antony_aiken's micra Progress

[Antony]

UPDATE at last.

fitted nismo arches, nismo spoiler....35mm spacers....

to come....Full turbo setup (if i can get it mapped (still no joy, Ed!!!) and i need a downpipe)

paint is a little rough, and they need smoothing in. but i have someone who can do that for me...a guy that restores old aston martins..lol

anyway, piccies...

 

[Napster]

(Y) as i said earlier........very nice Ant! looks awesome!
hope your happy with how its turning out!
so Solarice was lucky with the nismo splitter fitting his!

i thought you where going NA!!!! ok ill wait to hear more progress lol incase you change your mind

 

[Antony]

lol, well, davey_c made me an offer... and i bit his arm and most of his torso off..lol

 

[solarice]

arches looking good Antony...dunno if i agree about mine being easier to fit though if only because i had to cut off alot more arch

what offset are your wheels +45?

just so i can do the maths and see where my new ones are gonna roughly be.

 

[Antony]

ET 38... + 35mm spacers.... so, if you had 3mm offset wheels, thats where you would sit... almost perfect, but there is a chassis "weld line" on the inside of the arch (jnner arches removed) that rubbs the tyre when on full lock..... but i can bend that over with me "special tool" (a hammer)

 

[Craig]

Looking good - the brake light ok on the spoiler?
Craig

 

[solarice]

ah yeah i think i know where you mean...im currently looking at stuff lower than 3mm offset, so looks like i should be good.

 

[Antony]

nope but then i was never planning on having it on anyway...and yea 0 offset ftw

 

[Craig]

#####ing, oh well - got any more pics of it all on the car - what you thinking for the front end?

 

[Napster]

surely its an easy bulb to get and replace? then connect into the rear brake light wiring!! Ant it needs to be working!!!!!

 

[Craig]

I is LED, has a Nissan part number on it - if I can get my one out do you want that?

 

[Antony]

it works fine, tested it ok, but im not having it plugged in...

 

[Craig]

Ah, there's a little load off my mind - why aren't you using it?

 

[Antony]

cant be arsed cutting another hole in the boot lid..lol

 

[Craig]

Haha, a noble reason.
Fills out the arches quite nicely I think

 

[Antony]

yeah, had a little skitish moment on the a1m/m62 slip road, it beds round to the left ad you could easily do 100+ through there, but at 70mph (the road surface is appauling) the bumps were sending my car flying, the splitter hot the floor, the wheels smacked the arches...

now im not sure if i need stiffer springs (i coilovers) or the whiteline anti-roll bars, but somethings not right. it just seems that my shock absorbers are too stiff on compression and too soft on rebound.,

ive got the Sport line eibach and bilstein setup.

basicaly when you hit a bump at motorway speed, the car jars up and then the suspension reacts making it wallow for a few seconds. if there was a series of bumps it would bottom out and stay bottomed out scraping the floor till it was smooth again.

oh and is there a way of adjusting rear camber?


i think the suspension is shafted..lol

 

[Retepetsir]

Looking good so far. Remove the shopping list though!

yeah, had a little skitish moment on the a1m/m62 slip road, it beds round to the left ad you could easily do 100+ through there, but at 70mph (the road surface is appauling) the bumps were sending my car flying, the splitter hot the floor, the wheels smacked the arches...

now im not sure if i need stiffer springs (i coilovers) or the whiteline anti-roll bars, but somethings not right. it just seems that my shock absorbers are too stiff on compression and too soft on rebound.,

ive got the Sport line eibach and bilstein setup.

basicaly when you hit a bump at motorway speed, the car jars up and then the suspension reacts making it wallow for a few seconds. if there was a series of bumps it would bottom out and stay bottomed out scraping the floor till it was smooth again.

oh and is there a way of adjusting rear camber?


i think the suspension is shafted..lol

That definately doesn't sound right. It might just be how hard the suspension is, rather than how soft....it can make for a pretty unpleasant ride at speed.

Please don't break it :glance:

 

[Antony]

hmm.... i dont realy know as it still leans like mad through the corners....

would still love coilovers though..lol

 

[Nis]

Your shocks sound shot mate. Get out the car and press down hard on all 4 corners. If you can press it down at all it's probably too soft. If when you press down it comes back up and goes down again the the shocks are shafted.

