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Tinting 3rd Brake Lights

Some cars came with just plain, translucent 3rd brake lights. There are many creative colours out there where you can tint them into. Some people like them smoked with dark tints, some are more creative with colours. Whatever it is, just make sure that the 3rd brake lights...

March 26, 2014 Johnson Lam DIY, Electric And Electronic Comments

Arduino: An Intro

Arduino projects and DIY kits are another interesting topic KakiDIY is looking into, you might heard about these and also wonder how to start up your own Arduino project. KakiDIY with it’s resident Arduino Guru will be here to help you! So… what is Arduino? Arduino is a...

March 26, 2014 Johnson Lam Electric And Electronic Comments

Cleaning Air Con Filter

Cars these days mostly comes with air-con filters to protect dust and other unwanted particles to enter the air-con system such as cooling coils, fan blowers and the vents. Which maybe labour intensive to get them cleaned. The replacement filter may be blocked over time causing air-con to...

March 24, 2014 Johnson Lam Automotive, DIY, Maintenance Comments

Door Lock Beeps

Most cars (Japanese Cars) these days somehow don’t come with any audible beeps when you lock or unlock the car via remote. Some manufacturer even reverted to use the car’s horn as an audible signal to indicate door locks/alarm activation which is kinda annoying. My first draft was...

March 24, 2014 Johnson Lam Automotive, DIY, Electric And Electronic Comments

Magnetized Oil Filter

I saw this product “Magnetrap” sold in service centers.. and it is to be installed at the Oil Filters to trap rust and other metal debris that is in the car engine… I was thinking.. what is the use of that if the whole engine is aluminum ??...

March 24, 2014 Johnson Lam Automotive, DIY, Maintenance Comments

Voltage Stabilizer Circuit

I had this unit of Deizin Voltage Stabilizer. Which was installed in my old car and will be installed over to another car. As I was taking this unit out, I found out that the circuit looked simple.. so I decided to trace the circuit to be able...

March 24, 2014 Johnson Lam Automotive, DIY, Electric And Electronic Comments

Grounding : Fundamental

The basics of any electrical circuit is to have electric current complete a round trip from +VE to -VE of the power source; in this case, the car battery or the alternator +VE point and the -VE are usually grounded to the car body. Sometimes, the connections are...