The road to J's Racing!!!!

Xtreme Nights 2007 Part 1

2008-07-05T09:37:00.000-07:00

Its a very good experience for me as it was my first road trip to KL. I went with a few of my friends driving Fit/Jazz and decided to meet up in the morning at Tuas 2nd link check point. After meeting up we proceed across the checkpoint and met up with the rest of the participants from Xtreme Nights Singapore at the 1st Petronas petrol station.

Issue 60 of Hotstuff in Feb

2008-07-04T10:03:00.000-07:00

My car was on Hotstuff magazine!!!

I have a photoshoot of my car done in Jan 08. Its actually my 2nd request for reshoot. The photos taken at an old charcoal factory at Paris farmway were fantastic. Eventhough theres a small mishap happened to my car after the photoshoot, overall must still thanked Hotstuff for this opportunity.

Watched Hancock this evening!!

2008-07-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

There are heroes, there are superheroes, and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility - everyone knows that - everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock’s well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough - as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn’t the kind of man who cares what other people think - until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock’s greatest challenge yet - and a task that may prove impossible as Ray’s wife, Mary insists that he’s a lost cause.

Starring : Will Smith, Adam Brooks, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman

Overall the show is enjoyable and hilarious as its a totally different superhero movie. Would give the movie a 3.5/5. In the beginning of movie, Hancock does not potray a good superhero image. He drank liqour, damage properties, get irritated easily and doesn't care if the people do not like him. He slowly change for the better after he met Ray. . . Do catch the movie at the theatre if you want to know more.

X'treme Nights 2007 KL

2008-06-21T10:46:00.000-07:00

More prevailing soon .......

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 9

2008-06-21T10:28:00.000-07:00

Installed a newly arrived Rockford Fosgate RFC10HB 10 farad Hybrid Digital Capacitor at Chuan Sing Auto Accessories Centre. It flushed very well with the existing Rockford Fosgate Power amplifiers.

The stock caliper was removed and measurements were taken to ensure fitment of brakekit.

My stock Honda Jazz 1 pot caliper Brakes were replaced with a Japanese-brand 'Protune' mini 6 pot caliper and 286mm slotted rotor big brake kit from Garage R.

After ages of waiting, the J’s Racing Titanium exhaust was finally approved by LTA. My HKS Silent Hi-Power exhaust was straight away replaced. The sound from J's Racing Exhaust is definately louder and bassier then HKS. The low-mid ranges improved tremendously.

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 8

2008-06-21T09:28:00.000-07:00

The second round of judging at Super Import Nights on the 24th of Oct held at Link Hotel.

After the competition on the 24th, I felt the need to change the setup of my carpentary to gain more attention. More ideas crept in after seeing opponents' cars setup and display. Again I went to Chuan Sing Auto Accessories Centre to redo the boot area’s carpentary. My ride was left there for at least a week. Time was really ticking fast, the MPT Finals and Super Import Night Semi-finals was around the corner.

Above : Jolin-Tsai lookalike racequeen!!!

The MPT Finals showdown was held on the 3rd of Nov, it proofed a gruelling and tough battle throughout and I got 3rd position for Advance Category. At least a recognition for my efforts done on my ride.

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 7

2008-06-21T04:30:00.000-07:00

The first round of judging at Super Import Nights on 10th of Oct held at Link Hotel.

My ride is fully groom and taken care of by Klef Carcare before 2nd round of judging.

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 6

2008-06-21T03:45:00.000-07:00

While preparing for MPT finals in November, my ride underwent a minor revamp in the interior as well. I wrap my door panels with Bride fabric and sprayed my door panels to smooth finish metallic black in colour. Also shown is the Garson luxury curtains for my rear passengers ... so lucky.

My ride is 16 months old when I decided to join the recent Super Import Nights organized by Venus Events. More ideas came into mind. The interior panels (armrest console, door panels, boot area, ABC pillars) were re-sprayed from red to metallic black. I converted my rear passenger seats from leather to fabric as well as adding Bride fabric to my rear seats. A customized Bride fabric dashboard mat was also done. I re-did my Carbon Fibre laminations with another workshop Robson Design with black Carbon Fibre. My Defi VSD Concept was also sold and replaced by a newer version Defi VSD X. The room lightings were changed from white to purple leds. Exterior of body, I added a J’s Racing chrome tow-hook. Every sticker brandings on my ride were touch up as well as customizing interior stickers for my ride.

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 5

2008-06-20T22:57:00.001-07:00

After the MPT heat 2, I went around sourcing for place to do up the bonnet design. It was eventually completed by Boz Creations.

The exterior of the ride was also touch-up with various new stickers, they are the motorsports stickers, redoing the whole rooftop stickers, Man-Utd stickers replaced with Forty-Niners stickers & added windscreen my name, nick & blood group.

Purple Undercarriage lighting kit from Varad Vision and red leds for interior of ride (scuff area & underside of door panel).

