Monday, March 8, 2010

Hizam & The Return to iVTEC!

Hizam is one of the coolest dude I've met through my circle of Honda friends. He is one of the few guys known to be very meticulous and precise when it comes to modifying the car. With a list of previous cars like the torquey 2 liter EK hatch and a pristine showroom condition Tommi Makinen Evolution 6, Hizam 'unwillingly' decided to jump ship by getting a Mini Cooper S. A decision that caused unrest to a lot of his friends. Hahah.

Having said that, Hizam survived two years with the MCS. As you can see from the his blog (which hasn't been updated for more than 6 months haha), the Mini was done quit neatly with the only prototype TEIN for Mini and other goodies. But one thing for sure the Mini didn't quite satisfy the flaming modification desire of a Japanese car enthusiast like Hizam. No doubt the Mini is a head turner, but when it comes to modification, the costs can destroy whatever dreams you have for it. Not only that, the options for aftermarket parts are very limited and the styling, well to be honest it looks pretty dull. Furthermore, being smoked by a 1.6 Civic VTEC can cause the owner to breathe fire from the nose. That's very dangerous. Ahaks!

So last weekend Hizam made up his mind after doing test drive on few cars including the RM300K Mugen RR. The Mini will be sold off to make way for..*drumroll*..Facelift 2005 Integra Type-R DC5! The car is entirey stock with black interior and it is a Spec-C (complete with rear wiper, foldable mirror, push start button. Mine is Spec-A. I got none of those.) A very good foundation for a guy who does thing the right way. Hizam paid for around RM150K for the car and it should be out real soon..and that also means Black Mamba will have a new sparring partner. Hehe. All the best to Hizam and his new K-powered Darkside! :D






5 comments:

noname_yma said...

bile lah aku bleh pakai ni :(

Firdaus Asri said...

yeah his tme was really freaking clean!! I guess his soul going back to pangkal jalan - the vtec route hehehe

Kenny said...

Eh? Where's the gear knob?

Wan Ahmad Farouk Shah said...

Whats beside the cupholder in pic no.4?

me or you said...

kenny: gearknob normally being kept in the office..if the knob being left in the car surely it'll be gone. haha.

WAFS: thats the STC toll system for Japan car similar as our SmartTag if im not wrong. i have it in my car too. nak cabut sayang..heheh