My MG ZR 2.0td UPDATE 3/7/12

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Here i have my 2002 MG ZR 2.0td in trophy yellow. Bought the car back in august and the plan was basically just drive and enjoy... But that came a swift end. Heres how the car looked when it as bought..

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Car had came with a ripspeed dvd player which i hadnt Been overly fussed on so i replced it with a phillips cd player and i had also got myself a edge sub and amp so i put them in also

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Car pretty much stayed like this until march with only a set of sdi injectors from a rover 420 bein my only upgrade, then These arrived

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Gaz gha coilovers, had to wait 6 weeks for them to come and during that time also ordered a set of these from rimstyle.co.uk along with 4x toyo t1-r tyres, and also got sideskirts from an mk2 ZR,

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And this is how the car is sitting looks wise now,

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Got the car remapped thos weekend also by mark @ madtuning, gentleman to deal with and very handy paid considering the high quality of work he delivers,

Thank you for looking c&c welcome, and will keep posted with updates.

UPDATE 3/7/12

So went up to Mark @ Mad tuning again on friday past to get the car finally set up! Had a few issues with boost leaks each time so this time i went up confident nothing could go wrong. Then this happened

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Hit a bad bump and smashed the sump to bits! Got a new one thanks to Devlins of randalstown andto mark for taking me there, got the new sump on, car set up and ready for the rolling road on the 14th of this month,

Also started to refurb the standard wheels that i have for the car, sanded down primed and the first two were painted tonight, went for BMW graphite grey metallic, seems to be turning out well for my first time spraying anything! Heres a few pics so far...

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Painted:
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Will update at the weekend once the wheels are finished! Thanks again for looking, C&C welcome!
 

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Thanks man, wanted to do something different with the car other than put the 17 multispokes on
 

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thats cool
amazing how many mg's an rovers ya here cutting springs an the likes

looks like you've done it right an prob the only person i no who hasnt bodged something to get it to look well
 

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That looks really well actually, and I wouldn't exactly be a Rover/MG fan.

Wheels are a little bit small, but the fact it's lowered means it seems to work OK.
 

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Aye ino what your saying gary, but at 600 quid for coilovers you can see why they do it. The comfort of the coilovers is great for the low that he car is, cheers for the comment
 

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That looks really well actually, and I wouldn't exactly be a Rover/MG fan.

Wheels are a little bit small, but the fact it's lowered means it seems to work OK.


The wheels were a tad small at first when i got them i wasnt sure, when i got the car down on them tho they seemed to fit in a lot better tho, cheers for the comment
 

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Mark @ mad is a top bloke, and does wonders with the L series. Spied this on his FB page, really loved it. (y)
 

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Mark @ mad is a top bloke, and does wonders with the L series. Spied this on his FB page, really loved it. (y)

Yeah definatley is, very helpful with the whole process! Dont think he was too impressed that the car was too low for his lift tho lol,
Would you have the link to the facebook page mate?
 

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Cheers man! Have to go back now durin the week and get the boost set up properly and thats it until fumds come in for more work :laughing:
 

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crackin looking wee car.

id love mine to run that low, but id have it completely destroyed on our roads.
 

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Ive seen this about a few times, Not an MG fan but looks very well, always spotless too (y)

Were some of those pics taken down at the Farland bank?
 

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Cheers for the comments there! Car is only runnin so low due to the small wheels, not really as imprcatical as it looks tbh,

Yeah pics were down at farland bank along with a mates lexus! I try to keep her as clean as possible, weather permitting lol
 
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