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 4

2008-06-20T07:12:00.001-07:00

Before May 20th 07 MPT Heat 2 Autostyling, I have the following items installed on my ride. From Japan, J’s Racing CFRP bonnet, J’s Racing air intake, J’s Racing CF air duct. The engine bay was also touch-up with blue HKS silicon tubes replacing OEM black coloured tubes and using thermo cloth to wrap unsightly pipes. Interior of my ride is furnished with 2 Bride Gias Low Carbon Kevlar sports seats & a 4-point Takata harness for driver side. I have also used Bride fabric to wrap my ceiling. My drawer, Head unit console & meter hood were laminated with Carbon Fibre. Apexi RSM was also installed. I replaced original factory steering, gearknob, handbrake and pedals with MOMO Italy ones. Since my floor mat was red, decided to spray a red interior for my centre console door panels & speaker covers. To create a dark cozy atmosphere in the interior, added Garsons Curtains for my rear passenger windows. I got an ICE upgrade as well. Headunit was change to Pioneer AVG7850DVD which is able to support DVD 6.1 surround sound and a 2-way sound quality setup. After brainstorming for the design of carpentary in the boot area, decided for a flat and simple layout. Finally got the ICE almost done up. White leds were used for the colour of the area for my ICE. Most of the acrylic design was sent for laser engraving for the additional standout effect. The initial blue leds for my interior and exterior were replaced with red leds. Varad Vision undercarriage and interior kit was added to enhance the visual effects.

Transformation of my Honda Jazz Part 3

2008-06-11T23:47:00.000-07:00

In the midst of preparing for MPT Autostyling 2nd heat. Original bodykits and parts were imported from Japan. My workshop Zensport installed the J’s Racing parts as seen above.

Tranformation of my Honda Jazz Part 2

2008-06-11T09:11:00.001-07:00

Ride after lowering really looks a whole lot different. See the difference in height. Sportier? If Singapore got no humps on the roads, i will definately lower bodykit to almost touching the ground.

Note: The strip down of my interior to its “bare essentials”. Its quite a pain to watch a new car being strip. sighhhhh.

Soundproofing door panels with 3 layers of Chrome Scosche Accumat. (Thats alot of weight added to my car, what will happened to fuel consumption? Whatever!!)

Floor pan of my interior was also soundproofed.

ICE upgrade to Rockford Fosgate at Chuan Sing Auto Accessories Centre
The duration taken to redo the whole ICE was roughly 2-3 weeks. It wasn’t a simple task. So many items have to be removed from my ride before starting the actual process of putting the soundproofing to various areas and the tedious process of laying the wirings and cables as well.

Tranformation of my Honda Jazz Part 1

2007-12-17T09:28:00.000-08:00

My Stock Honda Jazz arrived from KAH motor on 23rd Jun 2006. I drove a Subaru TS previously for 3 years before deciding to change to something fuel economical like Honda Jazz. However the temptation to modify my car crept into my mind. Thats the danger of visiting the forum for updates. Hahaha. The journey to poison starts ……

Initially I change my first rims to 15” Silver SSR with fake Brembo cover. After a few days of disliking the colour of my rims, I change to Bronze 15” RAYS Volks Racing CE28N.

A Valiant eyelid was added to make my ride look fiercer. Within weeks, my ride definitely looked “fiercer”. However, some elements were still missing ……

My Sony head unit with 10 disc changer was transferred from my Subaru to my Jazz, added 2 amplifiers, speakers and a woofer to enhance my listening pleasure. A 3 year old car alarm system Boomerang was also transferred to my Jazz.

My first “ICE” adventure on my new car!!

Poison list kept increasing. I am a sucker for looks and wanted my car to be sportier, fiercer & unique. Eventually I change my stock bonnet to a Carbon Fibre bonnet with vents and added a LTA approved HKS Silent Hi-Power muffler. The 3 Defi BF meters (amber colour) and Defi VSD Concept were installed soon after. The meters allow me to monitor water temperature, oil temperature and oil pressure constantly. Stylish!!!

Being fascinated by car stickers designs on friends’ rides in the forum, I found out that I love the Tokyo Drift design tribal design right after watching the Fast & Furious 3 : Tokyo Drift. Hence, my first sticker design was pasted on my ride.

Red superior quality 3M carmat was added to trap dirt effectively. The blue leds were added to the interior & exterior of my ride. Professional strobes kits for headlight was added and integrated to my new Pageguard alarm system. The Japanese voice module was installed with the alarm to give my ride a JDM feeling. Viper-armmmmed!! Viper-disarmmmmmmed!!

Cusco Tower strut bar and lower brace improve the handling of the ride. With my exhaust changed to HKS, a HKS Reloaded air filter system was also installed by Zensport. HKS Reloaded gives a very soothing suction sound when you rev your accelerator pedal. These all completed my Exhaust and Air Intake project. Header is unable to replace due to LTA regulations.

I went to GLARE to restore my ride’s paintwork to showroom condition. A pair of foglights was also installed to my front bumper. Note that my door protector was removed. Reasons for removal of door protector … See below.

Long time ago, I fell in love doing a J’s Racing theme(J's Racing stickers design especially) for my ride. J’s Racing stickers design was thus my ultimate aim to be pasted on my ride. My ride’s stickers were done up slowly for at least 2 weeks. Purple looks awfully good!!! I also imported and installed an original GT Wing from J’s Racing Japan. At this point of time, with my stickers almost half way to completion, I felt that my ride needs a lowering badly.

Cusco Compact Zero 1 was installed by Mcwell Ventures finally because a lot of people ‘complain’ ride without lowering is ugly. I do not know how true this comment is.