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squarepants
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the facelift head lights are fully one part, one plastic surround for all of the light....doesnt that make the prefacelift the same? i thought the prefacelift was fully one part of plastic inside the headlight? lol
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squarepants: whent removed the glass from the headlight, a part of plastic came with it....which was the bit inside i sprayed black which wrapped around the bottom of the main beam housing! its complicated!!
however...you tinted yours so you should know what im on about lol!!!??
prefacelift and facelift both have "two plastic bits" inside the headlight!
prefacelift being:
1. headlight + sidelight (joined)
2. indicator (seperate)
facelift being:
1. headlight (seperate)
2. sidelight + indicator (joined)
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however...you tinted yours so you should know what im on about lol!!!??
prefacelift and facelift both have "two plastic bits" inside the headlight!
prefacelift being:
1. headlight + sidelight (joined)
2. indicator (seperate)
facelift being:
1. headlight (seperate)
2. sidelight + indicator (joined)
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squarepants
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in the facelift head lights theres only one bit of plastic (that surrounds all the light) it covers the side light, indicator and most of the light area if you get me?
i.e (below on ians and richs old car's) all the black painted part is all one bit of plastic! lol if that makes better sense.
i.e (below on ians and richs old car's) all the black painted part is all one bit of plastic! lol if that makes better sense.
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Not tinted, sprayed matt black. The tyres are the best non-cut-slick tyres money can buy. Uniroyal RS1's. RS stands for Rainsport. I have them on my modded Almera GTI running about 150ish bhp and it does not spin on anything but the harshest of starts in the dry and are also awesome in the wet.
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squarepants
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sounds unbelievable Ivan / James 
although, you couldnt skip on grippy tyres when your running 200bhp (k11) / 150 bhp (GTi) ......so only the best!!!
arches fitting this week (i say) still waiting on spacer parts :down: but tempted to fit them anyway as it shouldnt be to long!!!!
im still worried bout hubs / bearings giving in! perhaps im getting paranoid (for everyones safety) due the suspension is very stiff and the roads are not exactly......flat...infact........very bumpy!!! ....yeah im being silly, my apologies!!!!!
i cant really be worried to much or i wouldnt take it out lol!! will see how i get on, and how "green bug" feels!!!!
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although, you couldnt skip on grippy tyres when your running 200bhp (k11) / 150 bhp (GTi) ......so only the best!!!arches fitting this week
(i say) still waiting on spacer parts :down: but tempted to fit them anyway as it shouldnt be to long!!!!im still worried bout hubs / bearings giving in! perhaps im getting paranoid (for everyones safety) due the suspension is very stiff and the roads are not exactly......flat...infact........very bumpy!!! ....yeah im being silly, my apologies!!!!!
i cant really be worried to much or i wouldnt take it out lol!! will see how i get on, and how "green bug" feels!!!!
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i feel the term "tinted" is the wrong word! they are not tinted.....the inside is sprayed black! i have not covered the glass!!!
the reflectiveness within the indicators housing block may be less.......i honestly dont know for sure Joel! plus some MOT stations may miss it, other may pick it up!
squarepants
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yearh i just say that ''the inside of my head lights are painted black'' i carnt really say that they will pass the MOT as i dont know until next month! it should be diffrent for yours tho (i think) as the facelift headlight inside plastic covers, cover the sidelights....so may fail on side lights not beening reflective engough, but then agian they work fine when they are on, so may pass as far as iam aware! lol the only thing it will fail on is the front cross member! (the old micra that is, as my new one has had a new cross member not long back (kristians old one of the wide arch..lol yellow overspray, also got his old shocks and springs with added yellow overspary ))
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I fitted the arches today sorted out the extra space at the front bumper by sanding them down more!!!
got some photos on the way to the garage before i pressure washered her!! then some after when she was clean!!
i got some looks driving around today!!! im so peased how the arches have come out and changed the look of the car!!
weather was so lush here i had to go and take some photos!!!
sorted out the extra space at the front bumper by sanding them down more!!!got some photos on the way to the garage before i pressure washered her!! then some after when she was clean!!
i got some looks driving around today!!! im so peased how the arches have come out and changed the look of the car!!
weather was so lush here i had to go and take some photos!!!
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Thanks Craig!!! yeah cant wait to go wider! finish her off! just screws holding them on!!
ordering the remaining spacers very soon and going to go to "micra sport" as they sell 60mill studs which is just right!!!!
i think im going to take the rear splitter off as i feel it needs to change from "boy racer" to "rallye look"!!! may replace it with splitter the same as front or maybe my custom splitter im still making lol!!
cheers Frank!!! yeah they fit just sweet now! rears where so much easier than the fronts!!
spacers a definate........but colour coded rims??
ordering the remaining spacers very soon and going to go to "micra sport" as they sell 60mill studs which is just right!!!!
i think im going to take the rear splitter off as i feel it needs to change from "boy racer" to "rallye look"!!! may replace it with splitter the same as front or maybe my custom splitter im still making lol!!
cheers Frank!!! yeah they fit just sweet now! rears where so much easier than the fronts!!
spacers a definate........but colour coded rims??
