my budget micra :D

[NathanHug]

i got giventhis k10 about 2 months ago and have been doing odd little bits to it with my spare cash, iv done a few simple thing to it just wanted to show you lot to see what you make of it,

i didnt think it was to bad for free, cost me £500 to get through MOT and iv spent another aprox £150 on little bits to it,

i chopped the middle bit off the grill filled and painted,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010012.jpg

when i got this car it had been broken into what looked like loads of times lol, the drivers side lock was destroyed, so i fitted central locking and took the locks out, and ino what your going to say what if the key fob runs out i still have the key hole in the boot so if i have to i can get through there.
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010010.jpg

just put a new filter on and that's about on the engine,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010009.jpg

the next thing i thought about doing was replacing the standard steels with something a bit more exiting but old school, but then i saw a thread on here of painted steels and i love them,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010008.jpg

on the boot i have taken the numberplate lights off and replaces with two small bolt style LEDs above it and taken the wiper off, then filled and painted,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010007.jpg

i had the idea one day of a strut brace for the rear and after looking all over ebay and the rest of the internet i couldn't find one to fit the k10 for a low price anyway, so i got my self a bit of steel and made one myself
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010006.jpg

because this is a complete budget car i got the very small sub from a cheap surround sound and made it fit under the ash tray and in front of the gear stick, i had to modify the plastic surround for the hand brake and gear stick so it sat lower so it wasn't obstructing the sub, i also shortened the shifter so there wasnt a gap between the end of the knob and the rubbery bit, also i added mp3 connectivity into it and fed the lead through the dash, but i made sure the tape/radio player still worked,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010005.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010004.jpg

for the inside of the doors i cut the top piece of the door card off to expose the painted metal work then polished it, you may notice that the window winders are red, this is because when i got the car it didn't have any so i got 2 fanta tops and got them on there, also i picked up some speakers and put them in and painted the door handle winder and leaver to match the speakers, also on this photo you can see the rising sun logo on my filler cap still not sure about it but it took a while to paint so im leaving it for now,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010003.jpg

the last thing so far i have done is lowered the car with the Controversial chopping springs method,
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010002.jpg

would love to hear you opinions on it,

 

[pork]

It's nice mate. Clean and simple mods, sorta look that mine is Gunna be

 

[k10super1]

mate i love the jap flag on the petrol cap lol
since you already going that way maby try and do a rat ride lol

 

[Daniel]

Looks really good buddy, I'm loving the retro look. Top work (Y). You might get a bit of stick for chopping your springs though, I've already had it myself :laugh:

 

[gtsnissanb]

Very nice

 

[NathanHug]

It's nice mate. Clean and simple mods, sorta look that mine is Gunna be

ah cool mate i would like to have a look at yours when your done,

 

[NathanHug]

mate i love the jap flag on the petrol cap lol
since you already going that way maby try and do a rat ride lol

not to keen on the rat look i want a more reto look to it,

 

[NathanHug]

iv just got my self 2 front super s seats to put it only cost me £41.50 posted carnt wait for them to come, i will get some photos up when they come

 

[gtsnissanb]

iv just got my self 2 front super s seats to put it only cost me £41.50 posted carnt wait for them to come, i will get some photos up when they come

Indeed do they're the same as the st ones but less shiny right?

 

[NathanHug]

yer they are and the st ones normally go for a bit more, so i prefer the super s ones

 

[NathanHug]

just finished a bit more on the micra, new super s seats and door cards and new cherry bomb exhaust

old interior
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010014.jpg
all empty
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010018.jpg
and new interior
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010020.jpg

exhaust:
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010025.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010024.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/P1010023.jpg

as you can see i had to go under the anti roll bar at the back, so its quite low and gives a funny angle to the tip of the back box

that it so far
the new interior 2 door cards 2 rear cards 2 seats and the exhaust came to £70 including postage well happy

 

[Daniel]

Looking good, but we definitely need a video so we can see what it sounds like. I bet it's a whole world of win with a cherry bomb :laughY)

 

[NathanHug]

thanks mate, its not as rough as i would like but i think that's got something to do with it still having the silencer in the middle of the pipe, I will have a go at fixing it tomorrow then get a video

 

[Daniel]

Awesome, can't wait to hear it. Never seen or heard a cherry bomb exhaust on a Micra before :grinning:

 

[NathanHug]

lol iv seen it before but never heard it not as impressive as i thought :/ but looks good shame its a bit low :/

 

[Daniel]

Just a case of propping it up however you can. Don't want it scraping on speedbumps :doh:

 

[NathanHug]

yer ino i think it will scrape how it is at the moment and there are loads of bumps near me guna have to get it sorted tomorrow. i will post something a video or photos if i solve it

 

[Daniel]

Cool beans (Y)

 

[sr20bud]

Awesome, can't wait to hear it. Never seen or heard a cherry bomb exhaust on a Micra before :grinning:

check machisan's blog i think his doesnt have any silencers (Y)

nice work nathan (Y)

 

[karlj]

I loved my cherry bomb on my first k10

Nice tone mid rev, screamed at high and burbled and popped when idling :grinning:

 

[NathanHug]

sounds good karlj is that with silencer ? or with out ?

 

[karlj]

That was without silencer

 

[NathanHug]

ah nice i didnt get chance to tweak it today went fishing instead maybe tomorrow

 

[NathanHug]

i fitted the cherry bomb and used a flexible bit of exhaust pipe to go over the axle, but i carnt get a video with sound anyway i got some new wheels there vauxhall cavalier wheels, but not cavy slabs, just needed 10mm spacers to sort out the centre bore size difference, the spacers cost me £20 and the wheels i got for £60 and i think they look great what do you guys think ? i just need to roll the arches a bit and take a bit of the rear mud guard off to it doesn't scrape
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/IMAG0092.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/IMAG0091.jpg
http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd445/NathanHug/IMAG0088.jpg

 

[jampublic]

Looks nicely modded

 

[NathanHug]

just ordered my self some 35mm lowering springs so no more chopped springs and arch rubbing tires im not sure how its going to look tho was anyone else had a k10 lowered 35mm with 14" wheels with 195/60's on ?

 

[sr20bud]

ive seen micra's with 35mm springs and they dont lower it that much but it will handle a bit better (Y)

 

[NathanHug]

ah cool im sure i will get used to the hight change its about 60mm lowered atm so its going to go up 25mm hmmm should be good

 

[jampublic]

just ordered my self some 35mm lowering springs so no more chopped springs and arch rubbing tires im not sure how its going to look tho was anyone else had a k10 lowered 35mm with 14" wheels with 195/60's on ?

Just bought my K10, it was already sorted! Its on 13's & low-ish

 

[r-reg-sr]

Just bought my K10, it was already sorted! Its on 13's & low-ish

[not bad at all reading aint too far from me :grinning:

 

[NathanHug]

so is that lowered 35mm ? looks great btw

 

[jampublic]

To be honest, no idea how low it has been dropped. I know its dropped on coil overs