[sajjt]

Originally Posted by Mr.Beat

Why would you want to upgrade, don't you think the stock lights are adequate enough?

Have any of you changed the rear bumper? The SA told me that it costs 5000 INR including the painting. I felt that it is too much

Its very much adequate on city and rural areas, but when you are on high ways its a different story, there's nothing adequate against the 4X130W high beam riding morons Thats the only situation where the dual beam flashes are deliberately ignored. Sometimes its impossible to see anything on road once the roads are wet. More than that am pampered with HID on projectors on my bike and once I get few days break, am planning that also, may be the first Beat with HID projectors.

At the time of purchase, I was told that front bumper will cost around 3K including painting and 2K for rear bumper. Now things must've changed.

[superutp]

I had question regarding the Climate Control on the Beat.

Now, when I put it on auto with re-circulation on, it keeps switching between re-circulation and the other thing. Which is fine, but when you are in bottle-neck traffic with trucks and buses polluting galore you suddenly cough up a lot of smoke inside the car.

Is there a possibility of having only re-circulation with auto without the system changing re-circulation on/off?? (sorry, if this has been addressed before)

The other option obviously is to switch off auto and use re-circulation in manual mode. But is it possible in auto-mode?

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by superutp

Back Home after getting my Chevy Beat LT Petrol, absolutely love it, drove 20kms back from Kropex.

While Ill not go on about how the car is etc(probably write an ownership thread in a few days) I have one slight problem with the car.

I noticed that when the car goes over bad bumps, broken roads and the like, the rear end of the car makes a *thud* sound. The front goes over smoothly with no issues. The sound seems like its coming from the centre and not on the rear wheel left/right sides (but I could be wrong).

Not sure whats making the sound. After I reached home and parked, I opened the boot and checked the spare tyre and tools area, the hard thermocol (whatever that grey thing is) embedded toolset had moved a bit over the spare tyre but not really sure if that could be the cause of the thud.

I haven't driven again, but maybe the next time I go out ill keep some weight in the boot to check.

In the meanwhile does anyone have any ideas?

Mosly it shuld be the doors.From Day one,I have sounds from rear,which they never fixed.But Thud sound was fixed after they introduced the collar.Just some rattling exist now.Why dont you check the two rubber bush at boot lid,adjust the spacing etc?

[yogisays0909]

Originally Posted by sajjt

. You've HID on Esteem, so try it on Beat, you'll come to know that. But being with a round head lamp you can expect better results than Esteem but rest is hard facts.

Actually i sold of the used HID's of my Esteem, i sold off both the H3 and the H4, planning to get a new one for the new car. My esteem had a H4 Hi-L0 Phillips HID, flashing them wasn't an issue.
But i agree the stock bulbs and lamps are effective enough and powerfull, HID's and bulb upgrade its just cosmetic. I have a spare bulb 100/90W which i can simply replace but a bit scared wont it harm the lamps?

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by yogisays0909

Even i had the same noise issue,every pothole garr garr garr noise. when i bought the car @ 6K kms, did appx 3.5Kms in 10 Days and gave the car for 2nd Service, i didnt even mention the *** guys about the noise, they took a test drive and this sound was mentioned on the service sheet and when i took the delivery they said the sound was of the dikkie and its now been sorted.

How did he fix it?I still have that irritating Grrrr sound

Originally Posted by sajjt

Its very much adequate on city and rural areas, but when you are on high ways its a different story, there's nothing adequate against the 4X130W high beam riding morons Thats the only situation where the dual beam flashes are deliberately ignored. Sometimes its impossible to see anything on road once the roads are wet. More than that am pampered with HID on projectors on my bike and once I get few days break, am planning that also, may be the first Beat with HID projectors.

At the time of purchase, I was told that front bumper will cost around 3K including painting and 2K for rear bumper. Now things must've changed.

Sorry Sajjit,My friend has already tried fixing HID in beat and he used that for few months,finally went back to halogens.He was getting some issues like,fog build up etc.I met him at the SC and had a little chat with him.He said about water buildup in headlights.I think the guy who opened the headlights for him,could not put it back properly.

Here in bangalore,front bumper+painting will cost you 6500/-

Originally Posted by yogisays0909

Actually i sold of the used HID's of my Esteem, i sold off both the H3 and the H4, planning to get a new one for the new car. My esteem had a H4 Hi-L0 Phillips HID, flashing them wasn't an issue.
But i agree the stock bulbs and lamps are effective enough and powerfull, HID's and bulb upgrade its just cosmetic. I have a spare bulb 100/90W which i can simply replace but a bit scared wont it harm the lamps?

