My First Zed :) Update...

[coreygraham180]

well here it is

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1435.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1405.jpg

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http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1415.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1428.jpg

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http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1441.jpg

it needed a fair scrubb but cleans up nice look

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/IMG_1404.jpg

its a 110 and loving it so far i picked it up a couple of days ago and i now know (after being a user on the site for almost 5 years ) why everyone likes them so much

and this car is going to be spolied rotten and the start of a verrry long project :) :pepsi:

[peterzs]

Looking good, I'm sure it will finish up looking even better.

Glad you are liking it.

:-D:-D:-D

[big_wasa]

Nice and tidy :smart:

[Bobdope2002]

what happened to the Mini????

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Bang Tidy- looking forward to the project updates.

[MG 53 ZED]

Very nice looking Zed there, looks well looked after.

[Jem]

Looking very nice.

[coreygraham180]

thanks for the comments guys hopefully the project will take off very soon and getting it looking even better :D

[Maxxed_Ross]

took you long enough!

very nice ride buddy

[Smokey]

not got those bl00dy fogs in yet?! I should have done them while you were here :D

[welshone]

Very nice :D

Hope one of the first things on your list to do is the exhaust ;)

[magpie67]

nice looking Zed

[coreygraham180]

not got those bl00dy fogs in yet?! I should have done them while you were here :D

been working and quite busy i am doing a coupleof things tommorow cause i thought cleaning it was a good place to start lol and the fogs is one of the first things i am doing
so next pics will have them in

[Smokey]

Yay!

[lawrence-zs180]

Nice one dude she looks epic

[ZS Phil]

Looking good, looking great infact. How are you finding the step down in power first of all from the coupe and then from the cooper?

[coreygraham180]

Looking good, looking great infact. How are you finding the step down in power first of all from the coupe and then from the cooper?

well belive it or not the zs feels the quickest

the cooper felt a really heavy car because if u are at a cruising speed on the motorway and needed to take over anything you had to drop a gear and get it over 4k before it would move again

but the zs just pulls from everywhere and it feels roughtly the same as the rover but a tad better tbh

so i took a very long route to the right car lol

[Ritchy]

nice one, the 1.6 is no slouch, just has no torque really so your stuffed if you have a full car, but when are you racing about with a full car? haha,
thats me had mine well over 4 years now and still loving it

[andys1981]

car looks great corey,you will be well chuffed mate,well done

[Maxfly]

Lovely mate, look forward to what you do with it. Looks to be in good nick, what's part of the initial plans apart from the fogs? :)

[Smokey]

surely exhaust :)?

[coreygraham180]

well fogs
exhaust
Fluid changes (all of them)
wheel refurb ( they look like they have had a run in with a wire brush)
new inductiont to replace the "Max Power"
and trumpet caf through front grill

and thats all just to start with :D

[Smokey]

What, no PC install? Or you gonna wait to see mine finished first lol!

[coreygraham180]

What, no PC install? Or you gonna wait to see mine finished first lol!

ill wait till your kit goes mass production lol that may be on the cars a fair we while and after the initail list is complete

[Smokey]

Put it this way, I plan to do a simplified PC build for the ZS somewhere down the line for others to basically plug n play, but want to get mine done first! Time is my issue more than anything but have a lot of the parts already. Want to keep it under the £500 mark including PC though which will prove the difficult part!

[stamford]

Very nice, don't see many in that colour. Get the exhaust sorted, looks so wrong! ;) At least it has the heatshield fitted.

[Glen290]

Get the fogs and exhaust sorted and it will look awesome.. Nice looking car...

[leezs110]

that looks nice mate, dont see many in that colour, is it goodwood green or aqua marine green? ;)

[Maxfly]

that looks nice mate, dont see many in that colour, is it goodwood green or aqua marine green? ;)

Being a ZS it's definately Goodwood in name even thought it is the same colour as Aquamarine ;)

[ZS]

Corey,

Nice car mate... very nice colour :) but... have you STILL not done the fogs??? lol

[Enright]

Very nice, don't see many in that colour. Get the exhaust sorted, looks so wrong! ;) At least it has the heatshield fitted.

I thought it was a derv until I read the rest of the thread!
Looks like a nice platform for optional extras... ;)

[coreygraham180]

cheers for all the comments guys it will be a missive work in progress and trying to fit all extras and maybe try and do something unique to the zed but that is miles in the future ;)

[coreygraham180]

well after work the day and was a bit bored so i decided to paint the rest of the tyres

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/fogs002.jpg
think that make it look ace

and after i done this i saw the fog light i had in the boot (thanks smokey) and i have the thought in clarkson fashoin ..."how hard can it be"

well a bit easier than i thought with old rusty screws, awkward angles and no sight of what i was doing (got to the stage got dad to go under the car and tell me if i was hot or cold lol)

but what a diffrence

from this

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/626.jpg

to this

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/fogs005.jpg

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx68/coreygraham180/fogs008.jpg

well happy now :clap::clap::clap:

also eagle eyed members will have saw the now Gold brake calipers wich i think makes them look really smart now too ........now whats next lol

[Smokey]

Tyres...like
Gold Calipers...like
Fogs....Like

Exhaust to go next then?

