GRIZZ’s Nissan Micra SCRUFFY 🇯🇵 Blame Jack Daniels 🇺🇸 New MOT

[grizz]

Aug 22, 2022 7:44:04 GMT westbay said:

Hope you've got the badges on order !

I actually do not.

[grizz]

So after agreeing to buy the car I had to arrange transport for it.

30 miles on a flatbed as it has no exhaust, no MOT, Tax, Insurance.

Loaded.



Unloading.




Underside is reasonable.

Needs a bit of bilateral sill welding.







Anyway

I am hoping to be able to get it fixed.

[grizz]

Paid for the new exhaust



Also has a new battery.



Fresh air filter.



Desperate to find some sort of rear spoiler.



Much ductape action around the rear.

Easy to fix.



Looks like this was owned by a caring type owner before as nickwheeler suggested.

Looking forward to seeing it evolve.

[rblote]

I am sitting back with a fine cuppa tea and I am sure will enjoy this ride!

[LowStandards]

Remove the front bumper and check out the rust there, it's what kills many of these


Before you get too deep into it

[grizz]

Aug 24, 2022 9:56:31 GMT rblote said:

I am sitting back with a fine cuppa tea and I am sure will enjoy this ride!

This one should be (famous last words) a light interlude.

Too good to let go, and may scratch an itch or two.

Including a bit of lowering, not silly stuff, just 30-50mm

[grizz]

Aug 24, 2022 10:22:34 GMT LowStandards said:

Remove the front bumper and check out the rust there, it's what kills many of these


Before you get too deep into it

It only has a bit of rust in one place on the lower front valence.

Not sure I have a pic of it on the phone.

[smithysshed]

Would you like the badges 3d printed? I have a fair bit of spare capacity at work and I'd happily knock up the CAD if of interest?

Love the K11s, although they don't do well if you hit a muntjac at 60... A friend did and it bent that much it put a kink in the floorpan and roof...

[Davey]

Yes yes 100x yes!

I love me a good k11, sorry for the photobucket watermarks but my old few below.

Daewoo/ Chevrolet mMtiz front struts will give you your 50mm and keep ride comfort.

Or if you want to go as low as my red one, Corsa B coilovers and angry grinder to the rear springs.

[grizz]

Aug 24, 2022 11:02:24 GMT smithysshed said:

Would you like the badges 3d printed? I have a fair bit of spare capacity at work and I'd happily knock up the CAD if of interest?

Love the K11s, although they don't do well if you hit a muntjac at 60... A friend did and it bent that much it put a kink in the floorpan and roof...

Thank you buddy

PM sent.

[grizz]

Aug 24, 2022 11:17:05 GMT Davey said:

Yes yes 100x yes!

I love me a good k11, sorry for the photobucket watermarks but my old few below.

Daewoo/ Chevrolet mMtiz front struts will give you your 50mm and keep ride comfort.

Or if you want to go as low as my red one, Corsa B coilovers and angry grinder to the rear springs.

Thank you for sharing.

I have liked these a while. Almost bought one about 4 years ago.


Yes on ride comfort.


Are the front struts hard to source or cheap enough new?

[Davey]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184213720401?hash=item2ae3fe4d51:g:k3AAAOSwJCZi1Uha

[Davey]

Aug 24, 2022 11:50:01 GMT Davey said:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184213720401?hash=item2ae3fe4d51:g:k3AAAOSwJCZi1Uha

You then either need to drill new stud holes on the existing top mounts or swap the micra top mounts on.

If i remember correctly the micra top mounts bring it lower but don't quote me on that!

Edit: Some old shots i found from install.

Matiz struts top, Corsa B coilovers bottom.



With Matiz Struts


With Corsa B Coilovers.

[grizz]

Aug 24, 2022 11:50:01 GMT Davey said:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184213720401?hash=item2ae3fe4d51:g:k3AAAOSwJCZi1Uha

Thank you for the replies, that is brilliant.

I look forward to getting back and carrying on with the build.

[grizz]

Having bought the Microbe completely “Sight Unseen” getting it delivered, starting it up without any silencer or exhaust was interesting.

The delivery guy is a bit (read lot) of a petrol head. @mercdan has bought from him before as well.

His tattoos made me smile.

Guess the ride.





I did a drive by after agreeing to buying the car, and kinda just shook my head.

It was a rough little thing.







Once it was home the idea was to park it up and leave it alone till the Rezin Rockit was done and MOT’d

But then I realised that MOT, Road Tax and insurance would lose me almost two months of unused time if I got it done before leaving on the USA roadtrip so plans changed.

I started to clean it up, getting to know it.

Realising along the way there were going to be some serious challenges, including the broken off exhaust.

Still, as Paul Y says……. Onwards.

[grizz]

Thought I would share a quick, easy fix on here.

I have done it on a few cars before and it works like a charm.

Raw, unpainted plastics tend to go grey and dull over time.

Something the sun and oxidation does.

So you can use raw linseed oil, other oils, or plastic refresher in a can, elbow grease or paint the plastics…..

I found a heatgun works well, controlled and kept at a safe distance, moving constantly, you will see it change as you go along.

Door handles.

Before:



After:



Light surrounds……





After



Bumpers come up in a similar way.

Adds “value” by making cars look cared for.

Well, fixing it up is caring, Innit?

Bumpers Before the heat gun.






Halfway there.





And after, does look a lot better.




A lot of cleaning ahead still.

More later.

[calecosse]

Thats a great trick, such a little thing already completely transforms it. I've got some faded plastic on my panda so might have to give it a go.

[grizz]

Aug 27, 2022 17:43:34 GMT calecosse said:

Thats a great trick, such a little thing already completely transforms it. I've got some faded plastic on my panda so might have to give it a go.

Clean stuff, tidy stuff, tuck away the frayed ends and it looks like the photo in the ad, in real life.

I enjoy this sort of tarting up, anyone can do it, most are too lazy.

[grizz]

Amazing what a decent scrub with some car shampoo and a rag will do.

Pic of paint before and after.
























So an improvement

I think.

[brachunky]

Where you get the energy from, I have no idea  I struggle with just the truck let alone the fleet you now own!