white k11 project. (plans: slam it, strip it, put a bigger engine in it) :p

[micra-ben-s]

hello, im new to the site, i have just bought myself a white, 3 door, k11 micra with full 1 years mot on it and 6 months tax on it from yestaday !

got it home yestaday too..

plans are as above, i know of a primera SRi near me that im going to buy and put the engine , etc in the k11..

anyways i cba to write loads so heres some pics..

this is how i bought it and what came with it..

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soo.. today i had a quick trial of wheels! ;p

first tryd an oldschool 14x8 weller steel

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then my 14x6 Borbet A's! ;D
they fit a treat! ;p PROPERR NEEDS LOWERING THO!! HAHAHA

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anyways... il update my progress as and when i can..

comments welcome, and cheers for looking..

 

[davey1991]

i want those wellers haha, that back box looks a little umm, interesting...

 

[MikeyRocks]

Welcome to the white Micra crew!

 

[micra-ben-s]

i want those wellers haha, that back box looks a little umm, interesting...

hahah the wellers would be sooo good on it but there old scrap ones.. jst dont realy want to scrap it.hah..

and what do you mean about the back box? do you like it?
;p hah

 

[micra-ben-s]

Welcome to the white Micra crew!

cheers matey..

 

[micra-ben-s]

not done much yesterday or today ... well, iv orderd myself some coilovers with some spax adjustable rear shocks too.. just waiting on them to come before i do anything else realy.

 

[micra-ben-s]

fitted the 3.5" backbox i got with the car.. and removed some of the glue left from where the bumpstrips were.. haha exciteing stuff ayy! lol..

im jst upluading some pics of the primera SRi & stuff...

 

[micra-ben-s]

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[micra-ben-s]

well, here the 3.5" backbox fitted

By bens_motors at 2012-02-14

heres the coilovers i have coming thru the post..

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heres the primera SRi im getting for the engine, etc..

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and this is my almera 1.4 that i got for £150 with 7 months mot on it! hah.. (scrapping it at the end of feb soo sellin parts soon if anyones interested!?? hah)

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then the other day i remover the rear springs and fitted my borbets just to see what it would look like ! ;p

first, no rear springs on the alloys that came with the micra

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then on my borbets! (what you all think?)

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borbets with centre caps fitted..

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[Barker]

Looks good, i'd paint them a colour though to make them stand out a bit. Look a bit bland in that gunmetal grey.

 

[davey1991]

Whats wrong with the almera that means it wouldn't pass an MOT? Happily pay out scrap money and take it off your hands complete.

 

[micra-ben-s]

Looks good, i'd paint them a colour though to make them stand out a bit. Look a bit bland in that gunmetal grey.

nah i like them that colour.. and i want it to be like a sorta sleeper car when its done so bright wheels would kindoff defete the point..

 

[micra-ben-s]

Whats wrong with the almera that means it wouldn't pass an MOT? Happily pay out scrap money and take it off your hands complete.

the petrol filler pipe / overflow pipes rotted thru and bodged up wiv abit of pipe..lol.., and its pretty wrotten underneath, and the back arches are rotted thru..

its all structural ... IT RUNS AND DRIVES FINE!

nd i can make more out of it sellin parts and then weighin the rest in i rekon! and i wona use the 1.4 box on the 1.6 if they fit!??

 

[Tchaaa]

Colour code the bumpers! I've got a white factory painted rear bumper if you want it lol.

 

[micra-ben-s]

sortin out my coilovers to fit atm... more soon! ;p

 

[micra-ben-s]

Colour code the bumpers! I've got a white factory painted rear bumper if you want it lol.

nahhh... wona keep it lookin ****ty and standard ish... but make it fasssssttt!

 

[Tchaaa]

Technically these are standard, or atleast they where on the SLX

 

[micra-ben-s]

Technically these are standard, or atleast they where on the SLX

:S what?? BORBET A's didnt come standard on on nissans did they!!!? :s hahah..

