Hoodedreeper's K11 RELOADED!!

[pjg1979]

Blue Rings

Hi ya mate, do you mind telling me this distance in mm or ", cheers.

Well what I had planned hasn't helped thought these would look nice in you driving/fog lamps but only one works the other half works so I'm going to see if I have a more powerful ballast.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Christmas has came a lil early for the Micra,this just arrived for her:

White Line Front Lower Strut Brace

 

[pjg1979]

Oooooo very nice, I hope I get your Santa. I need a new boot.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Better speak to Matt then

 

[jim_bling]

its a night mare to get the bolts out mate best off using a little bit of a shock to losen them off and some wd-40 i tried yesterday and couldnt get the bolts off (i have the same one lol)

 

[frank]

its a night mare to get the bolts out mate best off using a little bit of a shock to losen them off and some wd-40 i tried yesterday and couldnt get the bolts off (i have the same one lol)

yeh, the bolts tend to rust into the steel sleeve inside the wishbone bush eh :doh:

 

[squarepants]

i manged to undo the ones in the donor car a had, just got a half inch ratchet and some gave it some force. was suprised they actually undid!

 

[jim_bling]

i managed to take the skin off my knuckels even though i was using a braker bar (long bar like the size of my arms spread out) and i was standing on it and it wasnt budging so i have left it till i can get her on to some ramps

 

[hoodedreeper]

I'll probs ask the mechanic at my work to put it on the ramps and do it

 

[Optispart]

nicee!

 

[hoodedreeper]

xmas present from the other half....wind deflectors:

 

[Stani1029]

did she not get the 5 door ones

 

[hoodedreeper]

She did....cos thats the Ebay Auction i sent her the link for

 

[squarepants]

how come you dont have rear ones aswell? and do the fronts sit under the mirror base plates?

 

[jim_bling]

its the same ones as mine they just slide in to the door bit inbetween the window and door seal they are ######s when its lashing it down as all the rain runs down the deflectors and into the door as it broke one of my actuators for my central locking

 

[hoodedreeper]

As Jim said it slides into the door rubbers

I only got the fronts as thats all i asked for. Didnt give it a thought about the rear ones

 

[joesouthgate]

Wind deflectors look good mate (Y)

 

[hoodedreeper]

Thought i'd try out some Yellow bulbs for my fog lights for that 'import' look. Heres the line up:

Front left to right:

Blue Bulb (Uprated bulbs i had in already)

Yellow Bulb (Standard H1 bulb painted with Amber Bulb Paint)

Black Bulb (Painted bulb after switched on for 20 seconds)

The fog light filled up with smoke as the paint obviously burnt off leaving a not so nice smell. Back to the drawing board as they say!

 

[jim_bling]

ooops never mind mate hope you get it in the end

 

[hoodedreeper]

Been told yellow bulbs are illegal in the UK anyway? Though it makes sense cos Yellow Light is better in fog than white as it drains out the glare (apprently!)

 

[Low Rider]

I'll probs ask the mechanic at my work to put it on the ramps and do it

Good luck getting those wishbone bolts out. Most people, unless very lucky, have to drill them out, in turn wrecking the bushes and sometimes even replacing both wishbones.

 

[joesouthgate]

nah i think yellow and white is legal, blue is not technically.

 

[hoodedreeper]

the bulbs may look blue but they light up as a bright white

 

[joesouthgate]

I know i have the same ones in my headlights and driving lights, I was just saying that blue is not a legal colour but yellow is iirc.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Ah sorry,mis-interpretated your reply

 

[squarepants]

i think the yellow ones are cool, altough most import ones ive seen (fc RX-7 and intial d ae86) have yellow fog lamp plastics, so the bulbs are normal and the plastic is courlored.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Yeah i did think that,but dont really wanna buy another set just for the glass lol

 

[pjg1979]

Have you tried All Weather Bulbs? I think Ring do a High Wattage version as well but I can't confirm that till 5th. You can have yellow bulbs as long as they full within ECE Regulation 37 for White light. If your using bulb paint I think it's mainly for non-halogen bulbs.

 

[hoodedreeper]

The bulb paint i used is meant to be applied to the lense NOT the actual bulb....oops!

 

[pjg1979]

lol, no harm in trying though. I'm you can get a chrome look paint that when you turn your lights on they light up yellow.

 

[jim_bling]

ooops never mind hooded you will get the look in the end it might just take alittle bit of time

 

[blue beast]

where did every 1 get there parts from!!!

hey guys im new 2 this forum!!
loving the micra
i gt k11 1.0L s fully coulor coded n it has the blue dials with rev limiter!!

i was looking for some new parts!!
FOR EG:smoothed grille / diffrent rear lights / short shifter / alloy radiator n stuff like that
jst cnt seem 2 get any mods 4 it wotsoever!!!!!!!
i jst want 2 mod :doh:
plz help
links would be nice

thanks jay!!!:k11green::grinning:

 

[Tom Messy]

Might be better to start your own thread rather than taking this one off topic

 

[hoodedreeper]

I had the idea of getting some type of film...like Window Tint film...and put yellow film over the head lights? That way i'll have a constant flow of light rather than paint runs/lines etc

 

[joesouthgate]

I found this stuff Hoody but can't find any suppliers in the UK yet, apart from the stained glass film which may work.
http://www.decalfx.com/yellow_headlight_film.html

Oh and your car looks ace in the calendar mate
I remember back:

Well...only thing cosmetic is Alloys,rest is engine

 

[Antony]

or get some 448AW bulbs from halfords.. theyre yellow anyway. and yes they are e-marked for use in the uk.

ive got HID's in my front fogs..lol

 

[jim_bling]

ha ha yea modded i remember that to wish i bought a callender now and sent a pic in

 

[hoodedreeper]

I know...but car modifiying is a very very bad addiction! Once i started i couldnt stop! Plus this its looking how i want it to!

Found some yellow H1 bulbs from the States so will probs order them

 

[jim_bling]

kool and yea it is an addiction i cant help it either

 

[hoodedreeper]

Bulbs purchased from the states,cost me £11.20 delievered! So will wait for those and see what they're like

 

[capnmchl]

I had the idea of getting some type of film...like Window Tint film...and put yellow film over the head lights? That way i'll have a constant flow of light rather than paint runs/lines etc

If you're going down that route, why not use the filters they use for theater lights? Surely that'll be able to stand the heat of the headlamps, and give you the colour you want?

 

[hoodedreeper]

I could have done,but like i said,now bought those bulbs from the States

 

[capnmchl]

Ahh. Cool.

 

[superls]

or get some 448AW bulbs from halfords.. theyre yellow anyway. and yes they are e-marked for use in the uk.

ive got HID's in my front fogs..lol

got a link for those yellow bulbs cant seem to finds them on there website. how yellow are they, propper yellow or crappy all weather yellow?

i bought some from the states thinking they were propper yellow and they were yellow but not yellow enough.

 

[hoodedreeper]

yeah > CLICKY HERE FOR AUCTION <

 

[hoodedreeper]

Got a day off today,so thought i'd give the micra some TLC. With all this road salt it cant be doing the paint any good,so treated her to a wash. Took some pics before and after to show ya:

 

[squarepants]

god, your paint looks really rich and deep.

 

[Tom Messy]

Nice!

I would personally remove the rear wiper and smooth the boot

 

[pjg1979]

Excellent, must do mine as I got some BadBoy Car Wash stuff for christmas, lol. What a difference.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Nice!

I would personally remove the rear wiper and smooth the boot

Already got one of those sitting at my work waiting to be sprayed