Go for OSRAM NIGHT BRAKER PLUS. Our friend,Salbin suggested those to me,I tried and I am extremely satisfied.I had replaced it for my Alto,Beat and my friend's Honda city.Its realy good.It will cost you 1150/- but really worth it.You dont have to worry about the power rating too.

Originally Posted by superutp

I had question regarding the Climate Control on the Beat.

Now, when I put it on auto with re-circulation on, it keeps switching between re-circulation and the other thing. Which is fine, but when you are in bottle-neck traffic with trucks and buses polluting galore you suddenly cough up a lot of smoke inside the car.

Is there a possibility of having only re-circulation with auto without the system changing re-circulation on/off?? (sorry, if this has been addressed before)

The other option obviously is to switch off auto and use re-circulation in manual mode. But is it possible in auto-mode?

When you put it in auto mode,the full system goes auto.It depends on different parameters to choose recirculation on/off and you cannot control it.Only thing you can do is dis engage auto when you feel to put in re-circulation and later whent it is good to go,you can switch to auto.There is no harm in doing so.

[yogisays0909]

I have noticed that when i switch on the ignition i hear some kind of noise, like some electric thing ghuunnnnnnn thik sound kinda thing which works with the heat indicator.
and also some times a whistle kinda sound from the engine, dont know where it comes from. Do you guys too face any such weird sounds?

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by yogisays0909

I have noticed that when i switch on the ignition i hear some kind of noise, like some electric thing ghuunnnnnnn thik sound kinda thing which works with the heat indicator.
and also some times a whistle kinda sound from the engine, dont know where it comes from. Do you guys too face any such weird sounds?

When you switch on ignition,you will hear the petrol pump running sound,something like a wooosh sound,which is normal.But I have noticed that when I keep the bonet open and switch off the engine,approximately after 30 second,I hear some weird sonds.I never took it seriously.This time I will check with SA.

[sajjt]

Originally Posted by yogisays0909

Actually i sold of the used HID's of my Esteem, i sold off both the H3 and the H4, planning to get a new one for the new car. My esteem had a H4 Hi-L0 Phillips HID, flashing them wasn't an issue.
But i agree the stock bulbs and lamps are effective enough and powerfull, HID's and bulb upgrade its just cosmetic. I have a spare bulb 100/90W which i can simply replace but a bit scared wont it harm the lamps?

I was wondering how come you'd no issues in flashing with a HID kit which needs warm up time. Initial flashing from a HID will not get noticed by everyone as its too fast to get noticed. IMO, flashing has to be very visible as some times it can be a life saver.

Originally Posted by white-rabbit

Sorry Sajjit,My friend has already tried fixing HID in beat and he used that for few months,finally went back to halogens.He was getting some issues like,fog build up etc.I met him at the SC and had a little chat with him.He said about water buildup in headlights.I think the guy who opened the headlights for him,could not put it back properly.

Here in bangalore,front bumper+painting will cost you 6500/-

What was the CT he opted? If its something around 6000K and above it will be a show off piece when the weather is good and during fogs and rain you can't see a thing on the road. My first piece of HID was on 6000K whch was a waste of money during rains, even the stock halogen was far far better than that.

This Xmas I've utilized it at its full throttle, I've put it inside of a white star, and every one was asking me what kind of bulb it was, so powerful, colorful and nicely complementing the white paper star.

Ask your friend to check for the dust cover made of rubber seated properly behind the HL assy, HID conversion to stock reflectors as simple as replacing the bulb except the ballast & wiring harness part. It can be the moisture in the atmosphere is getting inside, HID won't heat up like halogens once its in full brightness so it won't evaporate the moisture inside the HL assy as fast as halogens.

Originally Posted by white-rabbit

Go for OSRAM NIGHT BRAKER PLUS. Our friend,Salbin suggested those to me,I tried and I am extremely satisfied.I had replaced it for my Alto,Beat and my friend's Honda city.Its realy good.It will cost you 1150/- but really worth it.You dont have to worry about the power rating too.

