K11 project

[Seb_]

Ring ftw ! :laugh:

 

[peposhi]

Right, guys

Today I went to a friend's garage and asked if I could use his tool for changing front springs. There's no problem at all and mission was successful. I managed to do everything by myself . Removed the shocks, exchanged the springs and put it back together. For some of you that's like a morning exercise, but for me It's the first time ever I did it and I must say that day after day I realise how simple and effective the cars are built. I didn't have time to change the rear ones, plus the fact I've lost the special bushes Frank's made for me . I have to find them or get a new set. So, for now I'd be with front lowered and rear stock. Can't say I don't like it though Car looks a bit like a dragster :laugh:
Will post some pics when I get a chance to do them...

See ya!

 

[peposhi]

Here some more day time pictures:

Then I used some of the Flyeyes Kit to cover the auxiliary lights, however it was a bit late to take nice pictures:

Let me show you where I decided the switches for auxiliary lights are going to be :

The second one to come once I sort out the lights for the bumper.

As I've mentioned in a previous post - only front is lowered atm:

Front:

Rear:

Both:

That's it for now. More to come soon I hope

 

[peposhi]

I took some more pics this morning. With Flyeyes on they definitely look better:

 

[peposhi]

And before and after comparison:

 

[pjg1979]

Looking good mate, even better with the fly eyes kit on them as they blend in with the surround area better. Also like where you've put the switch different but good idea I usually just wire them to my Main Beam so when I flash someone they know about it lol.

Good work Bud.(Y)

 

[peposhi]

Thanks, Phil (Y) Have no patience to finish (at least half of) my plans

Will get there slowly, slowly...

 

[peposhi]

This is my friend's car I drove for a while today:

200BHP I tried to talk him over comming to JAE this year, but he's leaving for New Zealand this summer... I might take the car though fwn

And this came today from Germany:

Decided that there's no point changing just the back box unless I don't have the money to change the manifold and do proper engine set up. At the end of the day, this project was meant to be only for interior/exterior look of the car, not engine tuning :grinning::grinning::grinning::grinning:

 

[peposhi]

Double post ...

 

[Grevs]

What spec is the fto :grinning:

 

[peposhi]

Car's fully lowered now, lads
Went to my friend's garage and did the job by myself (proud again, ha-ha). Used the second pair of bushes Frank's has done for me (thank you, Frank!) to adjust the panhard rod. Didn't put them the right way though, have to correct it tomorrow. So, soon you can expect pictures and will see what would be the overall difference. It's low anyway

 

[peposhi]

So, where to start:

1. Fitted the second switch for aux lights.

Earthed both, so when on there's a light coming on

My work place today

The incorrect position of Frank's bushes

and correct one

job done

Many thanks to my Jimmies, without them I wouldn't be able to pull the rod and fit it

And a little comparison

Before

After

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After

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After

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After

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After
... tomotrrow ...


Before

After

Do you see difference?

 

[peposhi]

Here's a little change:

I want to do an open mouth bonnet but it's not gonna happen soon. As I removed the vinyl I've had on the bonnet, the silly holes after de-badge-ing were ######ing me off, so a sprayed the badge and put it back

 

[davey1991]

Only thing that slightly ruins it for me is the wheels, everything else i really like.

 

[peposhi]

Only thing that slightly ruins it for me is the wheels, everything else i really like.

Thanks for the comment, davey1991 (Y)

I'm glad you like the car in general. Wheels - I like them, but I won't cry if I get a set of wide 13 inch one, as a spare set and to swap them when I get bored :wasntme:

 

[k11_whore]

Thanks for the comment, davey1991 (Y)

I'm glad you like the car in general. Wheels - I like them, but I won't cry if I get a set of wide 13 inch one, as a spare set and to swap them when I get bored :wasntme:

mmm id have your wheels

 

[peposhi]

Yesterday I got a delivery from Hong Kong:

Ebay rocks (Y)

Then I decided I should do some trial. Removed the interior light was the best choice to start with:

So, I had fun and now I got 9 LED interior lamp. I'll add an extra 3 to 6 when I get a chance.

Next might be footwell, door cards, boot lid and will see what else

 

[peposhi]

I did add 6 more LEDs yesterday and must say I'm very pleased with the result

 

[peposhi]

Oh, and I removed the flyeyes kit from the headlights. Even though I love to look of it it's way too dark in the night and I do a lot of driving in the late hours...

 

[Seb_]

I like this kind of subtle and efficient mod mate ! Very good job, thank you for sharing it
Seb

 

[peposhi]

I like this kind of subtle and efficient mod mate ! Very good job, thank you for sharing it
Seb

no prob, mate (Y)
anytime

 

[John_1.0]

Should just buy a backbox. I boight a outrolled stainless steel tip last June for a break from my 4" japcan and you soon think meh i wished i kept it on when you hear another small hatchback rev past you.

