Maruti 800 DX, 5speed - 55,555.5kms review

hello everyone, first let me introduce my ride, the good old M800


we bought this thing few days before my b'day on 2001, march 31st night 8:00pm IST to be precise
it wsas used by my dad for almost 6years and had not even a single problem in his handling, and later i took over it, the car was in very good condition, take a look at this,

the car did almost 45,000 kms when it was given to me and the car was still running on the stock tires, i slowly started upgrading it part by part and made it like the one in the intro pic, did a unch of long drives on this machine when bunked college, with family and at times alone, dint face any problem with the engine at all,
all i had to do is a drive shaft change a TI change, all four suspensions changed, all four mirror rolling devices changed, and thats all of it, the k&N replacement is my personal choice so not including in the list, the cabin light is of no use so changed it to a 24led lamp and you feeel like its day time when your in the cabin with the light on


these pics were clicked at 12:00 midnight just before posting this topic, these led's are too bright
even the head lamp isnt brght enough so upgraded them to hella 130/110 instead of the stock 60/55 lamps
i feel normal while driving because my front glass is tinted,the car is a bit low on height so increased its height by 3"
the stock tires 145/70 r12 doesnt provide much comfort and riding pleasure so upgraded to 165/60 r13 potenza g3's on light weight HR alloys
overall the pros and cons are
PROS:
easy to get through traffic
fuel economy
maintanence is low
spares available every where
best car to try your DIY's

CONS:

very bad braking unless you install brake boosters
too low on height
bad legroom for the rear seats
very small boot
not at all tuner friendly

overall ratings for the stock m800 and my m800(out of 10)
handling-5,6
ride quality-5,7
vfm-9,9
interiors-6,7
exteriors-6,8
engine-6,6.5
safety-4,4
built quality-5,5
FE-9,8
few more pics coming soon

Good review napster. Cool pics. The LED interior light is very bright. The tirm on doors and seat covers look cool. What is the mileage you are getting? and waiting for more pics :) .

im getting a mileage of 10-12 in the city after puttingon those wide tires and on the highway still to test, before on the stock tires i use to get 19 on the highway

me not kidding about the 55555.5kms thing, its true, some might think that i just wrote that for fun

Does 800 comes with disc brake?
Or you installed it after market?

Crazy cat wrote:Does 800 comes with disc brake?
Or you installed it after market?

Crazy Cat, Thats the front wheel and disc brakes comes in almost every car's front wheels!

VT

Oh Ok. My uncle had a similar looking 800, don't know the year. But it didn't have disc brakes. I was unaware of when MS gave front discs to 800 :stupid: .

@napster, which wheels do you have now? Alloy or steel?

Crazy cat wrote:Oh Ok. My uncle had a similar looking 800, don't know the year. But it didn't have disc brakes. I was unaware of when MS gave front discs to 800 :stupid: .

@napster, which wheels do you have now? Alloy or steel?

I don't think 800 had ever drums in front, May be the first gen. model had.
These are alloys, As it can be clearly seen in pics.

VT

the starting series of my model maruthi dint have a disc in the front, my thing comes with an alto engine which his of 45bhp, the other models come with a 4-speed gearbox and 39bhp, i have HR alloys and bridgestone potenza G3's, 165/60 r13

55555.5 LOL!!!!!!You have totally changed the 800 and it looks sexy especially at night with those blue lights, even interiors have been nicely done.

thakss coolboy, i spent a lot on this thing, im gonna spend more, as of now, im sure my m800 is the best in the whole oof my state, no other idiot would have spent soo much on an m800,:lol!:.
my ice

Vibhor wrote:

Crazy cat wrote:Oh Ok. My uncle had a similar looking 800, don't know the year. But it didn't have disc brakes. I was unaware of when MS gave front discs to 800 :stupid: .

@napster, which wheels do you have now? Alloy or steel?

I don't think 800 had ever drums in front, May be the first gen. model had.
These are alloys, As it can be clearly seen in pics.

