DIY Part 2 : Polish Signal Lens & Adding Reflectors.

This is how the car looks without the tail lights, sila abaikan payung and rod hitam tu. Removing the bulb holder from the whole tail lights is quite an easy task because everything is sealed using screws, nut and rubber because Other oldschool car's their tail lights are sealed using silicone or glue.



Start by removing the bulb holder and the lenses and begin cleaning process, I'm using a used tooth brush to clean the narrow area, I dont wanna miss any spot because the next time im doing this DIY thing is gonna be another 20 years from now. LOL



Done polishing and spraying chrome paint to the bulb holder, I'm using hair dryer for quick drying at the narrow spots, its raining while I'm doing this theres no sunlight to dry it.



the rubber between the tail lights and the body has already worn out, so this is 1 of the reason why my rear boot become wet when heavy rains. so I sealed the space using a silicone, at least this will stop water from entering my boot.

now my kambing's tail light is much much brigher than before ! hehe

DIY Part 1 : Polish Signal Lens & Adding Reflectors.

The long awaited semester break has finally come ! so while waiting for my part time job response I've read through one thread on olskool.org it was about cleaning and polishing lenses.

Jadi... apa tunggu lagi, I started taking all the lamps and lenses out around 5 pm I know its already late tapi takpe lah buat je.



then start cuci lenses and bulb holder



While waiting for the lenses to dry, I start working on the bulb holder, clean it and dry it thoroughly before applying chrome spray on it, so the chrome will act as a reflector which will create a brighter surface that will reflect the bulb's light.



After that I start working on polishing the lenses, Meet the Super Duper Polishing Machine LOL (You can blame rossobloggy for the name of the polish machine). Credits to Rossobloggy/Amar because I took the idea from his blog hehe.

Im using brake fluid (minyak brek) for my polishing agent, actually there is a lens polish liquid sold in hardware store but I was out of budget so break fluid is an alternative to lens polish. Caution, brake fluid is really sharp and can irritate skin.



After polish ! hehe






Nampak nya tak sempat siap polish and clean sume lens today. so kena continue tomorrow. sbb hari dah gelap. hm

Curse you meter minyak.

long story short,

Sabtu, 0115 di kilometer 446.6 lebuhraya PLUS menghala ke kuala lumpur - Seekor kambing di dapati mati di tepi jalan akibat kehabisan petrol. Menurut si pengembala, kambing ter sebut tidak menunjukkan sintom yang beliau akan kehabisan petrol, akan tetapi hanya memati kan dirinya dengan begitu sahaja. Pengembala kambing itu juga menyatakan yang beliau turut bernasibbaik kerana kambing nya mati di tempat yang terang (mempunyai lampu jalan).

sorry takde gambar lagi.

Penang - Subang Jaya. Part 1

Time of Departure (Penang) : 2300 HRS (14 nov 2010)
Time of Arrival (Kuala Lumpur) : 0515 HRS (15 nov 2010)
Time of Arrival (Subang Jaya) : 1514HRS (15 nov 2010)

Route Taken :
Penang - Gopeng perak ; PLUS Highway
Gopeng - Ampang ; Jalan lama (konon2 touge laa)
Ampang - Subang Jaya USJ 1 ; KESAS

Cost :
Fuel RM85 (carb tersumbat)
Toll RM17.90
ETC RM30++++

Speed :
Average 80kmh - 110kmh
naik bukit 40kmh je ! haha

From Ulu Yam to Ampang i took the old route, which is much closer but it is a mountain pass road.

what took me so long? haha there's a lil detour, I met my friends they are from penang too, we had breakfast together somewhere in ampang. after breakfast they ask me to join them on a trip to bentong pahang, i cant refuse since its only 8:30am and the road to subang will be badly congested so why not just follow them.

Special thanks to Farith and Zul for traveling with Boeing AAY 5909.

Penang - Subang Jaya. part 0

I'll be going home tomorrow ! hahaha ! nomore penang ! ( err... for few months ++ je lepas tu kena datang balik )


1300HRS
to do list,
-check angin tayar
-check tayar spare
-check minyak engine
-check air radiator
-tambah lagu dalam pendrive
-beli fius bnyk2
-lap cermin kasi bersih (bnyk sngt kesan jari, tak tau jari sapa)

1630HRS
all things are done, sorry takde gambar lagi sbb takde camera :(

I hope everything went well tomorrow and this is gonna be my 2nd time long distance driving with my kambing. Amin.

AAY 5909

I'll love you to the very end.
thanks for being there for me.
Eventhough sometimes you let me down but I still love you.
You're only a machine with steel heart and have no feelings,
but I am human with organic hearts and feelings.


Picture credits : Mohd Azwan Khatib / Juan Khatib