Whilst I haven't had the time to go overseas and won't be for some time, a close relative of mine has assisted me with getting my car to do some repairs.
When he got to my car, the battery was flat. Worse is when I took ownership of the Honda, the bonnet latch had broke. Cue extra services needed to move the car and remove the bumper to access the battery because the latch was dead. :(
Thankfully Feriko was able to be brought over to the workshop. What was supposed to be done first was replacement of the windshield. The previous owner had spoke to me that the windshield was the original piece, and because of that opted not to replace the windshield. I find it odd.
But, it is good that the windshield is now being replaced.
Of course, for a car that from what I would have gathered has been sitting outside for a long time, there is, again, more rust issues.
But with this repair, the rust has been patched, since there was concerns about leakage during the rain because the rust holes were that bad. Yikes.
On a similar note, I had previously ordered a better condition steering wheel and a more original (To my assumption) Honda shifter and shift boot. They apparently may not be the correct one, I have no idea either, but I feel the materials used for these seem to supersede what the original ones would have used.
Strong suspicion that both of these are for the USDM market cars, but since I already bought them, I don't know. All in all, for these two items I paid a total of 84.29USD.
The steering wheel is also a leather item like the wheel that was on the car. It looks to be in far better condition than what mine currently is, and it came from a Facebook Marketplace deal for RM200, and 60 for shipping. Quite a worthwhile purchase I feel.
Unfortunately I don't have the photos of all of these installed in the car, but these fixes plus servicing has been the first steps to restoring Feriko.
Cost wise, excluding the purchase price of the parts, the total cost of the repairs up until this point is 1260RM. I'll be compiling a dedicated post somewhere eventually that will tally up all of my expenses with the car, Elanmi included. For now, I hope that the next update with the cars will be positive. See you on the next update!
~Linus
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