 

[micra-ben-s]

rite today at work o modified my corsa b front coilovers and then fitted them to my micra tonight and dayyyymmmm its lowwww!!! hahah...
will get pics up over weekend..

 

[Tchaaa]

:S what?? BORBET A's didnt come standard on on nissans did they!!!? :s hahah..

I meant the bumpers, but I've got the brochure from 1993 and Nissan did do some pretty tidy alloys as optional extras.

 

[baguete]

The one on the right is FondMetal, not Borbet...

 

[MicrAde]

Colour code the bumpers! I've got a white factory painted rear bumper if you want it lol.

Black bumpers FTW

 

[micra-ben-s]

I meant the bumpers, but I've got the brochure from 1993 and Nissan did do some pretty tidy alloys as optional extras.

hahah ohhh! lol.. and yeah, them on the left came standard on super s's didnt they?

 

[micra-ben-s]

Black bumpers FTW

yeahh!

 

[micra-ben-s]

bit more progerss done,, pics up soon! ;P

 

[micra-ben-s]

pic with front coilovers fitted and rear standard! lol..

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[micra-ben-s]

corsa b coilie next to standard shock (still with b topmount on)

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fitted

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bit uneaven!! LOL.. will sort it out before im actuly driving it

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lowered the back yestaday..

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today i just tryd my borbet A's on the front to see what it looked like.. and also removed the glue off the door where the bumpstrip was..

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which wheels do you all prefer on it?????

 

[k11_whore]

Looks clean coming along well Borbet A's buddy

 

[micra-ben-s]

Looks clean coming along well Borbet A's buddy

cheers mate!
yeah borbets i rekon

 

[MikeyRocks]

Borbets mate

 

[micra-ben-s]

Borbets mate

yeah think il put them on!
think of gettin some new lower profile tyres fitted to then tho

 

[frank]

lookin grand ben

 

[micra-ben-s]

cheers frank, its gettin there!

 

[ferris]

looks really nice man carnt wait to see wats next

 

[micra-ben-s]

looks really nice man carnt wait to see wats next

cheers.. hopefuly all will go well!

 

[MikeyRocks]

By bens_motors at 2012-02-19

Ben how low are you here? because this is perfect!

 

[micra-ben-s]

Ben how low are you here? because this is perfect!

errm not too sure rely..lol.. i think about 80mm - 90mm because i measured the arch gap on the front with standard strut and it was 80 odd mm from bottom of the arch to the top of the tyre..

now with coilovers its gone! ;p hahah not sure how low tho realy.. just thought id put it to the right height! ;D

cheers tho! .

 

[micra-ben-s]

its on borbets all round now! (PICS UP SOON!)

selling the black alloys which are 15" x 6.5J wide, ET 38 offset

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=628517

if anyones interested then message me!?

 

[micra-ben-s]

gettin the primera sri tomorrow! ;D

 

[MessyTom]

The Borbets will look incredible!

 

[autotest]

mmmmmm borbets luk the muts nuts........nice one fella..

 

[micra-ben-s]

The Borbets will look incredible!

:d cheers matey

 

[micra-ben-s]

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[micra-ben-s]

mmmmmm borbets luk the muts nuts........nice one fella..

cheers bud

 

[micra-ben-s]

got my primere sri home yestaday!

pics on way soon

 

[Jay101]

pic with front coilovers fitted and rear standard! lol..

By bens_motors at 2012-02-19

Hot Rod

 

[a.j]

have you got the whole corsa b set up

 

[krisism]

wow man those borbets look fresh with those lows! was the corsa b setup hard to do? did you fit the micra top mounts or just the corsa topmounts?

 

[micra-ben-s]

have you got the whole corsa b set up

errrm, yeah!

 

[micra-ben-s]

wow man those borbets look fresh with those lows! was the corsa b setup hard to do? did you fit the micra top mounts or just the corsa topmounts?

cheers mate!

errm nah not realy hard..

and used the micra topmounts..