Cabriolet in Perth

[CMF_wudi]

Hello

Our eBay special K11 Cabriolet has arrived in Perth. This will sort of be our build blog, all be it a slow one.

First step is getting it rego'd in WA, then we have a few things to fix up:

- Wheels and tyres
- Suspension
- New roof
- Re-spray
- Some light engine mods
And i'm sure i will find something else to modify

My other half and owner of the car, Donna, is a spray painter so she will be taking care of all body work and fabrication. Overall it's not too bad, needs a little TLC but its surprisingly in pretty good shape.

I need to give the car a full service on the weekend, we'll clean it up and take some pics to post up here soon.

 

[CMF_daily_ricer]

Good work wudi,

About 5 or 6 years ago that cabriolet of yours appeared on a thread here and was still in the process of getting through all the Australian legalities, but it dissapeared, I asked about it more than once trying to find out what had happened to it hoping that I'd spot it first when it was next for sale lol. I'm very interested to see where it goes from here, its a shame it doesn't have the original facelift front end and was repared with standared series 1 stuff.

 

[CMF_RTK]

Can't wait to see you give her a little TLC, few cabriolets at an import yard near me one is dumped on the ground at least 60mm of the ground haha

 

[CMF_daily_ricer]

https://micra.org.uk/cmf/message/11566

and a pic of it on the 6th post down:

https://micra.org.uk/cmf/message/39051

 

[CMF_wudi]

Update:

The misses and I have been away on holiday so we haven't had time to start stripping it down and cleaning it up. We did manage to get it registered a month ago. It was registered with ease. Win!

We've installed some king springs all round and Koni front shocks, still using the stock rears for now. We're looking for a rear sway bar and some strut braces to help stiffen it up a bit, I know why their nickname is the 'wobble' now.

We also have some larger N14 Pulsar brakes to fit but trying to decide on wheels. Here's a pic with a set of Lenso Project Drifts we trial fitted. The tyres are too big (195/55) and the colour was a bit iffy. Hopefully we'll fit it up with some new Enkei J-Specs soon and start the panel work in a few weeks.

Our friend Jash has a spare EastBear bodykit sitting around that we're keen to fit. It's just a matter of finding a colour we agree on for the re-spray. The engine will be removed so we can paint the engine bay as well.

I'm still trying to decide if i turbo it or leave it NA. I'm not sure if I want the cop hastle. Espcially as this car is the daily bunky

This post is more words than action I'm afraid but we have a couple of other cars in our stable that are money drainers (Hilux SR5 and Evo 7) so the modding funds are low right now

 

[CMF_wudi]

Spent Sunday afternoon removing the engine. Now I have to remove all of the little bits and pieces so the misses can start painting the engine bay.

I've found a couple of bolt on turbo kits, this one I'm liking a lot for $2600 del:

http://www.redlinemotive.com/part-number/turbo-specialties/nm2003x.asp

But I have figure out whether it's a good idea or not to turbo a car without a roof.

 

[CMF_oldboy40s]

Put in a turbo. We need a turbo micra in Perth. Have not heard or seen a turbo micra here in a long time.

 

[CMF_Micra_King]

I would not bother going turbo in this. Keep it as a fun cruiser. Also I think the color suits it well so I would not change it myself.

 

[CMF_RBLUV]

anything turbo is cool, especially something like a micra, im itching for boost again

 

[CMF_wudi]

Unfortunately the paint job on the car is knackered with dents, chips and scratches everywhere so it needs a re-spray regardless, we're not planning on straying too far from the colour it is now however the misses would prefer that it didn't look like a mini version of my car