Project M - Front Lip Painted!

Hi Readers!  Today I would like to show you Project : M Front lip that was recently painted and installed!

Remember I imported this front lip from HK last December?  The plan was to use it on a more bigger project for the front facial of Materia.  Now that the car is up for sale I have no more plan to change the front facial, so I decided to have the lip painted instead of leaving in lying around.

 

I really likes the look of the new front bumper.  It is more in-line with the standard side skirt and the recently installed spoiler.

 

In case you are wondering, Yes that front lip is also suitable for Toyota Bb!

Peugeot 5008 fixed!

I got my Peugeot back already from the agent and as guessed, the battery death was the main cause of the electrical faults showing in my car.  I asked one of the mechanic working for Peugeot why the battery ran out of juice so early of its life.  His answer was "Your car has 34 separate ECUs and it drained your battery !".  Hmmm, not the answer I am looking for but is acceptable.

Can you locate the battery?

 

Red arrow is pointing where the battery is,  look at how deep the battery is located to the firewall of the car!

 

The car just went pass 22,000km, so does that mean every 20,000km I have to change a new battery???  We shall see how in the future!!  Anyway, I was charged $30.00 for the diagnoses and additional $10.00 for asking the mechanic to change the battery!  Usually I love to get my hand dirty especially with my own cars.  But when I popped the hood, I came across two problems.  First, battery location is so deep inside the engine bay that removing it seem like a problem.  Secondly, some fuse or module was attached on top of the battery.  I was so afraid to remove it, so ended up asking the mechanic to do it for me.

Yellow arrow - Battery "+" terminal

Red arrow - Fuse box attached on battery as mentioned!

The battery cost me BND$150.00!  The mechanic later said to me there are procedures to remove the battery.  I was like WTF???? I asked the dude what procedure and he said I need to unlock all doors, remove key,  wait for 5 minutes blah blah blah that I can't be f**k about listening.  I just paid $10.00 bucks and got it solved without fuss ! Man,  What a day........

My Daihatsu Materia is FOR SALE !!!

DAIHATSU MATERIA
YEAR : 2007
COLOR : LEXUS BLUISH WHITE PEARL(Rare color in Brunei)
MILEAGE : VERY LOW 40,000KM++

Comes with :-

• NO ENGINE MODIFICATION! (REGULARLY SERVICES)
• INTERIOR WAS STEAM-CLEANED ON OCT 2011
• REPLICA OEM DAIHATSU FRONT LIP (INSTALLED)
• ORIGINAL OEM DAIHATSU SPOILER IMPORTED FROM JAPAN (INSTALLED)
• ORIGINAL OEM DAIHATSU FRONT AUDIO PANEL (INSTALLED)
• KENWOOD 7" TOUCHSCREEN DVD/CD PLAYER (INSTALLED)
• PIONEER 12" SUBWOOFER (INSTALLED)
• 4 x MTX SPEAKERS (INSTALLED)
• KENWOOD MONO-AMPLIFER (INSTALLED)

PRICE - BND $16,800 (O.N.O)

Peugeot 5008 first problem!

Firstly, my apologize for not updating the page for so long.   Reason is also nothing much has happened between me and my cars for the pass weeks.  

Today I got a problem with my 5008 battery,  the car battery is starting to show the symptom of going die/flat very soon. I am a bit surprised that the battery life is so short because the car is only less then 10 months old!

Because of the soon-to-be dead battery, every time I started my car these two warnings pop-up.  First is the parking brake and second is the ESP/ASR or basic term, the traction control.  Just like my ER34 last time when it was still in automatic transmission.  Every time the battery is about to die, the gearbox will always jammed at 2nd gear.   After replacing the battery, everything will go back to normal.

I already pop the car into Peugeot workshop for a check-up before changing to a new battery.  Lets hope is nothing major.