My MGZS Storybook big detail (PICHEAVY)

[GlennZS120]

Afternoon everyone, I haven't posted my MG on here yet so I thought I would do a write up from when I got her to now.

Having owned a few rovers in the past they are not the best made car but i always had a soft spot for the new shape zs I managed to find one at Christmas, Nice low miles 120 but with the 180 kit, Wish I had got the 180 now but I use it as a work car so petrol is key.

Anyway on with the pictures.

Here is when I first picked her up pictures from the ad
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS/2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS/5.jpg

I went about getting some new little bits a pieces

New washer jets the MG ones are really bad so a set of mist ones
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts7.jpg

New wipers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts5.jpg

Also had some of the rear carpet in the boot hanging so picked up some new clips
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts8.jpg

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts10.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/NewParts12.jpg

New front badge
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges.jpg

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges10.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges11.jpg

Never like the rear badge to so decided to de badge the rear

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges6.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges7.jpg

Next on my list there was two scuffs on the front bumper one was my fault the other was there when i got it.

Couple of the damage
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges3.jpg

During
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges5.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/ScuffAndBadges9.jpg

Scuffs all compete it was time to sort out the saggy rear bumper thiunk this is a common issue for the ZS so

Here it is before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag2.jpg

Bumper off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag3.jpg

Clips modified
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag6.jpg

While waiting for help to get the bumper back on i took some metal polish to the exhaust

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag7.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag8.jpg

Help arrived bumper back on

Afters

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/BumperSag9.jpg

After sorting out the bumper i came across a set of the 180 calipers and carriers on ebay managed to win this lot for ?50

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Brakes.jpg

All cleaned up and painted
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Brakes2.jpg

New bolts for the disks
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Brakes3.jpg

Decided on new disks and pads so got these quite smart black disks
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Brakes5.jpg

And fitted
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Brakes7.jpg

While the wheels were off i decided to give them a clean on the insides

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels3.jpg

Megs wheel brightner iron x and tardis was used

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels6.jpg

Iron x at work
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels7.jpg

Tardis for the remain spots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels9.jpg

And clean
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Wheels10.jpg
They wont stay like this but makes future cleaning a bit easier

This weekend i thought i would try and get the car cleaned properly on the outside its been through a few hard car washes and was looking very dull. So

After a quick sort out of my garage few pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS2.jpg


I got cracking

Badges cleaned and side vents Megs apc and elite brushes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS10.jpg

Rinsed over then tardis and iron x

Iron x at work hard to see on red
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS13.jpg

Foamed off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS17.jpg

Clay time when i first got the car it had been in storage for a while so the paint was really rough i knew it was going to be a long task just claying. New clay bar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS15.jpg

This was the result after doing the top of the boot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS16.jpg

about 2 hours later i had a lovely smooth car. Dried and ready for polish

Megs G220 with final finish on a finishing pad seemed to give enough correction so opted for that combo.

Result after 1 pass on the boot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS24.jpg

A few particular bits i knew i would have to step up the pad polish combo

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS18.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS25.jpg

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS21.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/Detail.jpg

Not may other pics of the polishing i just wanted to crack on and not keep stopping. Its not 100% but its a good lot of the swirls out the roof could do with another going over but I was getting tired

Once finished the correction stage I topped off with a coat of this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS26.jpg


Still had some sunlight left so here are the afters hope you enjoyed this comments good and bad welcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS28.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS27.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS29.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS32.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS33.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS34.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS36.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS35.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS37.jpg

And last one when I got home
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/Glennroy/MG%20ZS%20Detail/FullDetailOS38.jpg

Thanks for looking guys enjoy

[big_wasa]

Nice, love the colour. The 180 is great but makes you cry when you watch the gauge going down.

[magpie67]

fantastic work !!!

[fastmike]

Lovely car (Y) ....great colour too

[welshone]

Stunning great work you've done on it. I want your garage :D

[leezs110]

Great job done there pal, car looks mint! :)

[GlennZS120]

Nice, love the colour. The 180 is great but makes you cry when you watch the gauge going down.

