One Of Those Nights: After-hours KL Street Life with LowJunkies

Now if anybody asks me if I prefer a car show, a track event or the streets, I would without hesitation choose the streets. Reason is not anybody can experience real underground street culture. You have to know the right people, able to tune in to their channel and not be afraid of getting caught or into trouble.

Now, the LowJunkies might be a small time group, especially when you see the members are pretty young kids but what catches my attention is that when kids their age usually spend their late nights in front of the PC or at the Cyber Cafe playing DODA or Wallcraft or on social media, these boys take their stanced rides out and go Kanjo runningfrom Shah Alam to KL and back.

These kids really love cars and they don't f*ck around and talk cock about it. They may be new but still enjoy driving their machines. Everybody knows even way back to the late 80s, the Federal Highway was a Mecca for highway racing. it was truly a legendary route and saw a lot throughout the years.These kids might not go as fast or slalom as crazy but they still do it for the love of it.

Spending a couple of nights with them just riding shot gun and hanging out at Merdeka Square in KL, you would start to understand why they do this every other night. Its just for the sake of chilling with friends that have the same interest.

I would still remember those times when I was caught by my parents because I was hanging out with Touge Racers a few years back when they say that it will lead me to trouble with drugs and alcohol, which was total BS. The truth was, that these people just wanted to give their cars a little 'exercise'. But they don't have a place to go, no point to go to the track where there are politics involved.

Well, not much left to say about these guys. Just its best to leave them alone they way it is. This is their lifestyle.But the sad fact is that the mainstream society will always find ways to mess around with these individuals. But there's nothing we can do, all they can do is judge. Yet, these guys really don't care about it. Best we leave this one alone. Until next time. Peace!

Funny rolling shot of Afeef wiping his wheels while his driver go steering-less.

The HellaSaga : Hazim's Hellaflushed Proton Saga BLM

What's up guys. Lately I have been hanging out with the LowJunkies a lot lately. Along the way, I also met this one dude who flushed his Saga BLM the right way. Nowadays, there are thousands of Saga BLMs in the streets of Malaysia and it's becoming one of the most common cars to see in Malaysia, so what could possibly be special about this car?

Now, we all know the BLM was based from the original Proton Saga which was produced from 1985 to 1992. At that time, everybody wanted one. Not only because it was the first national car of Malaysia but because it had the best build quality of any Proton model up to date. So the BLM was the successor of the original Saga.

I was impressed how tight the fitment was. Even the camber was just right. Yet, even though it looks like a hard-parked kind of car, but it proven it's functionality when Hazim takes it out for highway runs between Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur. It was possible with Wings coilovers on the front and Bustec coilovers in the back with a 10K spring rate for balance at high speed.

If you see how fast he can go on the highway, you'd be surprised that he is running with a stock 4-speed automatic gearbox. Even when it comes to engine tuning, Hazim maintains a stock like set up similar to the Japanese Kanjo Racers who usually run stock like to light tuned VTEC engines.

 On the outside, it looks pretty understated since he kept the original Blueberry Tea paint but it's a whole different story in the engine bay where he painted his valve cover with pink and purple camo.

If you want to catch him rolling, it's most likely to find him in the streets of Shah Alam. Well that's all from me. Until next time. Peace!

TUNING MENU
 Owner: Muhammad Hazim Rasid
Model: Proton Saga BLM
Location: Shah Alam, Selangor 
ENGINE
1.3L, TwinCam Campro
Samco radiator hose, Stainless steel extractor 4-2-1, 1.6" straight pipe and HKS S-flow muffler DRIVETRAIN
Standard automatic transmission 4-speed
SUSPENSIONS CHASSIS & BRAKES
Wings adjustable hi-low front Spring rate 10k - 150mm
Bestec adjustable hi-low rear
Custom Springs sourced from Mercedes c140 (front) with cut coil for more low
Standard brakes and standard pads
Ultra racing front bar & ultra racing rear bar
Front camber (-2.5)  Rear camber (-5.50) with 2 washer
WHEELS AND TIRES
 Gold Ce28 deep dish 8jj (front) 9jj (rear) offset 0 all around,
lock nut work racing red, blue dice valve air cover
Silverstone evol8 175/50/15 all around
EXTERIOR
Original body part blm, blueberry tea purple colour from proton, window visor, lips wira/putra, spoiler ori saga blm se, foglamp yellow, bumper clip sparco.
INTERIOR
 Player sony usb, set audio, momo steering, knob gear momo, purple candy colour for center panel ENGINE BAY & HEAD COLOUR
Custom. Orange samurai bottle Purple candy samurai bottle Clear/lacquer samurai

