A question for our AUTO GUROs was raised by one of our loyal readers CustomPinoyRides.com. And it goes:
Hey all you Auto Experts of Custom Pinoy Rides.com!
This may not be related to the above article (Was referring to the Poor Man’s Type-R) but this is the fastest way I could write up to you guys coz I’m a little bit in a hurry so here goes…
I have a friend that owns a classic Levin. An even older model than the Levin featured in Initial D. It used to be a Head turner in SLEX. There was even a time in SLEX that a tuned up civic esi chased it, drove beside it, and rolled down its window just to flip out a sign showing the question “Are you selling your car?” Of course my flattered friend just waved his hand to reject the offer. Unfortunately it was left parked at his house in Marikina when Ondoy struck our country. I’m sure you already know what happened to it.
F**kin S**t! right? Anyway, I guess I could relate this comment to your article above by asking Whats the “Poor Man’s” way of restoring a Levin drowned up by Ondoy? The owner ain’t that poor. He just wants to bring his Precious Levin back to life without having to wait for a dozen or more monthly 15s and 30s just to come up with the cash to fix up his drowned up Levin. It doesn’t need to be tuned up to be a monster Drift car to unleash its inborn talent. He just wants it to be good enough for an everyday car. Me and my friend would appreciate your advice. Thanks guys! More Power to CustomPinoyRides.com! Ow! and by the way, Good luck with your upcoming car show. Looking forward to it. Keep Reving you guyz! Vroom Vroooooom! Tsssss! (Blow off valve!!!)
-Brian Dude via CustomPinoyRides.com
A Toyota Corolla Hachi-Roku (Not the drowned Levin)
The King says:
Ohh, Ondoy devastated alot of the car world locally!
He should have stripped the car down right after ondoy, now depending on the flood water, was it muddy or just water?
Either way he should have washed the carpets out, removed the dash, change all the engine oils!
Was he able to remove the battery before the flood? if he did then all the electronics should be ok! if not clean them out with contact cleaner and a hair dryer then try them out one by one.
Goodluck!
THE aSTIG says:
I’ve written an article a while back on How to deal with a Flooded Car. <– Check it out by clicking the link!
I hope this helps.
If any of you readers have a question for the AUTO GUROs, feel free to ask away!
Hey guyz! He already gave the car an oil change and he already stripped out the upholstery. I’m happy to tell you guys that he found a shop that gave him a good deal to fix up his car. He already payed for a 10k dp so they could start bringing the Levin back to life. He lives in the south now so if you guys see a simple silver Levin around the South…that might be him happy together with his Levin again.
Thanks guyz!
It was a pleasure to have helped dude. Anytime!