May 2, 2014

UO Super Drive 2014 | Photo Coverage


What's up guys, recently I got a chance to join the Malaysian Skyline Owners Club and other organizations to the annual UO Super Drive organized by UO Super Store.


This drive isn't just to drive, it is to go to an orphanage in Janda Baik to take some orphans for a little outing. We all left the UO Superstore in Ampang and went straight to Janda Baik, Pahang via Karak Highway.



After that, we went straight to the Cherengin Hills Convention & Spa Resort in Janda Baik for lunch. It's not all the time we could lighten the spirits of young kids so what better way to do it than taking them for a spin in a Skyline.




After all said and done, we all parted our separate ways. Hope you guys enjoyed the photos. Until next time. Peace!












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May 1, 2014

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