 

[peposhi]

I wouldn't buy a backbox... well not yet

For now it'll be just a muffler tip to keep the look of RAW rawer

Have to find some time to fit splitters and side skirts :glare:

 

[peposhi]

My father has one of those stock Lada 2101, 34 years old in very, very good condition.

and this is what I want to turn it on to one day
[video=youtube;kfgwWnevOFw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgwWnevOFw[/video]
(Y)(Y)(Y)

 

[Guy]

The car in the vid above is AWESOME .

 

[peposhi]

Had a little go on one picture. I wonder what you think?

 

[Shaun]

I'm not a fan of bad boy bonnets... i would have something like this instead....

 

[Seb_]

It way look good with the white plate ! (too much black on the picture since you blackned the plate to hide it)

 

[peposhi]

Thanks for the idea, Shaun. (Y) I'd really like to do an open mouth grill though

Seb, something like this:

 

[peposhi]

As the car stands now:

 

[Shaun]

Just Imagine:

 

[peposhi]

Thanks for that, Shaun!!!
Absolutely fantastic (Y)(Y)(Y)

 

[John_1.0]

Take them lights out of the bumper tbh lol.

Id go with the badboy bonnet and open grill.

 

[Ognyan]

Nah badboy bonnets suck, Shauns design FTW Pepo (Y)

 

[peposhi]

Yes, it's beautiful :laugh:
Wont happen soon though, no bobs atm

 

[peposhi]

With Kalata's help I manged to squeeze 24 LED in the interior lamp:

Before:

After (nice and clean):

Veeery happy with the result now, you can literally read a book on it

 

[peposhi]

24 LEDs made a good bit of a difference, pictures can't really show it...


Here's some new addition /not the first one or the last one the do that though /

 

[pjg1979]

Looking Good Peposhi, can't wait until I get another micra, lol.

 

[hoodedreeper]

Nah badboy bonnets suck, Shauns design FTW Pepo (Y)

This upsets me

Jokes

Awesome progress so far!

 

[peposhi]

Looking Good Peposhi, can't wait until I get another micra, lol.

can't wait to see you in a Micra again, Phil
Do you remember some of the options -
Cherry Red Beauty or
Mad Yellow Sting...? lol

 

[peposhi]

Awesome progress so far!

Thanks, much appreciated, mate (Y)
Your work has been an inspiration for me!

 

[airmike]

Doesnt look like it dropped much fwn Did you measure the drop maybe?

 

[peposhi]

airmike, If you're asking about the lowering springs... it did drop and you can feel it right away when you sit in the car. Ah and washing the roof is pretty easy now lol
Of course, this is not 50-60-70mm drop where you get serious and you need proper shocks, coilovers and etc. 35mm is more for fun, better appearance and some nicer cornering

 

[peposhi]

A little update:

LED pushed backwards:

Before

After

And I replaced the headlamps with a better one:

Before:

After:

 

[peposhi]

Last night driving felt like dancing and in the morning decided to check why
... And I've found why:

Silly rod got snapped right next to the bush housing.
I was on my way to our local scrappy anyway, so I got a spare panhard.

Bit of work and much faster than the first time I did that:

I had the tyres off the car and painted the rear drums with black Hamerite as I've been advised

 

[peposhi]

Thanks to Shaun I got some excellent photoshop as an example to follow
Absolutely stunning!!

 

[Daniel]

Looks good, especially the top one with that front bumper (Y). Makes me want to do that to my bonnet now, but I haven't got an angle grinder :doh:

 

[chrisfoste]

In my opnion K11 is very famous model and no other model can take its place. I think replacing old parts with new is fine but modifying the original look will make your car good to worse. I really like to idea of your project.

 

[peposhi]

In my opnion K11 is very famous model and no other model can take its place. I think replacing old parts with new is fine but modifying the original look will make your car good to worse. I really like to idea of your project.

If you ask 100 people about their vision for The Perfect Micra, you'd get 100 answers
What matters is not that there are 100 different opinions. It's the fact that we have 100 Perfect Micras (Y)(Y)(Y)

I thank you for sharing your thoughts (Y)

 

[peposhi]

Some update here:

Got fogs

The other thing is I finally got a proper HU. Pioneer DEH-6900iB, old model, but cheap enough and works fantastic
I now have Pioneer sound all around and at some stage the rear 6x9's will be replaced by E-series component speakers(same as the front ones) ...


Soo, the music is awesome now, big change compared to my old HU

:blues: