Spray Painted alloys black and red calipers - Before & After Pics
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Daniel
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Chrome grills sprayed black with middle bits cut out? I've done the same to mine. New backbox, lightweight windscreen wipers, stubby ariel, raised bonnet, foglights, pre-facelift tailgate handle (without the Nissan badge essentially, just straight plastic), clear indicator lenses, remove the mudflaps, wraparound boot spoiler, the list of things you can do to these is pretty much endless :laugh:
looks good with th black wheels
you could get a black sunstrip for the windowscreen ?
maybe change the headlights to a 2000 stlye ? or tint them ?
paint the tow loop ? and change your front no.plate to a square one and mount it to one side ?
"bad boy" bonnet ? or just use black vinyl ?
so many things to do
you could get a black sunstrip for the windowscreen ?
maybe change the headlights to a 2000 stlye ? or tint them ?
paint the tow loop ? and change your front no.plate to a square one and mount it to one side ?
"bad boy" bonnet ? or just use black vinyl ?
so many things to do
gtsnissanb
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Nitrous oxide would not explode the engine mate if it's set up correctly it's a fast way of getting power! But in the long run with refills not that cheap, turbo it much better
OK just an update on the car, ive now painted the drums black, the outer disc & hub ive gone back so the only thing that is red is the caliper.
Dindt de-badge instead painted it black cause im lazy. Same done to the back as well as the rear strip. Taken the "Micra" and "SI" badge off the rear.
Untinted the front cause it just looked old a musky.
Stuck a "MICRA" cover on the 3rd brake light.
Did a red racing stripe which now looking at it looks a little homo.
Dent is too blig to remove so im gonna have to live with it.
3D letters number plates
Painted tow loop black
Painted mud flaps black
Photos:
Next on the list:
Tint rear glass black.
Micra_dans suggestion of "Chrome grills sprayed black with middle bits cut out? " sounds interesting.
Exhaust went over the weekend. midsection came off the back box. Sounded like a tank. Spent £100 in total getting a new mid-sction and back box, plus another hours labour to get rid of a rattle i had in the calipers.
Can anyone suggest some lowering springs? Very tempted to invest in that next.
Dindt de-badge instead painted it black cause im lazy. Same done to the back as well as the rear strip. Taken the "Micra" and "SI" badge off the rear.
Untinted the front cause it just looked old a musky.
Stuck a "MICRA" cover on the 3rd brake light.
Did a red racing stripe which now looking at it looks a little homo.
Dent is too blig to remove so im gonna have to live with it.
3D letters number plates
Painted tow loop black
Painted mud flaps black
Photos:
Next on the list:
Tint rear glass black.
Micra_dans suggestion of "Chrome grills sprayed black with middle bits cut out? " sounds interesting.
Exhaust went over the weekend. midsection came off the back box. Sounded like a tank. Spent £100 in total getting a new mid-sction and back box, plus another hours labour to get rid of a rattle i had in the calipers.
Can anyone suggest some lowering springs? Very tempted to invest in that next.
Daniel
I WILL be back...
Mate, your car is looking sweet as, loving what you've done to it (Y). Can't wait until the next update :grinning:.
Still reckon you need a pre-facelift tailgate handle, remove the bumperstrips, black sun strip on the front windscreen, Heko wind deflectors, remove the 3rd brake light and rear wiper, smaller ariel, spray the inside rim of the headlights black, and open-mouth lower and upper grill like I've done to mine (unless you want to fit fogs). Rocker cover resprayed red with high temperature spray paint?
With the lowering springs, I reckon you could get away with dropping it pretty low. I've dropped mine 90mm and can't go any lower (even though I've rolled the arch lip and removed the plastic covers from inside the arches themselves) because the outside rim of the alloy sticks out too far with my stretched tyres. But I know your SR alloys don't sit too far out, so I think you could get away with 100mm or more with the right setup - uprated dampers for the rear, weld the springs into the struts at the front, and install an axle strap. You could easily drop this to the floor, or at least get the wheels inside the arches just by rolling the lip and removing the inside plastic covers (Y).
