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<blockquote data-quote="flyboypuoi" data-source="post: 783295" data-attributes="member: 25768"><p>Thanks, laptop, for going back and losing all of the text I just wrote!</p><p>Because of this there may be less text than planned...</p><p></p><p>Gave my car a quick rinse with some soap a few days ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68272[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68273[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68274[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another day, the new AC switch backlights arrived. Time to fit these chunky bois in.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68275[/ATTACH]</p><p>Had to sand it down, like last time, for it to fit.</p><p>It turns out, the problem last time was to do with the cap. The two hooks that hold it in place are not quite the right shape. So this time I cut them a bit more to the right shape and forced it in.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68276[/ATTACH]</p><p>Works great again. If the cap fails later, I have more bulbs I can put in. I'll try to take the cap off of an incandescent one and fit it to the LED one, then it should fit perfectly.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68277[/ATTACH]</p><p>Such a nice change. It looks quite white in photos, but in reality it's a really solid blue. And it's even visible on a sunny day.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68278[/ATTACH]</p><p>So, today I decided to swap the Cabrio wheels and mine over. I've got an MOT test tomorrow morning, and one of my Nankangs is a little low on tread on one side (damn, I really should have gotten an alignment before fitting those!).</p><p>Since I gave Eddie back almost all of his stuff, I had to use my crappy old jack. And my jack stands were missing. So I had to come up with a plan to swap all 8 wheels over.</p><p>I came up with a sequence:</p><p>•Jack up Cabrio</p><p>•Take Cabrio wheel off</p><p>•Fit a steelie</p><p>•Drop Cabrio</p><p>•Jack up my car</p><p>•Take off SRi wheel</p><p>•Fit Cabrio wheel</p><p>•Drop my car</p><p>•Jack up Cabrio</p><p>•Take off steelie</p><p>•Fit SRi wheel</p><p>•Drop Cabrio.</p><p>Repeat four times. It was quite tedious.</p><p>Since I didn't have Eddie's breaker bar either, I went back to the classic days of standing on the wheel nut wrench. Got a cool high up photo while standing on a particularly tight one. Ignore the white sunroof seal, it's got wax in it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68279[/ATTACH]</p><p>The rear drum of the Cabrio. Different drum. Too bad it's all rusty back here. It's got a rear anti-roll bar too which is cool.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68280[/ATTACH]</p><p>One wheel done, the car is pointing slightly down where the front wheel is smaller.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68281[/ATTACH]</p><p>Front brake of the Cabrio. A bit crusty, but a vented disk, and some ABS stuff.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68282[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is how the Cabrio looks on steelies. A slightly flat one, that is.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68283[/ATTACH]</p><p>Both 14" wheels, I think both are 5.5" wide. Offset may be a little different but that could just be in the shape. Quite different tyres though. The ones on the left are 175/65, which is fairly chunky, Especially compared to the 155/55 on the right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68284[/ATTACH]</p><p>They're definitely an all-season tread pattern, and the compound is quite soft. They're a bit wide and baloon-y, so I'm expecting to lose a lot of tightness in the corners.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68285[/ATTACH]</p><p>One side swapped on the Cabrio. Bear in mind it doesn't have lowering springs or spacers.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68286[/ATTACH]</p><p>Once the Cabrio wheels were on, I had to give them some air. They were all at around 25PSI. I upped them to 36/35PSI.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68287[/ATTACH]</p><p>I noticed one of the front foglight bulbs was sitting way off. Remembering the old set and how they melted a bit with one bulb too close to the reflector, I fixed it.</p><p>I also had a look online before doing so to see if I could use the yellow bulbs for the MOT. It seems as if they aren't tested at all on the MOT test. And it also seems that they can be white or yellow for road use, so that's good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68288[/ATTACH]</p><p>There we go then. Gave it a quick wash again as it had gotten really dusty!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68289[/ATTACH]</p><p>Moved the Cabrio forward to get some more room. These wheels and tyres definitely have a better fitment to the old ones. Though, the car is now sitting a little higher.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68290[/ATTACH]</p><p>I have gotten myself a new preface boot handle. This one is in almost perfect condition, so it shouldn't poke out. So I started to paint it. This time instead of taping over the seals around the outside, I pulled the top one off. It's plastic and glued in. The 3 bottom seals are foam, and too hard to remove without breaking, so I just painted over them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68291[/ATTACH]</p><p>There's also a mod I've been considering for ages. It's stupid and pointless, but maybe I'll do it anyway just for fun.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68292[/ATTACH]</p><p>I painted it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68293[/ATTACH]</p><p>Went to go and get fuel as it was empty, and the battery was getting weak. The colour of the new wheels really matches the newly refurbished side indicators. They're also really clean. Too bad they're curbed a bit.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68300[/ATTACH]</p><p>Light test ahead of tomorrows MOT test. This is one of the uses of the brakelight lock switch!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68296[/ATTACH]</p><p>I'm liking these wheels. I gave them a quick go on a windy back road, as predicted the cornering sharpness is nowhere near as good, but these are still better than big fat winter tyres.