Ahoy! New here 
Been lurking around here for a couple of weeks while I was figuring out what to get as a first car, and settled on a Micra fairly quickly I bought this rather snazzy little number last week, and after insuring/MOT-ing/taxing it today, it's now parked outside my house, woop! I almost completely lack the ability to drive it (beginning lessons soon, but it'll be really handy to have to practice in outside of those lessons) but still dead chuffed to have it
Lots of fancy stuff on it, it seems - rear parking sensors, air con, electric windows, the cup holders in the doors that a bunch of people seem to be after, headlight protectors (which it seems a lot of people are after too, I don't really fancy them so they're probably going on eBay) and probably something else. £1150, not bad I think. It's a 2002 2nd facelift 'Twister' spec one, it's done about 85,000 miles and has been sat still for the last year or two, but inside and out seems pretty much intact bar one or two very small scratches and dents, hardly noticable. The left rear brake was sticking on a little bit but me and my dad (mostly my dad) sorted it in a few minutes
So, a little to-do list for now:
-Air con needs regassing, and mmmight have a leak - radiator for it looks a little worse for wear
-Got some wind deflectors, was fitting them, but it started raining Was having trouble fitting them actually, they don't seem to fit that tightly, even with the little clips they come with. Hmmmm!
-Gear change seems a little stiff/not too smooth when moving the stick left to right - possibly that spring I hear about that seems to snap on some people, that could be seized up a little? Like I said that car's been sat for a year or two.
-Have bought a little rear spoiler for it, you know the little one that sits atop the tailgate. Need to spray it silver and fit it
-Need to fit the new CD player, the old one didn't have an aux input and looked a bit cheap!
-Needs new wipers - the rubber on the current ones have gone hard and are peeling away from the wiper arm itself. Might as well be rubbing the windows with bits of cardboard
-Got some new door handles on it to replace the really faded ones it has on now. Black, instead of light grey I think they're past the peanut butter treatment, hah. Speaking of which, I'll have a go at getting the faded plastic on the front/rear bumpers back to their original darker colour too with that idea.
-I'd bought and fitted the front foglights, but there's no switch for them on the stalk on the steering column. Need to figure that out, either getting them to come on with the lights, or possibly get some kind of switch for them? I vaguely remember hearing something about compatibility with Almera stalk things? (Yes, I am terrible at knowing the right word, bear with me)
So yeah, pictures. Sorry!
How it was when I bought it:
Weather was nice and sunny, so I gave it a good ol' clean. Then it started raining
The usual 'here's the engine bay' photo! Looks a bit grotty, but runs well enough.
Previous owner had installed some aftermarket speakers on the parcel shelf. Haven't had a chance to properly test 'em yet
Here it is with the foglights fitted! Looks a bit smarter, I think.
Sorry for the massive essay! Oh, and here's the headlight covers. I've cleaned them up since taking this photo, got rid of the wierd algae stuff growing/dripping down the side. They're in pretty solid condition, one has a very small crack in one corner, the other has a little chip out of the corner but doesn't interfere with the fit/function of them at all
Again, sorry for the massive post. I'm just really chuffed about it
/prepares for onslaught of "LOWER IIIIIIT"
Oh, before I forget - would it be possible to fit the rear bumper from a pre-facelift one? I hear it's a bit difficult to swap the front one, but what about the rear?
Cheers!
Been lurking around here for a couple of weeks while I was figuring out what to get as a first car, and settled on a Micra fairly quickly
I bought this rather snazzy little number last week, and after insuring/MOT-ing/taxing it today, it's now parked outside my house, woop! I almost completely lack the ability to drive it (beginning lessons soon, but it'll be really handy to have to practice in outside of those lessons) but still dead chuffed to have it Lots of fancy stuff on it, it seems - rear parking sensors, air con, electric windows, the cup holders in the doors that a bunch of people seem to be after, headlight protectors (which it seems a lot of people are after too, I don't really fancy them so they're probably going on eBay) and probably something else. £1150, not bad I think. It's a 2002 2nd facelift 'Twister' spec one, it's done about 85,000 miles and has been sat still for the last year or two, but inside and out seems pretty much intact bar one or two very small scratches and dents, hardly noticable. The left rear brake was sticking on a little bit but me and my dad (mostly my dad) sorted it in a few minutes
So, a little to-do list for now:
-Air con needs regassing, and mmmight have a leak - radiator for it looks a little worse for wear
-Got some wind deflectors, was fitting them, but it started raining
Was having trouble fitting them actually, they don't seem to fit that tightly, even with the little clips they come with. Hmmmm!-Gear change seems a little stiff/not too smooth when moving the stick left to right - possibly that spring I hear about that seems to snap on some people, that could be seized up a little? Like I said that car's been sat for a year or two.
-Have bought a little rear spoiler for it, you know the little one that sits atop the tailgate. Need to spray it silver and fit it
-Need to fit the new CD player, the old one didn't have an aux input and looked a bit cheap!
-Needs new wipers - the rubber on the current ones have gone hard and are peeling away from the wiper arm itself. Might as well be rubbing the windows with bits of cardboard
-Got some new door handles on it to replace the really faded ones it has on now. Black, instead of light grey
I think they're past the peanut butter treatment, hah. Speaking of which, I'll have a go at getting the faded plastic on the front/rear bumpers back to their original darker colour too with that idea.-I'd bought and fitted the front foglights, but there's no switch for them on the stalk on the steering column. Need to figure that out, either getting them to come on with the lights, or possibly get some kind of switch for them? I vaguely remember hearing something about compatibility with Almera stalk things? (Yes, I am terrible at knowing the right word, bear with me
)So yeah, pictures. Sorry!
How it was when I bought it:
Weather was nice and sunny, so I gave it a good ol' clean. Then it started raining
The usual 'here's the engine bay' photo! Looks a bit grotty, but runs well enough.
Previous owner had installed some aftermarket speakers on the parcel shelf. Haven't had a chance to properly test 'em yet
Here it is with the foglights fitted! Looks a bit smarter, I think.
Sorry for the massive essay! Oh, and here's the headlight covers. I've cleaned them up since taking this photo, got rid of the wierd algae stuff growing/dripping down the side. They're in pretty solid condition, one has a very small crack in one corner, the other has a little chip out of the corner but doesn't interfere with the fit/function of them at all
Again, sorry for the massive post. I'm just really chuffed about it
/prepares for onslaught of "LOWER IIIIIIT"
Oh, before I forget - would it be possible to fit the rear bumper from a pre-facelift one? I hear it's a bit difficult to swap the front one, but what about the rear?
Cheers!
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