Car Accessories

As mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to restore the car and ended up buying many replacement parts and new accessories for the car Besides the lights and rims, I installed new alarm system, parking sensors, gear knob and steering wheel. Also, ordered many replacement parts from Kah Motors. These include passenger door handle (interior), roof handle, centre aircon cover, door stopper, tilter fastener, roof slider protector. The parts (prices at below post) took around a month to be shipped to Singapore from Japan. As promised, below are the photos.

Accessories and Replacement Parts

Momo Steering Wheel



New Gear Knob

Replaced damaged centre aircon vent with new part

Replaced cracked passenger handle with new part



New fasteners for centre tilter

Replaced roof slider protector. Top is the damaged piece.

New door stopper

New roof handle (driver's side)

New Rear Mirror

New parking/reverse sensor with indicator

New Rims!!!

When I took over the car, Mr T had changed the rims (brand: SSP). He told me that the old rims (Rota) and tires previously used by Mr L was going bald and ride was too low for him. He changed the rims and tyre size from 195/55/15 to 195/60/15. This resulted the tyres being too thick and almost touching the fenders. Problem with this was that the larger tires put a lot of stress on the driveshaft and also burn more petrol. Anyway, I told him I wanted both sets of rims/tires.

For the rota rims, I advertised at SHC and sold it off for $2XX. Went shopping for new rims at Silent, Leong Seng, Coco, Stamford etc. Wanted to change to 205/45/16 for better fit. Initially shortlisted this Konig rims, model Incoming. Calvin from LS suggested the rims to complement the car - towards more design styling rather than sporty. Last Saturday, decided to get the rims from LS. On my way there, I drove past this rim shop (Hong Tyre) at Jalan Jurong Kecil (opposite Bt Timah CC). Went down to take a look at saw this deep dish rim. Boss told me brand was RM. It was perfect as the offset was 38. Mr L told me before if offset is 35, the rims/tires will be flushed with the car body. Fell in love with it and decided to get it. Boss was super friendly and patient, even suggesting to INSTALL to see how it will look on my car. No obligation to buy! But I had already decided to buy. Negotiated for the price and trade-in for the existing rims. The process was quick. New rims were onto my car within 20-30mins. The boss also threw in a 3mm wheel spacer to make the rims flushed.

Went home happy but realised that 2 of the wheel caps were not perfectly in place and went back to the shop again. Super duper after sales service! Took out the 2 wheel caps and replace with new ones! No questions asked! Impressed!

Changing to New Rims

Rota rims that I sold away

Konig Incoming which I initially wanted to get

Hong Tyre Shop front

Changing the rims at the back of Hong Tyre

Before and After

New rims from front and back

Importing Rear Lights and Headlights

One of the things that I didn't like was the red rear lights. Look too dated. Decided to find replacement. Went to ebay motors to search for the lights and found a pair that I like very much. It has the CF look. The e-store in US also sell headlights and I decided to get a pair of crystal headlights, in case I decide to replace the front customised CF headlights. Amazingly, the freight charges were more expensive than the lights!

Once the lights arrived, I went down to this shop in Geylang (Soon Lee Accessories, Tel 67414010) where it is famous for installing alarms, sound system, reverse sensor etc. I installed my new alarm there and parking sensors (4 sensors) there. They also installed the rear lights for me but the brackets were not able to fit the the rear lights properly. The lights were protuding slightly outwards. Told me to go to spray shop to fix the brackets. I decided not to install the headlights for the time being as the CF rear lights match the front CF headlights.

As mentioned earlier, I also needed to fix my front bumper due to the small cracks. Went down to Lee and Soon Paintworks and after 1 week, viola! My front bumper looks perfect again and the rear lights are put in place. Hooray!

Imported Rear Lights

Before After

Del Sol Parts Number and Price

Been to Kah Motors Alexandra for 4 times already to order parts. Took the opportunity to check out pricing for some of the del sol parts that I am thinking to be replace. Now the uncle there know me very well ;) Anyway, for the benefits of del sol owners out there, here are the parts I have checked and their part number and price (before GST). Hope it's helpful. Will post pic once I received the goods.

Item : Outlet Assembly Centre (the centre oval air con vent)
Part No : 77610-SR2-E01ZA
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 407 sn 16
Price: $73.90

Item : Outlet Assembly Side (the side round air con vent)
Part No : 77640-SR2-E01ZA
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 407 sn 17
Price: $56.00

Item: Weatherstrip R. roof side (right side roof seal)
Part No: 85141-SR2-033
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 418 sn 16
Price: $132.80

Item: Weatherstrip L. roof side (left side roof seal)
Part No: 85191-SR2-033
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 418 sn 19
Price: $132.80

Item: Weatherstrip FR. pillar (front roof seal)
Part No: 72320-SR2-043
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 475 sn 3
Price: $288.60

Item: Weatherstrip RR. pillar (rear roof seal)
Part No: 72330-SR2-023
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 475 sn 4
Price: $337.10

Item: Clip RR Roof Rail (the 2 screw clips below the centre roof tilter)
Part No: 91504-SR2-000ZB
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 488 sn 23
Price: $1.80 each

Item: Slider L, FR, Main roof (the small peanut-looking piece on the roof interior at both front left and right sides)
Part No: 85255-SR2-013ZA (left side part number)
Reference in delsol manual: Pg417 sn20
Price: $5.50

