Driving Thru A Flooded Area

IMPORTANT : As mush as possible, please try not to drive thru a flooded area. You won’t be able to gauge how deep the water is from sitting inside your car. This is only a rough guide if you find yourself suddenly in deep waters.
Its now the monsoon season again. With the many road works going around in KL flash floods are bound to happen. And you might find yourself cought unexpectedly on a road which is flooded. This is what I do whenever I find myself in this type of situation.
1. Don’t Panic.
2. Look at the road curb, road divider, lamp post or any other objects which would be able to give u a rough idea of how high the water is. If you don’t feel confident, do not proceed.
3. Shift the car into 1st gear( tip- tronic mode if you’re driving an auto)
4. Say a short prayer.
5. If there's a vehicle infront of you, let it clear the flood too. You wouldn't want to end up behind him if his car stalls
6. Go into the flood slowly, to create a bow wave. For the 206 its about 15km/h to 20km/h.
7. Sit up right and you should be able to see the bow wave in-front of the car.
8. Adjust your vehicle speed accordingly so that you do not overtake the bow wave. Don’t let the bow wave get away from you either. 
9. Once you’ve cleared the flood, don’t forget to thank God and smile. IF your car stalls in the flood, my sympathy is with you.

 

These 2 pictures  are examples of a bow wave. As you can see, the water level infront of the vehicle/ the water level of the bow wave  is much higher compared with the water level behind the bow wave. Imagine you’re in a bathtub. Then push  your palm across the water. You’ll notice that the water level in-front of your palm is higher than the water level at the back of your palm. The same concept applies here. When you drive into the flood slowly, you’re using the car’s front bumper to create the bow wave. It pushes the water away, thus lowering the water level from the engine bay onwards.

Sterring Wheel Logo Replacement

The mother of all conversions. Removing the Ugly round Naza logo from the steering wheel. I always wondered why warranty would be void if the logo is removed and now i think i know why...look closely at the photo below. This is how the steering wheel looks like with the logo removed.



As you can see, the air bag is exposed once the logo is removed.I believe that Nasim/ Peugeot are afraid that once we remove the logo and with the air bag exposed, we might do something that will cause the air bag to malfunction.  Hence I'm sure Nasim/Peugeot would not want to bear any responsibility.

So, I would advice not to remove the logo unless you really know what you are doing. Otherwise be willing to spend and do a proper conversion by changing the whole driver airbag which comes with the peugeot logo.




But if you still insists on doing it, here's how to do it. Get an Engine Emblem. The Lion logo is taken out from this emblem.

The back part of the eblem looks like this

 

Remove the double sided tape and the press the lion out



Next its time to remove the Naze Logo from the steering wheel. Remove the horn fuse, so that the horn does not sound when you pull out the logo. Try using your hands to pull out the logo. Try avoid using any tools because the streering/airbag cover is very soft and is easily scratched. You'll have to pull really hard because you need to break the 2 plastic rivets which holds the naza logo in place(look at the picture above). Once its out you can then place the lion logo.

 

You may file down the rear of the lion according to the thickness you prefer. Don't forget to fix back the horn fuse. good luck!! :-)

Rust proffing The Hub Assembly

I believe most 206B delivered recently has this problem. The rust you see is due to the hub assembly being made from cast iron which rust easily. Its such a shame that NAZA/Peugeot did nothing to coat this part properly prevent this from happening during assembly.

I did plan to go to BB Glemarie to ask them to fix this for me, but just the though of going all the way there, then to haggle/argue with them over this problem, dah make me tired. So I decided to DIY as usual.

First, jack the car up, secure it on jack stands and remove the tyre. It would most probably be very difficult for the tyre to come off because of the rust. Use your hands/mallet and hit the tyre as hard as you can, the top then the bottom, the left and right until it loosens up. You know, i only managed to remove my left hand side tyre. for the right hand side tyre, I had to go to a tyre shop and ask them to remove the tyre. They too had a hard time removing the tyre. Then I applied grease to affected area of the rim and fix the tire back. Went back home and continued my DIY project.


Next wash off the rust using a wire brush or steel wool and leave it to dry.







Once it has dried, apply some rust converter. I used this which is available at most hardware shops. After the rust converter has worked its magic, paint over the affected area with anti-rust paint.









When the paint is dry, re fit your tyre and pat yourself for a job well done :-)

Getting Your Head Lamps Crystal Clear

Hopefully with this small DIY guide, you will be able to have crystal clear headlamps for your new 206.

















I wasn't happy at all with my headlights when I got my car from the Showroom. They were dull looking. The sales man told me that it was normal for the headlamps to look that way, And worst of all, water vapor was condensing inside of the headlamps. I of course, disagreed.

Fisrt I went to BlueBox at Glenmarie to get a free replacement for both sides of my headlamps. Unfortunately these new lamps had the same water condensation problem. But since it was brandnew, I decided to do some DIY to water seal the head lamps. Basically what you need to do is to take both headlamps out and reseal the edges with clear silicone or any other type of sealant

First remove the front grill. Do this by removing the 4 clips and 2 screws attached to the front grill.



Next run your fingers under the grill to the edge and pull the edge out. The grill is attached using clips at the edges

Once you have taken out the grill, next is to remove the headlamp which is secured by 3 10mm bolts(as shown in the pictures below). Remove these 3 botls and pull the lamp out. After you've pulled out the headlamp, you'll have to disconnect the wiring too.

After removing both lamps, use silicone sealant or any other type of sealant and re-seal the edges of the lamp( top and bottom). Once the sealant is dry (use a hairdryer to dry it faster) re-fit your headlights.