Yeah I had that problem with my m3
fantastic work !!!
Thanks
Lovely car (Y) ....great colour too
cheers mate
Stunning great work you've done on it. I want your garage :D
Thanks took me a while to sort it out just a bit on the narrow side
Great job done there pal, car looks mint! :)

thanks

[Dan1971]

Good work pal .... Looking good.

[MG ZS STE]

Very good work so far, but it never ends. i'm always finding bits to keep me busy on my MK2. some fogs now to finish the front maybe?

Your workshop is pretty awesome. And my 180 alwyas returns about 28.9MPG which i'm more than happy with.

[GlennZS120]

Very good work so far, but it never ends. i'm always finding bits to keep me busy on my MK2. some fogs now to finish the front maybe?

Your workshop is pretty awesome. And my 180 alwyas returns about 28.9MPG which i'm more than happy with.

Yeah that's not to bad, maybe after a while with this I'll get a 180. Not to fussed about the fogs will never use them, thing is now just keep it mechanically sound

[Jem]

Thats Fantastic:thumbsup:

Wish i had the energy at the moment to give mine a proper clean as its need some proper loving.

[peterzs]

Love the colour, well worth all the effort, bumper certainly looks better for the adjustments and the repaint went well.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[daytona365]

Great Looking car.................

[GlennZS120]

Thanks for all the comments guys one thing i have noticed my breaks are squeaking a lot i think i need to whip them off and make sure every thing it greased properly

[MG ZS STE]

a dab of copper slip between the pads and shims should do the trick. do those disks stay black? and did you use enamel paint to do your calipers and carriers?

[GlennZS120]

a dab of copper slip between the pads and shims should do the trick. do those disks stay black? and did you use enamel paint to do your calipers and carriers?


Yeah I copper greased the back of the pad on the piston and on the front but I didn't do the tops, Disks turn to silver after a while its just a coating on them, I used hammerite with a couple coats of lacquer

[weagie]

Wow, you can come and clean mine! Stunning zed you got there.

[magpie67]

with regards the Xsara washer jets, are they as easy to fit as people say ?

how much did you pay for them ?

[GlennZS120]

with regards the Xsara washer jets, are they as easy to fit as people say ?

how much did you pay for them ?

Yeah really easy 2 min job defentenly worth doing, cost about a tenner

[GlennZS120]

Wow, you can come and clean mine! Stunning zed you got there.

Thanks bit far away for me though

[Taphouse]

Excellent work, having just got in from valeting the TF, I can appreciate they quality of your finish, stunning!!

[andy666]

Very nice and a great colour !! Where did you get new front badge ? I need to replace mine aswell :clap:

[GlennZS120]

Excellent work, having just got in from valeting the TF, I can appreciate they quality of your finish, stunning!!

Cheers mate i got a glimce of it today when the sun hit it and i was very happy with my results, there is still a few light swirls here and there but nothing major at all

Very nice and a great colour !! Where did you get new front badge ? I need to replace mine aswell :clap:


New front badge came form e bay matey

[GlennZS120]

a dab of copper slip between the pads and shims should do the trick. do those disks stay black? and did you use enamel paint to do your calipers and carriers?


I managed to get home early today so whipped off the brakes gave them a quick clean greased them up good and they seem fine now..

[MG ZS STE]

I managed to get home early today so whipped off the brakes gave them a quick clean greased them up good and they seem fine now..

Result then :thumbsup:

[Minty86]

WOW! Gorgeous Car!

[GlennZS120]

Cheers guys I had to get some rear brake pads and disks. the disk were really corroded, Kwick fit want ?200 for supply and fitting rear disks and pads what a rip off. Managed to get the pads and disks for ?60 and ill do them my self me thinks.

[C13URD]

That looks stunning Glen, my cars got a twin..:rofl:

[GlennZS120]

That looks stunning Glen, my cars got a twin..:rofl:

The better looking twin hehe

[voyager]

love the colour matey, you must be a proud man.