what did you do to your micra today ?
- Thread starter frank
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Sound tested, scrutineered and signed-on ready for Abingdon Stages tomorrow.
good luck.
Removed the last items I wanted from the doner Micra 1.4SE+ before giving it to my mate who wanted the engine (41000 miles on the clock) for his rally/sprint Micra, sad to see her go she did me well but she will live on because I am transferring her reg number to my beautiful March Cabriolet!
Cheers
Andy
she did me well but she will live on because I am transferring her reg number to my beautiful March Cabriolet! Cheers
Andy
WDIDT?
Well first i had to solder my remote wire back together for my sub as i snagged it on the plastic corners in the boot trying to pull it through, silly me but all fixed and wrapped now. Then went and got some new oil for it as the light came on a few miles ago so filled the sucker up.. and then i gave it a clean and began de bumpstripping.
still looking for my bumper and such though so theres more to do
Well first i had to solder my remote wire back together for my sub as i snagged it on the plastic corners in the boot trying to pull it through, silly me but all fixed and wrapped now. Then went and got some new oil for it as the light came on a few miles ago so filled the sucker up.. and then i gave it a clean and began de bumpstripping.
still looking for my bumper and such though so theres more to do
SuperUno
Buy & Sell Member
Wow that was a tough day!
Started off trying to find some rhythm on a new venue to us, the nature of the stages was very much fast straight, hard braking to slow 90 bends, and then some very tight sections.
Second stage getting better and using the new brake set up better, and then about 2/3 way through the stage I loose all brakes into a chicane, luckily just avoiding any damage. Turns out it was the NSF brake hose which had burst... This meant the OSF was the only one doing any real work, and we soon lost all fluid and I had to finish slowly using just the handbrake.
Get back to service and after a lot of work and swearing I managed to fit one of the spare hoses we had, and the brakes bled up all quite easily (thankfully). A quick test then showed that the OSF front pads has been killed due to the extra work load. So had to change these, but with us using our spare set of pads at the start of SS3, we were then on the hunt for another set as it looked like these just wouldn't last. After lots of phone calls, a mate (Brian Stevens - mad kiwi) who was spectating found some in a local spare shop which was open. Many many thanks
The rest of the day was then spent trying to be as smooth as possible to try and make the brakes last. This meant it was hard to attack, but did make me drive more smoothly! Lift 'n coast as they say in F1....
At the end of SS7 (of 8) the pads had cried enough, so I had to fit these cheap Umbongo pads (their instructions were clear no heavy braking for 200miles!), luckily they weren't too bad and survived and on the last lap of SS8 was the first time since SS2 I actually had some brakes I could believe in!
All in all, a very tough day with the car needing some work after nearly every stage, very hot weather and some rough parts to the stages, all made it hard work. Thanks to all marshals and organisers for their hard work in the sun.
In the end we were 44th overall (100 starters) and 5th in class (17 starters).
Started off trying to find some rhythm on a new venue to us, the nature of the stages was very much fast straight, hard braking to slow 90 bends, and then some very tight sections.
Second stage getting better and using the new brake set up better, and then about 2/3 way through the stage I loose all brakes into a chicane, luckily just avoiding any damage. Turns out it was the NSF brake hose which had burst... This meant the OSF was the only one doing any real work, and we soon lost all fluid and I had to finish slowly using just the handbrake.
Get back to service and after a lot of work and swearing I managed to fit one of the spare hoses we had, and the brakes bled up all quite easily (thankfully). A quick test then showed that the OSF front pads has been killed due to the extra work load. So had to change these, but with us using our spare set of pads at the start of SS3, we were then on the hunt for another set as it looked like these just wouldn't last. After lots of phone calls, a mate (Brian Stevens - mad kiwi) who was spectating found some in a local spare shop which was open. Many many thanks
The rest of the day was then spent trying to be as smooth as possible to try and make the brakes last. This meant it was hard to attack, but did make me drive more smoothly! Lift 'n coast as they say in F1....
At the end of SS7 (of 8) the pads had cried enough, so I had to fit these cheap Umbongo pads (their instructions were clear no heavy braking for 200miles!), luckily they weren't too bad and survived and on the last lap of SS8 was the first time since SS2 I actually had some brakes I could believe in!
All in all, a very tough day with the car needing some work after nearly every stage, very hot weather and some rough parts to the stages, all made it hard work. Thanks to all marshals and organisers for their hard work in the sun.
In the end we were 44th overall (100 starters) and 5th in class (17 starters).
went wilton supercar, got burnt, sat in a brand new M6 BMW, boooooooring, cheap plastic trim that feels too smooth and like its going to break easy, more interesting in the cockpit of a micra
Fujiwara-Ben
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Finally got my preface lift done in the end
Went from this
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To This
Went from this
To This
Fujiwara-Ben
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Still need a bit of tweaking to get it looking right, and i got some lovely 13x6.5 Jap plates on there way too
Was gonna say some jap plates would look sweet on it
Nice job!
Nice job!
Worked on my "new" babe (March Cabriolet) today removed the battery support plate and Kurust'd it then sprayed it with 2 coats of Hammerite black smooth paint, removed the first facelift headlights and replaced them with 2002 facelift units and then replaced the horn with a 2002 one and boy does she look good with her new eyes!
Cheers
Andy
Cheers
Andy
SuperUno
Buy & Sell Member
Listed some more bits in my for sale thread - https://www.micra.org.uk/threads/k11-facelift-phase-1-parts-for-sale.64394/
Full service done today.
These just arrived. Oooooo.
And just got an even cheaper quote on the 2.0 ST version.... Silly me haha
h701micra
Deactivated Account
You'll have yo turbo it now
I did this when I got the starlet, had to check I hadn't made a mistake.
Ek9 insurance - 5k
Dc2 - wouldn't insure me
Impreza WRX - wouldn't insure me
Yeah I'm good in a starlet for now
MicraPRO
Part Of The Furniture
Euro car parts!!!
So much cheaper!
h701micra
Deactivated Account
The silence is getting to you nowSupercharger I reckon... I might be up soon for you to straight pipe this exhaust
Far too quiet! I'll Facebook you later
Cos people are lacking the pure noise of a Zetec engine
No I know what you mean, seems to be a lot less going on
Removed Rouge 5's drivers side rear tail light clustered and put a 3rd coat of paint on the treated area, ordered 2 original Nissan new leg ends that connect the front bumper to the chassis and for the Cabriolet and also retrieved from my ex donor SE+ the nearly new radiators and the plastic auto gear lever and surrounds!
Cheers
Andy
Cheers
Andy
Santa pod, 23rd of august.Cos people are lacking the pure noise of a Zetec engine
No I know what you mean, seems to be a lot less going on
Race me.
Oh well, I'm sure it'll pick up again soon
Updated my blog. https://www.micra.org.uk/index.php?threads/54561/
pork
Club Member
SirChris
Educated Bodger
Yeah I am, everything is going. The new car is a whole different kettle of fish and nothing fits it. So its all going.
pork
Club Member
pork
Club Member
Haha, ok smartarse
Havnt been following blogs n shiz
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SirChris
Educated Bodger
Wasn't being smart dude, not put anything up yet really
pork
Club Member
Cool!
Sounds badass though!!
Let's quit this foreplay and show us then lol
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