Krish's 1.0L Beast! Project

[Krish]

Krish's 1.0L Beast!

Hi Guys
Very new to this forum and the whole modding scene.
Iv taken afew pics of the inside and outside of my car.


Mods So Far
- Windows Tints
- Speedo Lights Changed
- Hi-fonics Amp And Sub Installed
- Kenwood 6x9s Installed
- Interior Car Lights (neon)

Mods Wanting To Do
- Air Filter
- Exhaust System (anything to add some NOISE!)
- Colour code side strips & door handles
- Mabye smooth boot.
- Steering Wheel Change Aswell

The air filer and exhaust i have no idea how to install myself:wasntme:, so if anyone has any information to help me would that be much appreciated :grinning:


Any Other Ideas And Comments Would Be Great!



Here is some pictures of the BEAST!

 

[joesouthgate]

Looks like a good little project mate (Y) Did you do the tints yourself or are they pro?

 

[Krish]

Pro, well i wudnt call them pro.
They were a bunch of guys who own a garage and afew tools thats all, only cost 100quid for all 5 windows tho =D

 

[b47to]

love the window tints hopefully getting mine done at Christmas :d

n nice little car like hope to see more

 

[Krish]

Yeah about doing more then next thing i want to do is install an air filter, not exactly sure which one i should go for? and then where to get it from?

Any suggestions people?

 

[pjg1979]

Very nice mate, might have been better if you are able to move the neons further back to hide them a bit, if you click on my blog below, you can see I've fitted LED's in the foot well quarter panels. Best place to fit neons are under the seats. Good job anyway pics look sweet. Is there a green alien on the Passenger side, lol.

 

[Krish]

Refering to the "Green Alien" LOL!
Its a christmas tree (with LED's on), i picked up from ebay for a couple of quid for the festive season
And i put the neons under my seat at first but just cudnt securly fasten them down.

 

[b47to]

i just got a kandN style airfilter off ebay think it was about £15

 

[Krish]

Brought Some Wheel Trims, Really Made Me Think About Getting Proper Alloys But Ill Rather Increase Performace Than The Look Of My Wheels

I Took Some Pics Of The Car When I Took The Orginal Trims Off I Was Thinking Of Keeping The Beautiful Steelies, But The Mrs Called Me A Tramp LOL!

 

[curtis]

lol @ your misses

Car is looking good mate, seems like a good base to start modding on
Get that air filter and exhuast on! lol Will sounds really good

Lower it you will love it more then ever then!

 

[Krish]

Where From Im Sick Off Looking And Asking.
Tell Me What Air Filter To Get And I Will Go And Get It Aslong As i Can Afford It! =)
Just Pleaseeeeeeeee Tell Me Now, Cus At Looking At Them!

 

[Optispart]

looking good will be awesome when everything is fitted

also use the links i gave you there your best bet

 

[b47to]

ebay ebay ebay

u can get universal KnN style air filters from as little as £10

 

[Optispart]

looking at your tints makes me want them more and more

 

[b47to]

ditto !!!!!!

 

[Krish]

Busy Sunday

Okay i was outside in the cold today doing afew thingss...
The pics problly tell more of the story than me but if you are intrested here i go lol....

I brought this custom air filter made for a civic type R off ebay, i went to collect it today as the postage was 12POUNDS! So i fitted the air filter with this chap who turned out to be a really nice bloke, we fitted the air filter didnt take to much time & what a difference it has made with noise and alittle bit of gain in higer revs....i enjoyed the drive back home very much!

When i got home i decided to debadge the back, not a clever decsion on this cold,cold sunday but thats all sorted now and looking great

Feel free to comment tell me what you think.....

O Private plates put on aswell, (R8 KCP) KCP being my initials.

Pics Below

 

[squarepants]

i like the filter.. i know what you mean about de-badging took me a good 2hours to remove the wing badges, and boot badges lol.