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im not getting rid of the Nismo alloys, dont you worry!!! i like them far to much mate!!
i was thinking bout mud flaps!!! what colour?? green?? black?? those are my colour schemes??
they are very secure! they require the wheels to be removed to get them off! if someone where to try and steal them....they would snap and be useless!! so.......im cofident they wont fall off?? why??
they dont flap about while driving if thats what you mean?
Fair enough, any chance you ould get some pics of the inside of the arch - would be interested to see how it's all fixed and clearence etc.
I can't decide whether to mould or to screw...
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apologies Craig for not getting you those pictures you where after sooner!!! ASAP i promise (probs to night or tomorrow morning; sorry)
you hiding a secret for your k11 :laugh: mate??
well depends if you have time to mould!!! Solarice has done an awesome job smoothing his in and looking fantastic! i didnt have the time and i actually like them as they are on mine but thats me!! maybe future plans would consist of smoothing but i will have to see!!!
i can pm you the procedure i have been through to get them to fit lovely?? im going to send Ant a message on how i fitted them as he wanted to know!!!
sorry again!
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Cheers Solarice mate! yeah sanded the fronts down, very carefully lol! kept cheaking every 5seconds to make sure i didnt over do it and ruin them lol!!!
no they are very secure and happy with the fit / outcome!
any luck with your wider wheel hunt if dont mind me asking?
no they are very secure and happy with the fit / outcome!
any luck with your wider wheel hunt if dont mind me asking?
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yup i hope very soon...im taking the look that low funds enhances creativity lmao...ive got my sc plates on order so i can finalise the intake side of things, plus a load of little bits...but i'll leave that there as this is your blog will be updating mine shortly with new pics.
will be updating mine shortly with new pics.
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Ivan that made me crack up :grinning: lol! ive already got the "OMP Competition de-cat Exhaust" which is 40mil pipe in diameter, with a 2.5" tip(i think), which im more than happy with! im not someone for huge exhausts..........???
Stew.......im still working on the spacer side of things mate!!! ive got 1 25mil at the moment, but trying to go for 50mil!
im guessing by looking at your lovely cream k11, you used 25mil spacers??
how much?
thanks
going to micrasport shop today to see about these 63mil studs!
Craig, i know this may not show exactly what you wanted so i can take some more?
the first 2pics are of the front arch and the otehr 2 are the rears as the rear arches have more of a "inner lip"!!
so the front arches dont sit on the wing arch but the rears do....if you see?
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problem i feel
the rear wheels.....if they are made wider using spacers they will sit under the rear arch and the new arches!.......however i feel there is not enough room to play with!! more like go over a bump and the wheel hits the arch and.........who knows what will happen........slash in tyre......brake mulhullond arch...........ohhhh!!!!!
i didnt want to trim the rear quater panel arch? any suggestions?
or am i worring over nothing again
the rear wheels.....if they are made wider using spacers they will sit under the rear arch and the new arches!.......however i feel there is not enough room to play with!! more like go over a bump and the wheel hits the arch and.........who knows what will happen........slash in tyre......brake mulhullond arch...........ohhhh!!!!!
i didnt want to trim the rear quater panel arch? any suggestions?
or am i worring over nothing again
the cutting of the arches is actualy quite easy, its quite heart redering lol, you get templates for the cut out's, what you have to do is cut the outer arch away(using the templates ), but leaving the inner arch in place, then you have to cut up the inner arch to where you have cut the outer arch off, then fold the inner arch out and weld it to the outer arch for strength, you will see what i mean in the first pic of my thread, the bits that stick out of my arches is actually the inner arch bent out
fully underseal the cuts and the weld
actually fitting the arches is not too bad if you know what to cut off to make them fit, unfortunately i didnt take any pics as to what to cut off, it only took me, my dad and peter from pps about a day in all to cut the arches and fit the kit, (when say day i mean about 12 hours)
there is a lot of fibre glass that you have to cut away from the arch kit to make them fit, but once that is sorted, its a matter of linging them up prefitting them with self tappers and fitting the rest of the kit to see if it fits before gluing (use fibrol) to the car
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fully underseal the cuts and the weld
actually fitting the arches is not too bad if you know what to cut off to make them fit, unfortunately i didnt take any pics as to what to cut off, it only took me, my dad and peter from pps about a day in all to cut the arches and fit the kit, (when say day i mean about 12 hours)
there is a lot of fibre glass that you have to cut away from the arch kit to make them fit, but once that is sorted, its a matter of linging them up prefitting them with self tappers and fitting the rest of the kit to see if it fits before gluing (use fibrol) to the car
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Ah, I think I get it, separate it at the bottom seam, cut the outer (painted) part of the arch away to get teh shape, then fold the inner arch upwards and outwards - is that why there are 'tabs' in the inner arch as there isn't enough material to fold out fully?
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Ivan: thanks for the heads up although i knew a while back this would probably have been the case .........great fun!!
im going to remove the rear splitter and replace it with the front splitter thats on the car now. then the custom one im making will go on the front! this should look abit better but only time will tell!
.........great fun!!im going to remove the rear splitter and replace it with the front splitter thats on the car now. then the custom one im making will go on the front! this should look abit better but only time will tell!
