my now matte black micra

not entrily finished...



the front end is built up now..will get pics tomorrow

yeah wicked!

That is pretty cool. Let's see some good quality pics when you are finished.

yearh will do, need to buy a couple more cans tho lol. need to do the drivers wing and door and the other half of the bonnet. so far the re-spray has cost me around £20. thats 12tins.

Haha not bad. One thing though - get rid of that decal on the hatch Would look heaps better without it. Oh, and pre-facelift it!

Some non-shaky images of it when you're done would be good. If you could manage some macro shots of the finish on it it'd be awesome.

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looks nice man!! like the white wheels with black car!!

haha, awesome! wonder if it will last??

Smidge, your K10 would look crazy mean in that colour haha

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That may be the case, but for someone to do that to such a rare car (down here at least) he would almost certainly be shunned for eterinty Could work well with a K10 if you wanted to go with a rat rod type theme methinks...

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i've got a spare k11 in the garage... satin black would be awesome

thinking a full strip down anyway to nothing but a shell and paint it good and proper

got abit more done...



to show the quility

looking good SP !, i would try wizzing over any dry patches with a red scotch pad (wet), to even up the finish

Very cool.

that came up pretty bloody good! how did you prep it? any specific kind of paint you used?

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Smidge are you looking for a way to spray that shell?

Btw squarepants: Looking good! Thanks for the images.

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i used 600 wet and dry, wiped it over with a dry cloth and strated painting lol. not bad for about £30 (dont know what that would be in doller) to do all the outside.

Great result for the money—needs lowering to complete the look.

I painted a car with a brush and cheap white interior house paint once—needless to say that every time it rained and I drove off there'd be a white halo on the ground

I sprayed my first car with house paint too. I have thought of doing my car in matte black too.

yearh need pull my finger out and get my gas shocks and lowering springs off the other micra..will get my gtir calipers and uprated discs off it aswell!

brought 5 more tins today hopefully i wont need anymore! so need to do a door and wing...then will go over the bonnet and any imperfections. if i have any cans leaft over. more pics to follow.

fitted my smoked indictors and fitted black indictor bulbs in the head lights




smoked rear lights, rear tints oh and a front splitter coming next

fitted some honda delsol/EG civic side skirts today well just the one other one will be done tomorrow



deffo needs a front splitter now! and my other wheels!!!

done some more stuff yesterday and today...

painted my front bumper support bar, (as you can see it through my bumper holes) so did it white to go with the wheels.. also did my toe eyes front and rear, my panhard rod, and strut brace ends...also painted my dodgey alloy as the paint had cracked lol...i was gonna do more white under the engine bay, but wouldve looked OTT!







also whipped my pads out, they where down to the metal and fell to bits as i took them out! so just found some old ones in the shed, witch are close to metal...only temp until i can put some fresh ones in.

what about some chrome hilights?

what about bringing it closer to the ground?

wow you really farked thoses pads. The rotors must be farked after that.

yep discs are nackered aswell...there all warpped.

iam getting the front lowered, the suspension is on another car and i have to swap over, but i need a impact gun. so i can put some uprated spings on standard shocks to go on the other car.

as for chrome,i dont like it rather it be black and stealth!

hay, its cool anyhow

cheers

im loving it how were the side skirts to fit i fancy something totally different but look standard

impact gun is worth every cent working on suspension, absolutely **** sucky ass job without one

to fit the side skirts i just drilled the sills, then put some screws through them!

lol the drivers side skirt needs re-fitting as it doesnt sit right at the rear 1/4 plus it needs a sill re-pair! but the side skirts hide it :S

Have you pain your micra with spray paint or professional paint? You are the other first drive of Matt Black Micra that i know.
Bye

Looks like some aviation ideas there, stealth black to beat speeding radar
The K&N breathing in all the hot air past the radiator and exhaust manifold will wipe out the heat signature too =D

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on a micra you can make do quite easily without them you woman.

no sexist comments please!

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With 4 posts to your username, I don't think Yom's going to take much notice.. especially since what he said was quite obviously in jest.

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thought i would update lol, now has tinted prefacelift rear lights..re-lowered the front with kyb gas shocks and g-max springs. also fitted a facelift facelift 2001+ k11 rear wiper motor and arm, makes the rear look so much tidier!

also got a heat warped janspeed 4-branch manifold and cat back 2.5" stianless mandrell bend system with custom made thicker flanges, and 4" slash cut back box also. hopefully should be here next week!





and yes i need a new bonnet as its wrecked due to fitting bonnet pins as i miss drilled the screw holes :S also a front splitter wouldnt go a miss

Just bog them up mate. its not like you have a fancy paint job you cant redo easy

yearh but i still want it to look half decent lol, i mess aswell get a new bonnet otherwise it will never get done, lol i wouldnt be able to drive it knowing its a mess

Just tack a bit of plate behind and bog it up For something that simple I can't imagine why you'd go and get a whole new bonnet - it's not like it's deformed or anything.

Maybe it's just because parts are a bit harder to come by down here and are less likely to just want to throw things out

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i carnt really bog it up as the bent metal goes upwards and would be lumpy if i fillered etc and what not lol. parts are quite easy to get over here tho. theres loads of micras in the scrapyards..just wish there where marchs tho, very rarely that we get any in the scarpyards! and when we do someone nicks all the parts off them before i get there! lol

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With 4 posts to your username, I don't think Yom's going to take much notice.. especially since what he said was quite obviously in jest.

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This wasn't meant to be a big deal, and to be honest having only a few posts is irrelevant. That doesn't excuse someone for making sexist comments and they're not the only one. Of course being male you're bound to be biased... That's all. I know it was innocent but when you've learnt as much as I have on the subject it's hard to let it slide. Sorry everyone else, ignore.

fitted my new exhaust...


its a stainless steel 2.5" mandrell bend system, with a universal 4" slash cut back box..it used to have a silancer in, buts its been removed and had a mild steel 3" pipe welded in :S...its quite loud and has rasp to it. not much diffrnace over my old system tho. still need to pick up my manifold, then it will have only the back back, so should be raspy and really loud just the way i like it!

also did i spur of the moment thing and painted a spare rear veiw mirror with chrome effect paint...sadly looks nothing like chrome lol...