what did you do to your micra today ?

[1275]

You don't have any pics of spot welds do? And how many bolts/spot welds are there?

There were a lot more than I anticipated, 24 spot welds on each side.

 

[cdwood2010]

Fitted my new clocks with added revvyness from @weyhey

Would have fitted my driveshafts too if the spacktards at Herpes hadn't delivered them to a mystery location!!!!

Chris.

 

[shentyt]

Got more lows now absolutely love it might drop the front a tad more though

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

What did you lower it with @shentyt.

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

It's ok. I've just read your blog that they're coilovers. Looks good.

 

[SuperUno]

Treated the gravel rash with Kurust, found some proper rust sadly at the back edge of the floor pan, will need welding.

Also updated the blog - www.mattendean.co.uk

 

[shentyt]

Thanks agent_sm1th just waiting for it to settle then decide if I want to drop the front a bit more but the back is perfect manifold is so close to the floor haha

 

[Azzydot]

aye the driveshaft & nut holds the wheel bearing & hub together.

without the driveshaft & nut, the wheel hub is simply held onto the hub support via the tiny poor plastic clips in the wheel bearings that connects the outer bearing race together.

so PLEASE azzy do not push or turn the car around a corner when it's sitting on it's wheels with no dirveshafts cos otherwise ur wheels will buckle off and ruin the bearings (as I once found out yrs ago)

Ohh sorry @1275 and @pollyp u didn't get what u ment yeh the shafts not on yeh it's been sent off for some work and I have haven't turned the wheel while it's on floor, only when it was on jacks


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[Azzydot]

double huh, you do know what a driveshaft and CV joint are don't you?

Sorry didn't get what u ment yeh shafts are off its been sent off for some work, so soon I'll be fitting them I'll post up very soon when they on


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[Azzydot]

doesn't matter what supplier they're from, the common cheap & fast design & weld quality of where the arm meets the rear pin is still fatally flawed for the potential stress of these brakes to break them.
technically they're fine for original NA spec but once you upgrade to GTIR with sticky tyres on fast tracks especially with turbo then it's no surprise the weak flawed welds eventually show up.

I've now reinforced mine with more welds all around that pin to reduce any stress points

Yeh I seen what u mean Polly so was mines geniune on stock wishbones coz there is Diffrent in looks but same shape, weight wise there about same, your right it's a cheap weld job on the motor factors one, so you added more weld and it's ok now ? Can I mig weld it,


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[GeorgeG]

New Mintex 1144, new discs, some nice srf fluid, braided hoses,whiteline rear anti roll bar and panard rod. All fitted yesterday.
More to come this week

 

[Chris_199]

Got my door cards done yesterday tedious process thank god its done.

 

[Azzydot]

did the inside drivers floor all black need more cans, do I need the old seal cover back on since it's broken ? Will it pass mot without one ?

am not having carpets in so I thought mot man can check what I done as there isn't any hidden rust any where now,


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[pollyp]

Yeh I seen what u mean Polly so was mines geniune on stock wishbones coz there is Diffrent in looks but same shape, weight wise there about same, your right it's a cheap weld job on the motor factors one, so you added more weld and it's ok now ? Can I mig weld it,


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stick welded mine to reduce any stress points and no failures at all yet.
u can weld it any way you like as long as there's no cavities/undercut for cracks to develop from during hard braking

 

[karlj]

I updated the k10 blog

 

[pollyp]

Argh Karl that makes my bladder hurt :/

 

[karlj]

Tis but a flesh wound

 

[pollyp]

Tis a scratch

 

[frank]

WDIDT ?

oops wrong forum

 

[karlj]

Is that your dirty vaux diesel

 

[frank]

Is that your dirty vaux diesel

aye my fastra van karl loving it but missing the micra too

 

[karlj]

aye my fastra van karl loving it but missing the micra too

Mk4 1.7dtci?... don't want another for the missus?

 

[frank]

Mk4 1.7dtci?... don't want another for the missus?

aye, 06 cdti mate, needs must, and caz has,nt driven for years now

 

[Azzydot]

WDIDT ?

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oops wrong forum

Wow don't worrie your in the right Fourm looks awesome what set up is that


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[andy]

aye, 06 cdti mate, needs must, and caz has,nt driven for years now

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grass is getting a bit long there frank will need cutting soon

 

[frank]

Wow don't worrie your in the right Fourm looks awesome what set up is that


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just a burble manifold azzy

 

[Azzydot]

just a burble manifold azzy

I thought it was a Astra engine in Micra lol looks like that as it's been down b4 lol


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[Huggy444]

aye, 06 cdti mate, needs must, and caz has,nt driven for years now

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Been looking at getting one of those for a while... People seem to be able to pull fairly high power from those engines with few mods?

 

[Azzydot]

Been looking at getting one of those for a while... People seem to be able to pull fairly high power from those engines with few mods?

They are good engines I have a Astra 1.7 mk5 cdti and for 1 year never let me down,


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[davyboy]

I updated the k10 blog

Had bigger cuts shaving than that (!)