Black Tie Attire: Jacko's VIP Honda Jazz On Bags

What's up guys. Recently I went out of the street and performance comfort zone and went for something a bit more baller. I recently met with a guy known as Jacko, where he is a salaryman during office hours but after that he rolls in a VIP style Honda Jazz or known in Japan as a Honda Fit.

Story was, he like all the typical stuff of cars. Tuning, engine swaps, drag racing. But a few years back, he came across an article that featured a that really caught his attention. All blinged out with curtains and such.Then when he was in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), he saw that style again, and again. Jacko couldn't sleep at night just wondering what kind of style was it.

After years past, he moved back to Johor. One day he met up with and old time car enthusiast from Johor Bahru and he was driving a blinged out Cefiro with the same styling cues of the rides he saw in East Malaysia. It was called VIP. Now it all finally came together.

Fast forward to 2014, Jacko's ride has every styling cue that a real VIP ride should have. Since nowadays, a lot of people who mods in VIP style never gets it right. It always ends up looking like a ricer UFO car. They always end up making it look messy and over-doing it with the LED strips. Not this Honda though.

The exterior of this car is kept clean with a Fabulous Type A body kit, Eagle Hawk Black paint with 3D Rainbow finish sitting on the trending Works Meister S1Rs.

Unlike his ricer counterparts, Jacko really tries his best to tuck all his LED lighting only to leave a hypnotic glow visible to those who view the car. But I have to say, I was really digging his audio set up with an LED graphic equalizer. It actually bounces with the song played. (Just have to set the volume loud enough).

Then lastly I wondered how does he achieve the clean and low stance. That's when Jacko pulls out the remote and started playing with the ride height. That's it, air suspension. This car is running on bags.

I gotta say, respect to this guy for redefining VIP style in Malaysia. If you wanna see his car, don't bother looking at your typical car show because he rolls with the stance and kanjo crews of Shah Alam called the LowJunkies. Well, that's all from me. Until next time yo. Peace!

TUNING MENU (LIL' FAB)
Owner: Midhat Zaki bin Mohd Basri aka Jacko
Model: Honda Jazz GD3 (2005) 
Location: Shah Alam, Malaysia 
ENGINE: 
 L15A, Top Fuel open pod, TRANS grounding cable, oversize battery ns60 (standard ns40) DRIVETRAIN:
 Stock CVT 7gear. 
SUSPENSION, CHASSIS AND BRAKES: 
 BOLD World Suspension (digital series), Ultra Racing room bar, Brembo front rotor. 
WHEELS AND TIRES: 
Work Meister S1R, 17" x 9jj et25. Toyo Tires T1R 205/40/17zr (all around) 
EXTERIOR: 
 Fabulous Type A kit (contains front bumper, rear bumper, side skirt, door mold and spoiler), Fabulous Eye lid, Fabulous mascot, J's racing antenna, Xacta Led rear light, Custom twin pipe, eagle hawk black with 3d rainbow effect, body graphic by Hissi Graphix. 
INTERIOR:
 Fabulous table, Fabulous head rest, Garson mink chain, Seat by Newton Leather, American Panic pedals. Chameleon photochromic tint. Sticker 'Do Not Step' by Fabulous.
 I.C.E: 
Kenwood double din, Rage 6.5 inch + prospect tweeter, Kicker 6.5 inch 2 way powered by Mohawk Silver series 4channel. RDS 12" double magnet single coil X2 pcs powered by Agako monoblock 2000watt. RDS 6.5 inch midbass X4 pcs + American Sound horn tweeter powered by Prospect 800 watts 2 channel. Power capacitor 2.0 farad by Next Generation. Cables by Audiobank.