Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sani's CR-X Paintwork Progress - Part 3





The repainting and the not-cheap-mini-restoration process came out from the oven just before the Aidilfitri holidays. As you can see here from the exterior it is shining and glowing. According to my brother, whatever was rusty has been changed. Whatever was loose has been tightened. Whatever was rattling has been fixed. The slow process is definitely worth the wait. The car was dismantled by pieces and problems were fixed one at a time.

Right now the car has a few things to do like new suspensions, new sport rims, new emblems and logos and a few more simple things to do.

The B16A engine is smooth and according to my brother, there has been a few visits by CR-X enthusiasts about buying the car already, even the car is not completed yet.

This mini restoration process taught my brother a lot. Perseverance is once thing, to appreciate it is another thing.

The cost for the whole process is buying another CR-X in Malaysia. Nobody said restoration was cheap. This is excluding engine overhaul and the aftermarket parts. Just plainly Honda OEM parts and body works.

What about you? Wanna try restoration works?

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

R.I.P Shaun Carlson

Long time ago, every month i would waste my money on buying Turbo & Hi-Performance car magazine which i can buy plenty of things at that time. That was the only international car magazine that i can think of that made me and also my brother crossed the line. At that time, i admire Shaun a lot. He may not be driving a VTEC Turbo, but his Ford Focus cracked into the 7s barrier. He is one of the pioneer of the sports compact car racing and also a good fabricator. Those days the big names like Adam Saruwatari, Kenny Tran, Tony Shagday, Jojo Carlos and also Brent Rau were just on every issue of the magazines.

He is the owner of NuFormz Racing and also built Stephan Papadakis's Civic which is the 1st FWD to go into the 9s. Check out this video.



The 7s "Albert Einstein" Ford Focus, my favourite.
http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0007_turp_focusing_on_the_competition/index.html

You can read more detailed stories online on what happened to him and his accomplishments since last time.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Aidilfitri Lunch @ Suhaimi's Place

Thank you to Suhaimi & family for inviting me for his Aidilfitri Lunch.













Wednesday, October 07, 2009