 

[davyboy]

Well here's one for the books. Out with the missus this afternoon.....broke down !!!!!!!! yes, conked out in her micra.
Engine died, just stopped....pop....dead (!) funny old smell from the fuse area, terminal came to mind. Turned her over, nope, that ain't going anywhere.
Called a very nice AA man, he popped out to the rescue after about half an hour. Bonnet up, fiddled a bit, put a meter on the fuse box...yup...dead as a Dodo. No life from the fuse box to the dizzy/plugs. Turns over, but no spark.
Loaded her up, and took me back home after dropping the micra off to the garage. I'll find out tomoz whether its in the dizzy or a wire gone, that's my guess anyways.
Broken down micra....can't belieeeeeve it - as Victor Meldrew would say.

 

[karlj]

Had bigger cuts shaving than that (!)

I was doing well until I decided to try removing the clutch

 

[davyboy]

I was doing well until I decided to try removing the clutch

I hardly ever ,to never, do any work on the car myself. Skinned to many knuckles working on nuts and bolts....sod that, let some-one else do it.

 

[Azzydot]

just found a few pics what I did few days back on the passanger side floor Which had rotten a patch so grinded the rust out and placed it on 1.2mm sheeting and lined and scrolled it on so its right fitting when I cut it. I kept this only bit for memories I'll leave it on my window shall I @frank

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[karlj]

I hardly ever ,to never, do any work on the car myself. Skinned to many knuckles working on nuts and bolts....sod that, let some-one else do it.

This isn't a car I can just take to a garage to let someone else do it

 

[shentyt]

Finally found some alignment parts so I can get more camber on the front and back )

 

[Azzydot]

I don't have clearance issue cos using 6.5jx15 et40 alloys and i use 1mm washer between hub & carrier to center the carrier onto the discs

Does your alloys come out more then so the brakes don't catch ? 6.5jx15 don't they do theses on steelies only


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[Azzydot]

Starting my full exhaust built 2.5 inch pipe all the way from down pipe, the beams gona be hard part but let's put it to the test as it's been before on a k11


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[pollyp]

Does your alloys come out more then so the brakes don't catch ? 6.5jx15 don't they do theses on steelies only
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I made sure the width & ET40 matched the oem Ronal nissan alloy I had before and it clears the calipers with ease

 

[Azzydot]

I made sure the width & ET40 matched the oem Ronal nissan alloy I had before and it clears the calipers with ease

Thanks for that pic, can u tell me how many mm your caliper is from the rim thanks


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[Azzydot]

are theses geniune parts ? Says Nissan on the calipers, if so what are they worth


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[pollyp]

Thanks for that pic, can u tell me how many mm your caliper is from the rim thanks


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bout 5-10mm from spokes

 

[Se@n]

Tret meself and Bertha to a manual.

 

[Azzydot]

bout 5-10mm from spokes

Mines 5mm so that should be fine on mines then ? I know the caliper won't move as hubs are bolted on the rims and caliper is on the hubs so am ok


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[pollyp]

Mines 5mm so that should be fine on mines then ? I know the caliper won't move as hubs are bolted on the rims and caliper is on the hubs so am ok


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Note callipers slide inwards as pads wear. So they'll be sticking out the most with new thick pads.

 

[davyboy]

Well here's one for the books. Out with the missus this afternoon.....broke down !!!!!!!! yes, conked out in her micra.
Engine died, just stopped....pop....dead (!) funny old smell from the fuse area, terminal came to mind. Turned her over, nope, that ain't going anywhere.
Called a very nice AA man, he popped out to the rescue after about half an hour. Bonnet up, fiddled a bit, put a meter on the fuse box...yup...dead as a Dodo. No life from the fuse box to the dizzy/plugs. Turns over, but no spark.
Loaded her up, and took me back home after dropping the micra off to the garage. I'll find out tomoz whether its in the dizzy or a wire gone, that's my guess anyways.
Broken down micra....can't belieeeeeve it - as Victor Meldrew would say.

All fixed, dizzy packed up. Went scrappers as they had 3 micras out there.....so bought all 3 dizzy's got a couple of spares now.
bit of a bonus.......found this.

and this

Eat yer hearts out........YAY!!!!!

 

[Agent_Sm1th]

All fixed, dizzy packed up. Went scrappers as they had 3 micras out there.....so bought all 3 dizzy's got a couple of spares now.
bit of a bonus.......found this.

and this

Eat yer hearts out........YAY!!!!!

Nice one Davy. Good to have spares.

 

[mikebeal]

Ga16 runs!

 

[cdwood2010]

@mikebeal Nice work! Just had a quick look on your build thread as I would like to do this to my pickup project.

Any pics of the chassis cut / engine mount fabrication? I quite intrigued by the process.



Chris.

 

[Azzydot]

Note callipers slide inwards as pads wear. So they'll be sticking out the most with new thick pads.

Ahh true say new pads mean sticking out more catching my rims ? What about wheel spacers about 5 mm will that be safe so that way it's not catchin


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