Charade G101 - 2NZ-FE Swap

[Owais_Yunus]

I need info on the rear suspension as i can clearly see the beaks tie bar!
the control arms/qainchi are painted red in addiction right?
any difference with the tie bar?

Yup installed the tie bar and painted the control arms along with it to match. Honestly, I havent felt any difference and this was more of a cosmetic addition too because the tie bar would reduce flex in cars that have separate mounting points for the control arms. In the charade however, the mounting points are already made in a way that they are basically one piece, hence there's no flex.

[hamza91]

Yup will find a clean pair of lights soon in shaa Allah and will keep these as spare. I'm thinking about getting new lights and converting them to leds. Nothing show sha like every other ricer seen on the road though. Just neatly placed leds inside the light with light bright enough, yet diffused.

I too am thinking the same but literally dont have the heart to do it to the orignal lights and havent yet decided the design i was thinking to add those flexible Drls after saw a few

[hamza91]

Yup installed the tie bar and painted the control arms along with it to match. Honestly, I havent felt any difference and this was more of a cosmetic addition too because the tie bar would reduce flex in cars that have separate mounting points for the control arms. In the charade however, the mounting points are already made in a way that they are basically one piece, hence there's no flex.

what was the condition on control arm bushes and the connecting rod bushes?
i too want them painted now

[hamza91]

Yup installed the tie bar and painted the control arms along with it to match. Honestly, I havent felt any difference and this was more of a cosmetic addition too because the tie bar would reduce flex in cars that have separate mounting points for the control arms. In the charade however, the mounting points are already made in a way that they are basically one piece, hence there's no flex.

there might be difference but minute enough not to notice coz of the point you raised
so what was the condition on control arm bushes and the connecting rod bushes?
i too want them painted now

[Owais_Yunus]

I too am thinking the same but literally dont have the heart to do it to the orignal lights and havent yet decided the design i was thinking to add those flexible Drls after saw a few

Yup drls can be used in the tail lights but I suspect that they wont be too long lasting and would burn out pretty soon. Doing it with leds would give us the liberty of making it in whatever design the most appropriate and by using lots of leds, each with high amount of resistance, the life of the leds should be much longer. I'll give this a shot whenever I get time in shaa Allah and will let you know the recipe if it goes well

[Owais_Yunus]

there might be difference but minute enough not to notice coz of the point you raised
so what was the condition on control arm bushes and the connecting rod bushes?
i too want them painted now

True, there might be some difference but such a difference wouldnt be prominent enough to be felt in daily driving. Had I been racing around a track, that different might have been more prominent. The bushes were all fine Alhamdulillah, got them checked some time back as well which is pretty surprising because in the last ~5 years, the rear bushes havent been replaced once. Whoever installed the bushes before that, probably got hold of very good quality ones.

[Owais_Yunus]

I'm planning to sell the car. People interested please follow this thread https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246406

[Owais_Yunus]

Time for some fabrication The area surrounding the gear lever needed a console since I had cut up the carpet to move the lever closer, so I decided to make one out of 6mm acrylic/plexiglass. It will be finished and then painted in matte black.

[Owais_Yunus]

Filler applied and ready to be sanded.

[Owais_Yunus]

The final product.

[delucid]

ala..now that a lil DIY that completely changes the looks..n using allen bolts gives a character to this console

[Owais_Yunus]

ala..now that a lil DIY that completely changes the looks..n using allen bolts gives a character to this console

Oh yes, it makes the interior look complete. And I've always been a fan of allen bolts so they had to be used here

[Deadly_Flame]

Neat job man looking decent (y)

[Owais_Yunus]

Neat job man looking decent (y)

Thanks buddy

[hamza91]

Damn that looks sports nd out of a nascar

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[hamza91]

Material on top is cf paper availabe in market??

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[Owais_Yunus]

@hamza91 haha yes, that was the intention

The top part is made out of plexiglass but yes its covered in the cf vinyl available in the market.

[hamza91]

Loving it

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[Owais_Yunus]

Loving it

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Thanks buddy

[hamza91]

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