Roughly around the beginning of 2008, I switched over to HIDs after a lot of research. Brought myself Racetech 35W 6000K HIDs. The difference in Lighting, was again (pun intended) like night-day. The quality of illumination was really something I had to experience repeatedly to believe myself. These lights have given me the confidence to do night driving on any terrain to such a large extent that I did the entire getaway to Kollur via Shiradi Ghats for a friend's wedding on April 21-24 2008 in night. This was the
third Change that made a significant change to the drivability of the car.
The other accessorization I had done at this time was Llumar Steel05 tints, Llumar Air75 front-windshield tints, Remote-window relay, Reverse parking sensors and car bluetooth.
The (major) fourth (set of) change(s):
Around August 2008, I was feeling despondent, and when I feel like that, the only thing that makes me happy is if I pamper my car. Went to Raj Hingorani, and had him perform the next set of logical performance upgrades to my car. Porting, polishing, head shaving and a brand-new factory-enlarged Japan-spec Mikuni throttle body. I had/have no words to describe the transformation. The car flew like never before.
The current set of performance upgrades are working so beautifully in my car that it gives me a smile everytime I drive her. Pure bliss.
Due to the head-work performed, oil was changed at this juncture. The odo was roughly at 30000 kms and was due for an oil change anyway. Mobil1 went in again. It was around Rs 900+ per liter by this time. The 5th service was performed after this.
PLEASE NOTE: For reasons beyond the scope of this report, I will not be fielding any queries/PMs regarding this set of modifications. They were mentioned here as a logical sequence of the ownership report. Thank you for your understanding
Some random photos of my car in her various getaways after the above set of mods:
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