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Hi all As you may know Ive been looking for a cheap J car to use as a daily over the winter while the Corolla hibernates and I try and get on with it as a project! I wanted something that was at least a bit interesting so I didnt get bored.............Well now Ive found one!!  Here is my little Micra 1300 Super S I bought outside of ebay for £185 ;D cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320611258209&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:ITWell the car doesnt yet have Tax or MOT and its pretty high mileage at 158k  but one of the 3 owners had it for 14 years and it was pretty well looked after. All it should need for a new MOT is 2 small patches of welding underneath so its not to bad hopefully! IF I have engine issues due to the miles Ive seen low milage 1300 engines go for not a lot so thats not an issue either! The suspension has already been replaced for some off a lower milage car. It seems to drive fine with no smoke or strange noises so I think I'm good for a good while yet hopefully. Body work is pretty good but has suffered a few small patches of rust. I think the arches are a little crusty under the Golf GTI plastic arches but I'm looking at going wide anyway (you will see why in the pics lol). I even got a mint bonnet free with the car although in a different colour along with some other spares. Inside its mint apart from a small scuff on the drivers bolster but I'm not worried about that! All in all I think its gonna be a lot of fun for not much cash! Heres some pics....................     don't ask whats going on with the air filter! Going to be changed very soon lol  A few spares in the boot too  There is a few little rusty bits but nothing I really worried about and ill sort them in time!   I had a bit of fun with my Corolla wheels and yes it will be running these hopefully while the corolla is in storage! Just need some hub adapters and some WIDER arches as well as a bit of lowering!! Watanabes:     Enkei's:     Some of mine with mums 1.0    And the corolla enjoying its daily driving retirement lol  Hope you like it and ill post updates as I do them |
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EmDee
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Congratulations to you and the Corolla!
That is great, looks immense on both of those sets of wheels, I'm really starting to warm to these. I'll be bookmarking this.
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Epic!
The Enkeis do it for me.
Your local house hold electrical factors will have a gromet to blank the rear wiper hole. They are actually a bit trickier than you might imagine to find in a large enough size.
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Uncle Silvia
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Epic! The Enkeis do it for me. Your local house hold electrical factors will have a gromet to blank the rear wiper hole. They are actually a bit trickier than you might imagine to find in a large enough size. Ill prob refit the rear wiper anyway! being the "winter" car it may come in handy lol Cheers for the comments guys |
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great cars these, check the front cross member for rot these are prone to getting crusty there. and if you need help sourcing tuning parts let me know  also sign up on the Micra Sport Club some good advice on servicing and tuning there  enjoy! |
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Uncle Silvia
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great cars these, check the front cross member for rot these are prone to getting crusty there. and if you need help sourcing tuning parts let me know also sign up on the Micra Sport Club some good advice on servicing and tuning there enjoy! The front cross member was replaced before i bought it along with most of the welding being done so I'm ok there. Ive been a member of the MSC for a while now as mum has had one for a few years and its handy for parts! Ive already put up a thread about My Super S on there................. I'm Silvia14 on there ;D And as for tuning parts.......... what can u get?? Cheers!! |
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rysz
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I love the Wats on that!
A very nice motor and really makes me want to get one for SWMBO!
Rysz.
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Yes, the Wats all the way for me, look spot on.
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Amazing the difference wheels can make! The watanabes do it for me. As for tuning iirc I read somewhere that just a janspeed exhaust can take these to 99bhp dyno proven |
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Last Edit: Nov 4, 2010 23:43:29 GMT by chrismc90
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Uncle Silvia
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Well the Wats will be the main wheels for this car particularly in the winter as they are particularly hardy to the poo weather! I may bung the wide Enkei's on for a laugh sometimes tho!!
Hmm well I may get it Rolling Roaded standard and see how she is then test it again after some mods!
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Speedle
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great cars these, check the front cross member for rot these are prone to getting crusty there. and if you need help sourcing tuning parts let me know also sign up on the Micra Sport Club some good advice on servicing and tuning there enjoy! The front cross member was replaced before I bought it along with most of the welding being done so I'm ok there. Ive been a member of the MSC for a while now as mum has had one for a few years and its handy for parts! Ive already put up a thread about My Super S on there................. I'm Silvia14 on there ;D And as for tuning parts.......... what can u get?? Cheers!! ah cool you're all set then Just have a wealth of knowledge on what can be done. Big brake upgrades, throttle body swaps etc but if you need help I can usually find, manifolds, inlets, ITB's, Suspension (coilover kits), various types of brakediscs the list goes on I can also do pretty much all of the above for k10's too a lot of my brain space is wasted remembering stuff about micra's  |
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Uncle Silvia
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The front cross member was replaced before I bought it along with most of the welding being done so I'm ok there. Ive been a member of the MSC for a while now as mum has had one for a few years and its handy for parts! Ive already put up a thread about My Super S on there................. I'm Silvia14 on there ;D And as for tuning parts.......... what can u get?? Cheers!! ah cool you're all set then Just have a wealth of knowledge on what can be done. Big brake upgrades, throttle body swaps etc but if you need help I can usually find, manifolds, inlets, ITB's, Suspension (coilover kits), various types of brakediscs the list goes on I can also do pretty much all of the above for k10's too a lot of my brain space is wasted remembering stuff about micra's NEW BEST FRIEND!! lol ;D I do know a bit about tuning cars but nothing specific to the micra! I'd love to run some bike carbs or something on it depending how easy and cheap it is to do?? I just want................  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D As its my "cheap daily driver" everything will have to be done on a budget using mainly second hand parts etc! Budget Racer lol! Be a while yet....... just need to get it on the road first lol |
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Uncle Silvia
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I got round to doing my first mod today and fitting a propper air filter to replace the dubious fitting of the old one! It was like this.................   I'm not sure its gonna filter much?? So I changed it to this.............    I also removed all the unnessessary pipework that went to the old airbox................  |
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do a sr20det conversion on that |
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Uncle Silvia
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do a sr20det conversion on that Would hardly be a cheap daily then would it lol  |
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Love a K11 in black,ideal starting point.Looking forward to seeing the progress.Good luck with it...Decent registration number too
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Uncle Silvia
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Love a K11 in black,ideal starting point.Looking forward to seeing the progress.Good luck with it...Decent registration number too HAHA yea first comment on the reg plate! Well it is my "NEW" car lol ;D |
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this will look nice on the wats...
so you home for good now?? and what did you do with the hi-ace??
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but one of the 3 owners had it for 14 years and it was pretty well looked after. All it should need for a new MOT is 2 small patches of welding underneath so its not to bad hopefully!
also sign up on the Micra Sport Club some good advice on servicing and tuning there 
enjoy!
