I'd like to see a photo of your Kizashi as inspiration. I also plan to keep my Kizashi for years (at least several more) so I'm considering a front bumper and hood repaint too. You're absolutely right that the Kizashi has awful paint and even with good care, it's just prone to damage from everyday conditions. Thankfully, the car makes up for it with solid mechanicals and good reliability.NickL wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:43 am Since January I invested some money in my Kizzy and I don't regret at all cause I plan to keep the car for another 2 to 3 years. As I previously wrote, I repainted the summer Rims in silver, and put the new Kumho summer tyres on it. One of my Xenon Headligh bulb was defect, So i replaced both ot them as well as the standing light bulbs which I replaced with small LEDs which now looks way better in combination with Xenon.
I also had the repaint the entire Bonnet, because the small traces of Rust begin to show up on the edges of the front side. The guys had to cut the metal where the rust showed, weld it again, and the entire Hood is repainted in order to stop the corossion from spreading further. The quality of the Paint job and the protection against the rust is so far my only serious remark on the car. Everything else from mechanical, electronic, electric and other systems on the car are working perfectly fine.
I also changed the Engine Oil, Oil filter, Cabine and Engine Air filter, Manual Transmission fluid (didn't put the Redline cause it had to be imported from over seas) and the front Brake pads. The Mechanic told me that the Transmission fluid was a bit brownish so I suppose that it wasn't changed ever before and the car is now 10 years old. The Battery had to be changed as well, because the old one began to surrender.
I didn't make some newer Photos cause I didn't actually changed the looks on the car. I just keep it stock and clean and try to keep it in as good as possible mechanical condition. I was asked from some relatives did we buy a new car recently. I laughed a little bit, cause it's only a 10 year old used car, but obviously good maintained.
After 2 years of owning the car, I still love it like I did the first day I bought it and looking forward to any trip that I am going to make with this rare but remarkable car....
Sad to see it go but I'm glad the new owner is excited for this rare car. What are you replacing the Kizashi with?NickL wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 5:48 pm Well, after 4 and half years of having the Suzuki, yesterday it found a new owner. I was selling the car for arround 6 weeks and got here and there calls from the people who wanted to know more about the car, but never actually came to see it. I did my best to keep the car technically and visually in very good condition, and it payed out for me. I had it for 4 and a half years and drove it 60t miles, from North West until South Eeast Europe. The car never missed a bit. It never left me down on the road. Since owning the car, I never had a moment that the car didn't want to start when I pushed the button. I never saw any kind of warning light on the dash, except when my front parking sensor died. Beside that parking sensor and one Xenon bulb that eventualy died, I didn't have any unplanned repairs. The only thing that I recall that I din't like on the car is the paint quality as well as rust protection. I had a problem that the hood started to rust from inside out, and I had to cut the piece of metal where the rust appeared, weld another piece and repaint the whole hood. However, no car is perfect, and this concern is actually the only negative side of Kizashi.
The only thing tha I am glad about seling this car is that car is goint to an owner who was looking to buy a good Kihashi for almost two years. He is a car enthusiasts and already knows what he got. He said he will keep the car longer time and I really hope the car is going to serve him well as it served me.
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