Hyundai Elantra X20 - new master switch

I have been living with a problematic master switch for the past 4 years. Whenever I shut the door, the rear left window will automatically scroll down and I will have to struggle with the the master switch to rise up the window. Sometime when I happened to hit a strong road bump, it will just auto scroll down.

So to avoid that, I just kill the switch by pressing the lock button. Only the driver side window will be able to scroll down but for how long I have to suffer it. Ain't want to be living in such a condition, I managed to source for a spare unit from a Hyundai spare part dealer in Segambut.

On the left with the broken tip the original unit and one the right is the original replacement unit.

It was not that easy to removed but I manage to do it. Nothing is broken on the panel except on the old master switch. Anyhow I manage to locate the broken piece, might as well glue it together.

The final assembly.. it cost me RM300 for the new master switch.

New tyre for my Hyundai X20

Oh yes..the reason I send my car was just to check the condition of the lower arm and rubber bushing but what surprises me was the condition of the tyres which saw some weird looking tyre wear down. Could probably due to under pressure. Anyway there are other defect too which saw rubber peeling off till can see the thread. 

  

That force me to change all 4 tyres as found 3 tyres are in bad shape.

 

The tyre shop has suggested me using Forceum HEXA. Its cheap for an 18 inch tyre..cost me RM250 per tyre inclusive of balancing and alignment. The way I look at this tyre..its not high performance tyre, its a moderate tyre..safely enough to bring me from point A to point B. Its quite a noisy tyre and for that price ..nothing to argue with. From the tyre patterns I can tell..its good in the wet but not very good in the dry surface. 

Anyway I'm not going to drive very fast say above 170km/hr in the wet or dry. 

Once fitted..it looks nice. Furthermore the tyre come with rim guard.

The unexpected event of my Hyundai Matrix

Sometime's after careful planing and thought that we have made a good decision..save  $$$$ due to the incoming GST of 6% in Malaysia that joy is just short term basis. It feel's terrible.

This is what happened to me last week. My wife called up saying the matrix high temperature and the it can't start. Furthermore she spotted a leak near the gearbox. Luckily she manage to drive slowly to a nearby petrol stations. I suspect the big coolant hose need to be replace as its already being 10 years and never change even once.

So I bought the coolant hoses, thinking I could removed it DIY but at that moment  it was raining ..very difficult situation to do any DIY. Slowly I drove my matrix to my regular workshop and my mechanic found out the radiator is cracked..oh well its already 10 year old MPV and never once the radiator being replace. Further check and considering the aged of it, decided to also change the thermostat, coolant hoses, front brake pads, brake fluid cover,cylinder cover gasket, gear oil and engine oil change.

New radiator inbox.

Old Coolant Hose

New radiator fitted in

Old front brake pad replaced with new one's

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With GST kick in..kindda  hard to digest the extra cost

Good bye antenna

My Elantra X20 2007 ( some call it Avante ) already 8 years old. Since last year I begin to notice the rubber on the antenna has cracked but still holding together..my hope that it won't leak everytime I wash my car. Very difficult to get the same rubber and require to modify ( which I'm not in favour).

As the day goes by, I decided to have solved the problem once and for all. No more worries of crack antenna rubber. So I removed the rubber and the antenna. Patch it with a electrical tape while waiting for the right day to send for repainting.

  

The rear tail light will have to be removed, before the antenna hole is sealed by gas welding. Paint over with the same as the original. Job completed in 2 days.

And finally...its a clean swipe..easy to wax and polish. The antenna hole is history.