Swift Custom Modz

naveen.raju · 28th June 2011, 16:11

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Originally Posted by babureddy

Is your friend on team-bhp. Just wanted to know what all went into making this swift and more over how much it cost him... one of the best modified swifts that I have seen

If am correct, he paid around 20k for the doors.

thedreamcatcher · 28th June 2011, 16:20

The Grill on the red Swift is overkill.

Anyway, out of curiosity, does he have an overdose of a sound system in the car. I had seen a video once of some cars having a audio competition at some college in the kerala region. The Swift in that video looked very much like this one, with scissor doors et al

babureddy · 28th June 2011, 18:48

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archat68 · 28th June 2011, 20:33

Does anybody have any idea whether the climate control module available in ZXI/ZDI can be fixed on a VDi/LDi? Any idea about the cost?

Cyrus43 · 29th June 2011, 02:31

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Originally Posted by Speed.Demon

No he is not a member of team bhp, but he visits the site often.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the total cost after everything on the car(body work + graphics + ICE) came to around 5 lakhs or so.
Now he's working on the interiors - planning to put in sparco seats and change the dash as well. Will post pics when I get them.

Yea Naveen its personal choice. I like the shape of the grille but I prefer it black, instead of silver.

He really spent 5 lakhs on THAT?? It is true what they say then.. Some people have more money than brains. Thats is one of the ugliest swifts I have ever seen.. Id have a bone stock car over it anyday!!

Ricky_63 · 29th June 2011, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Speed.Demon

Hi naveen, like I said at our meet. I still think 7k is a bit high for the battery. Anyways, if it gives you trouble free motoring, then its worth it I guess.

I have attached a pic of one of my friends Swift. He too has a VDi. Check it out!!

Those Lambo Doors will ALWAYS give problems. Not worth the money & the front of the car looks

Each to his own..spent money on ruining a perfectly nice car, but that is just how I look at it. I am sure the owner must have loved it - only then he'd have spent that kind of money on the car.

Cheers

Xryder · 29th June 2011, 10:21

+1 to Ricky ! Totally agree with you. One more problem with this scissor door setup is that they are the normal doors held up by a fairly heavy hydraulic setup. So it adds about a few kilos easy to the car. Moreover, the setup is normally placed above the wheel arch inside. This weight is directly affecting the ride quality as well. The stock doors themselves are heavy and to lift them up would be definitely a task. I have seen a fair amount of this kind of scissor doors being executed on regular door cars and no matter how much support is available from the hydraulic arm, the person operating it has to exert quite an amount of effort to open/close it.

One word to sum it up - OVERKILL !

Speed.Demon · 29th June 2011, 19:53

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Originally Posted by naveen.raju

If am correct, he paid around 20k for the doors.

Correct mate, he paid 25k for the doors.

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Originally Posted by thedreamcatcher

Anyway, out of curiosity, does he have an overdose of a sound system in the car. I had seen a video once of some cars having a audio competition at some college in the kerala region. The Swift in that video looked very much like this one, with scissor doors et al

He does have killer ICE. My college is car crazy, we do have competitions often.

The swift in the video you saw must be him all right.

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Originally Posted by Xryder

+1 to Ricky ! Totally agree with you. One more problem with this scissor door setup is that they are the normal doors held up by a fairly heavy hydraulic setup. So it adds about a few kilos easy to the car. Moreover, the setup is normally placed above the wheel arch inside. This weight is directly affecting the ride quality as well. The stock doors themselves are heavy and to lift them up would be definitely a task. I have seen a fair amount of this kind of scissor doors being executed on regular door cars and no matter how much support is available from the hydraulic arm, the person operating it has to exert quite an amount of effort to open/close it.

One word to sum it up - OVERKILL !

You may be correct about the hydraulic setup of the doors, but it does not require any extra effort to open these doors. they go up quite smoothly, and they make that small hissing noise like how the rear dicky's hatch door opens.
Extra effort or not, those doors are COOL!!

However, to each his own, its a matter of personal choice.

swiftdiesel · 20th December 2011, 00:07

Did they disconnect the battery to install the DRLs?

naveen.raju · 20th December 2011, 09:37

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Originally Posted by swiftdiesel

Did they disconnect the battery to install the DRLs?

Nope. They didnt. (Am guessing so since I wasnt there when they installed it). I had given the car for service.

naveen.raju · 3rd January 2012, 12:48

Not any mods but just an update of my car after having a small bang. Although I had a great new year's party, my car didnt have one. This is the result of what drunk guys did when my car was parked in the hotel's parking lot. Not a major one but thought of sharing it.

