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May 24, 2023 21:29:15 GMT
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That looks very nice subtle and not "look at me look what I had for Christmas" the reverloutions in black make the biggest difference.
Pete
thanks man I'm trying to keep thing as tasteful as possible, not easy mind but itll be worth it in the end I'm sure.
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May 24, 2023 21:41:31 GMT
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Right, here we go, I'm starting to worry I'm sounding like a broken record. No mods, again, no real news, again. But ive got my test a week friday, so hopefully ill be able to post some pretty pics of the car in a location a bit more idyllic than the ptch of gravel outside my house. Insurance is going to be close to 3 grand, which is about the cheapest quotes ive been getting since the start of the year so thats not so bad and i can just about afford it monthly. I know this isnt the stuff you people want to see, and i know its boring so i can only apologise for that, and I'm just trying to be as true to life as possible. Patience my friends. Gave the car a full wash inside and out and noticed that where id had my magnetic l plate on the bonnet it had caused a bit of lacquer peel bit strange but not exactly worrying when u consider the state of my front bumper’s paint. Probably a very boring read this one, but ill leave you with my very retro nissan btcc sticker, cheers.
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Last Edit: May 24, 2023 21:43:39 GMT by mattspry1
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Jun 20, 2023 21:47:33 GMT
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Evening sports fans, been almost a month since the last post, about time i chuck a little post up. Got some good news, passes my test 👍. The racing beans been runnin sweet and in the two weeks since i passed ive done about 1200 miles in it. Being as low as it is i think ive bashed a few speedbumps too many and the day after i passed the fuel gauge packed in leaving me and my mate thinking we were stranded in the middle of nowhere with no petrol, £30 of petrol later and it still read empty so that was a fuss over nothing. Luckily ive calculated the mpg since brimming it (34 which isnt too bad considering the way ive been driving it) and ive been using the trip meter to know when to fill up until i get round to fixing the issue. I believe its an issue with the fuel sender float being wonky or broken as apparently the rally boys have the same issue after rough stages. I also did a single wiper “conversion” (very loose use of the term conversion) by taking off the drivers side wiper and rotating the passenger side one slightly. drove it in the rain and it worked perfectly fine and from my research it should just about pass an mot. However a very nice policeman disagreed with me and told me to put it back on, but he did agree it looked cool and said that he sees me about in the car quite often so i think ill just leave the two on now. Hardly heartbreaking to have better safety in the rain i suppose. Almost knackered the clutch after trying to do a burnout and forgetting i had left it in fifth not first, but i got away with it, no slipping to be reported (lesson learned). No complaints about the car itself other than the lack of aircon which is slowly killing me in this heatwave and the fact i might need some physical therapy for my back by next year thanks to my lovely prosport suspension. Also chucked my new rear plate on. as you can see the old bolt holes (those awful curse word one way security shitter bolts) had gone a bit scabby so i gave them a little sand and some nitromors before “painting” them with an old touchup stick, hardly a pretty job but its hidden behind the plate so i don't really care. Me and a mate of mine whos also got a k11 have been arranging a trip down to see a man called andrew french (hes like the pablo escobar of micra parts) for some bits as hes got a prefacelift flame red car for breaking so hopefully by the end of this week or some time next week ill have a prefacelift front end! Ive also been trawling throuhh sites like buyee and crooober looking for interesting stuff and ive found these dtm/ group a style mirrors made for k11s so ive ordered a set of them because i don't fancy trying to make a diy setup with e30 ones from ebay. Something tells me they are just generic ones that have been listed as for a k11 but if thats the case then Ill get hold of set of standard micra mirrors and use the bases to mate these ones too. I'm also after a set of standard micra mudflaps, think they could look quite cool on mine, so if anyone has a set to sell or knows someone who does please get in touch. Thats all for now, heres a pic of her up the top of afan valley with my butty luke making another cameo, i think hes got a bit of a thing for sunroofs😂
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Last Edit: Jun 20, 2023 21:49:59 GMT by mattspry1
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Jun 20, 2023 22:17:07 GMT
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Congrats on the test!
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Jun 22, 2023 18:58:27 GMT
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Last Edit: Jun 22, 2023 19:00:17 GMT by mattspry1
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Jun 22, 2023 19:48:07 GMT
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So how does your insurance hammer you for all the mods? I remember my daughter getting her first car on the road and the cost was criminal although less than a boy of the same age (all to do with testosterone!) Insurannce was twice the cost of the car.
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Last Edit: Jun 22, 2023 19:48:45 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Jul 22, 2023 22:08:34 GMT
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So how does your insurance hammer you for all the mods? I remember my daughter getting her first car on the road and the cost was criminal although less than a boy of the same age (all to do with testosterone!) Insurannce was twice the cost of the car. About £2500, wheels and suspension declared, 500 down and then 200 a month for 10 months.
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Davey
Posted a lot
Resident Tyre Nerd.
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Nov 16, 2023 13:39:31 GMT
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So how does your insurance hammer you for all the mods? I remember my daughter getting her first car on the road and the cost was criminal although less than a boy of the same age (all to do with testosterone!) Insurannce was twice the cost of the car. About £2500, wheels and suspension declared, 500 down and then 200 a month for 10 months. How is Micra life? That's almost identical to mine when i was 17. Amazed its not had a huge change in the last 15 years.... How is it 15 years since i was driving my Micra...
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300 EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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Nov 16, 2023 14:23:38 GMT
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I prefer the red bumper simply because it visually lowers the rear, matching the sides etc while the black bumper makes it look stumpy, comparitivly, if you get me??? Neat wee car.
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Forgot about this thread once again, I've made some nice changes since my last post. I've finally prefacelift swapped the car, the colour doesn't match exactly but I think a good cut and polish could fix that. my euro car parts front bumper (they sell some right dogsh*t) is too wide so when mounted the middle sags down as its pushed inwards. I'm going to try and pull it up with some help from a heat gun and if that fails I've got a genuine bumper I can paint black. the car also has a phase 2 grille on it at the moment but I'm going to swap to the phase 1 grille I've got at some point. I'm no longer running the corsa b coilovers, they destroyed my top mounts (the drivers side strut even fell out at one point) so I was back to standard shock with a nice set of progressive lowering springs from Matt Humphries. they are very comfortable and handle well but I do fancy a set of BC Racing coilovers as the arch gap isnt great especially on the back. Id also like to switch to 14s with a higher offset as the 13s don't cope well with deep bumps and the low offset does cause some bump steer. Another big upgrade was ditching the bus pattern seats for a set of prefacelift march seats, they look a lot smarter and are quite a bit comfier. call me dull but its probably my favorite upgrade so far, the rear bench is split folding too which could come in handy. I drove all the way to surrey with a friend to pick them up, nearly 300 miles there and back and well worth it too. Another nice little change was removing the intake piping that runs from behind the headlight to the airbox, yes I know my engines ingesting slightly warmer air, but I've noticed that the drop off in power in the last few hundred rpm of second and third is gone, and, more importantly, it makes a fun noise. some other little bits I've got include a nylon gear knob (much nicer in the hand than the standard unit) and some fake Nismo floor mats. I've also got a set of cool parcel shelf speakers, proper J style and only 25 quid for the pair brand new on ebay, I don't care if they sound curse word, I'm sure they'll look mint. The car itself has been running really well with very little issues. k11s have a reputation for being reliable and i found out just how tough they really are recently. I had been helping a friend work on his car and decided to go for a drive after leaving his place. it was all going well until I hit a flood at close to 70mph. the road was so flooded that, in the dark, I couldn't even see the other side of it. the car hit the water so hard the back end came off the ground and the car must've gone a goof 20 feet on the front two wheels alone. Once the car stopped I immediately threw it into reverse and managed to get it out all whilst cringing at the noises it was making. once I got it out it was idling like Dom Toretto's 69 charger and I was all alone, late at night, in the middle of nowhere, with no tools. I made a few calls but no one could come to help so I removed the air filter, dried off everything i could and went through a 3 hour ordeal of trying to start the car and move it without it immediately dying when I touched the throttle pedal. I soon figured out that the exhaust was full of water and was causing too much back pressure for the car to run. I pushed it through a 3 point turn and half a mile back the way I came until I reached the nearest downhill. I bump started the car and it just about ran as long as I kept the revs high. about 2 or three miles of misfiring and other horrendous noises later I pulled over and the car was running like a clock, so much so that I assumed it had cut out again. I spent the drive home after that with a big gay grin on my face haha. go do that in your mk7 fiesta. since then I've loved the car more than ever. that little CG10 should be dead but it refused to give up and it got me home. good car. future plans are to 1.3 swap it and fit an AMR500 supercharger. I've recently dropped out of 6th form as I was sick of it and it wasn't worth it for me as I'm starting an apprenticeship this september. This means that I'm now working full time and have a lot more money coming in that I can spend on the micra. I'll make an update next time I do something to the car, but I'll leave u with these pics from my little exploration mission up in the Brecon Beacons on Sunday, cheers.
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2024 0:03:04 GMT by mattspry1
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