what did you do to your micra today ?

Finally fitted my £30 buckets....
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respraying tommys (@Scott.c 's old whip) badge on his front grille today, going white then doing red lettering with enamel paint, then prepping the bottle tops for spraying tomorrow hopefully done by the weekend for a show in swindon, good times!
 
I think that's the front end and back end done now, shall I tiny the windows??? I want to lower it but don't have enough money to but new kit so if anyone has any old and cheap coilovers or springs, I'm your man
 

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I think that's the front end and back end done now, shall I tiny the windows??? I want to lower it but don't have enough money to but new kit so if anyone has any old and cheap coilovers or springs, I'm your man
 
Ive had a two seater sofa in mine also a double matress chest of 7 draws solid bookcase :L coffee table a big telly..... genuinely surprised about the amount of rubbish I can fit in :) x
 
I've managed to get hold of some cheap lowering springs but keeping the low cost aspect in mind, I don't really want to spend £80-£100 on an adjustable panhard rod... can someone tell me/link me to some offset bushes or tell me an equivalent one i can use, thanks.
 
Jamie R said:
I've managed to get hold of some cheap lowering springs but keeping the low cost aspect in mind, I don't really want to spend £80-£100 on an adjustable panhard rod... can someone tell me/link me to some offset bushes or tell me an equivalent one i can use, thanks.
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offset bushes have to be custom made jamie
 
Jamie R said:
they are 40mm loweing springs, would there be a way that i can just bash the standard beam to bend it slightly which will in turn make it shorter? can i use these bmw bushes? does anyone know the dimensions that i will need? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-M...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f0831af75
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You *may* be able to get away without an adjustable rod for a 40mm drop. Any more than that though and it's a definite necessity. I'm using one for my 40mm drop, just to be safe.

I'm sure I've seen someone bend their rod to make it shorter, but that's pretty ghetto. Another possibility would be cut and weld a stock rod, but again that's ghetto.

Have a look for second hand ones. I got mine for £40, needs refurbing though.
 
I have looked but can't find any atm. The guy I'm getting them off has a rod that he's used hut dais was new a few weeks ago and wants to sell to me for 80... Have a look at the pics I have attaches, my panhard rod doesn't look too steep or is that because its parked slightly facing up hill?
 

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jk9194 said:
After 10 days, I got no micra. :(

Finally, I am about to get micra in this weekend but this micra need to sort out with new mot and road tax. Wish me luck people. :)


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After 15 days, I still got no micra. :(

Need to wait for this new mot and road tax. This seller is very busy in this month so I got to wait. :(


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OK I've just used trigonometry to work it out, it seems with a 40mm drop, the shift will only be about 5mm, which doesn't seem very considerable.. Do I even NEED an adjustable p/rod?
 

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Jamie R said:
OK I've just used trigonometry to work it out, it seems with a 40mm drop, the shift will only be about 5mm, which doesn't seem very considerable.. Do I even NEED an adjustable p/rod?
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thats exactly what i get too jamie (5mm shift @ 40mm and another 3mm @ 80mm drop) so you will end up with a 10mm poke difference on the 2 rear wheels (40mm drop)
 
Oh you mean might poke out, my wheels are quite far in so won't be noticeable... Does that mean that I don't need an adjustable p/rod? Could I get away with it or will 5mm make a lot of difference
 
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Oh you mean might poke out, my wheels are quite far in so won't be noticeable... Does that mean that I don't need an adjustable p/rod? Could I get away with it or will 5mm make a lot of difference
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it just looks naff from behind basically jamie, you could fit a 10mm spacer on 1 side ? or an offset bush on the o/s end of the p/rod gives 7mm of shift
 
Well firstly, I have standard steels so they are really far in anyway, would it be noticeable and also, where can I get a bush (sorry I'm being a bit stupid)
 

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