michael

On 17/03/2021 at 15:10, Adele F said:

Hey Michael, did you ever find anyone with parts for this?

No I didn’t sorry!

Took this thing for a WOF today. It failed the last WOF check with the previous owner for rust in the doors, thought I’d give it a go myself though

IT PASSED CLEAN SHEET! Maybe the last wof guy was a bit more pedantic about it. Idk, but I’m happy. Obviously still want to fix the rust on the doors, but atleast I don’t have to worry about driving around without a warrant now

Replaced a few more bits on it the other day too. New Condenser, Dizzy cap, Points, and Rotor. Was having a hard time starting it the other morning, so thought I’d replace these bits. Pretty sure it was the Condenser. Starts better than ever before now!

No new pictures to post unfortunately

6 hours ago, 82Mirage said:

What boss kit did you use?

I just got an HKB one from Scarles

Oh awesome! If they play up again, I’ll just splash out for some new ones

Gave this thing a bit of a birthday today. Oil and filter change, new fuel filter, new plugs and also adjusted the timing as it was way out

Fitted a 330mm Woodgrain Nardi Steering wheel that I had sitting around too

I also had to try and unjam the drivers door lock, as it wouldn’t unlock! Have had to do this twice already since I’ve had it, and I’ve only had it a week lol. It happened the day I got it. I just took the doorcard off, sprayed some wd40 on and she was good to go. That only lasted a few days though, so have had to do it again

Anyone else had issues with the door locks?

30 minutes ago, 82Mirage said:

Yeah within 150mm of hinges will fail, unfortunately! Doors on these cars are prone to rust

Yeah I thought so. Besides a couple of other small spots, the rest of the car is relatively rust free though which is good! 

54 minutes ago, 82Mirage said:

Doors shouldn't affect WOF as long as the rust isn't around the hinges. Good to see another Mirage getting some TLC!

Unfortunately, the rust is around the hinges on all 4 doors haha. Shouldn’t be too hard to fix though I don’t think

Its at the bottom corners of the doors. Pretty sure anything within 150mm of the hinges is a fail though yeah?

Gave the interior a quick clean this afternoon. Would really like to give the seats a good wash at some point, when I get the motivation 

Hoping to try take it in for a wof check this week. A couple of the doors are pretty rusty though, so I’m probably going to have to fix/replace them

If anyone on here is wrecking one of these, or has parts, flick me a message!

1 hour ago, igor said:

What do you think of the super-shift? I borrowed one for a day back in the '80s and found it quite fun.

Yeah it’s pretty sweet! It’s like driving a baby truck haha. I’m sure the novelty of it will probably wear off in a couple weeks though lol 

16 minutes ago, kiwi808 said:

Rad. How's the interior?

Seats are a bit faded, and the rear vision mirror is broken, but it’s pretty tidy considering it’s age. I’ve got a woodgrain Nardi steering wheel laying around that I think I’ll put on it too

8 minutes ago, kiwi808 said:

Sweet looking whip mate. Is it basically stock? Look nice on the pictures.

Cheers mate. Yeah bone stock, only done 145 ks too. There’s a few wee things I want to fix up on it, but I’m pretty happy with it!

Yooo

What are the specs on the Advans out of curiosity? Fitment looks good!

On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 21:46, Mr Vapour said:

Depending on what's on them i.e..powder or paint, I can strip, wet blast or dry bead blast them and get them ready for polishing. 

Give me a shout if you want to chat 

Oh wicked. Will see how I go finding a polisher, and I'll give you a yell if I decide to go ahead with it!

I have a set of ssr sp1rs with black faces. I'm looking to get the paint stripped, and the faces polished but not too sure where to go. Does anyone that does that sort of thing, or would know where would be a good place to get it done?

Cheers

Discussion here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50584-michaels-1982-ex-lancer/

Let me know what you think!

Sup guys. Sold my ute today with the intention of buying a comfy, reliable daily driver, and ended up with this. An 82 ex Lancer

All round not a bad car. Has a 1200 in it with a 5 speed behind it. It does have a couple small rust spots and the interiors a bit shabby, but the body works fairly mint. Was for sale on modgies which I'm not a fan of, so I bought it without the wheels, and put the hoshinos off my silvia on it for the time being.

Plans for it so far are

-Compress the lowering springs for more lows

-get tires fitted to my devil japan's to replace the hoshinos

-tidy up interior

-chrome fender mirrors

Would also like to put a bigger engine in it. Although I'm in no rush to do this. Thinking just something like a 1600 or sohc 2l?

That's it for now. I'm sure I will come up with more as I go!

Soz for all the words. Here's a couple pics

The devil japan's

Haha cool cheers guys!

Just a quick question about widening wheels, and offsets. Iv got a set of bbs That are 15x6 +40 with 0.5 inch lips.

If i was to replace the lips with 2.5 inch ones making them 15x8, would that make the offset +15?

Cool cheers dabuzz. Will give them a call

Just realised that I bought these off snoozin (bought them over facebook) he got them sandblasted, so I wouldnt know what it cost. Maybe messgage him?

Alright cheers will try get hold of them both

Hey guys iv just bought a set of wheels that have been sandblasted and I want to get them polished. Im in pukekohe so somewhere close to home would be good. I was wondering if you guys had any recomendations of people in auckland to take them to? Cheers