Robs Micra Thread

[Robert]

I wanted a thread to keep things neater.. So here it is

Picked myself up a V-reg K11 1.3 Si last month, £2000 with 6083 miles on the clock , near enough perfect condition.

The interior:

aaand the engine bay:

 

[Robert]

Next up came the backbox, £60 fitted, not a bad buy in my eyes:

 

[Retepetsir]

Nice find!

What a strange looking back box though, never seen one like that before :kungfu:

 

[Robert]

And as it stands at the minute, debadged, bumpstripped, pre facelift boot handle, coloured handles and mudflaps. And the MCS rear window decal

 

[Robert]

It has a thing inside it which turns, changing the tone of the note it makes... But i cant remove it unfortunatly

 

[paul_k10_Lx]

It has a thing inside it which turns, changing the tone of the note it makes... But i cant remove it unfortunatly

are u sure about that ??

 

[fox1983]

yer u can the allan key bolt on the inside shown in the pic undo that and any others and the tuner can be removed

 

[tommo]

yer u can the allan key bolt on the inside shown in the pic undo that and any others and the tuner can be removed

making it loud

we like loud

 

[Robert]

Yeah i can do that.. but theres a plate behind that which cant be removed.. Think it's welded from the other side

 

[Robert]

The Air filter/ breather filter fitted:

 

[NeX]

very nice looking car mate,

looking forward to more updates

 

[micra man]

Looks good. Keep it up mate.

 

[Layla]

making it loud

we like loud

The Layla Guide To Making Your Car Loud:

snap the mid section off the back box i did it by mistake, but it sounded sexy

 

[goldstar0011]

I like the no exhaust sound for loudness, just keep the downpipe, ditch the rest, K11stews car was in that condition when he collected hehehe

 

[Layla]

it just makes farting noises now cuz some kind of gasket needs sorting. ask ian. *shrug*

 

[sonic]

The Layla Guide To Making Your Car Loud:

snap the mid section off the back box i did it by mistake, but it sounded sexy

true, but it doesn't do a lot for performance or mpg, when my wife snapped her Kia exhaust the mpg went from 40 to 25. :doh:

 

[Robert]

hehe, i think i'll be keeping my exhaust complete..


Next ups a painted rocker cover, when the rain holds back for an afternoon.

Then lowering when POTN discounts in place

 

[Layla]

true, but it doesn't do a lot for performance or mpg, when my wife snapped her Kia exhaust the mpg went from 40 to 25. :doh:

didnt effect my performance or mpg, was a tad faster if anything. for a 1lt lol. i managed dundee to newcastle, 180 miles, on £11. dunno what that is in mpg, im useless at that kind of thing, and that was with it snapped. the only main problem was the fact that the pipe was scraping the ground with my two flatmates and all their stuff in the back!

 

[NeX]

hehe, i think i'll be keeping my exhaust complete..


Next ups a painted rocker cover, when the rain holds back for an afternoon.

Then lowering when POTN discounts in place

i recommend you get a spare from a scrappy, makes the job alot easier

take care undoing the cam bolts and use an impact driver or you may round them off.

 

[Robert]

Started painting the cover today,
Will be laquered in the morning and fitted in the evening with luck:

 

[Robert]

Picture of the rockercover fitted :

 

[Napster]

thats really nice mate. goes with the car colour lol
like the "writting" in black

 

[Robert]

thanks

also relocating the filter as soon as a mate from work remembers to give it to me

 

[Gemma85]

wit-woo

 

[Robert]

Got my strutbrace through the post today -Thanks Trung!

It'll be sprayed red and fitted at the same time as springs when i get them..

 

[Robert]

Resprayed today:

Hopefully springs will be ordered and fitted within the nextr couple of weeks , I'll keep updated.

 

[Arnold]

Coming along nicely! What are you using to spray the bits and pieces? Cans or a spray gun

 

[Robert]

cans..

The finish isn't bad at all, though the mounts on the strut brace weren't stripped as well as they probably could have been so looks a bit dodgy, but it'l be fine.. lol. Just a few rough patches.

 

[Robert]

Thinking something like this at the minute..

red/black colourscheme.. with eventually a lot of smoothing. opinions?

and also the front end, something like this:

I prefer the right i think, but it's a whole lot more work. However when the fronts debadged its going to holes needing filling etc. anyways.. again, opinions would be appreciated

With the chrome on the current bonnet grill, how would i go about painting this? will it sand back to plastic?

 

[paddymarsden]

i would go with the black grill option....the one on the right

 

[Robert]

Springs arrived today, hopefully fitted by the end of next week.

Also ordered new clear repeaters (that'll fit) this morning

 

[Robert]

OK, got the car back, so much nicer to drive!
I've just moved my filter, it sticks up a bit too much, but the bonnet still shuts fine so I'll leave it there i think. Need to sort out some cold air ducting now, maybe I'll make a start in a bit.

Anyways, here's a quick picture:

Exterior ones will be added once clear repeaters are fitted and I've given it a wash

 

[squarepants]

How did you remove the side strips i was told to use fishing wire because if i ripped them off it would take the paint away with it.

 

[Robert]

i used an old bit of plastic (tesco clubcard) take it slow and it should be ok.. There's a few quides floating around, try www.mightymicra.co.uk ,think theres one on there.

Sorted the cold air feed now, just need to pick up some jubilee clips to finish it off before fitting. It follows the same route as the standard air feed that goes into the airbox, as i could find nowhere better for it:

Inductions finished

it's sort of semi-forced. If that makes any sense, if not, here's some pics:

 

[NeX]

top job mate

i think alot of people have thought about an open grill but no one has actually done it

so you'd be the first

 

[tommo]

apart from james t - nis.

 

[Swiper]

top job mate

i think alot of people have thought about an open grill but no one has actually done it

so you'd be the first

apart from james t - nis.

and that 1.0 turbo that was on ebay

 

[Robert]

hmm.. it's gonna need some thinking me thinks..

anyways, clear repeaters are on

some decent pics up soon after a wash.. probably tuesdayish.

 

[fraz_micra_88]

looks good man!! like it

 

[Titch]

Induction kit looks top man, nice car, keep it up.

Titch :kungfu:

 

[Robert]

some quick pics..
no time to go take decent ones at the minute

 

[Robert]

well,

trip to the scrapyard today resulted in more upcoming mods..

Picked up a laguna splitter, some interior plastics, bonnet grills and rear wiper motor, all for £11

 

[Robert]

splitter :

 

[Robert]

Went a little crazy with the paint yesterday..

Think the front looks much better red than it did chrome, and the colour
match is spot on
Will be doing the mirror bases soon.

 

[Robert]

Well, Almera GTI alloys have been sprayed black, with new 195/50's fitted. Also i filled the engraved nissan centre cap to give them a smoother look:

and fitted:

and a fly covered beginning of a smoothed bonnet:

sorry for poor pictures, but they were jsut so i could update the thread as i havent in ages. Once the bonnets finished I'll give it a good polish and take it out for a little photoshoot.

 

[squarepants]

i like them almera GTI alloys, i was thinking about getting some myself cuz its a cheaper that buying new alloys. but i brought some after market alloys second hand insted.

 

[fraz_micra_88]

really like dem rims, suit the car lovely

 

[5ilver Micra]

Yeah looks very nice mate ;D

 

[Nis]

I usually don't like Black rims...

But i must admit i am starting to like them

Nis.

 

[Robert]

thanks for all the good comments

Also tinted windows soon hopefully. though my last attempt went horribly wrong