Yes its a just PnP upgrade but how good is the performance of ONB+ during fogs and rains? Am bit skeptical about the CT. During normal weather it looks very cool. Pls update

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by sajjt

I was wondering how come you'd no issues in flashing with a HID kit which needs warm up time. Initial flashing from a HID will not get noticed by everyone as its too fast to get noticed. IMO, flashing has to be very visible as some times it can be a life saver.



What was the CT he opted? If its something around 6000K and above it will be a show off piece when the weather is good and during fogs and rain you can't see a thing on the road. My first piece of HID was on 6000K whch was a waste of money during rains, even the stock halogen was far far better than that.

This Xmas I've utilized it at its full throttle, I've put it inside of a white star, and every one was asking me what kind of bulb it was, so powerful, colorful and nicely complementing the white paper star.

Ask your friend to check for the dust cover made of rubber seated properly behind the HL assy, HID conversion to stock reflectors as simple as replacing the bulb except the ballast & wiring harness part. It can be the moisture in the atmosphere is getting inside, HID won't heat up like halogens once its in full brightness so it won't evaporate the moisture inside the HL assy as fast as halogens.



Yes its a just PnP upgrade but how good is the performance of ONB+ during fogs and rains? Am bit skeptical about the CT. During normal weather it looks very cool. Pls update

Sure.The light is very good.I could make out the difference in highways.You can see the reflective sign boards from a very long distance.The othe good part was,I could make out the speed breakers from a long distance enough to bring down the vehicle speed(Which I couldn't see with stock philips bulb).It surely increases the range of visibility.
I didnt get a chance to try in heavy fog and rain.Salbin is using it for a very long time now,and he told it really helps.I am waiting for a rain to test it

[sajjt]

Originally Posted by white-rabbit

Sure.The light is very good.I could make out the difference in highways.You can see the reflective sign boards from a very long distance.The othe good part was,I could make out the speed breakers from a long distance enough to bring down the vehicle speed(Which I couldn't see with stock philips bulb).It surely increases the range of visibility.
I didnt get a chance to try in heavy fog and rain.Salbin is using it for a very long time now,and he told it really helps.I am waiting for a rain to test it

Oh no you disappointed me Its just because of the CT effect on reflective sign boards. White tint will give more visibility on dry roads, light colors especially white/silver reflective sign boards than any other tint. Am more interested the performance in bad weather as thats the most important part. Normal weather anything below 7000K will do the job but when it comes to bad weather things will change dramatically, you will even think that your bulb is blown if you chose a wrong/fancy CT.

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by sajjt

Oh no you disappointed me Its just because of the CT effect on reflective sign boards. White tint will give more visibility on dry roads, light colors especially white/silver reflective sign boards than any other tint. Am more interested the performance in bad weather as thats the most important part. Normal weather anything below 7000K will do the job but when it comes to bad weather things will change dramatically, you will even think that your bulb is blown if you chose a wrong/fancy CT.

I dont know much about lightings(ofcourse,you are my Guru) but I got this information from ONB+ website "The light produced by Night Breaker Plus bulbs delivers a colour temperature of 3500K ".

What ever it is,from my experiance,I just love this bulbs.
Any ideas for a better fog lamps?

[superutp]

Darn it! Scratched the right side of my front bumper against a wall while parking in the tightest parking space ever.
3day old and already a scratch, GREAT!
Can such a scratch be covered?

[sajjt]

Originally Posted by superutp

Darn it! Scratched the right side of my front bumper against a wall while parking in the tightest parking space ever.
3day old and already a scratch, GREAT!
Can such a scratch be covered?

Sad to hear that it got scratched. If its your parking space,consider securing the walls with rubber padings on the bumper heights so that it wont hurt badly.

Don't worry, SVC guys are capable of handling this job.

[white-rabbit]

Originally Posted by superutp

Darn it! Scratched the right side of my front bumper against a wall while parking in the tightest parking space ever.
3day old and already a scratch, GREAT!
Can such a scratch be covered?

Sorry to hear that! Take it to service center.They will get it done.I will cost you 1500+ a day time.

[superutp]

Originally Posted by sajjt

Don't worry, SVC guys are capable of handling this job.

Originally Posted by white-rabbit

Sorry to hear that! Take it to service center.They will get it done.I will cost you 1500+ a day time.

Thanks, but unfortunately I wont be taking the car to the service centre for repair since owing to the nature of my parking space, another scratch in inevitable. Maybe its a wake up call to not take walls for granted

Maybe in a few months when I shift out to a better parking space..I mean house Ill get it covered.