Hoodedreeper's K11 RELOADED!!

[mattjo]

thanks for that, cant go wrong for that price, will give it a go!

 

[will930]

oooo

 

[hoodedreeper]

hence why i bought it i got the 8Gb one

 

[hoodedreeper]

Finished off my door cards today:

Finally matching...

 

[Shaun]

You have those chrome handles i had on my K10, from eBay? they kept falling off on mine lol!

 

[hoodedreeper]

Yeah from Ebay...funnily enough the passenger side one fell off last night after driving about 5mile haha

 

[will930]

ooo so you have carbon fibre stuff at your work or something? used it a bit at college and its expensive lol

but i guess your making its very light by doing that

 

[hoodedreeper]

i got the carbon sheet from a local performance shop

 

[will930]

oh i see i like the look but i want something more homely lol so i shall be using some plywood with a custom trim etc

 

[ribbit]

plywood it then carbon wrap it :laugh:

 

[hoodedreeper]

The cage was fitted yesterday/today big thanks goes to Fast Eddy www.fast-eddys.biz for fitting it and fabricating the necessary brackets

Here are some night shots cos i was too excited when i got home to take photos

 

[will930]

looking sweet maybe some daylight pics so we can see it? lol

 

[Grevs]

mint great work as always

 

[alexzaki]

Good work mate (Y)

 

[hoodedreeper]

Got my TRS hammock/net yesterday and fitted it after work. Managed to grab some daylight photos this morning...

 

[hoodedreeper]

Fitted my new Red 4 Point Harnesses today,IMO looks alot better than the black harnesses i previously had (the black ones were 3 point)

 

[karlj]

Where did you get them from cause they're the same make as my black 3point ones and I can't remember for the life of me where I got them

 

[hoodedreeper]

i got them from my work (Wilco Motorspares)

+edit+ My 1000th post

 

[karlj]

Cheers and I feel slightly honored for helping

 

[r-reg-sr]

milenium kid
good mate

 

[hoodedreeper]

I finally had a spare day to valet the car,seeming as i havent washed her since July last year. I took the time to photograph most things i used and some before and after shots.

Theres a quite a few photos,so bare with me

First Step was to rinse and wash the car (obviously) so out came the Meguiar's Ultimate Wash & Wax

Once the car was clean it was to take out any swirl marks,using Meguiar's Step 1 Paint Cleaner

It was time to tackle the Wheels,so once they were dry i used Meguiar's Metal Polish

Followed by a coating of Rim Wax

 

[hoodedreeper]

I then used Meguiar's Endurance Gel for the Tyres:

Next up for the Paint work was to Polish it. A friend had given me some of his own Polish which is the best Polish i've ever used:

Applied:

Taken off:

Exhaust Tip was looking grubby,so out came the Autosol:

Last thing to do was the black plastics. You may have noticed i'm a fan of Meguiars...but nothing beats Auto Glym Bumper Car for black plastics:

 

[hoodedreeper]

Some finished photos,3hrs well spent!

 

[Grevs]

lookin fresh man well done

 

[will930]

that looks lovely mate that really is time well spent!

 

[alexzaki]

Nice (Y) I also gotta give mine a clean wash then some polishing but the weather over here is so unstable :down:

 

[hoodedreeper]

Thanks Swapped the HIDs over from the Polo onto the Micra...MUCH better!

 

[will930]

hooded dont forget my spoiler next weekend xD

 

[hoodedreeper]

I wont

 

[pjg1979]

I love this Micra, you've done a great job, wish I could spend 3 hours on my car full stop, lol.

 

[hoodedreeper]

I'm getting bored of my NISMO graphics and i fancy a change. I've took a strong fancy to this kinda design:

Opinions?

 

[karlj]

not sure, would be different can't say i've seen a k11 with them

although

 

[hoodedreeper]

Opinions?

 

[will930]

something like that would look ace but maybe some white in with that would look ace

 

[peposhi]

Good idea (Y)

IMO smaller letters for the sign would be better

 

[Antony]

yeah... get rid of the nismo graphics..... was my idea anyway..lol:laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

[Shaun]

I wouldn't use the bottom banner at all... but that's me

 

[ribbit]

defo but like others have said add a bit of white into the stripes and make the font smaller (Y)

 

[hoodedreeper]

its advertising my own car club

I'm gonna stick with the Nismo graphics now,IMO it makes the car what it is Might add the bottom bit or something along those lines

 

[ribbit]

did you get the nismo graphics from ebay?

and a silly question is the rear 'micra' badge held on by double sided tape or is it pinned in?

 

[hoodedreeper]

The word Micra is glued on

Nismo Graphics were custom made by a local vinyl company

 

[ribbit]

thanks mate

 

[hoodedreeper]

A lil parcel arrived this week...

A full set of SFS Coolant hoses!

Massive thanks to FerritBoy for them!

 

[ferritboy]

See you have cleaned them up abit, hope your happy now hurry up and fit em'!!!

 

[hoodedreeper]

Yeah,good 'ol fairy liquid and hot water! Car is booked in for Monday for the hoses to be fitted and a service

 

[ferritboy]

Bah not doing it yourself??

 

[hoodedreeper]

Getting the engine bay steam cleaned and full service so they're gonna do that while they're at it

 

[pjg1979]

I like the RC 350Z but those graphics suit the long wheelbased cars, kinda like what you've done already. Hoses look great.

 

[peposhi]

Chris, could you do some close pictures of the side skirt fitting, please?
I got the Rover 400 side skirts, but I'm pretty stuck with mounting them. I'm worried to use the self tappers you have advised me - would there not be water/dirt going under the sill?!?:suspect:

 

[hoodedreeper]

I flipped the skirts upside down so the flatter edge is flush with the sill. I've used self tappers and havent had any problems with dirt/water getting inbetween Just depends how many you use All the photos will be in this blog im afraid sorry