Still reckon you need a pre-facelift tailgate handle, remove the bumperstrips, black sun strip on the front windscreen, Heko wind deflectors, remove the 3rd brake light and rear wiper, smaller ariel, spray the inside rim of the headlights black, and open-mouth lower and upper grill like I've done to mine (unless you want to fit fogs). Rocker cover resprayed red with high temperature spray paint?
With the lowering springs, I reckon you could get away with dropping it pretty low. I've dropped mine 90mm and can't go any lower (even though I've rolled the arch lip and removed the plastic covers from inside the arches themselves) because the outside rim of the alloy sticks out too far with my stretched tyres. But I know your SR alloys don't sit too far out, so I think you could get away with 100mm or more with the right setup - uprated dampers for the rear, weld the springs into the struts at the front, and install an axle strap. You could easily drop this to the floor, or at least get the wheels inside the arches just by rolling the lip and removing the inside plastic covers (Y).
Daniel
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Yeah, I noticed how low my sump is when I raised the car up today to start removing my air-con :laugh:. I reckon if I made up a few more exhaust brackets to hold the midpipe up a bit more, I could chop off another coil on each corner and have the front splitter about 1cm off the ground. euro_micras' facelift K11 is lower than mine though, but he's on coilies. Think he dropped it 6 inches on each corner before he put the Capri alloys on. Now that's low (Y)(Y)
euro_micra
Matt :)
:blush:
about 6inches when visually compared to stock with the 155/70/13s 5j wheels on, which was a little too low really, with the 165/55/13s 7s on I've had to raise the height to avoid the tyres from scraping, have not yet got an accurate measurement. And the sump isn't as big an issue as I thought, as long as both wheels go over flat ground equaly it'l lift the sump clearing some speedbumps fine. The downpipe heatshield, 2nd cat, front engine mount bar, front swaybar and toeing brackets are lower. Toeing brackets scrape alot and exhaust can bang about a bit too on lumps and dips.
Cheers for the comments, will start on the tinting the rear windows black over the weekend.
Dan: Do you have a link to pics of your car so i can see how your grill looks? Also like the idea of spraying the inside rim of the headlights. Does anyone know if this is hard to do??
R-ReG-SR: i will get more picks up after weekend after i get the windows tinted.
Dan: Do you have a link to pics of your car so i can see how your grill looks? Also like the idea of spraying the inside rim of the headlights. Does anyone know if this is hard to do??
R-ReG-SR: i will get more picks up after weekend after i get the windows tinted.
Daniel
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I wouldn't have thought the headlights are massively hard to do. I need to do mine at some point as well. Presumably if you remove the headlight completely, and take off the 4 clips around the outside, it should just come apart.
And I think I can upload a photo for you (Y). It's only from a slight distance though, can get a close up later if you want :grinning:
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OK so i have made a attempt to tint the windows and its stupidly hard to get it doen without bubbles:
looks ok from a distance but close up looks pretty bad. Will try again this weekend. Didnt even attempt the rear.
Hollowed out the upper and lower grille. and painted chrome part black:
Tried to take the headlight apart but i dont think it can be done. might just go back to tinting them black.
This weekend i have a induction kit coming, stubby arial and obviuosly re-tinting the windows.
looks ok from a distance but close up looks pretty bad. Will try again this weekend. Didnt even attempt the rear.
Hollowed out the upper and lower grille. and painted chrome part black:
Tried to take the headlight apart but i dont think it can be done. might just go back to tinting them black.
This weekend i have a induction kit coming, stubby arial and obviuosly re-tinting the windows.
Daniel
I WILL be back...
Did you wet the window when you did the tints? I think that's how you're supposed to do it to get it into place - squeeze all the water out so you don't get air bubbles, then it should stick down ok (Y).
As for the headlights, they can come apart. Just need to heat up the glue to get them apart, without melting the plastic backing. Grills look good though, I managed to get them smooth all the way around, but was ridiculously hard :laugh:
As for the headlights, they can come apart. Just need to heat up the glue to get them apart, without melting the plastic backing. Grills look good though, I managed to get them smooth all the way around, but was ridiculously hard :laugh:
The mesh is just chicken wire netting trimmed down and painted black. I then clipped it down where i could behind the bumper.
