Noface's Blog

[ClnlPanic]

Since the garage function on this site doesn't seem to work (I can't edit my car!) I thought I'd start a blog.

Noface is my first car. I'm learning stuff through servicing and eventually modding him. He is named 'Noface' after a chubby poltergeist character from the Studio Ghibli film 'Spirited Away'.

Jobs completed

• Oil changed
• Oil filter changed
• Air filter changed
• Fuel filter changed
• Spark plugs changed
• Nasty plastic windscreen squirters replaced with chrome mist jets
• Remote central locking installed

Plans

• Replace one bumpstrip which has fallen off!
• Finish fixing damage along the left side - 1/2 done already.
• Replace front number plate to remove the crack.
• Chrome door handles
• Alloys
• Lowering
• Strut bar

 

[squarepants]

lol i watched 'Spirited Away' last week...it sucks lol, didnt get it at all. crazy japanese animme stuff lol. yet i like intial d animme :S

 

[ClnlPanic]

lol i watched 'Spirited Away' last week...it sucks lol, didnt get it at all. crazy japanese animme stuff lol. yet i like intial d animme :S

I'm surprised you didn't like it if you like anime, it got 97% on rotten tomatoes!

 

[ClnlPanic]

Just ordered one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-Almera...9|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:4|294:50

Can't wait for it to arrive!

 

[Alfonze]

Gotta say spirted away is awesome anime, probably the first one I saw I think....

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Now playing: From First to Last - Kiss Me, I'm Contagious
via FoxyTunes

 

[ClnlPanic]

Look what just arrived! Looks even more glorious in the flesh:

 

[chipedwood]

I like blue ones

I fitted an ebay central locking kit to mine with no experience. The main problem is that security plate things need to be adjusted (chopped up) or removed. otherwise the universal motors won't fit.

besides for that it was fairly easy, had a bit of a battle with fitting the cables into the tubes in the door.

I've had it on for over a year now and it's great.

Mine was the remote central locking kit, next job is electric windows!

 

[ClnlPanic]

So is the central locking a soldering job or do I just plug some stuff into some other stuff

 

[Bash1989]

depends what central locking you get mate, and your car is a beauty!

 

[chipedwood]

The kit I got was easily done using those little electricion boxes, Forget what they are called.

Only one was needed and that was to link the power in, the rest of it was simply plugging into connections included in the Kit.

I'll see if they still do the Kit I got.

Here it is, that is exacty the same, I just threw the spare 2 motors away.. can't see if yours is 3 or 5 doors.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNIVERSAL-REMOTE-KEYLESS-CENTRAL-DOOR-LOCKING-KIT-2008_W0QQitemZ200260011502QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item2ea06d45ee&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1689|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

 

[ClnlPanic]

Thanks for the compliment Bash, I agree, the K11s look great in Electric Blue. Yours is quite a way ahead of mine though in terms of mods.

I'll get one of those kits chipedwood, thanks for finding the link for me. My design teacher always called those boxes 'chocolate blocks', I guess because the bricks look like bricks of chocolate, but I shouldn't think that's a name most people would recognise

EDIT: Apparently 'chocolate block' is quite common, but the proper name is a terminal block.

PS) I'll get some more pics up soon.

 

[pjg1979]

Just ordered one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-Almera...9|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:4|294:50

Can't wait for it to arrive!

Hiya mate, I've got one of those, though it may look lovely and glorious now, but give it a couple of months to a year, and some of that chrome will start to rub off.

 

[ClnlPanic]

Ok, so I've fixed a bit of damage/rust:

Before:

After:

and installed the new gear knob:

and taken quite a nice picture of the chrome washers:

 

[Diskwiped]

looks good, did you make sure you sanded/filed every last bit of rust? i'm sure you did, but just thought i would ask or else it will be back with a vengeance in about 6 months time lool

 

[ClnlPanic]

looks good, did you make sure you sanded/filed every last bit of rust? i'm sure you did, but just thought i would ask or else it will be back with a vengeance in about 6 months time lool

I think (and hope) I did!

Thanks for the tip PJG, good job I kept the old one .
Even so, it only cost me about £15, which seems cheap for up to a year.

 

[Diskwiped]

I think (and hope) I did!

Thanks for the tip PJG, good job I kept the old one .
Even so, it only cost me about £15, which seems cheap for up to a year.

Well that's good
Yours is actually one of the few facelifts i like the look of

 

[pjg1979]

No worries mate, car is coming along nicely.

 

[ClnlPanic]

Bloody hell! Central locking's arrived, took me a good hour just to get the driver's door trim off! On the box it said 'Easy installation'!

At least I'm learning a lot of useful stuff, I guess I now know how to install: new speakers, electric windows or colour code the door fittings.

 

[sr-steve]

cars looking nice and clean mate. love the colour

 

[ClnlPanic]

Haven't updated in a while. Sorry...

I finished the central locking a few weeks ago and I'm just finishing off the scratches/rusty bits. Will get some good pics up sooner or later.

Oh, and the 'Nissan' sticker came off of the gear knob

Am thinking of a sticker-free replacement.