 

[Krish]

I was there about an hour, trying to use an ice scrapper and all my credit cards in my wallet to scratch the ####### sticky foam off! lol

 

[joesouthgate]

I used petrol and they came off without too much hastle. Looks good mate (Y)

 

[Krish]

Cheers MM, Was just wondering if anyone knows but can i sand down my side skirts and then spray them the same silver as the rest of my car? Basically colour coding my car....

 

[frank]

looking good krish , that filter kit fits a treat eh

 

[capnmchl]

I used petrol and they came off without too much hastle. Looks good mate (Y)

I had some **** friends of mine stick a tacky sport badge on the back.

I used a heat gun. Melted that ####### right off.

 

[Krish]

looking good krish , that filter kit fits a treat eh

Cheers Frank, always nice to hear nice things

I had some **** friends of mine stick a tacky sport badge on the back.

I used a heat gun. Melted that ####### right off.

They are defiantly some **** friends lol

Cheers MM, Was just wondering if anyone knows but can i sand down my side skirts and then spray them the same silver as the rest of my car? Basically colour coding my car....

Sorry Just Bringin My Question To People Attention...If Anyone Could Help.

 

[Krish]

Just a little update seat covers fitted today, looks loads better than i thought they would! Really good bargain off ebay can give people the link if they want...
Ermm recieved the pod for my rev counter i have order, just waiting for the actual rev counter now :upside: The pod they sent is the wrong one but its an more expensive one, so who is complaining

O and a random pic of my car on monday morning, first day back to work and i had to shovel all this snow off my car!

 

[Rob..]

You'd be surprised how popular those seat covers are, i have them in red, PJG has them in blue and i believe there's a few other members who have them, cant quite remember who exactly lol. They do make a difference, just pulled mine out of the tumble dryer this minute after a year of them being on, they look like new =]

 

[Krish]

o wow lool! i do like them, i didnt use the metal attachments or anything to fit them on thought did you? and i have you cut into them to get to the handle on the driver and passenger side to move the chairs forward to get into the back....this is me guessing u have a 3 door..

 

[Rob..]

Yeah I just stuck them on over the top of the levers and make people struggle to push it up and down lol. If they complain i just say micras werent meant for passengers anyway.
I got plastic hooks with mine, i used them to hook the hoops onto wherever i could under the front seats if you get me, for the back seats i tucked them under the bench as much as possible, and for the backrest i folded the seat forward, tucked them round and put all the hoops onto a bungee cord to hold them in place.

I cut the back seat ones to let the seat belt buckles through and my girlfriend at the time stitched the edges so they wouldn't fray.

 

[Krish]

Rev Counter FINALLY! Installed *phew*

Pics are abit poo cus i was driving while taking 2 :upside:



Dont know if other people get this, but it doesnt seem to go above 3thousand revs....im not exactly sure why this is i have changed the 3 settings you can on the back and still nothing....Anyone else had problem like this?

 

[capnmchl]

are the settings 4, 6 and 8?

Or over various numbers that would relate to engine pots? You want it on 4.

But that doesn't solve it going about 3000.

 

[Krish]

i got it on 4....

 

[Optispart]

awesome coming along great!

 

[Krish]

Okay i have been doing abit more modding on this cold tuesday evening, i have started to sort out my grill. I have been following the guide 'jim_bling' has done on the DIY section on how to mod my grill :grinning:

Anyways i have got this far but i need to know the best way of spraying the grill black...any ideas?

Also got some pics of me starting to spray some of my dash parts...


Feel Free To Comment!

 

[joesouthgate]

Looks good mate. Just sand and clean well before spraying it then plenty of laquer afterwards.

 

[Krish]

Looks good mate. Just sand and clean well before spraying it then plenty of laquer afterwards.

Iv sanded abit, but doesnt seem to be going anywhere apart from scratching it

MM u know a good place to get mesh for my grills btw? Can i just use B&Q mesh? lol

 

[joesouthgate]

depend how you want it to look mate. Do you want black or silver? As I may have some black mesh left over after I re-mesh my grille. put up the dimentions of the 2 pieces you need.

