Suzuki FX restoration

[reyaan52385]

Hahaha, hr Chinese product corona infected tu nh he yr khair,
Let see, filhaal tu homework chal raha he is p, at least jb tk city mein hoon, y possible nh he yahan q k jaga ka bht masla hota he, in near future m again shifting to village, n then is plan KO amli shakal dnga ins ha Allah, n jahan tk rent p deny ki baat he, m tu kisi ko phatkney bhi na doon apni workshop k nazdeek
Just joking dear, but its my dream to build my own workshop, jahn m apny sary equipment tarteeb se rkh skoon r sakoon s kaam kr skun, kafi pehlay se socha hwa tha y sb but business n practice ki waja s y khawsh pori hi nh ho ski, but kaam tu kbhi bhi khtm nh hoty, zindagee khtm ho jati he, isliey jo kaam krna acha lgta ho, r jis mein maza ata ho wo zror krna chahiye, n mjhy is sb m bht maza ata he, so ab jald hi y work place bhi bnata hoon ins ha Allah, n jahan tk wooden custom build booth ka option he, y bhi acha he, m isy bhi mind m rkhnga zroor

[sayedarsalanali]

Hahaha, hr Chinese product corona infected tu nh he yr khair,
Let see, filhaal tu homework chal raha he is p, at least jb tk city mein hoon, y possible nh he yahan q k jaga ka bht masla hota he, in near future m again shifting to village, n then is plan KO amli shakal dnga ins ha Allah, n jahan tk rent p deny ki baat he, m tu kisi ko phatkney bhi na doon apni workshop k nazdeek
Just joking dear, but its my dream to build my own workshop, jahn m apny sary equipment tarteeb se rkh skoon r sakoon s kaam kr skun, kafi pehlay se socha hwa tha y sb but business n practice ki waja s y khawsh pori hi nh ho ski, but kaam tu kbhi bhi khtm nh hoty, zindagee khtm ho jati he, isliey jo kaam krna acha lgta ho, r jis mein maza ata ho wo zror krna chahiye, n mjhy is sb m bht maza ata he, so ab jald hi y work place bhi bnata hoon ins ha Allah, n jahan tk wooden custom build booth ka option he, y bhi acha he, m isy bhi mind m rkhnga zroor

At the end of the day its your call, but I think renting a place in city would be better option then having a bigger/ cheaper place in village, as the city will have higher number of customers - thus earlier return on investments.

[capsat]

isliey jo kaam krna acha lgta ho, r jis mein maza ata ho wo zror krna chahiye, n mjhy is sb m bht maza ata he, so ab jald hi y work place bhi bnata hoon ins ha Allah,

life become more interesting meaningful if your passion becomes your source of income.
we all will now look forward for the completion of this fx project good luck

[sayedarsalanali]

@reyaan52385 One of the biggest challenge with the Paksuzuki's old 800cc like Mehran and FX cars is to overcome the rattling noise coming from door glasses. The channels that are available in market have two problems. i.e. if they are able to suppress the vibration when installed new, they would have too much load on the window winding mechanism resulting in breaking of handles and/or getting the whole machine stuck. Other problem is that these low quality channels don't last very long, in a few weeks (or months if you are lucky) they tend to come out of the metal frames and may cause the glass to dislocate from the original place.

The theoretical solution in my opinion is to ensure that the inner door skin is intact and is not having minor vibrations (this happens due to the lower gauge of metal used in aftermarket parts) then ensuring that the metal channel is perfectly screwed with the inner door skin and is not easily vibrating. The issue is that in the front doors the channel near the A-Pillar side is connected by a single screw to the door skin and that is only from one side. Next step is to get good quality channels from the shop, as most of the people are looking for cheap parts - getting your hands on good quality parts for these cars becomes a bit difficult.

[nnabeel]

You are absolutely right. Its not the case with fx or mehrans only, but it is with most of the old car that get a resto or get a pint job.

the weathers strips, channels, rubbers everything that comes originally once taken out are not properly fitted back. if these are changed, then the nightmare starts as the quality available in market is already very low which is kept by shop owners because public demands them cheap parts.

[abdul_basit007]

Looking up for a car like this nowadays in Karachi, anyone can help me out!

[arkhitekt]

Impressive efforts @reyaan52385

[reyaan52385]

Thanx bro....

[chinyoti]

What are u using for sound insulation ?

Have you considered using carpet underlay?

[reyaan52385]

Yes dear, meri soch tu yehi he k carpet Wala 2.5mm foam use krunga, In boots, floors, trunk n also in doors.

[chinyoti]

I think that would be the best. Same comes from factory. Don't forget behind the dashboard

[reyaan52385]

Foam will also be applied behind dashboard as well as 1 mm extra foam sheet will also be applied on the roof too

[sayedarsalanali]

Looking up for a car like this nowadays in Karachi, anyone can help me out!

I am sure that still there are extraordinary cars of all categories in Karachi, you need to search for them with patience and be ready to pay the premium price. Just to give you the idea of "premium" price, we sold this FX for 150 or 155k in 2012 in the same condition as you see in the pictures (as these pictures were downloaded from the ad I put on PW). I remember that many people (who didn't have sense of cars) came to me offering 70k to 80k telling "90 mein tou tayar gari milti hai".

150k of 2012 means atleast 250 to 300k of today.

[abdul_basit007]

Arsalan, I don't agree with the price range you mentioned. In 2020, FX in top notch genuine condition should worth in between 150k to 200k.

[sayedarsalanali]

Arsalan, I don't agree with the price range you mentioned. In 2020, FX in top notch genuine condition should worth in between 150k to 200k.

I don't know the current market, in Dec 2018 there was an FX (800) 1983 listed on Pakwheels, in Red Color - interior as the seller claimed (and the pictures also supported the claim) was 100% original - externally car was bake painted for the first time, throughout Petrol driven etc. Owner was asking 350k , I called the guy and scheduled inspection for next day. When I called the guy before leaving the house, he informed that the car is sold and he is at civic center transferring the car to new owner. The car was sold for 285k within 24 hours of posting ad.

Actually you are right about the market value that it should be around 150 - 200k, but the challenge now is that such conditioned cars are very rare. Leave FX, try finding a mint condition Khyber, you will be surprised that it is difficult to find even Khyber limited edition of 99/2000 models in the condition we are discussing. Another example is Suzuki Margalla, if somebody is having a genuine outclass GLX model the asking price will be well above 500k. In local language dealers use a term "nasli" gari to get that kind of car you will agree what I am saying.

[reyaan52385]

I loved the way u said "nasli" gari 🤣🤣🤣

[chinyoti]

"Bulbul ka bacha"

[nnabeel]

Please use namda behind the dashboard.
Use auto sheets on the floor which are square shaped rubber pasted by heating them. then Use the the namda or foam. 2.5 mm foam will be toot thick and it will give u issues bending on curves and areas behind the brake/accelerator and clutch paddles.

as for doors, use the sheets that are solely used for sound proofing and not foam because there will be chances that if u paste foam inside the doors, it will get off anytime later due to sunlight/dust and water.

pls see the video for auto sheet done in mehran.

the guy who is putting is saying the word namda but it is not namda it is autosheet.namda is made of wool and carpet mix material.

this link is for the clock in the dashbaord.

[sayedarsalanali]

There is some special insulation available for the firewall, forgot the name but it was product of dynamat. I would recommend going for something professional behind the dash as once the dashboard is fixed, you don't open it for years.

[chinyoti]

Please use namda behind the dashboard

Exactly namda. I cudnt recall the word. That's why I referred to underlay.