i thought it was about time i started a blog, for my white 1.0l. i have had the car for nearly a year, and a loving it. i've done a lot to it, even though it looks fairly standard, i've started a few external mods.
i got the car for christmas last year, to learn in
thats what it was like when i first got it, on christmas day. a few little marks and dinks, but generally a tidy car. first thing to do was get the L plates on. lol.
the wheels were a bit messy, and mismatched in colour, so i painted them all black, which smartened the car up, i also got some fog lights for the front. i wired these up using a standard micra fog switch inside, in place of a blanking plate, to keep it tidy.
i started with a few standard upgrade mods, as the car was a base model. i swapped the wing mirrors to ones that had adjustment toggles on the inside. i changed the sun visors for ones with mirrors on them. i changed the gear stick surround for one with a plastic base, as the one in it made the pole look massive. got some car mats, as the ones that were in it were messy. i replaced the cassete player for a kenwood headunit, put some kenwood 6x9's in the parcel shelf, and changed stock speakers for some jvc's. sounded pretty good.
i came across a spoiler at the scrappers, and had to have it. tiger sealed it on. i painted it satin black, as i thought a colour match with a 14 year old car might be difficult.
next find at te scrapyard, was a nice slx, with all the goodies. i had the clocks out of it, with a rev counter, and also decided to take the electric windows. i put the dials in, although they werent a straigt away plug and play job. i had to work out where the input forthe rev signal was, then splice into the dizzy, and feed up a wire to get the signal to the clocks. they worked flawlessly, and first time. next job was the electric windows. everything fitted in, although, i had to cut the door cards, to allow the longer arm rests to fit, though they cover the hole, so you cant see it. next was working out the wiring. i did this with 9v battery, until i found the right combination. they work like a dream, great mod.
i was getting tired of manually opening both doors with they key, so purchased a remote central locking kit. fiddly to fit, but well worth it! great range too. i'd never have a car now without it.
got the car through an mot! only failed on one tyre, and headlight beam alignement, no worries.
next, i upgraded my headunit to a sony xplod one, that was ipod compatible £280, but it is fantastic. also, got myself a fli sub, and some sony xplod 6x9's to. i had some after market tweeters, which i has on the windscreen pillars, sounded great, but looked ugly. was overjoyed when i found some factory ones at the scrappers. it sounds really really good.
another day, and a new car down the scrappers. a march!!!!! had a few little bits of it, but best of all were the seats. the rears were really dirty, so i just had the front ones, but are grey like my reas, so matched pretty well. really really comfy, more adjustable, and a handy tray under them too.
next was a rear wiper, mine was a really basic model, and came without one. i managed to find a facelift motor, so had the horizontal position. used a corsa wiper arm, as the donor micra one was damaged. and a switch out of a k10, which fits in the dash surround. i made a template to mark and cut out the hole, and got all the correct grommits for the hole, and to conceal the wire, from the donor car. i think i did i good job of it, and it looks neat. i bench tested it with a 9v battery to work out the wiring.
the scary bit!
next was to change the spoiler, i managed to get hold of a super s one. again, i painted it satin black, but did a beter job than the other one.
well happy with that.
one day, in the wet, it understeered like a pig, and went into a tree. gutted. luckily it was only slow, but it damaged the bumper, rippled a wing, and smashed my foglights, and a headlight.
to my luck, there was a really tidy whitemicra down the scrappers, so had both wings, one was dented on my car when i got it. so i replaced them both. i also had the front bumper. my micra looked so much smarter with te damage repaired. only cost me £40!
just a pic of her in bits in my garage! bit scary, but pretty fun to do, though i dont recomend crashing into trees. the fog lights came off, and i didnt bother with any more.
oh, got some popouts for the rear...
bit of hasstle to fit, but worth it.
with the exterior looking better, i though it would be time to get some alloys, so i had squarepants dynamic motorsports off him. they are in fairly good condition, but i want to get them shot blasted, and powder coated.
there it is as it stands now. i think i've included most of the work i've done to it. mechanical wise, its dooing ok. had to replace the alternator, and gas struts. given it a service, and wax oil too. seems to be okay.