 

[b47to]

looking good keep up the good work

 

[Krish]

depend how you want it to look mate. Do you want black or silver? As I may have some black mesh left over after I re-mesh my grille. put up the dimentions of the 2 pieces you need.

Well enough to fit the grill, i am at work and wont be able to measure it up until tomorrow as i am busy tonite. Ummmm wouldnt it just be the same dimensions as your grill?

Pics and prices would be good aswell, please MM :upside:

 

[squarepants]

my mesh cost me £10 for a big square, from a car shows...it just has to be thin stuff really, it squashs in between the grills, you may have to heat the clips so it pushs in and traps the mesh if you get me?

the chrome is a ballache to get the paint to stick to it, i had mine done by a profesnial...i painted them myself at first, paint only lasted a week after the stones chipped it off lol. altough are fine now, have lasted 2-3year!

 

[Krish]

my mesh cost me £10 for a big square, from a car shows...it just has to be thin stuff really, it squashs in between the grills, you may have to heat the clips so it pushs in and traps the mesh if you get me?

the chrome is a ballache to get the paint to stick to it, i had mine done by a profesnial...i painted them myself at first, paint only lasted a week after the stones chipped it off lol. altough are fine now, have lasted 2-3year!

Thats good but obv, you paided proffesional to do it.
I think if i sand the bugga's down loads, and then prime then spray with the normal black spray paint, fingers crossed should be okay

Mesh i would just wanna pick up and place in yeh, but dont think anythings ever that simple lol

O btw i have brought some tint spray for my back lights, can i just take my lights out and spray them? Is is that simple or do i need to leave certains reflective parts of my lights unsprayed?

 

[joesouthgate]

Well enough to fit the grill, i am at work and wont be able to measure it up until tomorrow as i am busy tonite. Ummmm wouldnt it just be the same dimensions as your grill?

Pics and prices would be good aswell, please MM :upside:

Nah cause my grille is long and thin (prefacelift) not sure what dimentions the facelifts are.
There is a pic in my blog of it some where.

Thats good but obv, you paided proffesional to do it.
I think if i sand the bugga's down loads, and then prime then spray with the normal black spray paint, fingers crossed should be okay

Mesh i would just wanna pick up and place in yeh, but dont think anythings ever that simple lol

O btw i have brought some tint spray for my back lights, can i just take my lights out and spray them? Is is that simple or do i need to leave certains reflective parts of my lights unsprayed?

Yer you can't tint the reflector.

 

[Krish]

O God =/
Which part of the light is that?

And okay i will measure it and get back to you, how much will you be looking at selling it for tho?

 

[joesouthgate]

Dunno only a few quid plus postage mate.

 

[Krish]

well if you got any pics i will just buy it dont matter about my dimensions aslong as i can have the dimensions of how big the mesh is

 

[joesouthgate]

well i need to know how much you need as I may not have enough offcuts when I've done my grille.

looks like this:

 

[Krish]

O okay sorry my bad, i thought u had finished with it as i would of just used anything i had spare, ummm i will nip out of work later and measure it up

But looks like just what i want.

 

[Optispart]

looking good and check out my blog for the bits to mask off when spraying the rear lights

 

[Krish]

well i need to know how much you need as I may not have enough offcuts when I've done my grille.

looks like this:

12 by 4 Inch each grill....you can do the math
But if you havent got any enough left over after you have done yours dont worry mate.

looking good and check out my blog for the bits to mask off when spraying the rear lights

My lights are different to yours tho, dunno if you can see them on the above pics...but there isnt any obv reflective part to my lights...if you get me :S

 

[joesouthgate]

I will take my grille off tomorrow and measure up what I have left and get back to you mate.

 

[joesouthgate]

I have a piece of mesh left that is 5.5 inches by 28 inches if you want it mate.

 

[Krish]

Yeah please how much you looking for it ?