Hi everyone,
Heard my delsol has changed hands a few times since I sold it last year. Suspect gotta do with the rising COE prices, which means technically you can make profit when you sell your car!
Anyway, talking about COE prices. Today it is like over $57k and 78k for Cat A and B respectively. Absolutely crazy! How do change new car, I ask? I thought for a long time and realised that's not the right question to ask. It should be "how can I change my car into a new car?"". That's make more sense! Why not? I got all my contacts when I was restoring the delsol.
Thus, after doing my sums, I decided it's time to give my 6+ years old black Nissan Sunny a new coat of paint, new leather upholstery, carpet, alarm and rims!
For the paint, I thought maybe to use back the delsol colour. Then I remembered that there was another colour I quite liked previously - Nissan Sparkling Silver WV2. I did some research and found another nice colour - Nissan Athlete Silver - KV2. Not knowing which one to decide, I went down to Lee & Soon Paint (Tel: 6269 5020. Blk 2, Kranji Loop #01-04 Singapore 739538) Uncle Toh still remember me after 2.5 years! Bernard was no longer working there. His elder brother, Charlie spoke to me and suggested using Athlete Silver KV2. It is a nice silver with purple hue. Took his advice and a week later, I got myself a nice new looking car! The paint job was impressive! See pics below.
Next, I went down to Classic Auto Leather (Tel: 68415288. 53 Ubi Ave 1 #01-02, Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore 408934) to see Irene, the No 1 best-service-you-can-get boss I ever came across :) Her worker showed me some of the newer designs for leather seats. I chose one with criss-cross stitchings and decided to change the leather colour from black to beige. While I was there, I spoke to a Mercs owner who drove all the way down from Malaysia to let Irene change his leather seats. He told me that while Malaysia is cheaper, the service and worksmanship quality by Classic Auto is No 1. I definitely agreed with him! Again, when my car is done, I was super impressed especially with the stitching, which apparently is very well done. See pics below and u will know what I mean.
Finally, to totally transform my Nissan Sunny into a new car, I need new rims to replace my black rims. Decided to upgrade to 16inch rims and woo-hoo...total transformation!
Like I said, sometimes we need not keep complaining how high COE prices are and we cannot buy new car. Why not spend a few grands to restore your existing car to a new car instead? I did and absolutely happy with the results!
Pics (Before and After)
New Paint (KV2) with Old Rims
New Paint (KV2) with New 16inch Rims
