Undercarriage ..

Yesterday, I took the Fairlady to a Bridgestone shop in Sunway in order to check the undercarriage and to take photographs with Arif being the photographer. I saw some sign of scrapings on the exhaust pipes whenever the car went over the speed breakers on the roads near where I live. The car park ramps also contributed to the scrapings. Stanley, a mechanic there, reckoned that the front brake pads ought to be changed and suggested some cheaper Japanese pads that cost RM 500/= instead of the more expensive Brembo pads. He observed that the springs had been changed to the sports type and that the brake system was a full Brembo i.e. the rotors were Brembos when I thought the previous owner only changed the brake calipers to Brembos.

I had also the opportunity to check on an HKS supercharger system which was quoted by N-One racing as RM 27,000 excluding installation cost of RM 2,000. The salesman claimed that the power gained at the wheels was 60 bhp.

While the car was on the jack, I re-inflated all the tyres to a pressure of 240 Kpa each in accordance with Nissan's specifications.

I also check the Kinsei system of car security and protection. The GSM+GSP cost RM 2,500 and RM 2,800 including installation for the respective Taiwan or Australian Kinsei system. I have to install such a system as quickly as possible. The shop that instals the system is in Damansara Utama, behind Starbucks cafe.

I took Iman and Dayana separately for a joy ride from the apartment to Subang Airport roundabout and back again via the Subang Jaya link. With Dania, I took her to Padang Jawa and back again. It was the first time for them to be in a sportscar, and a powerful one at that.