[Dr.Naren]

Originally Posted by BoneCollector

That's sad. Will you be replacing the boot door too? If yes then remember to do a thorough water leak test before taking delivery. I had a tough time with getting the leak plugged from the beading area as well as the glass pasting area.

Body shop manager is fine with both replace or repair of boot door. He suggested me to repair because the 2nd panels from factory won't have sealant and it will be prone to rusting. I hope they will do a good job .

Another issue that can crop up is the dislodging of the request sensor relay or something like that located on the under side of the inner trim of rear floor panel where the lock of boot is located. It may not be the same as Brezza but better to check it.

Thanks. Noted

[sagarpadaki]

Check if you can get the rear cross member fabricated from a welder. If you can figure out the dimensions, it should not be a difficult task!

[Dr.Naren]

Originally Posted by sagarpadaki

Check if you can get the rear cross member fabricated from a welder. If you can figure out the dimensions, it should not be a difficult task!

Yes, Maruti has atleast provided the mounts for crash member . I guess at last moment they decided to delete the crash member and save 2k per car .

[Dr.Naren]

Update: Garrett Intercooler



I got it done at Redfox, Kochi. Not really happy with the installation / plumbing.

1. The front crash member is trimmed at the bottom (could have been avoided), anyways the member is too thin in S cross and won't offer any protection in case of major crash.

2. 270 degree bends, not a good design for air flow.

3. All the OE hoses are cut .

4. Turbo outlet hose is pinched / compressed like this



5. This hose burst after driving 500+ km



Redfox has assured to fix all the issues, but I have to drive all the way to Kochi for it.

I got the temporary fix done at Wagen Tunen, Mangalore. It's not a permanent solution though. The car can be driven, but I don't have the confidence to push it like before.

Garrett core is a good product. It weighs close to 5 kg , OE is just 2 kilos!! I could give a proper feedback only after fixing the plumbing. There is 10 g/s increase in MAF and peak IAT has dropped by 15 degrees. The car is also pulling better at higher speeds / top end.

[niceguisuku]

@ Dr.Naren,

I understand you have SCross Alpha and would not have thought about my following question. Is it possible to retrofit Cruise Control on S-Cross Zeta 1.6 2016 model? If yes, could you please help me with the part numbers?

[Dr.Naren]

Originally Posted by niceguisuku

I understand you have SCross Alpha and would not have thought about my following question. Is it possible to retrofit Cruise Control on S-Cross Zeta 1.6 2016 model? If yes, could you please help me with the part numbers?

Yes, it's possible to install cruise control. It's not simply installing the parts. The wiring has to be done along with activation of cruise control by Suzuki diagnostic tool. Few owners have got it done from a guy in Hyderabad.

[niceguisuku]

Originally Posted by Dr.Naren

Yes, it's possible to install cruise control. It's not simply installing the parts. The wiring has to be done along with activation of cruise control by Suzuki diagnostic tool. Few owners have got it done from a guy in Hyderabad.

Amazing!!!. Could you please help me with the contact of the above mentioned garage if you don't mind.

[Dr.Naren]

Originally Posted by niceguisuku

Amazing!!!. Could you please help me with the contact of the above mentioned garage if you don't mind.

It's not a workshop. He is a S-Cross owner who has found out the solution and did it for couple of Maruti cars. I have messaged you

[Dr.Naren]

Dr. S-Cross is back: Ready to fly low again

I had got the car inspected at Abharan Motors, Udupi. They assessed the damage and ordered the following parts.

1. Rear bumper upper
2. Rear bumper lower
3. Rear bumper garnish
4. Rear panel
5. Reverse parking sensors
6. Emblems



I kept the car for repairs after a week when all the parts were sourced. Insurance survey and approval was done on very next day. They finished the work in 3 days. I am very impressed with their job, paint matching and finish is excellent.





I have the emblems with me, didn't put them on the car yet. Loving this clean and neat look.

Total bill was around 30k. I had to pay 9k from pocket. The car is 5+ year old and this is my first claim.

