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That's exactly what the wheel looks like. I think the car was t-boned. I gather it can't be fixed. I canceled the deal and got another micra from a different branch. It looks okay.

I checked out a used car at arnold sharks today. I noticed masking tape on the inside edge of the rear nearside door and the door itself was a slightly different shade of white compared to the rest of the car. I also noticed the rear offside wheel looked slightly askew (see photo). My...

I have had lots of MOTs from the same guy with very few advisories. I was begining to wonder about that.

In my heart, I want to fix it, but the car is parked on a main road and that's where I have to work on it. It's too much work to take all my gear out to the car and back in again at the end of the day. Plus there is the risk of injuring someone walking past while welding or doing other things.

The trailing arm brackets, panhard rod mount, and axle chassis mounts are all dangerously corroded. They must have put tons of salt on the roads during the last Scottish winter. Plus the bushes rubbing on the metal made them thinner. I asked my local garage if they would weld it up and they...

I've had this problem a few times. Open the glove compartment and also fully open the control on the heater controls to circulate the air. If you look inside, you can see the air filter spinning (if engine running) around inside (don't put your fingers in). Just above it, you should see lots...

Sorry, I have been off the forum for a while. I used mild steel varying from 2 to 2.5mm. It was made from 3 pieces. The bottom piece that looks circular, but has a square outer edge. And the middle piece was a piece of pipe cut to size. And the outer rim which was cut from a much larger...

Since 2002, I thought my reg document was wrong, colour grey. It's right after all.

I like my factory metalic green colour. On the registration document, it says colour: grey.

You can do a quick botch repair by welding a plate over the rusty part. That's how I did it and it passed the MOT but the tester said not to do it that way in future. You are supposed to cut out all the rust and butt weld new panels in. That way takes a lot longer. The suspension component...

Yes, new MOT rules from 20th may 2018.

My micra 2002 passed the new MOT yesterday. I did a lot of welding on the sills. I think I will get rid of it next year as the sills are constantly rotting away. The tester said the axle is beginning to look a bit rough but no holes yet. I can't be bothered fixing the car anymore as I live...

I know this is an old subject, but I feel I can add something useful to the repair process for the inner wheel arch as experienced by Lee in the photo above. First thing, remove the back seat and rear seatbelt. The reason is because of the area marked by the red circle. If you weld in this...

My exhaust pipe broke off at the silencer box, middle section. I tied the pipe up with some string I found to get me home. I'm 55 but driving home with a broken exhaust and the roar it made, I felt like a 17 year old boy racer again. After universal tyres quoted me £120 for a new middle...

Failed MOT on a rust hole next to rear seatbelt anchoring point, inner wheel arch. The MOT garage said they could weld it in an hour and I wish that I had let them do it. I said I would do it. When I started cutting back the rust, it was more excessive than it looked and would take several...

Cool, I'll try that.

I tried to remove a front strut today and could not move the 2 top nuts that hold the strut onto the car body. The nuts seem to be made of soft material and are not rusted, they just seem to be as tight as hell. Any ideas?

Finally got a chance to try out my redneck ramps today. I made them from empty gas cylinders. I still have to weld struts underneath but wooden blocks work great for now. I've always wanted ramps that I could just easily drive up and they wouldn't fly out. I did some work under the car...

What was wrong with the headlight?