Mazda RX-7 FC3S Recovery - Incident Part 2

~Fillers~

Played bowling with Yazid and Dzulq last week, somehow i lost pathetically =(


Finished building Blovvfly's laptop cooler =)
~Fillers~

Since i was going out today, my friend and i decided to stop by at the bodywork car to check on the FC. Somehow i was kinda pissed, because when we asked about the car, they just "dunno" and don't really pay attention to us >_< Oh well. At least the car is there. The overall progress i can say around 50% maybe? But still, it is taking too long -_- and i'm eager to get back on the track again >_> Below are the pics that we took during our short visit.


The back view =(


The side view, there goes the RedSuns vinyl =(


Another view angle of the car =(

Before that, we stopped by at our usual workshop at USJ to check out the available spoiler for the FC. Somehow we got three options for a new spoiler, stock, drag, or the RE Amemiya version. The drag version was plain ugly >_> But the RE Amemiya spoiler kinda tempting xD Below are the pics we took plus a little demonstration with another FC belongs to the mechanic to see whether it looks nice or not xD


The RE Amemiya spoiler


Side view of the spoiler attached to the FC


Back view of the spoiler

Well, i would say the RE Amemiya spoiler is kinda cool, compared to the stock spoiler for FC xD But that we have to wait until the bodywork finished =( So far that is the only updates for now. Will update later when there are some improvements =)

Ciao~

End of Holiday with a Big BANG - Incident Part 1

Bang? What Bang? Haha... Finally the beast met its match, the Mother Nature xD Yeah, last night finally the FC involved with an accident somewhere around old Bangi trunk road. I wasn't driving the car, but Yazid.


The aftermath >_>

Now, lets recall what happen last night:

Both Munzeer and i were pretty tired that night as Munzeer just got back from a picnic with his family while i just got back from my ex-classmate wedding at Ampang (borrowing the FC >_>). Soon after we got back, Munzeer and i was doing our 180 turn at an open car park. Both of us managed to do well and get used to it (Munzeer used to it as he has a good experience while i kinda getting to know the car better after often borrowing the car and drive on my own) .

Soon after, Hafiz and Yazid arrived then both of munzeer and i taught them how to do it. Yazid as usual get very excited while Hafiz a little bit nervous. Sometimes during my turn was over, i did a few 360 turn a.k.a doughnut, while Yazid saw i'm doing it, he also want to try it after his turn, but failed. So we went to Bangi for a touge session.

On the way, Hafiz was doing the first run. I can say he had more confidence than before, but somehow he often made mistakes during gear change, that made me worried a bit. Is he getting excited after learning the 180? Only God knows. When it was over, i was kinda wanted to go second as i want to practice my newly-learned Power Over Drift technique but i afraid Yazid might tried to copy it. So i asked him to drive first as i don't want to risk our lives <_<

It went normal at first, but then soon later, i can see Yazid is kinda over-excited since he is so bold taking the right lane without even my confirmation (i seated at the front-passenger side at that time). Approaching the destined corner, he was going a bit fast, during the right turn, the car starting to oversteer to the right. Somehow i kinda noticed that Yazid press some more of the gas pedal then counter-steer. The result of doing that, the car now oversteer to the left. I think upon the oversteer part started, he already engulfed in his panic attack since i kind of remembered hearing he pressing even more gas pedal as the car is oversteering to the left. In a flash, the car made a complete 180 degree turn and hit the hill on the left side of the road.

Seriously, it all went too fast and the rest of us couldn't react anything. Just a blink of eyes, the car was already crashed. We went into silent for a few second as we still kinda shocked of what just happened. Then Munzeer finally spoken and ask Yazid to ignite back the engine and place it at the other side of the road as it is much more wider so we can do the inspections of the damage. Lucky the engine still ok and can cross the road.

Right after stopping, all of us went to check the damage. Apparently, the crash do the damage on the right-rear of the car. Although the damage seems minimal, but... the big problem is the damaged bodywork is touching the right-rear tire. We can't afford taking risk of blowing the tire when we trying to head back home. So we decided to pull the body a bit so that we can widen the gap. Surprisingly, the FC body is very tough that we can't even move an inch o_o I was almost giving up and thinking of going back together by walking but only Munzeer drive the car back.

Later i remember about the small spare tyre that might can do the trick. I mentioned to everyone and we all started to do the operation. Munzeer prepared all the tools, Hafiz do all the work, I try to hold the car and at the same time cover the damaged part from passerby cars as i don't want them to bug us, and Yazid... sitting and looking while having a mental breakdown. No other option, all of us tried to cheer Yazid up and cure his breakdown. Well, at least another helper and stay optimistic is good rather than giving up in that kind of condition. For almost 1 hour we battle through our way to get the spare tyre in, finally our work paid off. The tyre fits perfectly while giving a good gap between the tyre and the body.

So we head back slowly to our home with the car. Thank God, we managed to arrive safely and went to our own home for a rest.