Ivan

 

[Antony]

arse...thatnks matey cos theres some D2 coilovers on ebay for £400..lol

 

[Antony]

no need for this post anymore.

 

[Antony]

Updated pics to follow 21-10-08

carbon interior panels, removable steering wheel, new graphics, bucket seat, harness, strut braces fitted......watch this space...

 

[jim_bling]

i await pics in suspence

 

[squarepants]

*cough* and diffuser rear bumper *cough*

 

[Nis]

Hey bud, what spacers did you use and where did you get them from? I am going to need some when I fit my arches :/

Thanks,

James.

 

[pjg1979]

He used Grayston spacers, I can't remember the spec but they gave an extra 35mm, I got some recently off ebay then realised the thread size was different, back on ebay they went, lol.

 

[Antony]

i got mine off kristian..
they are grayston 35mm spacers, although speaking to SUMO power they can order Nismo 50mm hubcentric spacers designed to work with the arches.. these are £80 each tho.
pics in 20 mins....


p.s. rear bumper pics also...lol

 

[joesouthgate]

where are the pics then?

 

[solarice]

where are the pics then?

lol, saved me saying it

 

[NeX]

^seconded!! pics needed!

or you better have a good excuse.....

like you are dead or something.....

in which case we split your car

 

[James]

Did you know your car is in the Banzai JAE writeup this month by the way?

The caption reads something along the lines of "Yet more proof that Micras aren't just cars driven by your grandad at 30mph in first!"

 

[Antony]

ive done loads of pics.... but ive lost me sd card adapter..ill put them up tomorow when i buy another micro card adapter.

lord knows where its gone?

and no i didnt know but woooohoooo im in a magazine..lol
better get it re-sprayed like...quickly..lol

 

[Dragonmaster_uk]

was just about to say have you seen this months banzai will link my scanner up tomorrow and scan a pic in for you any news on the turbo yet mate and also awaiting pics

 

[Antony]

turbo...yeah cant pick that up till davey_c sorts himself out..lol hes lost his wallet and phone and is moving house too.

pics will follow i promise..lol

and ill have a look in banzai at work tomorrow.... but scan a pic in anyway so i can have it on me blog..lol

 

[jim_bling]

oh anth i was dieing for the pics now im crying thanx

 

[Antony]

its ok, gives me time to plan some better pics... more "arty" and some time to clean the bleeder..lol

 

[squarepants]

lol iam sure you never clean it! when you came to mine it was dirty lol....

 

[Nis]

pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics



James.

 

[Antony]

and finaly.... some much awaited pictures after i found my micro sd card adapter in my shoes..lol

let me know what you think...

 

[Antony]

more

 

[Antony]

my car needs coilovers...lol it looks like a tractor..

 

[squarepants]

thats a nice bumper and bucket seat, wish i owned them

and OMG is that the stig in your car!?.....oh no, wait it me :S



p.s did them bumper fit ok?

 

[Antony]

yeah the bumper fitted a treat matey..... panted well, actualy it just highlights the need for me to paint the boot lid..lol

 

[Rob..]

Was going to point out how faded it makes your bumper look lol. Coming along nicely mate, not a fan of the big number but then thats not my cup of tea to be fair.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Car is looking great! What happened to the Nismo graphics?

 

[Antony]

everyone was copying my nismo graphics. so i went a different way..... and im changing my mind again soon..lol
keep an eye on it.

 

[hoodedreeper]

I apologise for copying Just looked damn sexy on your K11 and i wanted the same

 

[Antony]

lol, now your the only one with them..

might do them again, get a signwriters to do em properly or even paint em on...

 

[mike]

http://www.moddedmicras.co.uk/upload/files/6-NMMicraP1.jpg

Ant, how about the original NME graphics. Nearly did get them replaced when i owned the car.

Mike

 

[pjg1979]

Looking great Ant, That rear bumper with the cutout looks ace, still can't se no Turbo in that Engine Bay, lol.

Looking forward to seeing the Red Beast again anyway.