Monday morning blues

Monday morning blues... Blue skies that is. Or at least that was when I left for work early Monday morning. I decided to have a drive up to Tun Sardon's vantage point to keep Silver's strides in check.

I arrived to wonderful scenery and crisp morning air filled my lungs. At that point, it all felt right, it felt as if its going to be an awesome day ahead! *amazing what a little touge and clean air does to ya*

I drove by idly Balik Pulau and decided to take the Teluk Kumbar way to the office just to see how the elevated highway was going on. I got loads of earth on my car from the construction going on there and everything is coming along quite briskly.

Took a photo at my favourite spot, where you can see the old road that'll be closed once the new highway is done.

I got a call at the office and met up with Kang at Smart Tint in Bukit Jambul to check out his new baby after selling off his L200 Kancil. His new project is a luxuriously large Nissan Cefiro in silky black paint.

We got his tints chosen (legal spec of course) and installed and I intro'd him to Chian Soon Tyres where he'll be getting his 18" rollers installed this week.

And yes... That badge tells it all... He got the 3.0 V6 model with the full shebang! See the owner standing proudly by his babe in black?

Cheers buddy!

And a great week ahead to all my readers.

TKA Mango visit

Dennis from TKA recently called me up for a meet since he was visiting his elders on the island and it turned out they were situated near my location so we met up for a short drink and for him to show off his (finally completed) Mango!Mango was fitted with an awesome set of wheels and a sweet scoop from a donor hood.

Lookin' fierce from da front but the proverbial "eyes" look a little droopy. But heck, see this frontage coming at you on the track, just move bit*h!

I'll admit, I've a sweet spot for this model in particular, having owned one myself. It was the best fun to drive around. A little scary since I didn't have proper suspension setup and chassis refurbishing, but it had the highest power to weight ratio of any car I'd owned and driven (sorry Silver) :P

Tyre Promo at Chian Soon Tyres Bukit Jambul

The good folks at Chian Soon Tyres have extended a tyre promo to all Snappyscav.blogspot.com readers. There are various sized tyres and batteries on promo, and while you're there, check out their new selection of rims.

Just print the coupon above and present it to the helpful staff there when placing your order for a new set of rubbers. Enjoy!

Let there be light

I've been driving around almost blind for the past two years as I'd bought my car with dulled and worn headlamps. As the rainy season is around the corner, I'd decided its time to keep safety in mind and get some new headlamps.

Here's how my headlamps looked like when I purchased Silver.

These are the new headlamps which Alvin had hooked me up with a sweet deal.

How does Silver look with its new eyes? I'll be finally able to see in the dark again...

And for the first time, I can see the actual colour of my HIDs. These were during the warm up, my lights are actually yellowish (4300K ma) :P

I couldn't 'tahan' not taking a pic of Silver in its allocated space. Damn those new eyes look awesome!

I'm working on a tyre promo for all my loyal readers so check back on this space soon for updates.

Teething pains and working woes

Every initiation into any activity or any new group of people is sure to face teething pains. For me, the transition from my previous company to my current one has been smooth and painless. I have a free hand in all my tasks and responsibilities as well as the option to choose my own team of people to work with.

The big man has left me in charge of my department, solely, and that is something I should be proud of but I feel it's also a hefty burden to be born. I've picked two staff which will be joining me end of this month and hopefully will improve the practice here and beef up my quality of work.

We'll see how things proceed... As for my automotive induced pals, I'm sorry for the lack of updates on activities as well as on Silver. I've been kept really busy with work and no time for my hobbies yet. I hope to get out of this torrential flood of workload and get kickin' again.

Of friction and rotten smells

I recently sniffed a thoroughly unpleasant.. kinda "rotten" smell through the air conditioning system and thought my clutch pumps were leaking again. So I went over to see Fer for a check up. It so happens that clutch fluid was indeed leaking, but not from the pumps. A hole was found in the gearbox housing and many many hours of welding later, all was well and patched.

Since it was in the shop and gearbox was dismantled, I thought it wise to replace the almost-2-year-old clutch (which was soaked in fluid by the way) and repair my synchro whilst Fer was at it. Another dismantling of the gearbox for those reasons would've been costly.