VT

napster wrote:i was about to get a 14" on my car with extreme low pros, they are just gonna cost few more thousands but then i came through these low pro's pros and cons and then asked for suggestions from people who already where using low pros and decided not to go for them, because at times im forced to handle my car very badly that the impact will be soo hard on the wheel that a low pro will not with stand and the rim will surely break and that may lead to a disaster when im on high speeds so dropped the idea and got 13" replacing the stock 12"

I read this napster's quote in another thread. I didn't read properly and got confused with the underlined words. I thought he replaced 13" with 12" stock wheels and thus the confusion. :stupid:

napster wrote:thakss coolboy, i spent a lot on this thing, im gonna spend more, as of now, im sure my m800 is the best in the whole oof my state, no other idiot would have spent soo much on an m800,:lol!:.
my ice

vibhor complained about lack of boot space in 800, but napster he has filled that little boot space with subs :lol!: .
Different looking subs doesn't look nice.

true, specially the pioneer's blue color doesnt look good, thats why i wanted to upgrade the sub to that of jbl dual sub enclosure, i act got that pioneer sub from a friend so kept it, after iupgrade to jbl enclosure, ill put these aside and in an year ill takeoff the rear seats and build a custom enclosure in that space for audio :evil:

Crazy cat wrote:Oh Ok. My uncle had a similar looking 800, don't know the year. But it didn't have disc brakes. I was unaware of when MS gave front discs to 800 :stupid: .

@napster, which wheels do you have now? Alloy or steel?

800 has disc's on the front but they act s drms only because they are mechanical (hydraulic) whereas alto, new zen and all have vaccume brakes and are very quick, i asked for upgradation to vaccume brakes and it's gonna cost 6k for the conversion

whola napster, thats cool car you customed, how about some price specifications buddy, surely its worth sharing right :D , waiting for that info, keep updating and rocking with those sub's, doesnt sony and pioneer distract together.

naah they wont distract dude, however all you can hear in a hatch with 2ubs is " BOoOom BOoOom BoOoOM " lol
well coming to the price tags,
ICE:
sony cdx gt-460us-9k
pioneer ovals (6years old)- some 5k i guess not sure
sony 350watt amp,-3.5k
jbl-gt5-a604 amp-5300
sony 1000watt sub-3300
jbl wiring 1500
tweeters -500
pioneer sub-free..lol

other cosmetic mods
alloys: set of 4 HR racing: 11200
potenza g3's:11500
brake drum and calipers paint 230(DIY)
PU-seats-5500
door pads-1000
cabin light-24 led : 250
underbody neons : 4300
rpm gauge (4 in 1): 6500
hella 130/110 i dont know what they call it : 1200
front glass tint (3m): 1000
k&N replacement : 3000
roof lamp (blue): 500
strobe lights in parking : 400 (for name sake)lol
full matting (BLACK): 500

FUTURE COSMETIC MODS:
boot lid lever
front jbl's
brake boosters
jbl 1004 amplifier,
jbl dual sub enclosure
and a pioneer dvd HU if im left with any cash:stupid:
if im missing something, then let me know

so you seems to have spended around 80k till now on your ride, cool man.

Nice list of accessories napster, Whats the difference between Cabin light and roof lamps? Please post pics if you have. :)

RoadRoacket

cabin light is the one you get above the rear view mirror, and roof lamp is the one placed in the centre of the roof which has a neon tube in it,here is the pic

i forgot to add NGK iridium spark plugs - 1600

i also feel, since 800's brakes are non-assisted, they are harder & give a spongy feel compared to its brothers.

exactly, im going for brake upgrade, installing brake boosters

Its nice that you've installed that roof lamp, Its looks nice, As i mentioned in my review, That 800's Map lights aren't too good, So I was planning to install one, Any idea how much will the normal one cost?

VT

you mean the company one?

napster wrote:you mean the company one?

Yeah, Company or after market will also do.

VT