Tuesday, August 6, 2019

My battery becomes weak

The battery on my Hyundai Elantra was replaced on 8 January 2018 and today is begin to show usually sign..the cranking becomes becomes slow but able to start, the signal light behaving very strange: flickering inconsistent...some time fast and sometime slow.

Lucky I have fitted a battery meter, a good battery will show reading of 12.0 -12.3V but this time it recorded 10.02V..this means the battery is weak.

I know the cause...my Elantra has not been doing good daily running and frequent starting. Daily travel about 22-30km only.. on weekend the car even travel lesser. 

Removed both terminal and hook up to my battery charger. I hope 6 hours of charging is sufficient. If were to perform recondition charge..it will take about almost to 3 days.




Sunday, August 4, 2019

New sport rims for my Hyundai Elantra X20

The road and surrounding areas are not being properly maintained, my tires and rims are taking lots of beating. This year alone, I think 3 times I have to tyre change tyre and with 18inch rims...it's also lighten my wallet.

And the final straw came after the rear tyre punctured, I found a nail and a broken a glass ... the tyre is totally condemned. The other rear tyre also suffer with inner wear maybe due to negative camber.





I wanted a good set of sports rims, not for racing just to get me from point A-B and strong to withstand the poor road condition. My regular tyre shop recommend an old design rims but good and strong match with a 215/45/17 rubber.






I had a good offer...new 17inch rim complete with new rubber, new lugs nuts for each tyre , new metal air valve , alignment and balancing ...RM1,600.

The new look !