[SunnyBoi]

With the lockdown easing, the car was back on the roads



It continued its duties as home movers, helping shift utilities for a friend



Had an incident with a curb and it won, left the front skirt damaged.



Off came the bumper and skirt to fix it



The air dam was the only dirty part left in the front.



It also had red overspray from the previous time the bumper was painted



Everything cleaned and returned to pristine state



Bumper put together ready for re assembly



There was a lot of water ingress in both headlights recently so they came apart to find and fix the root cause. Turns out the glue around the lens was fine, water ingress was from the headlight cap in the back



Oh well, the headlights were re assembled too



Similar treatment for the left headlight



Improved rear headlight caps with zero chance of water ingress



Up and running again!



Sometime few years ago, I picked up a stock Cedia exhaust from a giveaway at TBHP. With so much boredom happening around the lockdown, I decided to see what I could do with it.

This is how it was given to me







Lot of rust, paint overspray and what not. Took my time cleaning it, it's as good as new, a worthy display piece in my garage.

[SunnyBoi]

One of these days, I took the slow route back from Mysore to Bangalore stopping along for photoshoots

























I then saw a tractor trail, decided to explore it anyway, knowing well I didn't have a 4x4





Eventually I reached the end, this is as far as I can go in my car





Heading back, this happened



A part of the path caved and my front left wheel got stuck. It was a 6 foot drop



Because it was still a Covid situation, there was literally no one around. Walked to the main road and no one stopped to help or even listen. Called up BHPian and good friend KarthikK if he can come by with his Thar and pull me out. He unfortunately did not have anything to tow me out with so that was out.

Ended up walking ~8kms and 1.5 hours to the nearest village. A kind farmer offered to help me with his tractor.

Back to the site. The bumper had crumpled further after 2+ hours of load, sigh. The tractor took no time at all pulling me out of the ditch.



Heading back with a bruised ego and front bumper. Oh well, it could have been worse and I am thankful I could still drive back home after all that happened today.

[ritedhawan]

Amazing car. The car is in an immaculate condition. Thanks to the attention to detail that you have showed on her. This car must be a head-turner where ever it goes. Thanks for keeping it in good shape outside and under the hood.

[SA-G13B]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

After few more days, the engine bay is done!

Sir, your car is an inspiration for us. This engine bay is the moneyshot

[SunnyBoi]

It was finally time to get rid of the poop wheels. They all come off the car and get sanded down in preparation of new paint



...and I went with my safe choice, gold.



Applied some ceramic coating on it. This turned the matte wheels satin, much to my dislike.



Got a "cheap" torque wrench dedicated only to tightening wheel bolts



Car looking resplendent in gold shoes



More pictures of the car in its usual habitat







It was time to replace the dead 4 channel amp with something working. Got an XM-GS4 from bamaboy, and he included a something in the package that said miniDSP on it



Proper colour coded wiring as always



GS4 and miniDSP fitting nicely underneath the driver's seat



By this time, My 2 channel amp had also died and I got 2 channels of the 4 channel amp working. Ugh, my amp problems never cease



Decent location for the remote, does not hit my knee



I did the basic TA and set the crossovers. I had to get it tuned by Piyush, its been over 3 years and I've still not done it. Sigh. One of these days for sure...

Red car enjoying company of more red cars





Soon it was time for a new battery. I wanted to get this one with the right post orientation. When I took out the clamp for the positive lead, I noticed a crack and corrosion happening on the underside



Bought a new terminal clamp, gave it an anti rust coating a.k.a Hot Pink nail polish, heh



Got a battery with a higher capacity for the same size, new battery is a DIN60 replacing a DIN55



Soon got another GS4 to replace the other ailing amplifier.



So glad to have replaced the other amp. I now have another spare 2 channels, might add rear fill when I have passengers sitting in the back.

[Toni]

Superb job done. Hat's off to you for making the engine bay look cleaner than newly delivered car. No doubt you turned your car into Gold.

Tremendous job, preserve your Gold

[chandrda]

That's one amazing car you have. Had always been a fan of Lancer and Cedia, they always had that street racer pedigree and looks.

Used to read all your quotes on Fiat Palio threads and now following the Cedia thread.

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

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

Read a news yesterday that three drunk guys on a scooter broke the left ORVM of a red car on Kanakapura Road. The photos were a bit blurred, but the car looked like a Red Cedia, Was it yours?

Regards

[SunnyBoi]

Originally Posted by chandrda

runk guys on a scooter broke the left ORVM of a red car on Kanakapura Road. The photos were a bit blurred, but the car looked like a Red Cedia, Was it yours?

These updates are from 2020 so it wasn't them. This happened at Srirangapatna. The photo was clicked at the Police Station where I filed an FIR with dashcam footage as evidence. They were caught after few days and then given a stern warning.

There are few more updates before I will reach current day state of the car

[SunnyBoi]

Come December 2020, it was time to change the fluids on the car

Engine oil and filter



Brake Fluid



I got righty tighty lefty loosey wrong, ended up tightening the old oil filter instead of loosening it. Sigh. it eventually came off but I sometimes wonder what's wrong with me



Crush washer had never been changed in this sump plug's life



Got some fresh copper crush washers from Maruti and filled the engine with fresh oil.