Item: Handle Assembly L. Inside (passenger handle interior)
Part No: 72160-SR2-003ZA
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 517 sn 28
Price : $39.60

Item: Cover plate (the rubber plate that covers the centre roof tilter)
Part No: 85717-SR2-000
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 428 sn 46
Price: $26.80

Item: Stopper door (the corner rubber piece at the corner of the door inside)
Part No: 75891-SR2-000
Reference in delsol manual: Pg 520
Price: $2.70

Raise Suspension and Servicing

For the last few weeks, I have been busy sourcing for accessories for the car. Installed new alarm system and reverse sensor. Imported rear lights and headlights from the US. Bought a new gear knob and steering wheel. Shopping for new rims. Ordered door handle (interior), roof handle, centre aircon cover, door stopper etc from Kah motors. But will discuss all these in details later when I do the installation. What I am writing today is sending my car to J Motowerks (JM).

Today is the first time I sent the car in for servicing. Joker smsed me in the morning to inform me that the road outside his workshop has been repaired. No problem driving in. Went down at lunch time and told him that besides servicing, I wanted to raise the front suspension. Hit my front bumper at a hump last week, which resulted in slight crack at the side. Sent the car to Lee & Soon Paintworks but Bernard suggested that raise the front suspension first before repairing. No point repair then hit hump again. Also, I wanted to change my rims/tires from 195/60/15 to 205/45/16.

Told Joker wanted to raise the front to the same height as the back. Leave it to him, he said. When his worker was taking out the tein suspension, he found that the drive shaft has broke. Suggested I change the drive shaft as well. I also brought my original airbox to replace the open pod. After replacing the airbox, they suggested to install a "air funnel" to direct cool air into the airbox. Change synthetic engine oil, oil filter.

Finished all the works by evening. Final bill came out to $590, breakdown as follows:

Synthetic Engine Oil - $120+$10
Raise Front Suspension - $100
Change drive shaft - $190
Install air funnel - $75
Gear oil change - $95

Replacing open pod with original airbox with K&N filter

Open pod removed. For cheap sale @$50, anyone?

Original airbox installed

Air funnel installed to bring cold air to air box

Air funnel from front view

Raising Front Suspension

Taking out the front tein suspension (or coilovers?)

After "cutting"



Putting it back



Replacing Driveshaft

Driveshaft removed

Broken driveshaft

Torn rubber

New driveshaft installed

Interior Work - Leather Upholstery

One of the most neglected sections of the car is definitely the interior. Mr L (previous previous owner) did not really do much for the interior. His emphasis then was the engine and bodykit. I believe when it was about time to build the interior, he decided to sell it to Mr T as he bought his new s2k. As for Mr T, he told me he did not want to spend too much of his parents' moola on the car. Anyway, he only had the car for 2 months. Too short to do anything except crashing the front bumper ;) So the only option is for me to give the car a new makeover internally.

What I inherited was a car with the leather seats peeling and cracked. Door panels grey leather looked old. Gear knob and handbrake covers were tattered and torn. The carpet on the car floor was outside the seams and looked more than its age. There was a huge subwoofer at the back of the car that looked so vintage and I don't seem to get it to work! I definitely need a good re-upholstery workshop!

From the Internet and forums' recommendations, I shortlisted 2 workshop - Classic Auto Leather and 8 Cushion. I called both but were immediately impressed by Classic's boss outstanding service. she was super patient in explaining to me over the phone the estimated costs based on my description of the work required. For 8 Cushion, the lady was polite but was not able to give an estimation until I sent the car down. Decided to pay Classic a visit at Ubi on 30 Apr.

Once I reached there, the boss, Irene was at the loading bay waiting for me. She was worried that I may not be able to find her shop. Impressive service :) Went to her office and she started to explain to me the different grades of leather and their costs. Went to my car with the "shifu" to see whether what I wanted to change can be done. After agreeing to the work and price ($1XXX), decided to use their service and make a downpayment. Took one seat down for them to start preparing the mould. Irene even advised me to send in the car after fixing my roof and spray paint.

On 3 Jun, after collecting my car from Lee and Soon Paint Works, I drove the car down to Classic Auto Leather at Ubi. They started the major operation and by evening, the car looks brand new! What I have done was as follows:

- Rewrap seats with full leather (orangy brown). Btw, Classic added new foam to the seats ;)
- Rewrap the door panels and back panels with full leather. Took out the subwoofer.
- Rewrap the gearbox and handbrake cover with full leather.
- Rewrap sunvisor with PVC
- Change the whole flooring carpet

After all the assembly, they applied leather cleaner throughout the interior and Irene even gave me a tub. She told me to apply once every 2 months to ensure the leather stays moisturised. Btw, the leather and stitching came with 1 year warranty.

Again, if you are thinking of doing a re-upholstery, do consider Classic Auto Leather. You can contact Irene at 68415288. They are located at 53 Ubi Ave 1 #01-02, Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore 408934.

Coming soon...accessories for the ride..

PHOTOS

Seats - Rewrap with full leather




Door Panel - Rewrap with full leather




Back Panel - Rewrap with full leather. Subwoofer was removed.






Gear Console and Handbrake - Rewrap with full leather







Sun Visor - Rewrap with grey PVC leather







New Carpet Flooring




Classic Auto Leather - Irene's husband boss