Right, hello all.
Been coming on this site and reading the forum the last few months and its pretty awesome, so decided to join after i got my k11 "margaret".
Long story short. Due to certain circumstances.. Had to sell lola (93 200sx s13 230bhp) and find a cheaper car insurance wise.
I was left with a pretty sh*t choice. Polo 1.0, small old fiat of some sort, nova 1.0, mk2 fiesta and of course a 1.0 k11.
Very very nearly bought a 1.1 mk2 which had a 2.0 zetec conversion, but it had no tax or test, was 450 miles away and the owner refused to put it in for a test So i knew what problems i would be facing, and after travelling that far to get it, i would rather no nasty suprises eating into my mods piggy bank.
So, reluctantly declined to buy, but used my head instead of my heart and went straight on gumtree.
There she was.. Margaret.
It was a clear choice, stay JDM.. Stay NISSAN.
Love Nissan.
She didn't look too pretty, but had tax and long test, so thought I'd have a little barter.
Managed to get 20 off for 330 as he said it needed anew battery and he was going to buy one for 50 that day..
I said fair play and that was that. The next day I would be collecting her.
Few hours passed and he emailed and said if I brought some jump leads to start it I could sort the battery out myself and take it for 270. Even better, can get one from a scrappy for 20 odd.
The next day I arrive and say I've got the leads, he says "well, I borrowed a charger, stuck it on for a few hours and its sorted itself out, but a deal is a deal so 270 it is"
Chuffed.
Drive home was a bit noisy so will take a look at that soon.
So after much deliberation, I have decided to go the matiz/corsa b route, as my s13 had super stiff Tein coilovers (like so stiff that when you pushed the car side to side, the car would stay still and you would move! Haha) and don't think that was too "daily"
So OEM ride I where I want to be.
I've ordered some rear corsa b from eBay, donated from a 1.4 cdx auto, nice.
And I've ordered a mk1 matiz front setup.
Still toying with if I want to drop the perch?
Also on order.
Some banded steels of awesomeville.
13x7 front
13x8 rear
Unknown offset, will check once they are here.
And same deal on the tyres, All good tread.
So next week I should have received all the lowering goodies and the wheels
Looking for some k11 hubs and gonna get some JDM rivet on arches for front and rear.
Margaret is gonna be inspired by the drift scene, as I love that sh*t. Makes me jazz haha.
I'm also gonna do a step by step on everything I do to mod, as while scouring through the tech section, there's was loads of clear answers for your front end lowering, but the rear was rather more vague, so I think my trials and personal outcomes may help other out there
Stay classy, Nissan fam
Been coming on this site and reading the forum the last few months and its pretty awesome, so decided to join after i got my k11 "margaret".
Long story short. Due to certain circumstances.. Had to sell lola (93 200sx s13 230bhp) and find a cheaper car insurance wise.
I was left with a pretty sh*t choice. Polo 1.0, small old fiat of some sort, nova 1.0, mk2 fiesta and of course a 1.0 k11.
Very very nearly bought a 1.1 mk2 which had a 2.0 zetec conversion, but it had no tax or test, was 450 miles away and the owner refused to put it in for a test So i knew what problems i would be facing, and after travelling that far to get it, i would rather no nasty suprises eating into my mods piggy bank.
So, reluctantly declined to buy, but used my head instead of my heart and went straight on gumtree.
There she was.. Margaret.
It was a clear choice, stay JDM.. Stay NISSAN.
Love Nissan.
She didn't look too pretty, but had tax and long test, so thought I'd have a little barter.
Managed to get 20 off for 330 as he said it needed anew battery and he was going to buy one for 50 that day..
I said fair play and that was that. The next day I would be collecting her.
Few hours passed and he emailed and said if I brought some jump leads to start it I could sort the battery out myself and take it for 270. Even better, can get one from a scrappy for 20 odd.
The next day I arrive and say I've got the leads, he says "well, I borrowed a charger, stuck it on for a few hours and its sorted itself out, but a deal is a deal so 270 it is"
Chuffed.
Drive home was a bit noisy so will take a look at that soon.
So after much deliberation, I have decided to go the matiz/corsa b route, as my s13 had super stiff Tein coilovers (like so stiff that when you pushed the car side to side, the car would stay still and you would move! Haha) and don't think that was too "daily"
So OEM ride I where I want to be.
I've ordered some rear corsa b from eBay, donated from a 1.4 cdx auto, nice.
And I've ordered a mk1 matiz front setup.
Still toying with if I want to drop the perch?
Also on order.
Some banded steels of awesomeville.
13x7 front
13x8 rear
Unknown offset, will check once they are here.
And same deal on the tyres, All good tread.
So next week I should have received all the lowering goodies and the wheels
Looking for some k11 hubs and gonna get some JDM rivet on arches for front and rear.
Margaret is gonna be inspired by the drift scene, as I love that sh*t. Makes me jazz haha.
I'm also gonna do a step by step on everything I do to mod, as while scouring through the tech section, there's was loads of clear answers for your front end lowering, but the rear was rather more vague, so I think my trials and personal outcomes may help other out there
Stay classy, Nissan fam
