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Cheers for the answer - I was just hoping to be able to make it OEM, partly for the challenge but also just because I like to add OEM features to cars when they didn't have them from the factory. You should see what I've done to my late Rover 75 to replace many of the bits that the accountants...

Hello everyone, I've been enjoying my 1.2 K12 Micra since I rescued it from being scrapped in September. It's a fabulous car and well worth the £100 I had to fork out to buy it, and the (approximately £350 I've had to spend on it since). One feature that I wish it had is a read-out of the...

Haha - cheers for the reply! Yes, I don't like spraying outside either, and in this case the car was reversed up to the door of my workshop so it wasn't completely out in the open. You could certainly be right about knowing when to stop! Both bumpers seem to have the reverse metallic paint...

Hi all, I thought I share the latest improvement to my Micra. When I bought it, the tailgate was really damaged due to the previous owner carrying his bike on the back of the car and allowing the pedals to scratch and dent the panel. I've been learning the art of paint re-finishing so thought...

I was at the car breaker's yard yesterday and picked up a replacement throttle body from a scrap car. So far it's cured the problem but time will tell.

In the end I decided to take my old seats apart and see how difficult it would be to simply swap the airbags from the old seats to the new ones. It was surprisingly easy and I would recommend this approach if you ever find yourself in this position. It's a simple case of releasing a couple of...

Hello everyone, I've been to the scrapper today and bought a new set of seats for my 2006 K12 Initia because the driver's seat base had broken, and because the Initia seats were pretty uncomfortable! I've ended up with a set of seats from another 2006 car but it's got different airbag...

Many thanks chaps - I'll have a scoot around the scrapper when I go on Monday and see what I can find. I'm tempted to seek out a prestige car that has a two way set up and install a woofer / tweeter combo back and front. BTW - I've seen several threads asking whether the wiring for the rear...

Hi everyone, I'd just like to confirm my suspicions and get a bit of advice before I get my spanners out of possible please. I've just bought a £100 06 plate Micra 1.2 Initia. It's got 117k miles on the clock and hasn't been particularly well maintained and was off the road for about 6 months...

Hey everyone, I wanted to share my experiences in case it helps someone else in the future. I bought my Micra a few weeks ago and have been spending a little while tidying it up a little bit so it's nice to drive when I tax and insure it next month. The previous owner told me there was a...

Hey - thanks for the response, yeah, I've already cable tied it out the way so that'll do for now. I'm off to the scrap yard next week so I'll see if I can have a look at a scrap car for confirmation as to where it belongs. I've also had time to give the car a bit of a service this week: new...

Hi everyone, I thought I'd say hello as I've just bought a one-owner K12 Micra from a friend of a friend. I needed a cheap runabout while I repair my trusty Rover's clutch this winter. Here's the new arrival: Not too bad for £100! It's a 1.2 with 117 miles on the odometer. I was poking...

Hello Micra people! I've registered an account here because I'm about to help my aunt with a few problems that have cropped up with her 2004 Micra 1.2 S manual. She bought it at the start of the year, knows nothing about cars, and now has a long list of faults to sort for MoT. Wish I could...