My Daewoo Nubira Still On The Road

Update:

After sitting in a garage for about three years I found someone to take my Daewoo Nubira. After taking the car away by tow truck the new owner started the process of making the car road worthy. As most of the dealerships that might have carried parts had moved on to other brands it became difficult to maintain the car. The new owner did work with a great mechanic that was able to find him parts and worked his magic to get the car going. The car is still on the road and the new owner has reported very little issue with the car. The only thing is as time goes by parts are becoming harder to come by and it will get to a point when the car may not longer be serviceable.

Good Bye My Friend

After almost 9 years with my Daewoo the time came to buy a new car. This car was great a very good work horse, but parts and service for this car in Canada were very difficult to deal with. I live about an hour away from the closest dealer that can service the car. There is no other dealer that can fix the car and only small repairs could be done by local shops. I travel a great deal on the highway and I was starting to get worried that the car would fail. For safety I started to look for a new car. I was going to buy a used car, but I am not good with repairs and the point was to get something safe and with warranty. I bought the new Chevy Malibu which won car of the year. I feel that this new car was a great value many extras and I hope to keep it for 10 years or more. As for the Daewoo Nubira I gave it to my father how will use it for city driving mostly for groceries and small trips. I will still be looking after repairs and work on the Nubira and will post any new developments as they come along. I will also keep this blog going to supply information and news on the Daewoo Nubira.

I thought this video of a commercial from 1997 for the Daewoo Nubira was perfect for this post.

Ball Joints

This weekend I had to replace the ball joint on the front passenger side and also need a new set of front tires. It seems that the alignment was off and wore out the tires, the tread was starting to show. The cost of the tires with a discount from Wal-Mart came to $130.00 and the ball joint cost $35.00 from Car Quest. I still need to add a driver side ball joint and some other stuff to get the alignment. No hurry for the other parts, but I do need to do this at some point. I should also be up to another oil change soon.

Timing Belt

I am going to need a new timing belt soon. The cost with labour is around $400.00 Canadian. The last time something happend to the timing belt it cost me $1500.00 fix as it damaged the rods. I do not want this to happen again so I am doing my best to save up for this job. If anyone has a cheaper way around this service please let me know. Quick update on the break job, it went well. I was going to add some pictures, but I forgot my camera on the day I got the job done. I also had an oil change done. The car has been running well for a few months now, but something is bound to need reapirs. I just added 155,000KM not bad I guess for a car with little support in Canada.

Brakes

This weekend I spent over $300.00 to get all the parts to do my front and back brakes. The front brake pads were easy to find from Canadian Tire and a few other parts stores also carry the front pads. The back shoes were a bit more of a problem. I had to get the back break shoes from the dealer and a hardware kit, which was a bunch of springs and coils for $42.oo a bag and I need 2 so this brought my hardware bill to almost $100.00. The break shoes at the dealer were $55.00 sold as a pair. Total bill at the dealer was $211.00 the front pads at Canadian Tire were $106.00 with tax for a better set of pads. I will be taking some pictures of the work so anyone else needing to do their brakes can kind of get an idea if you are doing it yourself or with the help of handy friend like I am doing. The back shoes from the dealer were shipped in a GM authentic parts box. I am not sure if you get the part number if you would be able to order these parts from a GM dealer.

Spark Plugs

I found changing the spark plugs a very easy job. It was standard operation. If you can find a auto repair book it should be easy to apply to the Nubira. I was able to buy the spark plugs at a local part store. The only requirement was the tools, you will need. You will need a tool to measure the spark plug spacing(more on this in repair manuals and the Nubiras owner manual) a kit can be purchased at many parts stores or online. These tools can be bought at any part store they are not to expensive.

If you need these parts and tools please click the Daewoo parts link where you can
order online.

I will be adding some picture of my Nubira to the blog very soon, and document all repairs.

More parts

I found this site has many parts for the Daewoo Nubira and other modles. Prices were great and fast service. Click link to search for the parts you need.


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Fixing Scratches

I had a few scratches to get rid off and I had no touch up paint. I found this product called Scratch X and it worked really well. I got rid of the scratch and saved my the cost of looking for touch up paint.




Click on the picture if you need to order some from the same place I got mine.

Last Dealer Standing in Ontario

Since I bought my Daewoo back in 99 I have seen about 6 dealerships turn into 1. I think some of the other dealers have changed their names, but they might still find parts and service the car. The one dealer that is active and has even advertised in local media is Daewoo Dixie 401.

The contact is Rodney Gillard for parts and service.

Daewoo Dixie 401
5850 Dixie Road
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 1E7

tel: 905-795-1575
www.daewoodixie.com

They should have most parts in stock and service all Daewoo vechiles.