My path to a rat look micra would be something like this....
1. Paint stripper the whole thing. Ok if you want to get creative maybe a rising sun on the fuel flap/roof/bonnet masked up from the original paint.
2. Cut the springs in half.
3. Fit 7x13 fronts, and 8x13 rears - remove the rears when you realise that they cant possibly fit without no.4
4. Pie cut the beam for lots of camber
5. Camber on the front too.
6. Space wheels to achieve fitment perfection.
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Shame the term 'rat' has now been butched to mean having the local scrap yard stuck to the outside.
If I were to go the rat route, I'd paint strip the whole car, mask off a rising sun on the bonnet and primer-blue the whole car. Paint a white number circle on the side. Band the steelies to 8" with too much poke and paint a dark colour. And have a big black exhaust exit the front wing running back a couple of foot. Lower it 'till it scrapes. Then focus on the engine letting mother nature take care of the exterior.
Why have you not done this!!!! :blush:
Why have you not done this!!!!
I'm kinda waiting for it to be vandalised first. If I find it keyed or graffetied, then thats my plan, an authentic rat just given a helping hand Although I've been re-thinking about it today, stripped to bare metal and laquered, black bumpers, extended and rivited arches, big black four branch exhaust exiting top of front n/s wing then joined together and running the whole length under the windows. Passengers will have to 'dukes of hazzard' over it to get in.
I think I think too much, but one day you never know:wasntme: