pre face lift conversion?

[thomas bridges]

Hi guys as you kinda guessed is this possible

I prefer the pre facelift but cant aford to let this micra go

If you can anyone know what i have to do to do it?

 

[pollyp]

cant afford to let go of what specifically? the chassis? the engine? the features? interior? or can't afford the cost of trading it for a pre-face?

depends on how serious and thorough ya wanna go?
from what i gather, the facelift has different bonnets, headlights, back lights, boot, bumpers, aerials, dash, loom, ventilation, gear selector linkages, rear engine mount, ign system, engine head & cover, maybe fly & transmission? electronic speedo & instruments, interior

if you wanna go the whole hog and spend all that time, effort & money either:
A - buying bits of pre-face seperately to swap into the facelift chassis?
B - buying a whole pre-face micra to swap everything over?

unless the facelift chassis is immaculate and the optional features (PAS, elec windows, level headlights) from the pre-face best suits ur needs, imho I'd just buy a good condition pre-face (maybe of similar colour or spec if thats what ur after) to save the hassle and cost.

dunno if insurance or dvla thinks a post 98 k11 fitted entirely with pre-98 bits counts as modified?

 

[thomas bridges]

Well i just cant be assed with all the hastle of trading mine its a k11 1 litre 2000 shape nothing secial haha and just want the bumper lights and bonnet and grill really

 

[karlj]

You'll need

Wings
Bonnet + hinges
Headlights
Grill
Bumper

I think that's all of it

 

[thomas bridges]

Ok thats alot haha would the front bumper fit on its own?

 

[karlj]

Not properly no

 

[thomas bridges]

Oh bugger i want the super sort bumpers front and back

 

[karlj]

Lol everyone wants the super s bumpers, why not keep an eye out for the sport/ sport+ bumpers for the facelift

 

[thomas bridges]

I think i might have the sport it has an S on the back is that the spoet?

 

[Belly93]

I think i might have the sport it has an S on the back is that the spoet?

no s is basic the sport has sport + on the tailgait

 

[thomas bridges]

Ahh ok lol ill have to go to harrys and have a look cheers guys

 

[Belly93]

the only difference between the sport + bumpers and the s bumpers as far as i know is the sporthave front fogs instead of blanks, as i have a 2000 s and my mate has a 2000 sport +

 

[thomas bridges]

Oh what about the bacj bumper?

 

[Belly93]

oh and the bump strips are colour coded but apart from that i dont think theres any difference

 

[thomas bridges]

Is that the same with back yh the exhaust cut out iut usnt different then

 

[Belly93]

as far as i could tell the rear were the same but the front had fogs in, and the grey bum strips on the corners are colour coded but i painted mine

 

[thomas bridges]

Ahh ok cool wrll my back bumper is nakerd on one corner and the standerd exhaust has melted the bumper :S so it needs replacing haha

 

[Belly93]

how the exhaust manage to melt the bumper?

 

[thomas bridges]

Dunno pre owner lol i obly bougjt it for 150 quid with the bumper like that and a couple dents and a oil leak from some where got to try find the reason lol

 

[Belly93]

fair enough nice bargain

 

[thomas bridges]

Yh it was brilliant mate haha thats qhy i know nothing i only got it 3 days ago haha

 

[r-reg-sr]

1348 cc engine
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...ssan-micra-sport-sr-black-red-seats/111107909

 

[thomas bridges]

Ahh ok those bumpers

 

[Belly93]

thats the bumper i have without the fogs

 

[thomas bridges]

Yh same i think They look so much better with colour coded bump stop and fogs lol

 

[Belly93]

I just painted mine but if you can find some the right colour go for iy and i want some fogs

 

[thomas bridges]

Haha you no the big black grill bit on the dfront bumber is that colour mached as well

 

[Belly93]

The grey bit at the bottom? No its not

 

[thomas bridges]

The grillbbit behind the numberplate andbjust under the numberplate

 

[Belly93]

Yeah the grey bit its not colour coded on the sport bumpers

 

[thomas bridges]

Ahh ok mate ta

 

[odd_ball]

Aren't the face-lifts slightly longer than the pre-face-lifts? Remeber reading the front end is slightly longer? Whether we're talking millimeters or inches I don't remember... but wouldn't that cause problems getting panels to line up?

 

[Belly93]

Aren't the face-lifts slightly longer than the pre-face-lifts? Remeber reading the front end is slightly longer? Whether we're talking millimeters or inches I don't remember... but wouldn't that cause problems getting panels to line up?

tthis definatley would cause problems

 

[odd_ball]

tthis definatley would cause problems

Is it true though? I deffo remember reading it somewhere?

 

[CraigIC]

Is it true though? I deffo remember reading it somewhere?

The bar with the bonnet catch on it is a different length (in my own experience with doing a face -> pre conversion) ..if that's what you mean?
So one's needed from the prefacelift if you want a prefacelift front end, and viceversa for a facelift front

 

[odd_ball]

The bar with the bonnet catch on it is a different length (in my own experience with doing a face -> pre conversion) ..if that's what you mean?
So one's needed from the prefacelift if you want a prefacelift front end, and viceversa for a facelift front

So you've done the conversion? Was it blogged?

 

[CraigIC]

Yeah I've done it on my car, and nope wasn't really blogged I did it almost instantly when I acquired the car

"

..Covered in masking tape to mark every stupid annoying little dent and half stripped front end to do a facelift to prefacelift conversion.. "

-Straight from my blog.. The bar in-front of the radiator/behind power steering pipe is the one I'm talking about in-case anyone doesn't know lol

Other than that, swapping the full front end I've not noticed if the cars any longer.. but it all bolts on fine like

 

[odd_ball]

That is cool! what made you do that? Can you circle the bar in question for clarity? What was the remedy?

 

[CraigIC]

I prefer the prefacelift front end felt there's more I could do with it to make it look different and unique lol, didn't see many ways of changing the facelift front end in a way I would like haha

That's the bar that needed swapping out. Solved the problem by replacing it with the bar from the prefacelift donor car , as simple as that lol

 

[1275]

Here's a thread that in my opinion takes a nice car and turns it into a rubbish one.

http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/robs-micra-thread.8695/page-2

 

[odd_ball]

Here's a thread that in my opinion takes a nice car and turns it into a rubbish one.

http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/robs-micra-thread.8695/page-2

Only had a quick scan through it, but what's wrong with it? Bit boy racer granted, but not completely over the top or anything...

 

[thomas bridges]

I agree i thought it was ok not complete rubish