first car,

[Belly93]

this is my first car and wanted to do something different as everyone has a corsa, saxo the usual crap and new micras were reliable, x reg first reg 2000, 79,000 on the clock cheap car for the year and millage body work was sound, was chuffed with my find ,

my first addition to the car

waiting for the better weather to paint and fit it,
i have debadged the boot will take a pic soon

other mods i would like to do
*remove bump strips
*remove rear wiper
*Lower 35-40mm
*possibly alloys (could get a set of 15" nissan 5 spoke from my mams 51 plate primera, unsure peoples opinions please?) will try and get a pick
Paint Rocker cover, freinds dad goin to steam clean engine bay when weather is good
possibly strip interior
wouldn't mind a roll cage, bucket seat and harness,
short shifter

 

[Stani1029]

15" alloys are too big in my opinion, 14 or 13 inch for the best but if your only lowering 35-40 then it'll take up the arch gap, my advice to anyone is get 50mm springs and 14/13 inch alloys/steel wheels look around at peoples blogs or just micra pictures in general, you will see some good examples of lowering/wheel combinations

 

[Belly93]

thanks i was thinking 35 for insurance cos nav heard some companies are funny over 40 mm

 

[Stani1029]

well if your worried about that then dont bother with a rollcage lol seriously though ive not seen a good looking 35mm drop yet, but if its more of a (get it off its stilts) then yeah it'll be perfect for you

 

[Belly93]

the roll cage is more of a wish list item lol would be nice tho

 

[Stani1029]

haha make one out of foam, that way you shouldnt have to declare it and get the look (from a distance) lol

 

[Belly93]

might price some mods when insurance due hopefully get that years no claims

 

[Belly93]

priced insurance for dropping it and the bucket seats extra £30.10 for both from today shame i dont have the parts , they said i can drop it up to 50mm, could i do that cutting the coils or would i be better buying new springs? anyone help?

 

[Belly93]

decided on 35mm springs for the moment, got my msc membership club pack a stupidly decided to try and put the stickers or after it had been raining and one didnt stick as the window didnt dry properly :/ so new sticker needed hopefully removing rear wiper tomorrow after work still to get picks i will try when when im removing the wiper

 

[Belly93]

eventually gettin round to taking pictures of my car

Tried to remove the rear wiper but the rubber grommit i had bought was too small :/ so need to find one to fit until get the weather to fill smooth and paint, scratches on the front a rear bumper i want painted, bubbled paint on the offside front wing, engine bay needs a good clean, ordered some stainless rocker cover bolts to replace the crappy old screws, hoping to paint the rocker cover
, would i need high heat paint?

 

[k11_whore]

Yes would need high heat paint and bit of paper to key the surface, b&q BBQ paint ftw or there's more colours on the eBay,

 

[mario1293]

awesome i might get some paint for mine is it easy to do? and i like your sticker

 

[Belly93]

i dont no iv never painted before so should be fun mario XD and is halford high heat any good? just for rocker cover? and would it need laquer on it too

 

[k11_whore]

Just follow the Haynes guide to removing and replacing the cover, oh and it's pretty obvious but cover all holes where particles could escape and stick inside, I have a spare coilpack cam cover so can take your time doing it right without rushing to get it back on the car if your interested it just needs the old paint sanding off

 

[Belly93]

cheers al have to have a think about it just am tight on cash atm :/

 

[k11_whore]

I just keyed mine, wacked 4 thin layers on and baked in oven on low heat to harden it, paint didn't crack or melt so alls good

 

[Belly93]

nice thanks for the advice

 

[Belly93]

stickers

 

[Belly93]

wiper removed hopfully smoothing over hole at some point

 

[mario1293]

wiper removed hopfully smoothing over hole at some point

looking sweet dude, might do mine sunday

 

[Belly93]

still need to remove side bumpstrips and paint the bumper ones

 

[Belly93]

spoiler painted and on

suspension parts on the way will post pics as soon as i get them and get them fitted

 

[Belly93]

poorly noddy broken exhaust, snapped cat bolts luckily me mate had one in the scrap yard hopefuly fit it tomorrow

 

[Belly93]

exhaust repaired , lowering springs from karlJ fitted yesterday cheers mate,

i will try and get better pics when its not raining, new sticker to go with the new suspension

,trying to find a cheap painter to respray the outsides to cover all the scratches and scuffs, does anyone know of anyone cheap in the northeast area?
cheers

 

[SK193]

Looks really good, nice clean car How much has it been lowered by?

 

[Belly93]

50mm but one of my rear shocks has died from not fitting them properly the first time dont suppose you know where i can get a replacement from?

 

[Belly93]

50mm but one of my rear shocks has died from not fitting them properly the first time dont suppose you know where i can get a replacement from?

 

[SK193]

You can get replacement shocks on ebay, or somewhere like euro car parts should have them too

 

[Belly93]

there bilstein b4 shocks av got it booked into a performance shop to be looked at

 

[Guy]

Looking good, you just need to peanut butter all the grey plastic . Oh yes and *cough* alloys *cough* .

 

[Belly93]

im hopefully getting alloys soon and was goin to try black shoe polish? and remove side bump strips just been struggling with cash due to replacing exhaust :/ lol

 

[Guy]

Ha, ha, tell me about it! Alot of the guys on here swear by peanut butter*, I reckon black polish would look a bit streaky...

*Crunchy or smooth though, they never said...

 

[Belly93]

ill have to give it ago

 

[Belly93]

attempted to remove the side bump strips but couldnt get all of th glue off will have another go some time soon, gave it a wash and polish, the rear seats wer removed the other day just got some pics

 

[Belly93]

New cd player fitted seeing as my old one nearly caught fire :-/

 

[skymera]

New cd player fitted seeing as my old one nearly caught fire :-/

Heh made me chuckle. How???

 

[Belly93]

No idea I plugged my phone into the USB port and I could smell something burning and just thought it was outside but then I turned round and there was smoke coming out the front of theft player so it got ripped out the dash lol

 

[Belly93]

new wheels try and put them on later or tomorrow if it stops raining :/ lol

sorry for the crap pics taken on mne phone in the dark al try and get some when there on

 

[mario1293]

loving the wheel nuts gonna have to get some in red for mine looking smarter every day

 

[karlj]

Careful with anodized nuts the paint chips off really easily, mine use to be red

 

[Belly93]

i wouldnt of bothered but theres only 3 centre caps for the wheels so im not bothering puttin them on

 

[Squizza]

Lookin good mate

 

[johnbr6]

good job so far... I'd use a toffee wheel on a drill to remove the rest of the glue... then go over with t-cut and then a polish and should be good as new (Y)

 

[Belly93]

I'm goin.to try and put the wheels on today and get some pics, and I'll try and get round to removing the glue before japfest

 

[Squizza]

On my 106 and astra and the side strips on my fiesta I used a cloth soaked ever so slightly in white spirit... then cleaned off and polished the full panels!
Worked wonders, no marks or colour loss or anything!
However I've changed my tact with the Micra and keeping all strips and factory stickers on!!!

 

[mike-f]

I tried white spirit it did kind of work but the glue was really stubburn and left a residue I got lent one of them toffe wheels to try not knowing what it was put it in a massonary drill and it worked a treat not sings it ever had side strips

 

[Belly93]

i might have to get a toffee wheel then wheels whent on then came back off due to only one spigot ring fitting :/

 

[Squizza]

Bet that looks real smart, espesh when suspension settles again
...hopefully you can it sorted

 

[Belly93]

hoping to get it sorted and have them back on tomorrow

 

[Squizza]

YAY!