Its getting more messy! -Addition with electrical upgrade

I did add another Voltage Stabilizer as well as grounding cable... Overall conclusion with the electrical system upgrades? Okay, first of all that you could not expect much from it because its not the major role in the engine combustion system, but it does help a bit especially when the aircond fan or the radiator fan started to kick in...

Qmax Voltage Stabilizer

The grounding unit has the this thingy at the positive cable

Positive cable to the positive pole, and the grounding(-) connecting at the alternator body

Voltage Stabilizer and Spark Earth from Pivot

Just Bought it last night. Not much to comment but it does feel slightly improvement especially when idling. I installed Pivot Raizin Voltage Stabilizer and Pivot Spark Earth for my Myvi.

Arrrrghh! I'm not good at arranging the wiring. Its messy!

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T10 LED Parking lights + H11 LED Foglamps

Manage to get the LED foglamp. Its quite simple installation since its just a bulb and its plug and play and doesn't need ballast or anything. The only thing is that during night driving, people can see you but you cannot see the road.

Tired viewing myvi?

Here, just for you guys out there with love from F1 India GP 2012.

Which type do you prefer?

Rims and Suspension

SSR Type C + Apexi Sport Spring

The spring is sold by one of my friends and it is rather cheap. I was aiming for Eibach spring but to my understanding, for that kind of price it doesn't give much different than the stock spring except it was lowered. Which is why I took the Apexi Sport Spring. Although I don't think its the real deal but it does serve the purpose. Its feels the same like the stock spring rate (but I think it was a bit stiffer and it is still comfort) and give a good lowering. The height is two and a half finger for rear and a finger for front. This is after the rim is changed.

As for the Sport Rims, personally, I'm really a bit of choosy. You see, I would definitely like to follow the offset of the stock rim to avoid improper situation where the rims will touch the fender on a bouncy road. The stock offset is +40 however I only manage to get +38 which is quite good. Another thing is it would be nice if it is wider, so this one is 7.0jj. It is a 15 inch rim and paired with Falken 195/55/R15 tyre (within my budget). I changed it at Rawang where they give high trade in price and they open on Sunday. But I would advice to bring your own camber nuts, tyre valve and lock nuts since this is where they mark up the price. The total including the tyre, nuts and valve excepts the centercone is below RM1k which is within my budget.

Anyway, regarding on performance, the springs do well on corners and highways where on 180KM/H, it  feels stable maybe due to lowered center of gravity. On fully loaded (4 person riding my car) there is no concern for the wheel to hit the fender.
The new wheels also doesn't effect much on the acceleration. Just simply follow the simple Inertia calculation and get the amount of rim's weight that satisfies the stock inertia.

Front Lips for my Myvi 1.5

Well, the thing about the front bumper is that it look quite odd since from the ground up, the side skirt is quite low but the bumper position is quite high. I could always upgrade the Extreme bodykit but as an alternative, installing the diffuser is just nice.

You can get front lips/diffuser at any accesories shop or bodykit shop. It is basically made not specifically for the new myvi, I think its for one of the older Myvis but with proper screwing it will fit the new myvi.

Looks nicer with the diffuser

New Myvi SE1.5 Manual with Multimedia features

Just want to share, Perodua has introduce the new Myvi SE1.5 Manual GHM which features Multimedia System with Navigation where the standard SE1.5 manual transmission doesn't have.
click here for pricing-->  Myvi SE1.5 GHM
Basically if we went to the service centre and ask for the myvi upgrade parts catalogs, they will quote us around RM3k (if I'm not mistaken) to install the Multimedia unit. We could also went to accessories shop but the cheap ones that they have might be similar but not the same to those oem. You can even verify them by looking at the layout of the control panel itself.

Upgrading the Myvi 1.5 brakes = Discs + Pads

The other day I went to meet my friend that lives at Genting Sempah area and have a little bit of fun driving. After came back from there, I realise that when I brake there is a vibration felt on the steering and as my car going to stop, the brake judder a bit.

Well I could always sent to perodua to skim the brake disc (claim warranty). But it will happen again and again until one time you realize that your time wasted on skimming the disc. Of course, they will change the disc eventually right? and the circle goes on.