The crash course

I can't sleep at all that night. Why? Because i'm worried what Basyeer (car owner) is going to say >_< So i end up staying up until 7am. Then i went back to the crash scene to do some CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) lolz xD Well, nothing much to be seen there plus the road was quite busy. There are only one visible tyre line that went straight to the hill. Oh well, i guess that was it to conclude my CSI >_>


The red circle is where the car was hit

After getting back home, i dozed off completely and woke up getting sms-es from Yazid and Munzeer that the car has been sent for body repair and Basyeer want to see the pictures. That evening i managed to have a chat with Basyeer via yahoo messenger and sort things out. Right after that, i called up Yazid and asked him for a drink at a nearby stall. Basyeer was concerned with Yazid's feeling, so i decided to meet up with him in order to give him some encouragement. After a while talking, i guess i made himself to calm down. I've been knowing Yazid for almost 10 years so i hope everything went ok with him.

So now the car currently under repair and will have to wait for another few days. Hafiz and i suffered a minor injury. Hafiz only hit his head while i somehow had a neck strain injury. My holiday is over and tomorrow classes are going to start -_- I need my sleep. I will continue updating the progress of the car.

Ciao~

The inactive me D=

Goddamn... i haven't update my blog for almost a month now =D Well, i blame it all to the horrendous assignments that i need to finish it all up >_> Plus it seems that the drama mistress, kitleen is angry with me because i haven't update my blog for a while xD Ok ok, here are my full updates, might be quite long though xp

This March was quite full of activities and issues whether for me or everyone else. As for the biggest issue, the Malaysia 12th General Election was held after 4 years from the previous election at 2004. The result were totally unexpected, even most citizen called it 'Political Tsunami'. The political party that taking lead of Malaysia suffered a heavy defeat by denied a majority 2/3 win (well they managed to won by simple 50% >_>) plus lost 4 states (Kedah, Perak, Penang, Selangor) and 1 federal teritoty (Kuala Lumpur) to the opposition.


Prime Minister in desperate mode? lolz

Welll, this showed that the people doesn't want the current Prime Minister leadership anymore plus we all so fed up with the corruption going within the current government now <_< The funny thing is, a man with dignity would step down in this kind of situation, but our Prime Minister still saying he has lots of support (although clearly people want him to step down xD). Seriously, the Deputy Prime Minister only talk about his support, but he seldom show his face. I bet he is waiting for the Prime Minister to crumble due to pressure >_> Haih... i think the Prime Minister should commit 'Harakiri' already <_<

Anyway, leaving the endless retard political crisis behind, life for me was quite hectic. I've been constantly went go-and-back from my home to the workshop (near Summit USJ) since my friend sent his car for half-cut swoop since his car is no-good anymore >_> It took around 2 weeks for the job to be done and cost around RM6600 @_@ Damn... so much money for an old car =p But nevertheless, these guys repaired the car very well as we are very satisfied with their work =) The car feels great and i can drive as crazy as i want xD That night, Munzeer and I took a stroll at Putrajaya for a few photographic session with the car xD Hot damn we took too many picture with crazy pose xDDD


The engine bay is empty during the repair.


Finally, the car has been reborn =D

Next adventure, trip to Kuala Pilah with my family exclude my dad, i need to pickup my bro in his matriculation as he is having his semester break. It was my second time to use that zig-zag mountain road. Too bad i'm driving a normal car, if i bring the FC, then i might as well have fun with the mountain road at Bukit Putus xD On the way back, we stop over a recreational park named Ulu Bendul as my youngest bro been nagging along the journey. Seriously i should kick his ass for being noisy :-@ So my mum asked me to stop by, so we did, and enjoy the nature for a while =)


The pool at Ulu Bendul.

It seems like the busyness never leave me behind <_< Right after i got back from Kuala Pilah, Munzeer called me asking me to escort him back to USJ as he sent the car for minor repair. On the way back, new trouble befall onto me. As i was about to move out from Petronas USJ 20, my car's clutch snapped o_o So i can't get the car going as i can't access the gears at all >_< I pushed the car to the provided parking in the Petronas and inspected the car for a while. Called my dad asking for help, in the end he asked me to leave the car for a while and come back home. So i just leave the car there and headed home. Lucky the Petronas there is combined with a 24-hours KFC, so i can worry less about the car v_v


Two FD and one FC belongs to a group, found when i visited the workshop.

The next day my dad and i went back there to see the car. well, it is still there untouched. Thanks God for that =D So my dad inspected further and we made a discovery lolz xD We need to find a replacement for the clutch wire. So we drove off with my dad's car to the USJ area to find the spare part. Lucky we found one and the clutch is quite cheap lolz, RM 28. Compared to if i decided at first to called a tow-lorry, that would cost me more than RM 100 x_x Anyway, we head back and install the clutch by ourself >_>


There is the new wire that i had to put all by myself >_>

From the image above, that is the new clutch wire we bought. The right circle is where i had to insert into the car body and hooked it to the clutch pedal. The left circle i had to went below the car to hooked it back to the car's gearbox >_> Frantically, it worked =D So both of my dad and i went back home with both cars. Whew... a new lesson learned =D

In this month also my friends and i are kinda having a photogenic disease where we like to go out and have some photo session xD Even yesterday we went to Putrajaya for another photo shoot xD Behold:


The retarded oxymoron group including myself, with a victory pose xDDDD

We also made a video, but i guess i will post it later xD Later around 3 - 4am, Basyeer and i went for a 'Touge' session at Bangi. As usual, we tackled the corners with high speed and skills. Warning, those that don't have the proper car with proper safety, don't try to imitate us.

Well, i guess that is all my updates for now. Will be busy with assignments deadline for a while. Until later =)

Ciao~