[maxbhp]

Originally Posted by avimal

Can someone pls share parts catalog of cedia? Looking for part number of front shocker struts.

Please check the attachment.

[SunnyBoi]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

A lot of people have been asking me for an update, I'm caving in and posting one. I hope this clarifies most doubts and please don't expect any from me in the future.

I think it has been over 4.5 years since this last post? Lot of time has passed by and lot of things are now water under the bridge. I'll update the thread whenever I get the time to do so.

Wheels got a new coat of paint. This was an attempt to recreate the TE37 Bronze shade and I failed miserably. It looked okay in isolation but too dark when mounted on the car





New wheel nuts for extra chrome bling



New vs Old



Both together



Stocking up on brake pads. New set of Mintex and EBC Yellowstuff



Peeled off the graphite peelcoat on the AC vent thingy.



Repainted them with Silver. Looks much better in person with a matte finish





Friend's cedia had a breakdown and helped him out



New radiator and all's good



Went out on multiple trips





Posing with Rahulkool's Abarth on a Chennai trip



Birds of a feather, flock together at Madhus Tyre Centre



An Intel Xeon E5-2609 Sandybridge gave up its life to become a keychain

[SunnyBoi]

The AMP to D2S adapter on one of my projectors melted, AGAIN. Replaced them with morimoto bulbs and ballasts I had lying around as a temporary fix.



On the banks of River Kaveri



Watching the full Solar Eclipse somewhere in Kerala





New front brake pad time



Had an encounter with road ruffians, they broke the left ORVM. Sigh. Fixed it back again soon though.



The 4 channel amp running tweeters and midrange started giving problems. Changed it to run from the head unit through a patch harness, not having to reroute all those speaker wires under the carpet



Next was a road trip to Mumbai, A good friend was moving there from Blore and I offered to move all his stuff and him in my car. Getting prepped with Alignment and Balancing from none other than Madhus Tyre Center, Wilson Garden.





Road trip started! Started at 3.30AM from my place in Blore.



I was the sole driver since my friend did not drive. We still managed to reach his new place in Powai at 5.30PM sharp with 2 fuel stops at Belgaum and Lonavla.

Reaching powai



Amount of luggage in the car - absolutely no space in the boot whatsoever and this situation in the back seat. I was stopped by cops at the MH border and was warned not to carry so much stuff heh.



I stayed in Mumbai for a week, taking in all the local sights and sounds. I hadn't visited Mumbai since 2011 and this was a welcome change. Driving on the Bandra Worli Sealink was amazing.



On my return to bangalore, new bulbs and adapters were delivered. Ordered two pairs, one for the headlights and other for the aux projectors. Wanted to get rid of all AMP to D2S adapters ASAP.



Bumper had to come off to change bulbs on aux projectors



Damaged fender liner



Fixed



All lights are on!

[SunnyBoi]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

With the car looking so good, I'll be postponing the yearly detail for another 6 months then take a call. The only preventative maintenance box left to check is the front suspension which will be tackled soon.Afterwards, absolutely everything will be fixed and I don't expect anything to go bad on the car for a long long time to come.

The "yearly detail" was kept postponed as the car still looked good.

However in April 2020, the lockdown finally hit. I was honestly getting bored sitting at home so my mind wandered on what I could do on the car instead to spend some time not just sitting in front of a computer all day.

I had managed to clean the areas behind the bumper when I had taken it out to change the bulbs



The car exterior, wasn't too dirty. This was the amount of dust it had accumulated from the Mumbai trip



Wheels, ofcourse were dirtier



To start with, the engine bay was given a basic cleanup.



Door seals cleaned up



as well as all jambs



Exterior gets a wash. At this point I'm wondering if its even worth detailing this car. oh well I needed a distraction badly so here we go on.



Work in progress. The exterior got a very basic 2 stage liiiiight polish, since the car only has single stage paint and that too, not much left of it.







Polishing done. All ready for ceramic coating now



Ceramic coating done too









Walkaround video of the car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUgDXaP4hso

I soon got bored with nothing else to do so I shined up my good friend's Punto Abarth as well. Took pictures of both cars together

[ashis89]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

The "yearly detail" was kept postponed as the car still looked good.

Looks like a car straight out of the assembly line unless one looks at the alloys or the aux lights. Must commend your passion towards maintaining it in this condition.

Earlier in June (11th) this year, I was driving to Mysore and I saw a similar red Cedia Sport, at the Mysore NICE road exit. It was in immaculate condition, shining like a beauty. It reminded me of your car although that one was in pure stock condition. We were stuck in a jam at the exit across different lanes and I couldn't click a pic.

I really wanted to express my appreciation to the gentleman who was driving it but couldn't.

[Civic_doc]

Its great to see the level of detailing and care that has gone in to the maintain the perfect look of your car. . Banglore to Mumbai run proves that it runs well too!! wishing you many more happy miles

[SolitaryRabbit]

Absolutely beautiful car lucky to have an owner / custodian in you. The updates to the dash etc really brings it back to life. I agree the wheel color is a bit dark but that's what projects are for - fine tuning and making the Cedia/ Lancer your very own. Wish you many happy miles and hope to see updates whenever feasible.

[NB_4763]

Wow it is such a clean build. It looks like a brand new car after detailing.

PS: I noticed the Emperor Sticker on the rear glass. Neat little reference

[jono213]

The Cedia just looks so good! I remember reading this thread during lockdown and this update is like a wave of nostalgia. Kudos to you for taking such good care of that beauty.
Also, how are the spares situation for Cedia's nowadays?