Depreciation for various parts / labour

1. Plastic: 50 percent
2. Metal: 40 percent
3. Painting: 12.5 percent (50 percent of the paint material cost, it comes around 12.5 percent of the total amount for painting)
4. Labour: No depreciation, fully covered by insurance

I was also impressed with updates by the dealer in Maruti portal. I got a message with link to log in and it had all details including the pics of car post repair



It would have been really helpful if Maruti had provided rear crash member in S-Cross. I don't see it in any of the newer Maruti cars. My SX4 has it and there was no damage beyond the bumper when I was rear ended by an Alto (Oh yes, Alto again haha).

[Dr.Naren]

I noticed low air in front left tyre, checked with the gauge and it was only 8 psi.



Culprit



Filled air and drove to Jaes wheel care Udupi



The tyre was removed and mushroom plug was inserted

I also got the road force balancing and wheel alignment done



It's a good shop and they did a professional job. It's also the only shop in coastal Karnataka with Road force balancing machine.

Clocked 75,000 km



Love the clean look without any rear emblems



A long drive is coming soon, will try not to push the car as the IC plumbing is not properly done.

[Dr.Naren]

Intercooler plumbing fixed



Silicone hoses were installed at Engineering Exponents, they are dealer for Wolf Moto in Bangalore.

Dyno run done



The car did amazing figures: 202 HP / 438 NM at crank. I will post more details once I receive all the graphs. We did dyno runs of five cars (all S-Cross 1.6) at Harmonixx tuning Bangalore.

Ok bye, need to wash the car

[Dr.Naren]

I had issues with the intercooler plumbing. Poor quality rubber hose at the end tank was burst and temporality fixed with another hose. The car used to perform very well during morning and performance was worse when IAT was high.

The culprit: Turbo to IC hose was pinched / compressed



I believe the turbo had to work harder to achieve the requested boost and IAT was going higher. The poor plumbing was really not letting me enjoy the full potential of Garrett IC.

We had also planned dyno session in Bangalore. I wanted to fix the plumbing before it. I drove to Bangalore, thankfully the car made it without any issues .

The car was checked at Engineering Exponents. They did all the fixes within an hour. The hoses at end tanks were changed to silicone. Silicone hose was also put for turbo outlet.



These hoses are super strong. They can withstand high temperatures and won't flex.

I took the car out for drive and was mind blown with the performance. Throttle response was so sharp, I can describe it as touch and fly. It felt like I got another remap. Mr. Jayant was also impressed with how the car pulled. We were really happy with the outcome, finally the Garrett IC was performing the way it should be. The car felt powerful all over the revv band. I believe it's due to negligible pressure drop in Garrett cores and also the new silicone hose for turbo outlet as it has better flow than OE.

I noticed dragging sound from rear brakes. It was coming intermittently. The pads were changed only 2000 km back. We decided to have a look and were shocked to observe that the pads weren't installed properly .

Only 50 percent of the inner pad was making contact with the rotor



The piston slot has to be aligned with protrusion of inner brake pad and it wasn't followed by Redfox Kochi.



Engineering Exponent installed it properly. They also used brake cleaner, grease for caliper pins, and did a good job.

All the issues were sorted we hit the Dyno. More details in next post!!!

[Dr.Naren]

Happy Independence Day







Location: Gokarna

[Dr.Naren]

Front bumper garnish and under cover was damaged.



Wagen Tunen sourced the parts and I got it installed today. Maruti parts are really VFM .

Garnish: Rs. 470
Bumper under cover: Rs. 252





I also got new horns installed: Hella Pearl Trumpet, bought it from Amazon.

https://youtu.be/6_l8-erUWoI

I like the new horns, it's powerful and serves the purpose.

Right lower arm bush is damaged, will change it this week



Rear KYB shocks are leaking more now. I will install the OE shocks back.

[Dr.Naren]

At Mahindra First Choice, Udupi



I got the right side lower arm changed. The part was bought from Boodmo (Rs. 1500) couple of months back as I was expecting right side to fail soon. Left side was changed at 60k km. Labour was Rs. 400 at MFC.

Mandatory Wheel Alignment post lower arm change at Jae's Wheels Udupi



Toe was way out of range



Fixed



Charges: Rs. 350

The car is doing excellent. Loving the 200+ HP on highways