Talk of the Town, my Matte Red Esteem!

pramodkumar · 28th December 2009, 13:23

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Originally Posted by arnabchak

The rear looks clean.
The interiors san the steering wheel looks its part.

As Abbas suggested, the steering wheel should go.
Try and get something sobre in its place.

A nice red and black trim should gel well with the interiors.

Any plans to re-model the front.
Some good Rio Body Kits should make the car look a lot cooler.
How about some K&N for the boost!!!!

No offences but i hope you would have read before you posted, Yogi already has a K&N conical filter seen in the engine bay pic above, and Filter addition dosent give any significant "Boost" appart from making the air sucking adictive sound(which i love by the way). He is not looking to remodeling the front as of now.

Pramod

wildchild4lyfe · 28th December 2009, 13:30

its already running a filter as for a kit yes but then the cars too low as it is...he keeps scraping the bottom all over town anyways!! lol

pramodkumar · 28th December 2009, 13:34

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Originally Posted by wildchild4lyfe

he keeps scraping the bottom all over town anyways!! lol

Had the same problem in my esteem, I had changed 3 sets of front bumper lips, finally removed the entire kit. To increase the hight, i had put rubber spacers. The handling goes for a toss and there is a lot of suspension noise as well, changed 2 set of rear shocks after this.

Pramod

yogisays0909 · 28th December 2009, 13:51

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Originally Posted by pramodkumar

No offences but i hope you would have read before you posted, Yogi already has a K&N conical filter seen in the engine bay pic above, and Filter addition dosent give any significant "Boost" appart from making the air sucking adictive sound(which i love by the way). He is not looking to remodeling the front as of now.

Pramod

Thanks for the comment bro. I agree the suction sound is tempting

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Originally Posted by wildchild4lyfe

its already running a filter as for a kit yes but then the cars too low as it is...he keeps scraping the bottom all over town anyways!! lol

Nobbs: I got FFE and MSD too , haven't you seen them :P
Scraping only when 3 at the back seat.

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Originally Posted by pramodkumar

Had the same problem in my esteem, I had changed 3 sets of front bumper lips, finally removed the entire kit. To increase the hight, i had put rubber spacers. The handling goes for a toss and there is a lot of suspension noise as well, changed 2 set of rear shocks after this.

Pramod

I have the scraping problem when its loaded at the back.
I want to have a body kit , but the main issue being the entrance of the building, its too inclined, even this new twin tip muffler scrapes if the car is not moved slowly.

wildchild4lyfe · 28th December 2009, 16:28

then GO SLOW!! lol!
& yes yes you have a BAR exhaust and MSDs..

yogisays0909 · 28th December 2009, 18:30

Here are the pics and specs of the DBA Rotors.

yogisays0909 · 29th December 2009, 21:21

Finally the specs of the DBA 022SL/SR match our Indian Esteem!
How do i bring them, should i order them to Mumbai address or get them to Saudi from Australia and then get it down to Mumbai?
Will getting it shipped to India attract Duty kinda thing?

pramodkumar · 31st December 2009, 08:46

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Originally Posted by yogisays0909

Finally the specs of the DBA 022SL/SR match our Indian Esteem!
How do i bring them, should i order them to Mumbai address or get them to Saudi from Australia and then get it down to Mumbai?
Will getting it shipped to India attract Duty kinda thing?

The best way is to hand carry it, Keep a copy of the invoice to show the customs guys its actual value. Do remember to keep a copy of the RC to prove that this is not for commercial purpose.

Pramod

yogisays0909 · 31st December 2009, 09:15

Yeah thats what i was thinking to do! but now things have simplified for me!
found on their webpage , they got dealers in Saudi Arabia, so i dont have to order all the way from Australia. Will ask at home to send me a scanned image of the RC.

abhishek_5 · 10th January 2010, 09:41

Hi

Your car looks great. Just one question. Is the dashboard from the newer model a direct fit or there are any modifications required?

Great job done with the car.

yogisays0909 · 15th January 2010, 01:26

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Originally Posted by abhishek_5

Hi

Your car looks great. Just one question. Is the dashboard from the newer model a direct fit or there are any modifications required?

Great job done with the car.

Yes we have changed the dash board and door panels, in shor the interiors has been changed to the latest model esteem. Type I old interiors were not in good shape and had to be replaced , so decided to go the the latest. It is not a direct fit, loads of magazmari! but not impossible

One bad news is that the slotted brake rotors arent available in Saudi

So finally decided to just change the complete brake setup to Type II, no other option left.

yogisays0909 · 20th January 2010, 20:31

Exhaust Video, FFE with Twin Tip end can from BAR

YouTube - Esteem twin tip exhaust with FFE

pramodkumar · 20th January 2010, 21:25

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Originally Posted by yogisays0909

Exhaust Video, FFE with Twin Tip end can from BAR
YouTube - Esteem twin tip exhaust with FFE

nice exhaust note, sounds better than mine

. i will show this to my friend who was worried his palio 1.2 will not sound great.

Pramod

yogisays0909 · 20th January 2010, 23:37

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Originally Posted by pramodkumar

nice exhaust note, sounds better than mine

. i will show this to my friend who was worried his palio 1.2 will not sound great.

Pramod

Too much of surrounding sounds, will post a drive thru video soon, when i come back to Mumbai next month!

pramodkumar · 22nd January 2010, 11:10

Hey saw your add in the classifides, If you are going MPFI then why esteem, go Baleno, PM tbhpian GOSLOW, he helped Xtreampower to source a baleno engine from Mayapuri and the cost is less i guess.

Pramod

28th December 2009, 13:30	#77
wildchild4lyfe BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: mumbai Posts: 405 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	its already running a filter as for a kit yes but then the cars too low as it is...he keeps scraping the bottom all over town anyways!! lol
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wildchild4lyfe BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: mumbai Posts: 405 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	then GO SLOW!! lol! & yes yes you have a BAR exhaust and MSDs..
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28th December 2009, 18:30	#81
yogisays0909 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 538 Thanked: 313 Times View My Garage	Here are the pics and specs of the DBA Rotors. Attached Thumbnails
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29th December 2009, 21:21	#82
yogisays0909 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 538 Thanked: 313 Times View My Garage	Finally the specs of the DBA 022SL/SR match our Indian Esteem! How do i bring them, should i order them to Mumbai address or get them to Saudi from Australia and then get it down to Mumbai? Will getting it shipped to India attract Duty kinda thing?
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31st December 2009, 09:15	#84
yogisays0909 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 538 Thanked: 313 Times View My Garage	Yeah thats what i was thinking to do! but now things have simplified for me! found on their webpage , they got dealers in Saudi Arabia, so i dont have to order all the way from Australia. Will ask at home to send me a scanned image of the RC.
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abhishek_5 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: MUMBAI Posts: 12 Thanked: 0 Times	Hi Your car looks great. Just one question. Is the dashboard from the newer model a direct fit or there are any modifications required? Great job done with the car.
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pramodkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gods own country Posts: 2,302 Thanked: 2,208 Times View My Garage	Hey saw your add in the classifides, If you are going MPFI then why esteem, go Baleno, PM tbhpian GOSLOW, he helped Xtreampower to source a baleno engine from Mayapuri and the cost is less i guess. Pramod Last edited by pramodkumar : 22nd January 2010 at 11:11.
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