[bigbearddriver]

Your car looks awesome! Happy to see that it has been well maintained and looked after.

I have always had the fear of not finding Mitsubishi parts in India easily. How have you been managing it?

Happy Driving!

[StormShadow]

Other than the fact that you maintain the car in immaculate condition like this, I have never heard someone clean the bumper interiors to be honest xD and I have actually removed and changed the fog lights/lamps in multiple different cars but I have never once thought of doing it . My ending line seeing your PFP is
Giggity Giggity Giggity.......

[SunnyBoi]

Originally Posted by ashis89

Earlier in June (11th) this year, I was driving to Mysore and I saw a similar red Cedia Sport, at the Mysore NICE road exit. It was in immaculate condition, shining like a beauty. It reminded me of your car although that one was in pure stock condition. We were stuck in a jam at the exit across different lanes and I couldn't click a pic.

I really wanted to express my appreciation to the gentleman who was driving it but couldn't.

There is a good chance that might have been me, this car mainly does Bangalore Mysore runs on the weekends.

Originally Posted by NB_4763

PS: I noticed the Emperor Sticker on the rear glass. Neat little reference

Yes, I need to get myself a night kids sticker, cut in half and paste on my wing!

Originally Posted by jono213

Also, how are the spares situation for Cedia's nowadays?

Originally Posted by bigbearddriver

I have always had the fear of not finding Mitsubishi parts in India easily. How have you been managing it?

Parts availability is terrible. I wouldn't suggest anyone to buy a Cedia now unless it's already perfect and wont need more parts. Continuing with the story...

So the lockdown continued and the boredom that comes along with it as well.

While looking at what I can do on the car, I got an idea of trying to Ceramic coat the entire engine bay. From my memory, I had not seen anyone attempt this, especially on an older car.

Since I have a ton of time, I decided to give it a go. The engine was fairly clean thanks to the wash I gave it before I started the detail.

The plan was to dismantle as much as I could. Clean all corners, hand polish all the painted parts, do a thorough cleanup then ceramic coat as much as possible.

The plan started with disassembly. First off was the airbox



Next, battery



Fuse Box and Coolant overflow bottle came off. All the underneath areas got a thorough cleanup



Area behind fuse box got a generous dose of handpolish.



Other side got the similar treatment



Entire engine bay cleaned up and polished, even around the transmission mount which no one will ever see. This took a few days to complete and was very labour intensive. I even polished the exhaust manifold and planned to ceramic coat that too



After few more days, the engine bay is done!



Ooh, this looked so much better in person. pictures truly do not do justice.



Radiator hose looking resplendent with the ceramic coating. This was a 14 year old part at the time of coating, BTW.



Airbox, battery clamp and other parts getting the ceramic treatment as I treat myself to some The Grand Tour



Came back to the engine bay for a second coat



Battery gets a charge up since it was pretty much disconnected for almost a month. I don't know how but I forgot to coat the battery heh



Engine bay starting to look together again



Replaced the stock filter with a HKS Unit from an Evo 8



Finally its done!











Video of the end result

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUII9nKJasU

Took my car to a good friend's place, borrowed his pressure washer for the car's first wash.



Car looking fabulous as always





One shiny and the other...not? Watch this space

[ashis89]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

There is a good chance that might have been me, this car mainly does Bangalore Mysore runs on the weekends.

Do you use a set of non-painted alloys too? If my memory serves me right, that car's alloys were in OE shade. The gentleman was traveling with family.


BTW that looks like the turbo Civic, in the last pic. Curious to know more about it

[batish]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

I think it has been over 4.5 years since this last post? Lot of time has passed by and lot of things are now water under the bridge.

Welcome back! Missed your posts, sir. AFAIK, you are one of the few people who have a really keen eye for detailing. Till day your earlier posts in detailing section are relevant. I seriously hope you'd be regular now.

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

Took my car to a good friend's place, borrowed his pressure washer for the car's first wash.

Isn’t this the driveway where a blue coloured RS 245 is parked?

OT: Weren’t you averse to ceramic coatings on car paints? IIRC, I had read a post where you had said something like, this little bottle cannot do much to protect paint.

Also, *please please* let me know how did you manage so little dust in such a long road trip? Is it because of weather and relatively dust free cities? Need a lot of details here as I am tired of sweeping my car with Jopasu after every drive.

[SunnyBoi]

Originally Posted by ashis89

Do you use a set of non-painted alloys too? If my memory serves me right, that car's alloys were in OE shade. The gentleman was traveling with family.

These photos are from 2019/2020. The wheels are back to stock silver now! Here's a recent picture of both cars

Originally Posted by ashis89

BTW that looks like the turbo Civic, in the last pic. Curious to know more about it

The Civic has been featured in this month's Evo india magazine. You can read all about it!

Originally Posted by batish

Welcome back! Missed your posts, sir. AFAIK, you are one of the few people who have a really keen eye for detailing. Till day your earlier posts in detailing section are relevant. I seriously hope you'd be regular now.

OT: Weren’t you averse to ceramic coatings on car paints? IIRC, I had read a post where you had said something like, this little bottle cannot do much to protect paint.

Also, *please please* let me know how did you manage so little dust in such a long road trip? Is it because of weather and relatively dust free cities? Need a lot of details here as I am tired of sweeping my car with Jopasu after every drive.

I work in the automotive sector where detailing is a part of my job. To avoid biases, I refrain to talk anything about detailing on the open forums. I have been maintaining this stance for many many years now. I'm merely sharing my personal experiences on this thread