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]68298[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Sent from my F8331 using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708" target="_blank">Micra Sports Club mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboypuoi, post: 783295, member: 25768"] Thanks, laptop, for going back and losing all of the text I just wrote! Because of this there may be less text than planned... Gave my car a quick rinse with some soap a few days ago. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0902.JPG"]68272[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0903.JPG"]68273[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0904.JPG"]68274[/ATTACH] Another day, the new AC switch backlights arrived. Time to fit these chunky bois in. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0909.JPG"]68275[/ATTACH] Had to sand it down, like last time, for it to fit. It turns out, the problem last time was to do with the cap. The two hooks that hold it in place are not quite the right shape. So this time I cut them a bit more to the right shape and forced it in. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0911.JPG"]68276[/ATTACH] Works great again. If the cap fails later, I have more bulbs I can put in. I'll try to take the cap off of an incandescent one and fit it to the LED one, then it should fit perfectly. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0912.JPG"]68277[/ATTACH] Such a nice change. It looks quite white in photos, but in reality it's a really solid blue. And it's even visible on a sunny day. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0913.JPG"]68278[/ATTACH] So, today I decided to swap the Cabrio wheels and mine over. I've got an MOT test tomorrow morning, and one of my Nankangs is a little low on tread on one side (damn, I really should have gotten an alignment before fitting those!). Since I gave Eddie back almost all of his stuff, I had to use my crappy old jack. And my jack stands were missing. So I had to come up with a plan to swap all 8 wheels over. I came up with a sequence: •Jack up Cabrio •Take Cabrio wheel off •Fit a steelie •Drop Cabrio •Jack up my car •Take off SRi wheel •Fit Cabrio wheel •Drop my car •Jack up Cabrio •Take off steelie •Fit SRi wheel •Drop Cabrio. Repeat four times. It was quite tedious. Since I didn't have Eddie's breaker bar either, I went back to the classic days of standing on the wheel nut wrench. Got a cool high up photo while standing on a particularly tight one. Ignore the white sunroof seal, it's got wax in it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0914.JPG"]68279[/ATTACH] The rear drum of the Cabrio. Different drum. Too bad it's all rusty back here. It's got a rear anti-roll bar too which is cool. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0915.JPG"]68280[/ATTACH] One wheel done, the car is pointing slightly down where the front wheel is smaller. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0916.JPG"]68281[/ATTACH] Front brake of the Cabrio. A bit crusty, but a vented disk, and some ABS stuff. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0917.JPG"]68282[/ATTACH] This is how the Cabrio looks on steelies. A slightly flat one, that is. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0918.JPG"]68283[/ATTACH] Both 14" wheels, I think both are 5.5" wide. Offset may be a little different but that could just be in the shape. Quite different tyres though. The ones on the left are 175/65, which is fairly chunky, Especially compared to the 155/55 on the right. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0919.JPG"]68284[/ATTACH] They're definitely an all-season tread pattern, and the compound is quite soft. They're a bit wide and baloon-y, so I'm expecting to lose a lot of tightness in the corners. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0920.JPG"]68285[/ATTACH] One side swapped on the Cabrio. Bear in mind it doesn't have lowering springs or spacers. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0921.JPG"]68286[/ATTACH] Once the Cabrio wheels were on, I had to give them some air. They were all at around 25PSI. I upped them to 36/35PSI. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0922.JPG"]68287[/ATTACH] I noticed one of the front foglight bulbs was sitting way off. Remembering the old set and how they melted a bit with one bulb too close to the reflector, I fixed it. I also had a look online before doing so to see if I could use the yellow bulbs for the MOT. It seems as if they aren't tested at all on the MOT test. And it also seems that they can be white or yellow for road use, so that's good. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0923.JPG"]68288[/ATTACH] There we go then. Gave it a quick wash again as it had gotten really dusty! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0924.JPG"]68289[/ATTACH] Moved the Cabrio forward to get some more room. These wheels and tyres definitely have a better fitment to the old ones. Though, the car is now sitting a little higher. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0925.JPG"]68290[/ATTACH] I have gotten myself a new preface boot handle. This one is in almost perfect condition, so it shouldn't poke out. So I started to paint it. This time instead of taping over the seals around the outside, I pulled the top one off. It's plastic and glued in. The 3 bottom seals are foam, and too hard to remove without breaking, so I just painted over them. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0926.JPG"]68291[/ATTACH] There's also a mod I've been considering for ages. It's stupid and pointless, but maybe I'll do it anyway just for fun. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0927.JPG"]68292[/ATTACH] I painted it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0928.JPG"]68293[/ATTACH] Went to go and get fuel as it was empty, and the battery was getting weak. The colour of the new wheels really matches the newly refurbished side indicators. They're also really clean. Too bad they're curbed a bit. [ATTACH type="full"]68300[/ATTACH] Light test ahead of tomorrows MOT test. This is one of the uses of the brakelight lock switch! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0930.JPG"]68296[/ATTACH] I'm liking these wheels. I gave them a quick go on a windy back road, as predicted the cornering sharpness is nowhere near as good, but these are still better than big fat winter tyres. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0931.JPG"]68298[/ATTACH] Sent from my F8331 using [URL='http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708']Micra Sports Club mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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