Vauxhall Corsa B Coilovers on a Nissan Micra K11
Im writing this blog to explain the modifications you need to do to fit Corsa B coilovers on a Nissan Micra.
Tools
20mm swanneck spanner
17mm spanner
Allen key
File
Grinder
Drill
Parts
Vauxhall Corsa B coilovers
Nissan Micra K11 rear lowering springs (30mm lowered)
Washers
Brief
As most of us may already know, Coilovers for a corsa are alot cheaper than the ones for a micra, in some cases you looking at a couple of a hundred quid.
First of all you need to get your coilovers,
i found some off ebay for around £120, brand new
I then got some old micra springs that with lower by 30mm that i had lying about, i think i paid £80 from Demontweaks in Wrexham, but you can go on http://www.demontweaks.com/
your kit should look something like this;
But you wont need all of this,
You dont' need the the coilover rear springs, the coilover spacer or bottom shock spring, you also don't need the front black spring
Now you should know what you need (i didn't include washers in the picture) you need about six for each of the two coilovers (twelve in total)
Modifications
There are only two small modifications you need to do on the actual coilovers;
I had to file the top of the bottom two holes using the round file, its only a slight file, you can hardly see it, but it needs to be done,
The second modification is on the rear coil overs, again the is only a slight grind;
Just be careful not to destroy the rubber
Modifications you have to do to the car is on the top suspention strut mount, I've not included a photo with this, but you need to drill through the strut hole to allow the coilover strut to fit in the mount.
Lastly the last modification is for the rear spring, i dread to say it the dreaded "cutting of the springs";
with the springs i've used, it's hard to tell thatt they've been cut
Building it together
With all the modification's complete, it's time to build it together
The rear shocks and spring's go on like... well shocks and springs,
for the coilovers, you need to put a couple of washers as spacers so you don't knacker your bearings and coilover's, it should look like this;
Ive used a large washer underneath the original nissan micra spring plate and about 6 washers under that, so that the coilover spring plate and the nissan spring plate aren't pressing each other and making it a weird angle, thus knackering your strut bearing and possibaly your coilover.
All you need to do know is tighten the strut mount to the coilover and tighten the springs up
Note* the coilover spring set up, should only contain the larger of the two springs, i would love to see someone place the two springs in place with ease.
The total cost for this was around £200
Thanks for reading, i hope this is useful, and please, any way that anyone could improve this thread would be greatly apricated.
Thank you, Steven Williams
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Additional Information
The coilover should look like this
Another thing is, you may need to replace the rear bolts holding the bottom of the shock inplace, the orginal bolt wont fit through the coilover hole
Im writing this blog to explain the modifications you need to do to fit Corsa B coilovers on a Nissan Micra.
Tools
20mm swanneck spanner
17mm spanner
Allen key
File
Grinder
Drill
Parts
Vauxhall Corsa B coilovers
Nissan Micra K11 rear lowering springs (30mm lowered)
Washers
Brief
As most of us may already know, Coilovers for a corsa are alot cheaper than the ones for a micra, in some cases you looking at a couple of a hundred quid.
First of all you need to get your coilovers,
i found some off ebay for around £120, brand new
I then got some old micra springs that with lower by 30mm that i had lying about, i think i paid £80 from Demontweaks in Wrexham, but you can go on http://www.demontweaks.com/
your kit should look something like this;
But you wont need all of this,
You dont' need the the coilover rear springs, the coilover spacer or bottom shock spring, you also don't need the front black spring
Now you should know what you need (i didn't include washers in the picture) you need about six for each of the two coilovers (twelve in total)
Modifications
There are only two small modifications you need to do on the actual coilovers;
I had to file the top of the bottom two holes using the round file, its only a slight file, you can hardly see it, but it needs to be done,
The second modification is on the rear coil overs, again the is only a slight grind;
Just be careful not to destroy the rubber
Modifications you have to do to the car is on the top suspention strut mount, I've not included a photo with this, but you need to drill through the strut hole to allow the coilover strut to fit in the mount.
Lastly the last modification is for the rear spring, i dread to say it the dreaded "cutting of the springs";
with the springs i've used, it's hard to tell thatt they've been cut
Building it together
With all the modification's complete, it's time to build it together
The rear shocks and spring's go on like... well shocks and springs,
for the coilovers, you need to put a couple of washers as spacers so you don't knacker your bearings and coilover's, it should look like this;
Ive used a large washer underneath the original nissan micra spring plate and about 6 washers under that, so that the coilover spring plate and the nissan spring plate aren't pressing each other and making it a weird angle, thus knackering your strut bearing and possibaly your coilover.
All you need to do know is tighten the strut mount to the coilover and tighten the springs up
Note* the coilover spring set up, should only contain the larger of the two springs, i would love to see someone place the two springs in place with ease.
The total cost for this was around £200
Thanks for reading, i hope this is useful, and please, any way that anyone could improve this thread would be greatly apricated.
Thank you, Steven Williams
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional Information
The coilover should look like this
Another thing is, you may need to replace the rear bolts holding the bottom of the shock inplace, the orginal bolt wont fit through the coilover hole
