Chevrolet Spark (Velvet Sparky): 20,000+ Kms Review


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Guys, I just got this image. How is this wheel cap? I like it very much. Any idea where I can get?

Is there any standard size for wheel caps so that I can search for something online and get something different like this one for my sparky?

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sethumurugan said:
Guys, I just got this image. How is this wheel cap? I like it very much. Any idea where I can get?

Is there any standard size for wheel caps so that I can search for something online and get something different like this one for my sparky?

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It looks like Alloys.

Go to GP road, there you can get more designs of Wheel caps. choose the best one, which you like and suits to sparky.
 
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@ Sethu, those are alloys. I have seen them in European Matiz (ala Indian Spark),
 
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AppU said:
It looks like Alloys.

Go to GP road, there you can get more designs of Wheel caps. choose the best one, which you like and suits to sparky.
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@ Sethu, those are alloys. I have seen them in European Matiz (ala Indian Spark),
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Very Sadm those become Alloys[frustration]. Cant spend that much now. Anyway, thanks friends for the info.
 
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Sethu, take your current wheel cap to the accessory shop and they will have designs that will fit yours.

I had changed mine, when one of the existing set fell off on road. It was exact replica of the company provided one but without the chevy logo in the middle.

I should have the remaining 3 of the earlier set somewhere if anyone is interested.
 
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chayan said:
Sethu, take your current wheel cap to the accessory shop and they will have designs that will fit yours.

I had changed mine, when one of the existing set fell off on road. It was exact replica of the company provided one but without the chevy logo in the middle.

I should have the remaining 3 of the earlier set somewhere if anyone is interested.
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Chayan, Thank you very much.

In my case I have all 4 in safe place. It is boring since this is for more than 2 and half years and some places paints have gone. More over, every spark in the city has the same wheel cap. So I was thinking about this for long time. When I was looking for spark wipers this image came with this wonderful wheel cap.

That is it.
 
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I guess you can check and go for some used alloys also.

Else go for any other design wheel cap.
 
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I guess you can check and go for some used alloys also.

Else go for any other design wheel cap.
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Anushman, some body else also suggested the same idea. But am scared to go for used ones since this is the important aspect of the car.

I would go either for new alloys (guy near my house quoted nearly 12.5k almost a year ago for five) or try some other wheel cap.
 
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sethu sir. he just liked the spark. he is a city dweller. when he goes out of city, he travels by train.he feels it's compact and it gives me confidence to drive in tight spaces. i also asked why he didn't try other cars. he said i like just like the spark. I don't know how he got influenced.
 
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sethu sir. he just liked the spark. he is a city dweller. when he goes out of city, he travels by train.he feels it's compact and it gives me confidence to drive in tight spaces. i also asked why he didn't try other cars. he said i like just like the spark. I don't know how he got influenced.
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Ok. That is good. Yes spark looks good and good value for money. But FE thing he might need to be careful. I might get lower FE (I dont know, but based on other sparks am saying this) since mine is 2010 mode, I got in 2011 (additional 15k discount)

Is he planning for LPG mode or petrol mode and which variant he is planing for.
 
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he is going for Spark 1.0 LT BS4 OBDII. getting his car on monday. he is going for petrol version.I have told him to join TAI. he is getting a discount of 45,000.
 
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Re: Velvet Sparky - Review After 10,000 Kms on Odometer

Buying a spark in these days are not a wise decsion, whatever discount he may get.

It is an old engine in an old model car. Spark's engine(3 valves compared to 4 valves per cylinder) is not known for its milage and resale value is also less.
 
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Releesh said:
Buying a spark in these days are not a wise decsion, whatever discount he may get.

It is an old engine in an old model car. Spark's engine(3 valves compared to 4 valves per cylinder) is not known for its milage and resale value is also less.
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Its not even a 1 lt engine, so I guess 3 valves are sufficient. The 1.2 lt S-TEC II that does duty in the Beat has 4 valves.
 
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Releesh said:
Buying a spark in these days are not a wise decsion, whatever discount he may get.

It is an old engine in an old model car. Spark's engine(3 valves compared to 4 valves per cylinder) is not known for its milage and resale value is also less.
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Could be. I cant comment. But to my knowledge its really VFM car.
 
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Re: Velvet Sparky - Review After 10,000 Kms on Odometer

Update from my sparky.

I think my sparky is asking for some new year gift, Battery. Every time I try to start, it is giving problem. So it requires, battery change I belive. Since am able to start with little push (thanks to my son), today planning to give it for full re-charging. Let me decide next week whether to change or manage with this for couple of months.

2nd, I have removed the male/female plug connection and connected the rear speakers directly. Seems to be okie when the car is in idle position. Let me check when the car is running is there any disturbances. If I found then there should be some problem with entire wiring. If no disturbances found then the entire wiring is okie and I should look for some good connectors (I need to remove my parcel trey whenever I need access to my spare wheel which is connected to back of my rear seat)

3rd, I got the 11A-Conel 12v 3 led dc light: Amazon.in: Home & Kitchen last week. Am yet to fix it. Need some help on how to get the power for this. (as it is mentioned there are no batteries in it, so need to connect power from the car only)
or i have to wait till I get fog lamp and LED ORVM blinker. I can go for fixing all together so that labour charges can be combined together as well car can be disturbed once for wiring
 
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