Car shop's in Georgetown Penang

[jay_lancer]

Hi

I asked before about shop's in KL before and was told about Sunway as per this thread

http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=464273

I went there and enjoyed looking around, thanks again for who replied

next month I must go to Penang, I will stay Georgetown near the Komtar centre and I must go to the Thai consulate in the morning, but i will have a free afternoon, any shops you can recommend to see?

I need to buy a boost gauge, an oil temp gauge and an oil pressure gauge. I can buy these items in Thailand but if I see a nice one there I will buy it.

Many thanks for any replies

 

[sweelt]

bro jay, sorry to say. No one place for car accessories. Mostly scattered around Penang island and mainland.
search few for you to see.
https://www.google.com/#tbm=lcl&q=c...7!3d5.296227404709101!3m2!1i1500!2i795!4f13.1

this is known shop. Unknown shop i got no idea. Sorry.

FTzone, G1 racing many knew it.

i still have headache searching for rims...if in KL, 1-2 days can find dy...

 

[jay_lancer]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, I won't have time to go to the mainland this trip, really it is because I need to go to update my Thai visa, any car shop's I can see is just a bonus.

Regarding rims, I recently managed to find some original used Enkei 16x7 inch wheels for my Lancer in Bangkok, was hard to find wheels I like because most wheels with 4 studs have a PCD of 4x100 but my car is 4x114.3 so was happy to find these. I do not really like the look of the universal wheels with 8 holes to fit multiple PCD patterns. They fit fine with no rubbing on 205/50R16 rubber but I might go to 205/45R16 when I next need to change the tires.

Will drop the car a little, currently looking out for a set of used TEIN coilovers and do a stage one turbo to run about 0.5 bar which should be safe on my engine without upgrading the internals. This should give me about 160 BHP and will make the car fast enough for fun driving here on roads in Thailand without being crazy.

cheers

 

[sweelt]

i opposite in your case, mine 15/7j 4x114.3, hard to find.
most in penang come with 16 inch.

 

[jay_lancer]

i opposite in your case, mine 15/7j 4x114.3, hard to find.
most in penang come with 16 inch.

What car do you have?

17's is a more popular upgrade in Thailand but I wanted to go with 16's to avoid rubbing because some of the road surfaces here are not great, and also I want to keep my car's appearance fairly low key. My original wheels were 15's running 185/65r15 rubber.

When it is finished, apart from the wheels, a small FMIC, a slight drop, a different slightly bigger exhaust tailpipe and maybe some R32 front brake calipers and some up rated brake rotors I want my car to look almost stock.

I do like some 15 inch design's like the retro looking 'watanabe' depending on what car it is going on.

cheers

 

[lsm1991]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, I won't have time to go to the mainland this trip, really it is because I need to go to update my Thai visa, any car shop's I can see is just a bonus.

Regarding rims, I recently managed to find some original used Enkei 16x7 inch wheels for my Lancer in Bangkok, was hard to find wheels I like because most wheels with 4 studs have a PCD of 4x100 but my car is 4x114.3 so was happy to find these. I do not really like the look of the universal wheels with 8 holes to fit multiple PCD patterns. They fit fine with no rubbing on 205/50R16 rubber but I might go to 205/45R16 when I next need to change the tires.

Will drop the car a little, currently looking out for a set of used TEIN coilovers and do a stage one turbo to run about 0.5 bar which should be safe on my engine without upgrading the internals. This should give me about 160 BHP and will make the car fast enough for fun driving here on roads in Thailand without being crazy.

cheers

just wondering, since you are from thailand, why not get the more major work done there? the rims hard to find, i understand, but turbo work here, maybe not a good idea? I assume you would have to drive back to thailand without really testing it all out properly, and i hear those kinds of jobs are heaper up there?

 

[marsha1l_v6]

there is few performance shop,this are the shop that i go to during my years at penang, not like sunway but you can get the item you mention and ask about your engine mod.

Nardock performance (can find location through mudah) Bayan Lepas area
Kiong Lee (Bayan Lepas near, same row Nasi kandar kayu at vistana/behind bukit jambul mall)

Man,i miss penang

 

[sweelt]

penang food...niceee...hahaha
i think bro jay have his mechanic to do mods in Thailand.
From the thread he start, Bira in Thailand.

 

[vr2turbo]

penang food...niceee...hahaha
i think bro jay have his mechanic to do mods in Thailand.
From the thread he start, Bira in Thailand.

Not sure of rims and performance parts but for car accessories I am sure Bangkok got more. I got one group of friends always order stuffs from Bangkok......lol

 

[sweelt]

..uncle, holiday kah.

 

[vr2turbo]

..uncle, holiday kah.

