Nissan Micra K11
RIGHT This first post is just going to be copy pasta from another forum. There'll be a big paragraph but you can just look at the pretty (or not so) pictures if you like.
Nissan Micra K11 Si, 1.3, 16v, DOHC. Oh and it's bright Green.
Picked it up from Manchester from a guy off here (forgot his username) and drove it a good 2 hours+ home. Hadn't driven a car in a while and that was my longest journey ever, and I somewhat enjoyed it!
The guy mentioned the drivers door central locking doesn't work and that you have to lock it from the passengers side. I assumed this meant it locked both doors, but I was wrong. Dad tried the drivers door after I locked the passengers side and it opened. Tried locking form the inside, didn't work. So I'm pooing it a bit as my mum left her car open last night and some crettins went through her stuff, don't think they took anything. Anyway after a bit of fiddling it's locked. Anyway my nana came round and showed me the 'old fashioned way' of locking it and now its locked! Also there's some rust on the offside wing, and one of the spotlights is out. Oh and it squeals on full lock.
Drives nice, took just over a quater tank back from Manchester which is 120 miles +. Pulls well in high revs. After 80 it got a little juddery if that's the word. Guy told me it understeers pretty easily so don't race it into corners braking last minute cause ill just go straight on (after driving it for a bit ive not experienced any understeer although I never like slamming it into corners too hard). Suspension is a little soft I think as when I let off the gas on the motorway you could see the headlights dipping as it slowed down then lift up again when I went back on the gas.
Right ive figured i'll explain it all then just post a load of pictures and you can make of them what you will.
So after I bought it I attacked the bit of rust in the bay near the offside strut. Just got primer on it at the moment as havent bothered getting a matching paint. Tried to get the bit on the arch but gave up.
Took the door card off after a lot of swearing, being confused and cold hands. Tried to see what was up with the locking mechanism but couldnt work it out so just whacked some oil on it and have been driving round without a door card since.
Then I realised it had an oil leak that the seller failed to mention. After a bit of asking around and worrying I found out its the engine seal around the crankshaft near the gearbox side. So went to a garage and the changed the oil etc and put an additive in the oil. Ended up costing me bloody £90! Pretty sure they could've replaced the bounder for that price.
Added a couple of stickers and a domo kun to the rear view mirror. Then took the grille off and painted it. That was a b*stard to do so was driving around with no grille for over a week.
Bought some rims off ebay. Lenso BSX, 15x7. The guy had over 70 watchers so said first person to offer me 250 can have them. I messaged him offering 250 posted, at first he said no but sent a message straight after saying okay. They don't come with the centres but he threw in some BMW ones that ive gotta paint and work out how to put on. Then I bought some tyres, 165/50/15 Nankang ns2's.
Then yellow film on fogs.
Tehn got my tyres fitted...
Went to the place I was getting them fitted at at 9:30am. Saw a slammed golf outside on BBS with a WW sticker so thought okay these guys know what they're talking about anyway. Went in the front door and mentioned I'm here to have some tyres fitted to which he asked 'oh yeah, stretched?' with a smile on his face and some hand actions to imitate sidewalls. Went round the back and saw some sound bloke who said hell just try one see if he can do it. Had a chat, he had some Rotiforms there to go on his golf, I love people that have a sense of style. Anyway after him and his colleague talking they couldnt really do it but out of pure luck another guy turned up from another garage and they asked if hed be able to do it. So we went over to the other garage and he did it a piece of cake.
He asked what they're off on and I said the Micra, some other lads that work there came out and were talking to each other about how sick it's going to look. They also said if I pull it in theyll fit them on for me, might as well theyll do a quicker job of it than me! Anyway got them all on and we all loved the look of it, apart from that damn arch gap! He asked what phoenix motors (first place) were charging I said £6 a wheel. He said he wasnt going to bill me on the machine cause they charge more for it I think so he said just pop a tenner in when I can!!! Buzzing, £2.50 a tyre for mounting, balancing, new valves and fitting on the car! One of the lads there had the same wheels on his Passat, went to look at it and it was sick. Slammed on the same rims but with purple centres, so awesome. Starting to meet people with a bit of taste now rather than all the chavvy crap I see! Anyway I didnt bring my spigot rings but ive since put the front two on, only thing is they're 73.1 when the CB of the rims is only 73 so took some banging etc to get in.
