Monday, November 23, 2009

Carbon Fiber Hood

There are about 10 different types of hood's available for swift and only certain of them are available in India.these hood's are quite expensive to get shipped.they are totally worth it cause they drop the weight of the car by around 10kg's.

I had only access to just few of them in India.the cost of shipping it from Taiwan or china was quite expensive.the options i had were the OEM CF Hood , the Mini Style Hood and the R1000 Rally Side Vent Hood. I initially wanted the R1000 Hood but then I couldn't get it so i picked the mini style hood instead.I am planning to relocate the air intake close to the vent so it helps getting more air.



The Hood upgrade gave the ride an aggressive look,lightened the car by 10 kilos and it totally rocks.























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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Suspension & Handling

I decided on tunin up the suspension and workin on the ride height.I would love to lower the car but was a bit scared on the road conditions around here.but still I took a chance and got the Eibach Pro Spring Kit.got it installed with the stock struts for now.I am totally happy with the way the car looked and the suspension.I wish I should have got Koni's that would have completed the suspension.



I also wanted to work on the handling so I looked around locally but couldn't find anything good.so I started my research on-line and looked at all the available suspension parts for the swift,i found ultra racing reasonable and i contacted them for the parts.I found a dealer "Max Audio" from Malaysia and ordered my parts.they got it shipped in a week and I didn't have any problem with the customs either ,I went ahead and got myself a Front Strut bar , a Rear 2 point bar ,2 Point lower bar and a 4 Point front lower bar , the only thing missing is the rear swaybar which i should have got it with the other stuff.after the upgrade the ride is stiffened and there is no body roll,its totally amazing around the corners and the way it handles.the ride quality went a bit worse but its totally worth the fun...the only worry for me is the 4 point lower bar which got low by another 1" which I need to really look out for on the bad roads.