Was near you.....lol

 

[jay_lancer]

Thanks for your replies, I will be doing upgrades to my car in BKK, not Penang, I will be flying to Penang, not driving so I will only be looking for some smaller items if I can find something I like such as gauges which can fit in my bag. Will check the prices compared to BKK but the Thai baht is so high now maybe some small parts can be cheaper paying in ringgit LOL

I am also interested in the Malaysian car scene because you have a lot of the car's are similar mechanically to mine (Lancer with 4G18) and I have an afternoon free in Penang and I like looking round new car shops if I can find any and have spare time.

I am also looking forward to eating some nice Indian food while I am there :)


cheers

 

[vr2turbo]

Thanks for your replies, I will be doing upgrades to my car in BKK, not Penang, I will be flying to Penang, not driving so I will only be looking for some smaller items if I can find something I like such as gauges which can fit in my bag. Will check the prices compared to BKK but the Thai baht is so high now maybe some small parts can be cheaper paying in ringgit LOL

I am also interested in the Malaysian car scene because you have a lot of the car's are similar mechanically to mine (Lancer with 4G18) and I have an afternoon free in Penang and I like looking round new car shops if I can find any and have spare time.

I am also looking forward to eating some nice Indian food while I am there :)


cheers

Yup, for car places, PJ more happening like the Sunway place you went to....

 

[sweelt]

How long u will in penang ? One night ?

 

[jay_lancer]

How long u will in penang ? One night ?

2 nights, I will arrive by air on the 5th April about 6:30pm and I have a hotel booked, 'Heliconia Hotel' which is near the Komtar centre.

In the morning of April 6th I go to the Thai consulate, drop off my passport and some documents to renew my visa for Thailand, then on the 7th I will go to pick up my passport about 2pm then I have a flight back to BKK on the 7th about 7pm.

Will be free on the afternoon and evening of the 6th to look around.

cheers

 

[vr2turbo]

2 nights, I will arrive by air on the 5th April about 6:30pm and I have a hotel booked, 'Heliconia Hotel' which is near the Komtar centre.

In the morning of April 6th I go to the Thai consulate, drop off my passport and some documents to renew my visa for Thailand, then on the 7th I will go to pick up my passport about 2pm then I have a flight back to BKK on the 7th about 7pm.

Will be free on the afternoon and evening of the 6th to look around.

cheers

Means you are Malaysian working in Thailand?

 

[jay_lancer]

Means you are Malaysian working in Thailand?

I am actually a Brit, from London, UK but living in Thailand right now

The most similar forum to this one from my home country is this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/

the scene is different in the UK, because of less tax sports car's that are out of reach for regular people in SE Asia are affordable, but the high cost of labor in a garage makes it hard to afford mod's unless you can do them yourself, so I would not modify my car's much back in my home country, just drive a nice almost stock car. My last car in the UK was an Audi TT. I have attached a pic, miss it!

Here things are different, I cannot afford a sports car but is cheaper to mod a regular car and turn it into something fun to drive and own which I am trying to do with my Lancer.

I like Zerotohundred because it is much more relevant to the Local scene in Thailand, and lots of Mitsu knowledge here, which I am thankful for, but unlike Thai forums its in English!

All your advice is appreciated!

cheers

 

[sweelt]

To own audi tt here is much of pain.
To get cheaper car for mods, still it depend on pockets.
Imported car to malaysia, tax much or less 300% of original price.

 

[jay_lancer]

To own audi tt here is much of pain.
To get cheaper car for mods, still it depend on pockets.
Imported car to malaysia, tax much or less 300% of original price.

Yes, is the same in Thailand, I always had European car's in the UK and did not mod much, just some upgrades like Eibach springs and shock's, stage 1 ecu remap, upgraded brake rotors and pads etc.

I also had a first generation Audi S3 and a BMW e36 coupe, all expensive to buy and hard to find here :(

Here in Asia better with a local car and I am just still learning about the local and JDM scene.

cheers

 

[vr2turbo]

I am actually a Brit, from London, UK but living in Thailand right now

The most similar forum to this one from my home country is this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/

the scene is different in the UK, because of less tax sports car's that are out of reach for regular people in SE Asia are affordable, but the high cost of labor in a garage makes it hard to afford mod's unless you can do them yourself, so I would not modify my car's much back in my home country, just drive a nice almost stock car. My last car in the UK was an Audi TT. I have attached a pic, miss it!

Here things are different, I cannot afford a sports car but is cheaper to mod a regular car and turn it into something fun to drive and own which I am trying to do with my Lancer.

I like Zerotohundred because it is much more relevant to the Local scene in Thailand, and lots of Mitsu knowledge here, which I am thankful for, but unlike Thai forums its in English!

All your advice is appreciated!

cheers

Oh! at least that is cleared up. Initially thought you were Thai visiting Malaysia, then you mentioned getting Visa but from Malaysia Thai consulate.........lol
Welcome to Malaysia and also to ZTH forum.....