Hi All,
This is my first full fledged post and I would like to specify in detail about upgrading my Tata Vista's lights.
On Saturday Morning I left for JC road, as my previous post suggests visited the shop "Add on the Car Accessory Super Store". But he was offering to fit a PMP wire harness for which I was not happy. As suggested by a BHPian decided to go with a branded kit like Hella or Roots, thanks naveen.raju for your help.
I fitted the following as part of the Lights upgrade:
1] Roots Wire harness with ceramic holders + Roots Relay – Rs 650/-
3] H7 - Philips Essentials Power Rally (80 Watts) - Rs 260/- per piece
4] H7 - Ring Auto (100 Watts): Code# R464 - Rs 320/- per piece A.K Traders confirmed that Philips does not come any more with H7 100 Watts bulb.
5] Fitting Charges - Rs 150/-
Bulbs bought from A.K Traders, wire harness and relay bought from Car Automobiles. These both are very close to each other in JC Road.
Total Cost spent was = Rs 1960/-
After fitting the new assembly and lights, visited Tata Concorde Motors at Audigodi and got the beams adjusted. The lights are fantastic, am extremely happy about it. Wires neither cut nor sliced to have fear of voiding warranty. The wire harness has main power chords which run directly from the battery terminal. By the way my car is a Tata Indica Vista VX an September 2012 model and it has a configuration of H7/H7. Confirmed with Concorde Motors that previous old Vista Models had H1/H7 configurations - I cross checked it looking at some vistas parked there
Hope this will be of some help to people in Bangalore planning for a JC Road visit for accessory upgrade
Step 1: Park your car in the BBMP parking lot, preferably close by to the exit. I did hear from some shop owners that sometimes if your car is parked all alone there are chances of robbery of parts, so BEWARE!!! If you don’t get a car park you will tend to be pushed and cornered and made to remove your car from car accessory shops that claim that parking space in front of their shop is theirs. Also the lanes inside JC road are very narrow and most are one-ways. It would be best to park your car in the BBMP Car Park (Mind you the Car park is on a One-Way, but its bang on the beginning of JC Road at the right side of the one-way road - Anyone roadside can help you with this information)
Step 2: After making a list of all the items you want to fit, visit JC Road get the best quote and buy the items. Negotiate well since the prices are not fixed and if negotiated will definitely get a good deal.
Step 3: Get in touch with a big Accessory shop e.g. J.J Enterprises where got my work done, its bang opposite to BBMP car parking, speak to the owner about the fitment and charges etc.
Step 4: Get your car out from the Parking lot and take it directly to the fitment shop for fitting the accessories.
Am new to the forum, will take a good look at the rules for uploading pictures and post some soon.