Xryder · 3rd January 2012, 12:52

Really sad stuff mate ! Try repairing the dent with the suction technique and get that panel polished. But since its contour has a pattern (the wheel arch), not sure if the suction would work in this case.

naveen.raju · 3rd January 2012, 13:04

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Originally Posted by Xryder

Really sad stuff mate ! Try repairing the dent with the suction technique and get that panel polished. But since its contour has a pattern (the wheel arch), not sure if the suction would work in this case.

Ya, since it's the wheel arch I doubt whether they can bring out the dent as expected. Anyways, waiting to see what can be done

nithin_86 · 3rd January 2012, 14:02

Pretty sad. My car also had the same experience on New Years. But it was on the drive back to Chennai from Bangalore. A Swift banged into mine because he wanted to move before the signal turned green. Same spot as yours. But luckily no dent and just a few scratches which I hope can be cleared with some rubbing element.

rajeev k · 3rd January 2012, 14:49

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Originally Posted by naveen.raju

my car didnt have one. This is the result of what drunk guys did when my car was parked in the hotel's parking lot. Not a major one but thought of sharing it.

This is the problem which is common with drunk drivers, they never care for someone's car. Especially of persons like you who care their car as their soul.
Forget it and for that, get it rectified at the earliest.

28th June 2011, 16:20	#152
thedreamcatcher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,204 Thanked: 67 Times View My Garage	Re: Swift Custom Modz The Grill on the red Swift is overkill. Anyway, out of curiosity, does he have an overdose of a sound system in the car. I had seen a video once of some cars having a audio competition at some college in the kerala region. The Swift in that video looked very much like this one, with scissor doors et al
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babureddy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 204 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	Re: Swift Custom Modz Post deleted by the Team-BHP Support : Please do NOT post one-liners that add little or no informational value to the thread. We need your co-operation to maintain the overall quality of this forum. Please read our rules before proceeding any further. Last edited by GTO : 29th June 2011 at 14:21.
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28th June 2011, 20:33	#154
archat68 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kolkata Posts: 905 Thanked: 642 Times	Re: Swift Custom Modz Does anybody have any idea whether the climate control module available in ZXI/ZDI can be fixed on a VDi/LDi? Any idea about the cost?
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29th June 2011, 10:21	#157
Xryder BHPian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Banana Republic Posts: 207 Thanked: 79 Times	Re: Swift Custom Modz +1 to Ricky ! Totally agree with you. One more problem with this scissor door setup is that they are the normal doors held up by a fairly heavy hydraulic setup. So it adds about a few kilos easy to the car. Moreover, the setup is normally placed above the wheel arch inside. This weight is directly affecting the ride quality as well. The stock doors themselves are heavy and to lift them up would be definitely a task. I have seen a fair amount of this kind of scissor doors being executed on regular door cars and no matter how much support is available from the hydraulic arm, the person operating it has to exert quite an amount of effort to open/close it. One word to sum it up - OVERKILL ! Last edited by Xryder : 29th June 2011 at 10:23.
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20th December 2011, 00:07	#159
swiftdiesel Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: na Posts: 1,017 Thanked: 1,369 Times	Re: Swift Custom Modz Did they disconnect the battery to install the DRLs?
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3rd January 2012, 12:48	#161
naveen.raju Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cochin Posts: 4,913 Thanked: 9,547 Times View My Garage	Re: Swift Custom Modz Not any mods but just an update of my car after having a small bang. Although I had a great new year's party, my car didnt have one. This is the result of what drunk guys did when my car was parked in the hotel's parking lot. Not a major one but thought of sharing it. Attached Thumbnails
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3rd January 2012, 12:52	#162
Xryder BHPian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Banana Republic Posts: 207 Thanked: 79 Times	Re: Swift Custom Modz Really sad stuff mate ! Try repairing the dent with the suction technique and get that panel polished. But since its contour has a pattern (the wheel arch), not sure if the suction would work in this case.
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3rd January 2012, 14:02	#164
nithin_86 BHPian Join Date: May 2010 Location: KL-7/TN-22 Posts: 131 Thanked: 8 Times View My Garage	Re: Swift Custom Modz Pretty sad. My car also had the same experience on New Years. But it was on the drive back to Chennai from Bangalore. A Swift banged into mine because he wanted to move before the signal turned green. Same spot as yours. But luckily no dent and just a few scratches which I hope can be cleared with some rubbing element.
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