The induction kit has given it a better throttle repsonse but thats prob to do with the old air filter being clogged up with crap. Sounds more beefy when you rev it up high.
Yeah the stock front has even less protection as its only horizontal plastic strips. But i sppose the rad was partial protected by the a big piece of plastic which on some cars is the fog lights.
Shaun
***StaGGeRed***
Nope... it's held together with a stubborn silicone of sorts.
The four metal clips are just extra support.
need to take off the clips and then use a heat gun whilst the lights are on the car (saves you time and having to take everything off.)
or take it off and heat in an oven. then prise it apart. be careful of the glass though it does chip quite easily.
There is a guide here:
http://micra.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=guides&action=display&thread=11
Daniel
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Yeah, I found this out when I eventually came to do mine. Although all I had was a hair dryer, but it still did the job :laugh:. But you have to be careful when heating the glue though - too little heat and you can crack the glass when you try to prise it apart (as the glue is incredibly strong), too much heat and you can melt the plastic backing. It is worth it though, because it does look quite good when finished. Gives it a slightly more "aggressive" look :grinning:
Shaun
***StaGGeRed***
Yes indeed! need to do the SR's headlights soon aswell miss the super s ones i had...
So i thought i would do more work in the rain over the weekend. Started with the dent as my P38 arrived:
As the primer was drying i printed off the guide from the link Shaun gave (cheers mate) and started on the headlights. Ended up using a 1500w hair drier, held it on the edges for about a min and it softens it quite quickly. Working your way round the edge you can start prizing it apart:
With that done i decided to get rid of the red stripe on the car and go for a matt black look.
Finally i picked up the alloys from ElmoK11 who sold me his 15" Advanti Alloys which i think are awesome, cheers ElmoK11! Hes breaking his K11 so if you need any parts give him a shout:
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/45082-1998-K11-micra-1.0-for-sale-Many-Modifications-low-mileage-for-age-of-car.
So here is the final result:
As the primer was drying i printed off the guide from the link Shaun gave (cheers mate) and started on the headlights. Ended up using a 1500w hair drier, held it on the edges for about a min and it softens it quite quickly. Working your way round the edge you can start prizing it apart:
With that done i decided to get rid of the red stripe on the car and go for a matt black look.
Finally i picked up the alloys from ElmoK11 who sold me his 15" Advanti Alloys which i think are awesome, cheers ElmoK11! Hes breaking his K11 so if you need any parts give him a shout:
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/45082-1998-K11-micra-1.0-for-sale-Many-Modifications-low-mileage-for-age-of-car.
So here is the final result:
Cheers mate, yeah springs next. Ive been in touch with ElmoK11 to see how much he wants for his front and back springs.
Arrg, I really wanted to buy those Alloys too but I was too late by the time I saw them listed :doh: They look great btw (Y)
Cheers mate,
Got another coat of matt to go on. Also decided to go normal mesh colour to see how it looks. Also some rear window tint spray.
Will post pics once done...
Car is now for sale if anyone is interested?
looking for £495 - Tax and MOT until Dec 2011.
Gum Tree add:
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...i-15-advanti-sg40alloys-cheap-to-run/86354491
Ring/Txt for more info: 07949 855 753
looking for £495 - Tax and MOT until Dec 2011.
Gum Tree add:
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...i-15-advanti-sg40alloys-cheap-to-run/86354491
Ring/Txt for more info: 07949 855 753
Daniel
I WILL be back...
Aha, I see (Y). Same as me getting the BMW I guess - needed a bigger car is normally the reason, they're certainly much more practical. There is nothing wrong with Mondeos - they drive well, they handle well, they're nicely built (if a little bland), and they're not slow (I've driven the ST220 version, and they are RAPID). Looks alright with the badass alloys on . Should definitely slam that on air ride and tint everything like a badman :grinning:
. Should definitely slam that on air ride and tint everything like a badman :grinning:
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