Brembo + Bendix MKT = Myvi 1.5 brake upgrade

As for me, I went to the nearest spare parts shop and asked for the aftermarket solutions. Fortunately, myvi has a history of brake problem and most of the shop carry a Brembo OEM rotor. The standard disc rotor for Myvi SE1.5 is similar size with the previous model of Myvi but the only differ is the pads which is slightly longer -I tried and it fits. I also manage to get the latest Bendix MKT brake pads for Myvi 1.5.

There are slight improvement in shorter stopping distance and the braking is a bit smoother.

But then again, it doesn't solve the situation where you need to press the brake pedal deeper when braking as well as the spongy feeling. Which I found that it is quite annoying. Because I did drive cars like Saga BLM and I just love the sensitivity of the brake pedal.

Ultra Racing Bar and Myvi 1.5

I think for the mean time, I'll stick to improving my car handling and safety. Well, I guess that is my principle which is to correct any type of part that I think need improvement. So I decided to get an Ultra Racing Bars installed.

There are so many types of stabilizer bars that are designed for Myvi. I was recommended by my friends to get the Front Strut Bar and Rear Anti-roll Bar 16mm that can give significant improvement compare to other bar. But there was also rumors on imitations that you need to be careful with. So what I did was I browse the UR website and get the authorized dealers name list.

I went to Eneos (one of the authorized dealers) and luckily at that time there was a sale. I get it at 15% discount of normal retail price. I eagerly installed both of the bars and went home without inspecting carefully. Then it started to feel something is wrong..

You see, these bars are made for the old Myvi which mostly can be fitted to the new ones except for the front strut bar. This is due to the slightly bigger engine and the bar constantly will hit the air box. But if you browse the UR catalog, there are front strut bar that are specifically made for Myvi 1.5 variant.  Therefore make sure to get the right ones and if the strut bar is too close with the air box, then it must be the wrong ones.

I went back to get it replaced and noticed that the welding at the bar is beginning to crack. I was given 1 to 1 replacement with the right one. But still need to wait for 1 week for the stock. And of course they said they will call but they didn't. and the list goes on...

See there are marks left behind from the wrong bar installed

Ultra Racing Front Bar for Myvi 1.5

Ultra Racing Rear ARB 16mm for myvi

Anyway, everything is OK. But FYI, when I use the wrong front bar, I tried to wrap with insulation tape so that it doesn't knock the air box, but it only last for few days and after that it tear apart.

The journey begins

Well, when I took the car at the showroom, I was advised not to drive the car more than 90km/h by the sales guy. This kind of advise also had been given to me by a mechanic 2 years ago when I did the engine overhaul for my Pajero. I know some might disagree but personally I think its because to create a more uniform wear and tear. Therefore, I also manage to control my rev and not to rev high.

After the 10,000km service, I finally started to increase my driving top speed gradually. On the way to my In-laws' house, I started to drive at 100-120km/h. It doesn't feel that nice at high speed since the gear ratio is quite short for a 1.5l car. As for the cornering, the stock settings don't give me any confident to attack corners at high speed.

Intro

I have driven a Pajero for years, where it is passed over from my parents to my brothers and sister and finally to me.

Anyway, about the Myvi SE1.5, I know it is not that perfect car, but I think some of you guys must understand the feeling when you see a car and you simply love it. Well, I did do some research, and I do comparison, but when discussing with my colleagues, I found all cars have their design flaws, either mechanically or visually.(well, you guys still see ugly cars on the road, as well as poor safety or poor performance etc)

But what I like about this myvi is the similarity driving feel with my old pajero. Quite responsive throttle, the brakes, and the precise clutch.

The exterior design. Well, its one of the car that I can live without the need to do major exterior modification. But I just hate the area in the front and rear bumper where it supposed to be ventilation for brake system but they kinda sealed it. Another thing is the front bumper carbon fibre wannalookalike thingy, where I think they could do better.

Performance? well, hard to say. I got it in manual transmission. Bad cornering, good acceleration, and most importantly is the rubbish braking -somehow I still didn't trust the ABS, because it only helpful when its near stopping position, so in between that its just a roller coaster. Hard suspension setup but it suite the purpose.

Safety? well its in God's hand...


Its neither big, nor small, it just the right size. Fuel saving, but deliver the power when you need it. You don't really pay that much monthly installment (I don't want to be the guy that have the expensive car but cannot buy you lunch). All the others are just a satisfaction to me.