Sadly, I've been sooo busy with work these past weeks that I've no photos (more lost memories) of the welding, clutch that went in and synchro repair :(

Just an update for the sake of updating. Cheers all!

Of pathways and crossroads

I know.. I know... There's been a lot of complaints and bother on my lack of updates, I'm really sorry guys, but the past few weeks were really hectic and I just couldn't find the time and mind to update my wee blog.

There were a couple of incidences and some self improvements happening over the past weeks, and I'm currently blogging from my new office! That's right, I've changed jobs and am currently attending to a customer issue whilst blogging. Kena mental block liao ma!!!

Anyways, I had a great touge last Friday and I hope to meet all my buddies again when time permits. Thanks for all he fun guys, maybe I'll bring around a new Type-R friend in the next few weeks ;)

Cheers all! And have a productive Monday.

Sat Night Fever

Come on one and all, Northern Touge will be having a mass gathering at the previous audio site (the lookout point) at Jalan Tun Sardon from 10p.m. onwards. We'll be gathering for kicks and come about to flaunt what you got! ;)

The location of this event is just turned off the Jalan Paya Terubong hill road onto Jalan Tun Sardon. Go uphill till you reach the peak (mid-hill) and voila! Some Balik Pulau kaki will know it better as Jalan Baru, connecting Balik Pulau to either Paya Terubong or Relau.

Be there or be square!

Han Chiang Open Day - Autokhana

I attended the Han Chiang Open Day Autokhana last weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see so many friends from all over Northern Malaysia coming for this event.
I first met with my buddy Fujiwara from Ipoh in his pristine KE70.

Then with Wan Dreamer in his Datto Even Cushion Hao (aptly named because he does interior restoration) attended in his L2 Kancil.

And of course our local Satria heroes were present such as Ray, Deon, Robert, William, and Alvin (R3). I was away for drinks during some laps, and sadly didn't manage to capture all the runs (but got some blur pics when I eventually ran back).

The hatches proved too hot to handle, but Jackson Foo was the upcoming driver to watch for. He entered the double apex at a 35/40deg and slided his rear all the way out ala rally style!

Not one to be outdone, Unker Pang (in Boon's Putra) came out to show all the young lads how to perform an awesome double handbrake turn.

I then caught a glimpse of VictorGR's previous ride in action in the hands of its new owner Darren. He was still a little hesitant when on the "happy pedal", but give him a little time and I'm sure the 7 will be slippin' and slidin'.

Zechs was there in a monstrous Cefiro A31, and in the spirit of keeping the excitement going, Zechs really pushed the RB to slither his A31 through the cones. The big guy was burnin' some serious rubber~!!! Best performance I say...

The event was so hyped up even a doggie came on the track and did donuts~!

Which Timothy Ketit promptly responded to both the A31 and doggie with an awesome gliding show in his sponsored Silvia S15.

Glad to meet all you buddies out there on that sunny day, and hope to see you all again soon. Cheers!

Vios - Refurbished!

Soon has completed another "salivacious" car and its the ever popular Toyota Vios brought in by Joven's buddy. The car came kitted with a horrendous bumper and the full of gaps.

Soon brought upon himself to resolve the gap issues and satisfy his customer's requirements.

The bumper was re-made and most panels were remolded to close up all the "in-between" gaps.

Soon put in the final piece, the number plate, and the Vios was good to go. All this was of course brought to you by Hyper Racing with Soon's ever diligent craftsmanship.
After resolving most outstanding jobs, we were relieved and refreshed to take on a night's partying. It being Soon's birthday and all... We went to Khun Thai for wonderful thai delights.
Where the three stooges celebrated their birthdays together. The cake was specially made for us by our Northern Touge baker buddy, Sean.

Although stuffed, the festivities had to go on. So we continued at our usual drinking spot, d'Oasis. A few calls were made and all our buddies arrived... With Kenny being tardy, which he duely paid for the party!
Soon was feeling awefully artistic and decided to garble us a few tunes. Tall, dark and hairy Soon quickly gathered a flock of beautiful fans.

With an exceptionally affectionate individual taking to his broad shoulders! Hahaha...
An awesome end to a beautiful day. Cheers all!