Next, calipers came off to free the seized caliper pin.



Dirty bois got cleaned in the process. I'm surprised the caliper paint has lasted so long on it



Time for a complete brake fluid flush



This is when I discovered I had an oil leak, arguably at the worst location possible. All the signs pointed to a leaky Rear Main Seal. This meant dropping the gearbox and clutch to fix it



Soon, I procured some of the parts, a genuine rear main seal and a Koyo release bearing for the clutch



But as usual, I kept putting off the change and 3 years later, the leak still exists. Adding updates in this thread has finally made me realise how long I've been putting off these critical updates on the car. I just paid for a clutch kit and new rear suspension this morning!

Gave the engine its first wash exactly one year after the detail. Used left over car shampoo to clean the engine and nothing else



Every treated surface is beading strongly



Even the exhaust manifold heatsheild! Despite all the direct heat from the exhaust



More beady pics









My favourite part is where even the brake lines exhibhit water beading from the ceramic coat. I truly did not spare any surface when I coated the engine bay.



Picture after drying the engine bay. Looks just like how I left it a year ago



The car then went into hibernation for around 4 months. Unfortunately, mold had made the interiors their home





Every interior part got scrubbed HARD







Let everything dry for a full 24 hours before winding the windows up



In the meanwhile, the exterior just needed a simple wash to make it look its best



Birds of a feather flock together, this time at a TBHP Meet at MG Road

[JunkyardHunter]

That seriously is the best maintained Cedia I have ever seen. Always loved the way it looked and the gold wheels add to the beauty no end.

[SunnyBoi]

Not much to update, the car has been hibernating for long periods since I got busy with my other hobbies and projects, you might learn of one of them in this forum soon.

Posing against wide fields







Birds of a feather flock together at Madhus Tyre Centre, this time at Wilson Garden



I got bored of the gold color wheels, decided to try out the standard silver color for once







Back to the standard stock look with silver wheels



The gang gets together for Ayudh Pooja 2022



More random pictures





The ceramic coating standing strong after 2 years and 6 months. Not bad



Every petrolhead's worst nightmare - signs of rat entry. Thankfully I cleaned the engine bay properly once and the rats decided to stay away afterwards.



With the end of this update, we finally reach 2023.

[RenuKumar]

Mitsubishi Cedia is a car that can be driven for 100 years and with a passionate owner like you, it will last for 5 generations! Excellent thread, kudos to you!

[SunnyBoi]

One major peeve was a malfunctioning AC button on the dash. It needed about 10 presses to switch off or on the AC. It was so irritating, I hadn't switched off the AC since couple of years by now.

I finally took out the AC console and separated the PCB



Swapped out the AC switch with a new unit.



It works! I'm now kicking myself for not doing this sooner. Ugh.

Next on the agenda were the headlights (AGAIN??!?!??). This time it was the wiring. By now, only 3 out of 5 projectors worked with the 2 main headlight ones out of the 3 working. I put this off since I wanted to completely re-wire everything from scratch, knowing the scope of work I knew it wouldn't be easy or quick.

Gathered all the components needed. 6 40A relays - one for each projector, 3 20A relays for every pair of high beams. Omni fuse box with 6 fuse support for each projector and some wires



Bumper and headlights come of, again.



Old wiring loom comes off. It was a hacked philips headlight wiring. One might see a burnt pin on the headlight relay, that happened because I ran 4 projectors on one circuit. I then separated them and added another 4 pin relay. This was purely a stopgap, however it worked well for 5 years



Gluing all the relays together. That gap in the corner looks weird. Wonder what can be done about it.



I've been using a diode to force low beam to turn on with high beam all this while. That gap in the corner gave me an idea to use a relay instead, however I did not have any spare relays with me. I did have an unused fuel pump relay for my Duke 390 and used it instead



It's done!



Two words - organised chaos



Made a mount to fix these relays under the battery



Wiring in progress



Left side done



Right side done too



Everything worked the first try. Phew. Troubleshooting if anything went wrong would have been a nightmare!

Finished the week by giving the engine bay a wash. Its been 2 years and 9 months since the engine bay detail, the ceramic coat even on the exhaust head sheild is intact!



Exterior looks resplendent as ever



Visiting a large water body



Posing with a 6 cylinder petrol E90 at a Cars and Coffee meet



Caliper pin seized again. sigh. rebuild time



Getting familiar with new surroundings



Lovely banyan tree and a lovelier car underneath it



Cleanest W123 I've ever seen in my life!





Hindustan Motors bretheren assemble!

[batish]

Originally Posted by SunnyBoi

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

Oh! Didn't know the background.

But are you open to ceramic coating in general? AFAIK, you were averse earlier. Does it make a difference in keeping dust off in severe dusty conditions?

*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.

[sagarpadaki]

Sunny, good to see you back with the updates on your cedia!

You are the benchmark when it comes to being meticulous with the jobs that you carry out on your car. I just love your attention to detail in everything that you do on the car. Keep the updates rolling.