Here's some pics from the seller and one I took while it was light at the service station next to my dads car.
Pic of some rust and a hole in the coolant bottle
Door card off
Unlocked
'Locked'
Also...
'nother sticker
Grille
Last window stickers
Rims came. 7x15, et20. Was gonna buy 20mm spacers but looks as though it might be enough poke stock. God knows how people ran et-8
Fogs + no grille
Grille in
Tyres fitted and rims on!
Before dremel
After dremel
After being annoyed that I'm a forgetful bast. (had to get out the car and find the locking wheel nut as id left it on when I took the car around the block).
So I fitted my new sidelights and foglight bulbs. The foglights are absolute bastards to get back in and they're still not in properly ive just managed to wedge them in place without the bulbs disconnecting (finally). Sidelights look quite good lit up but in the day the blue bulb makes the headlights look a bit turd.
Anyway pictures...
Foglight not working when jammed in
Finally working but neither f them are in the holder thingys properly I just cant get them to screw in right.
At Tesco
Almera Airbox time
Nuver sticker
And more recently....
Got some deflectors but the passenger side one arrived broken, They sent a replacement and that one was broken too! Havent got round to emailing them back yet after they told me to send a photo, i've been really ill and its not been the top of my list, hopefully theyll still send another replacement.
Will be fitting this this weekend hopefully.
And that's all folks. Will make sure i get a video of the noise maker. Plans after that is to get the new wing sprayed and fitted, try sort the locking out as climbing over the gear stick every time i get in isn't so fun when you're 6' 1 in a Micra. On the look out for some coilovers 2nd hand but theyre like rocking horse shit for Micras.
Nissan Micra K11 Si, 1.3, 16v, DOHC. Oh and it's bright Green.
Picked it up from Manchester from a guy off here (forgot his username) and drove it a good 2 hours+ home. Hadn't driven a car in a while and that was my longest journey ever, and I somewhat enjoyed it!
The guy mentioned the drivers door central locking doesn't work and that you have to lock it from the passengers side. I assumed this meant it locked both doors, but I was wrong. Dad tried the drivers door after I locked the passengers side and it opened. Tried locking form the inside, didn't work. So I'm pooing it a bit as my mum left her car open last night and some crettins went through her stuff, don't think they took anything. Anyway after a bit of fiddling it's locked. Anyway my nana came round and showed me the 'old fashioned way' of locking it and now its locked! Also there's some rust on the offside wing, and one of the spotlights is out. Oh and it squeals on full lock.
Drives nice, took just over a quater tank back from Manchester which is 120 miles +. Pulls well in high revs. After 80 it got a little juddery if that's the word. Guy told me it understeers pretty easily so don't race it into corners braking last minute cause ill just go straight on (after driving it for a bit ive not experienced any understeer although I never like slamming it into corners too hard). Suspension is a little soft I think as when I let off the gas on the motorway you could see the headlights dipping as it slowed down then lift up again when I went back on the gas.
Right ive figured i'll explain it all then just post a load of pictures and you can make of them what you will.
So after I bought it I attacked the bit of rust in the bay near the offside strut. Just got primer on it at the moment as havent bothered getting a matching paint. Tried to get the bit on the arch but gave up.
Took the door card off after a lot of swearing, being confused and cold hands. Tried to see what was up with the locking mechanism but couldnt work it out so just whacked some oil on it and have been driving round without a door card since.