i want to lower it, thats the main thing on my list. i think it'll get done in the next month or two. any suggestions fr any other mods would be good.
let me know what you think.
i got the car for christmas last year, to learn in
thats what it was like when i first got it, on christmas day. a few little marks and dinks, but generally a tidy car. first thing to do was get the L plates on. lol.
the wheels were a bit messy, and mismatched in colour, so i painted them all black, which smartened the car up, i also got some fog lights for the front. i wired these up using a standard micra fog switch inside, in place of a blanking plate, to keep it tidy.
i started with a few standard upgrade mods, as the car was a base model. i swapped the wing mirrors to ones that had adjustment toggles on the inside. i changed the sun visors for ones with mirrors on them. i changed the gear stick surround for one with a plastic base, as the one in it made the pole look massive. got some car mats, as the ones that were in it were messy. i replaced the cassete player for a kenwood headunit, put some kenwood 6x9's in the parcel shelf, and changed stock speakers for some jvc's. sounded pretty good.
i came across a spoiler at the scrappers, and had to have it. tiger sealed it on. i painted it satin black, as i thought a colour match with a 14 year old car might be difficult.
next find at te scrapyard, was a nice slx, with all the goodies. i had the clocks out of it, with a rev counter, and also decided to take the electric windows. i put the dials in, although they werent a straigt away plug and play job. i had to work out where the input forthe rev signal was, then splice into the dizzy, and feed up a wire to get the signal to the clocks. they worked flawlessly, and first time. next job was the electric windows. everything fitted in, although, i had to cut the door cards, to allow the longer arm rests to fit, though they cover the hole, so you cant see it. next was working out the wiring. i did this with 9v battery, until i found the right combination. they work like a dream, great mod.
i was getting tired of manually opening both doors with they key, so purchased a remote central locking kit. fiddly to fit, but well worth it! great range too. i'd never have a car now without it.
got the car through an mot! only failed on one tyre, and headlight beam alignement, no worries.
next, i upgraded my headunit to a sony xplod one, that was ipod compatible £280, but it is fantastic. also, got myself a fli sub, and some sony xplod 6x9's to. i had some after market tweeters, which i has on the windscreen pillars, sounded great, but looked ugly. was overjoyed when i found some factory ones at the scrappers. it sounds really really good.
another day, and a new car down the scrappers. a march!!!!! had a few little bits of it, but best of all were the seats. the rears were really dirty, so i just had the front ones, but are grey like my reas, so matched pretty well. really really comfy, more adjustable, and a handy tray under them too.
next was a rear wiper, mine was a really basic model, and came without one. i managed to find a facelift motor, so had the horizontal position. used a corsa wiper arm, as the donor micra one was damaged. and a switch out of a k10, which fits in the dash surround. i made a template to mark and cut out the hole, and got all the correct grommits for the hole, and to conceal the wire, from the donor car. i think i did i good job of it, and it looks neat. i bench tested it with a 9v battery to work out the wiring.
the scary bit!
next was to change the spoiler, i managed to get hold of a super s one. again, i painted it satin black, but did a beter job than the other one.
well happy with that.
one day, in the wet, it understeered like a pig, and went into a tree. gutted. luckily it was only slow, but it damaged the bumper, rippled a wing, and smashed my foglights, and a headlight.
to my luck, there was a really tidy whitemicra down the scrappers, so had both wings, one was dented on my car when i got it. so i replaced them both. i also had the front bumper. my micra looked so much smarter with te damage repaired. only cost me £40!
just a pic of her in bits in my garage! bit scary, but pretty fun to do, though i dont recomend crashing into trees. the fog lights came off, and i didnt bother with any more.
oh, got some popouts for the rear...
bit of hasstle to fit, but worth it.
with the exterior looking better, i though it would be time to get some alloys, so i had squarepants dynamic motorsports off him. they are in fairly good condition, but i want to get them shot blasted, and powder coated.
there it is as it stands now. i think i've included most of the work i've done to it. mechanical wise, its dooing ok. had to replace the alternator, and gas struts. given it a service, and wax oil too. seems to be okay.
i want to lower it, thats the main thing on my list. i think it'll get done in the next month or two. any suggestions fr any other mods would be good.
let me know what you think.