[coreygraham180]

Tyres...like
Gold Calipers...like
Fogs....Like

Exhaust to go next then?

that or the "max power" induction has to go lol payday cant come quick enough lol

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Next job is get the fogs activated.. looking much better with them mate..

[coreygraham180]

Next job is get the fogs activated.. looking much better with them mate..

i have a plan for that only probelm is my rear fog dosnt work :(:( ........but i think that may be the swithch but need to investigate

[Smokey]

I can test the switch for you mate as I have my working one from the old console.

[coreygraham180]

I can test the switch for you mate as I have my working one from the old console.

from the grave yard lol i may just need to come and vist you again soon lol

[Smokey]

Always welcome to the graveyard lol! It's uber tidy now too!! And you can feel my new seat :D

[theboynoz]

Tidy mate, liking the work so far!

[mg zs waz]

Great zed mate make sure to change the exhaust to a 3 or a 4 inch system that will finish it of in the exterior side

[Maxfly]

nice work corey, do like the gold calipers, almost went for that but went for green with gold decals lol. :)

[coreygraham180]

nice work corey, do like the gold calipers, almost went for that but went for green with gold decals lol. :)

see i was half thinking about that two but i think the gold is prob the first zed to have that lol and when i get the wheels refurburbed i am thinking gold too but i dunno yet??

[grimmy]

see i was half thinking about that two but i think the gold is prob the first zed to have that lol and when i get the wheels refurburbed i am thinking gold too but i dunno yet??

Gold wheels? Nooooo dont do it.silver or black ftw but less so black now as there is to much black out there now.

[Ritchy]

ive had gold calipers for about 4 years:P, looking good corey

[Maxfly]

see i was half thinking about that two but i think the gold is prob the first zed to have that lol and when i get the wheels refurburbed i am thinking gold too but i dunno yet??

OOH, Am with Grimmy here, no gold wheels please lol:D

When i manage to refurb my current set I am not sure what to go for, probably titanium/Anthracite again, hey I'm nothing if not unoriginal hehe

[Smokey]

Corey, I'm planning on refurbing my track wheels so I have 2 clean sets. If you get the paint, you can join me. I have axle stands so you can whip all the wheels off and do them together?

[Dan1971]

Like the green gold idea .... Get some viper stripes too ..... Bit of a Lotus thing I think ....

[coreygraham180]

ive had gold calipers for about 4 years:P, looking good corey

dont think i have ever seen your car thats the problem lol and i think a photoshop may be required before i can decied on a colour i want to do them and that is a wee while away yet anyways and will prob have seen another colour by then but it will NOT be black for some reason i dont like black wheels dunno why

[WalkerDnB]

Looks really smart Im quite tempted to go gold on the calipers now
Ive always liked Gunmetal grey on alloys? :)

[Maxxed_Ross]

I still think you're mad running R888's on a road car :whistle:

[coreygraham180]

better the tyre the better the car and all i can say is they tyres are amazing havent felt such grip before in the other S**t cars i had lol

[Maxxed_Ross]

they are fantastic tyres... until it rains

[coreygraham180]

they are fantastic tyres... until it rains

that always in the back on my mind ............bring back the summer :please:

[Maxxed_Ross]

good, as long as you remember that then it should be fine

In the dry you'll out-corner just about anything with those on lol

[coreygraham180]

i cant belive it has taking me this long to realise just how good the car is :D

[Smokey]

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff96/smokeysworld/IMG_0856.jpg

Corey and I did this today:

+ Fixed heater control cable
+ Fixed rear fog light
+ Sprayed console silver

- Blew bulb on heater dial :laugh:

Tomorrows job for him...clean the footwell lol!

[coreygraham180]

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff96/smokeysworld/IMG_0856.jpg

Corey and I did this today:

+ Fixed heater control cable
+ Fixed rear fog light
+ Sprayed console silver

- Blew bulb on heater dial :laugh:

Tomorrows job for him...clean the footwell lol!

cheers again smokey

yeah a full clean done tomorrow and jobs a good ayne but it makes such a difference i am well cuffed

[Smokey]

No problemo mate, does brighten the place up, that's for sure!

[andy-81]

looks good mate did you get a colour match on the heater rings or were you just lucky?

[coreygraham180]

well just really lucky it was just stuff that smokey had lying about and one of those "why not" moments

[Smokey]

I spent ages a few years back on my first mk2 180 trying to get a colour match. Finally found it so ordered more for the carPC console....ended up vinyl wrapping it though!