Then I realised it had an oil leak that the seller failed to mention. After a bit of asking around and worrying I found out its the engine seal around the crankshaft near the gearbox side. So went to a garage and the changed the oil etc and put an additive in the oil. Ended up costing me bloody £90! Pretty sure they could've replaced the bounder for that price.
Added a couple of stickers and a domo kun to the rear view mirror. Then took the grille off and painted it. That was a b*stard to do so was driving around with no grille for over a week.
Bought some rims off ebay. Lenso BSX, 15x7. The guy had over 70 watchers so said first person to offer me 250 can have them. I messaged him offering 250 posted, at first he said no but sent a message straight after saying okay. They don't come with the centres but he threw in some BMW ones that ive gotta paint and work out how to put on. Then I bought some tyres, 165/50/15 Nankang ns2's.
Then yellow film on fogs.
Tehn got my tyres fitted...
Went to the place I was getting them fitted at at 9:30am. Saw a slammed golf outside on BBS with a WW sticker so thought okay these guys know what they're talking about anyway. Went in the front door and mentioned I'm here to have some tyres fitted to which he asked 'oh yeah, stretched?' with a smile on his face and some hand actions to imitate sidewalls. Went round the back and saw some sound bloke who said hell just try one see if he can do it. Had a chat, he had some Rotiforms there to go on his golf, I love people that have a sense of style. Anyway after him and his colleague talking they couldnt really do it but out of pure luck another guy turned up from another garage and they asked if hed be able to do it. So we went over to the other garage and he did it a piece of cake.
He asked what they're off on and I said the Micra, some other lads that work there came out and were talking to each other about how sick it's going to look. They also said if I pull it in theyll fit them on for me, might as well theyll do a quicker job of it than me! Anyway got them all on and we all loved the look of it, apart from that damn arch gap! He asked what phoenix motors (first place) were charging I said £6 a wheel. He said he wasnt going to bill me on the machine cause they charge more for it I think so he said just pop a tenner in when I can!!! Buzzing, £2.50 a tyre for mounting, balancing, new valves and fitting on the car! One of the lads there had the same wheels on his Passat, went to look at it and it was sick. Slammed on the same rims but with purple centres, so awesome. Starting to meet people with a bit of taste now rather than all the chavvy crap I see! Anyway I didnt bring my spigot rings but ive since put the front two on, only thing is they're 73.1 when the CB of the rims is only 73 so took some banging etc to get in.
Here's some pics from the seller and one I took while it was light at the service station next to my dads car.
Pic of some rust and a hole in the coolant bottle
Door card off
Unlocked
'Locked'
Also...
'nother sticker
Grille
Last window stickers
Rims came. 7x15, et20. Was gonna buy 20mm spacers but looks as though it might be enough poke stock. God knows how people ran et-8
Fogs + no grille
Grille in
Tyres fitted and rims on!
Before dremel
After dremel
After being annoyed that I'm a forgetful bast. (had to get out the car and find the locking wheel nut as id left it on when I took the car around the block).
So I fitted my new sidelights and foglight bulbs. The foglights are absolute bastards to get back in and they're still not in properly ive just managed to wedge them in place without the bulbs disconnecting (finally). Sidelights look quite good lit up but in the day the blue bulb makes the headlights look a bit turd.
Anyway pictures...
Foglight not working when jammed in
Finally working but neither f them are in the holder thingys properly I just cant get them to screw in right.
At Tesco
Almera Airbox time
Nuver sticker
And more recently....
Got some deflectors but the passenger side one arrived broken, They sent a replacement and that one was broken too! Havent got round to emailing them back yet after they told me to send a photo, i've been really ill and its not been the top of my list, hopefully theyll still send another replacement.
Will be fitting this this weekend hopefully.
And that's all folks. Will make sure i get a video of the noise maker. Plans after that is to get the new wing sprayed and fitted, try sort the locking out as climbing over the gear stick every time i get in isn't so fun when you're 6' 1 in a Micra. On the look out for some coilovers 2nd hand but theyre like rocking horse shit for Micras.
