fire retardant. This guy, Welgan, is still cheaper than his former workplace though. Because of where he was from, because he worked on my car before, because I knew him, I chose him.

For the package? I took one of his highest package, that is track package, where every, and I mean EVERY hollow part of the car gets a dose of foam. 

I will elaborate the process along with pictures as per below :

 I arrived around 3pm. Set an appointment in advanced.
His place wasn't hard to find via Waze. Furthermore, it was just beside the MRR2.

 His advertising materials, click on the picture to read.

 Before foaming

All necessary parts were removed carefully, along with his one and only employee.

 You must be wondering, why are there tupperwares?
Here, you'll see that the Perdana is already heavily soundproofed.

Now, you see why. All items removed from the car are put into containers. A very simple yet efficient mindset. You take them out, put them in the container. And when you're done with your job, everything that comes out from the  container goes back into the car. No missing parts, no missing screws. Well disciplined.

 Welgan does the work himself. It's his shop, his money, his hands, his profit. So, you know that he does it good in order to build his reputation.

 All the sample materials to be put into the car. Equally as odorless, light and fire retardant.

 He does tinting too! I didn't ask fr pricing though.

 He has an upright tidy office table, which you seldom see in workshops or accessory shops these days.

 They jacked the car up to work on the frontal subframes. Containers, containers everywhere!

Everything removed. Seats, panels, etc.
They will all be masked off to prevent most of the foam from overflowing and super efficient filling.

 Both my 4channel amp and monoblock were also removed in the process as he had to gain access into my seat rails. Note that he taped all wires to prevent any shorting. Tidy much.

 In the process of foaming, whatever that flows out from the undercarriage after expanding.

 Another sample of the material picked up from under the car. I'd say this will last.

 C-pillar was also done. This prevents tire noise and exhaust echo from entering the cockpit. These sounds travel fucking everywhere and amplifies in the hollow sections of the car.

 Door sills were also foamed up to increase rigidity.

 Seat rails as well. Notice the soundproofing done by Howie of EA Autoworks.

 Front passenger side. There was a waster leakage from the aircond system that caused the mess.

 The top area of the A,B and C Pillar was also foamed up. The charade left this out for whatever reason. Welgan took the intiative to foam this area up.

Now, this is one of the most important pictures of this post. He cleans the car up thoroughly after all job is done, not a single speck of dirt on my leather seats or pillars after all job was completed. I am a very fussy person when it comes to job cleanliness as I believe a clean workshop will have a clean reputation.

 The entire process took approximate five hours. I left the place after an hour of being there. Welgan was kind enough to offer me his car but I told him I rather take a cab. I took Uber Taxi to Wangsa Walk and it costed me only RM7.00. They came fetching me a Teana, dayum.

I arrived back at Welgan's place at about 7pm to observe his job completion and closure and it was up to my expectation. Cab back via normal taxi was RM6.00.

I left the place and immediately noticed that my 3inch straight muffler(no midbox) was a tone softer. This was proven when I could listen to Celine Dion at a softer volume.

By the way, I also told him that my subwoofer was not as punchy before and he repaired the broken wire terminal port that was behind the subwoofer without charging a single cent out of goodwill.

The other results were expected, having experienced this before; the car felt firmer and solid, and you don't get as much rattle noise as you used to anymore.

Welgan was the LAST person that I thought would leave his previous workplace to open his new centre. It seems that I was wrong. Man, I cannot say that he is a man with few words, but this dude is a man with NO words. He works, he doesn't talk. I like. However, he needs to boost his self confidence and rely heavily on online advertising due to the remote location of his shop.

I'd give two thumbs up to him as I would say that his job quality is still as good as ever, compared to when he did my Charade four years back.

Location :

GA Soundworks Accessories Enterprice

43, Jalan Dataran 1,

Dataran Wangsa, Wangsa Melawati, KL

Contact :  Welgan Yeow / 012-3599910