Zs 105

[LukeZS96]

So after a busy week or 2 at work I finally got around to giving my Zed a quick clean and here she is http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y471/lukedorney/IMG_20140807_190939_zpsaf4ms8fu.jpg (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/lukedorney/media/IMG_20140807_190939_zpsaf4ms8fu.jpg.html)

Only got the one picture of her as my phone died so depending on the weather tomorrow I will polish it and get a few more pics up but it scrubs up well after sitting up for 7 or 8 months. Hopefully next week I can get my tax and insurance sorted and I can take her out for a nice long B-road blast :mml::mbounce:

[Lukeus101]

Nice bit of Xpower Grey there mate :)

[talkingcars]

Looks tidy.

[Deckz]

Looks good (from the 1 pic you posted)

A B road blast in a 105? Good luck lol

[Djules]

Petrol or diesel ?

[LukeZS96]

Petrol or diesel ? 1.4 petrol

I find the 105 engine has a fair bit of poke for a 1.4 imo and in a ZS when you get up to speed you can hold the speed through the bends nicely so it's not too bad on the back roads

[pheelay]

It looks well! Good to see another one back on the road.

A B road blast in a 105? Good luck lol

meh. Some don't have a choice. Insurance politics over here make it very difficult for under 25s to drive anything bigger than a 1.4. If I didn't have the choice, I'd much rather be in my 105 than any of the alternatives in that class :) On our roads, they go just fine!

Every Mk2 that I've seen over here has the full 180 bodykit, minus the extreme spoiler. Seeing the 110/120s in UK without the kit was strange to me. They look naked!!

[LukeZS96]

Insurance politics over here make it very difficult for under 25s to drive anything bigger than a 1.4.
Every Mk2 that I've seen over here has the full 180 bodykit, minus the extreme spoiler. Seeing the 110/120s in UK without the kit was strange to me. They look naked!!
even on a 1.4 ZR I was getting quotes of 4 and 5 grand as a named driver it's daylight robbery. I was lucky with the deal I got through Aviva it was less than 1500 for a ZS but without that i would have been screwed over. I think the kit was standard on the 1.4 and the 180 but they need the kit IMO because otherwise it just looks like MG done the front bumper and then forgot about the rest of it

[pheelay]

even on a 1.4 ZR I was getting quotes of 4 and 5 grand as a named driver it's daylight robbery. I was lucky with the deal I got through Aviva it was less than 1500 for a ZS but without that i would have been screwed over. I think the kit was standard on the 1.4 and the 180 but they need the kit IMO because otherwise it just looks like MG done the front bumper and then forgot about the rest of it

Ouch. Been there myself. I paid something like IR£3000 for my first policy on a 1.2 Clio when I was 20 :cry:

ZS seems to be very under the radar here for insurance. Not loaded out the wazoo like the run of the mill Civics and ZRs. Seems like you've found that too! Good job.

[peterzs]

Great looking ZS, you can only go so fast on the roads and sounds like you have got round the insurance costs.

:clap::clap::clap:

[LukeZS96]

Thanks, yeah the engine is grand for the roads around here it will sit at 60 no problem, yeah the insurance was the deciding factor in it

[adam]

Very nice! Welcome to the small engine brigade :D

[LukeZS96]

Thanks :) will the 52MM throttle body from the KV6 go on the normal K-series engines? I know someone breaking a 190 ZT that I can get a throttle body from.

[talkingcars]

The 2.5 KV6 uses a 56mm throttle body which is too big for the K4, you need the throttle body from a MEMS3 VVC which is 52mm. BRM and mk1 MGF VVC have a 48mm throttle body so avoid these.

[Deckz]

Thanks :) will the 52MM throttle body from the KV6 go on the normal K-series engines? I know someone breaking a 190 ZT that I can get a throttle body from.

Has it the inlet manifold?

[talkingcars]

Has what got the inlet manifold?

You can't use any of the ZT190 induction on the ZS105.

[LukeZS96]

The 2.5 KV6 uses a 56mm throttle body which is too big for the K4, you need the throttle body from a MEMS3 VVC which is 52mm. BRM and mk1 MGF VVC have a 48mm throttle body so avoid these.
Ahh right thanks

[Deckz]

Has what got the inlet manifold?

You can't use any of the ZT190 induction on the ZS105.



Looking it mysel lol

[LukeZS96]

Got a few more pics up after a polish this weekend.

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y471/lukedorney/IMG_20140809_131252_zpspxstfn5t.jpg (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/lukedorney/media/IMG_20140809_131252_zpspxstfn5t.jpg.html)

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y471/lukedorney/IMG_20140809_131309_zpstipaxozh.jpg (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/lukedorney/media/IMG_20140809_131309_zpstipaxozh.jpg.html)

It scrubs up quite well for such a high mileage car. although the lacquer is beginning to crack on the back bumper and the paintwork on the bonnet is starting to bubble :unsure:


Couldnt resist a few sneaky pictures with dad's 320D either

http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y471/lukedorney/IMG_20140809_131423_zpscmxcfoyx.jpg (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/lukedorney/media/IMG_20140809_131423_zpscmxcfoyx.jpg.html)


http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y471/lukedorney/IMG_20140809_131440_zpsaf0lcqpb.jpg (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/lukedorney/media/IMG_20140809_131440_zpsaf0lcqpb.jpg.html)