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Quite a bit of work gone into my Zed... Heres the pics...
It is a ZR with the Rover Streetwise, bumpers, arches and Streetwise Interior as well.
Theres a few performance mods as well but I'm holding to be able to take it to a company called PTP soon for a 140bhp upgrade.
What do you guys think?
It is a ZR with the Rover Streetwise, bumpers, arches and Streetwise Interior as well.
Theres a few performance mods as well but I'm holding to be able to take it to a company called PTP soon for a 140bhp upgrade.
What do you guys think?
itsmymumscar said:
It actually looks ok....barring the rear lights which are horrific.
Sorry to be critical but im not a huge fan of body mods, but as I have said it looks ok and quite subtle-ish (If thats a word?)
Compared to some on our MGZR forum, this is subtle, apart from the arches, its pretty much a case of swapping OE parts. Even the spoiler is a Genuine MGR part. Its the spoiler for the ZR Rally car from Super1600 series.
I know its not to everyones taste, I wish I had the money to do the performance mods but as always, power don't come cheap.
The rear lights don't look like aftermarket units to me?? They seem pretty toned down to me anyways, not the usual chromed fishbowl stylee...
Anyways, looking at the pics makes you wonder why MGR hadn't done this themselves (although the slight colour mismatch on the photos might give away that the Streetwise addenda aren't totally suitable for being painted - could be a photographic issue tho') - that said I'm not keen on the blingstyle wheels. I bet, being that big and probably not designed with a focus on lightness they make tha car handle like it's wearing lead wellies, too...
Anyways, looking at the pics makes you wonder why MGR hadn't done this themselves (although the slight colour mismatch on the photos might give away that the Streetwise addenda aren't totally suitable for being painted - could be a photographic issue tho') - that said I'm not keen on the blingstyle wheels. I bet, being that big and probably not designed with a focus on lightness they make tha car handle like it's wearing lead wellies, too...
900T-R said:
The rear lights don't look like aftermarket units to me?? They seem pretty toned down to me anyways, not the usual chromed fishbowl stylee...
Anyways, looking at the pics makes you wonder why MGR hadn't done this themselves (although the slight colour mismatch on the photos might give away that the Streetwise addenda aren't totally suitable for being painted - could be a photographic issue tho') - that said I'm not keen on the blingstyle wheels. I bet, being that big and probably not designed with a focus on lightness they make tha car handle like it's wearing lead wellies, too...
Actually, the wheels are only an inch bigger than the 17" OE wheels, believe it or not the ride is better IMO with them, especially at motorway speeds. I had aftermarket 17" wheels on before and they were a nightmare!
The rear lights were my last modification, I really wasn't interested in changing them but I did when these ones came along, been as they are red tinted like the OE ones, the difference been the brake lights and rear lights are L.E.D.s
The you are right, the bumper is a different shade, but not a different colour. Basically, what happened was the front bumper was the 'test' fit of the whole kit but we had very little time to smooth and paint it so rather than it look a complete pig, I just had the Rover badge removed and the bumper painted. The rest of the kit was smoothed and painted whilst off the car then put on properly. Hopefully at the back end of the year, I'll be having the bumper and smoothed and re-painted to blend in.
>> Edited by bullitt rich on Sunday 14th May 15:39
red_rover said:
Hi - I really like. I'm not one into modding cars, but that is nice.
HOWEVER
I can't stand those wing mirrors! They seem so cliched with the modding scene, and are way too fussy. Also - the Alloys look fussy too - chrome and all. I think it'd look better with proper 18" MG alloys.
The wheels arent chrome, they're silver with a polished rim. I hate chrome wheels.
MG never did 18" wheels for the ZR, the only 18" wheels MG did were for the MG ZT and they were 5 stud not four, otherwise I'd have them.
The wing mirrors IMHO are the best looking ones on the market. I had Mynheer ones on before and they are just rubbish, one of my OE ones is broken as well
otherwise I would've put them back on.Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff