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Also the bits in the car kinda costly to muck about with here

Yes pls continue

A40 Somerset

Both pics are of late Upali Wijerwardenas cars, Maybe a variant Wrong plaque probably http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2016/02/14/fin08.asp

I was always intrigued by the name they used and how it barely made any sense

UMC MAZDA Someone please take my turn,

Racer

Yup, all yours

As for the wiring, i'd suggest to do up the wiring new, with 2 relays one for each side, with high gauge wires and casings Use good relays, either OEM Japanese headlight relays or Good brand new ones like Hella etc, also use a relay for parking lights As for the seal beams, get rid of them the first gen pajero came with a round light that was flat, not curved like the seal beams, it had a mitsubishi badge in the middle and letters halogen across etched in the glass, made by koito or stanley https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROUND-HEAD-LAMP-LIGHT-for-MITSUBISHI-PAJERO-SHOGUN-MK2-1991-1993-/380599713598 the above is very common in shops here then you have the capability to get the period correct upgrade, the bulb is H4 thereafter H4 you have the following options Stick to a warm colour, so that it looks correct with the cars vintage Standard koito bulbs or Pair of night breakers, or warm HIDs <4000K or LEDs <4000K all mounted to the H4 socket Also sand down all grounding points and re-anchor them or you make have flickering issues or dim lights, lubricate the light stalk and connectors if they are rusty.

Nissan Primastar

Just saw this post, kinda hammered, pre friday night you know, let me get back to you asap tmrw morning

Renault Fuego?

Most of the 2008 ones have crossed 100000km , so try to buy a low mileage one, fuel consumption will not go better than 7-8kmpl They are very reliable vehicles and very good off road in 4wd form. Parts are slightly expensive expect around Rs 25000- 30000 for services maintenance every 10000km roughly. I was looking for a soft roader back in 2017 and wanted to buy one, but the high mileages and ridiculous prices people quoted put me off. Prices have now come down a bit. The Toyota Rush is the identical jdm import, they came in fancy colours and have a lot more gadgets as well, making replacements even rarer. Pricing almost same. There were a lot of accident repaired vehicles, novice drivers getting permits and due to parts being expensive and rare they were bad repair jobs, so whatever car u are buying get it checked, avoid buying from a used car sale, try to get a single owner doctor or whatever permit vehicle with maintenance history atleast with mileage around 50000- 60000km from Agent or equivalent. These things are good cars and people are hesitant to sell them off unless an accident etc, in fact I know a few lecturers and professors who absolutely love the vehicle and sold the current season permits and kept the terios from 2008. Anything with extremely low mileage is too good to be true. This is not what a typical Sri Lankan will buy as a first car but definitely a very good choice, not the most economical.

Amen

These guys are ranting about spot economy figures on the display, do the math over a period of atleast 1000km, you'll see it barely crosses 20kmpl atmost, whatever the kei with 92 oc or 95 oc. Colombo to Kandy its almost mostly downhill till Warakapola, the system starts throwing high fuel figures, if you note your spot display it drops to like 10-12kmpl uphill, that too the mira sorta turns off the alternator to lessen the load, turn on the lights and it further drops, i'm sure your values are without AC. Try any ISG driven Suzuki kei, in terms of weeny power and tiny fuel gains, it will rape the mira hands down. Its just a well thought out comfortable kei, not a philosphy to the world, and there is no argument where you compare a standard kei car with a mild hybrid kei and say which is more economical. also do note, all this ranting is most likely about 3000 bucks which you may save at the end of the month which will easily vanish if u break a wheel, a lug, small fender bender, tyre wall cut/ rupture, nudge a pedestrian, catch a cough / cold or diarrhea.

You should see them hilarious posts on the wagon R and Hustler fb groups!

Gosh tell me about it, I have had so many punctures. I never thought of it relating to the ply. More than 4 times this year. Mostly front wheels The other day I had to change a tyre in the asiri hospital car park, the bloody wheels are so heavy and a pain to Jack it up as well in formal clothing! Luckily I don't have to lift it like in the monty as it tucks in under, I even went to the extent of checking whether they had expired, Wear is not that significant, but the comfort part is there. I was going to go for a maxxis set but since my uncle is a dealer I got a decent offer.

You can get the oem cleaner at the agents around 2600 lkr Cheers mate, nice chat!

Yes the Kandy traffic is just unbearable now, a poor constricted road network with numerous bottlenecks, zero traffic lights and drained cops waving about! Not to rant about fuel but I just drive Kei cars in the traffic overcoming the low fuel figures partially. Have you used the Mitsubishi OEM fuel system cleaner? I Use it like every 25,000km and it improves the idle and the pull quite a lot, I must say Mitsubishi engines are quite rev happy, I have used 4dr5, 4d56, 4dr6, 4m40, 4m41! They got good grunt in the low end, the turbo makes it better in the mid rpms and higher end. Not just in the SUVs, even in the high end vans (L400 Chamonix Space Gear etc) Most people don't know the kickback function in the super select gearbox, and just baby the pedal and expect it to pull or else just go into sport mode, the owners manual says to bottom out the pedal for the gearbox to kick down and start pulling lol.