My MG ZR Replica

[Shafz]

Since i had a spare Zed which i stripped for parts, i went and got a really really cheap r25, downside - front damage half repaired and thought this will be a good experience for me as iv always wanted to learn abit about cars, and know the basics of a rover car and the k series engine.
the previous owner had this car standing for months and months so it wasnt really in the best running condition had little niggles like washer bottle cracked, car running lumpy due to crap plugs, oil sensor missing etc. after £50 on plugs/oil/coolant etc she was purring like a kitten!

i thought id buy this as i dont see many MG Rovers kitted in a 4 door version bar sammys . and + the excellent price i got it at!

all my progress has been recorded in my blog spot.

check it out if you have time

http://shafzr25.blogspot.com/

[Shafz]

oh yeah here are some pictures of my workhorse whihc i use to commute to work and pick up bits for my Rover. Its a 1.9 Dturbo which has been lowered, stage one tuned (running about 115ish bhp) and a derv doctor dump valve....best of all this little beast is an insurance group 5!


http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00537.jpg

gone lower then before!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00538.jpg

new window switches fitted

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00543.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00542.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00540.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00541.jpg

and drivers view lol

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Pug%20Pix/DSC00544.jpg

i think i coulda gone under more but didnt want to risk it hehe

[Smokey]

wow, what a great blog on the 25/zr! a few neat touches I may use myself. Love the carputer, I fitted one to my Punto a couple of years back with 8" touchscreen, sat nav etc, but got bored of it and sold it. I love the USB plugs though, I will defo be doing this when I change my headunit to the dvd/divx/mp3/bluetooth one!
I just wish I had the funds and the guts to do all that myself, well done mate.

[Shafz]

Thanks pal :D

what interface did you have? im thinking of running road runner unless you know a better one out there?

[Smokey]

think road runner is the way to go, I had mediacar but the owner retired or something so will never be updated. This blog has got me thinking about going down this route again for the ZS this time but spending a bit more cash and doing it properly, my install in the punto cost me about £250 max

[Shafz]

mine cost me about £100, the rest of the stuff i had lying around or borrowed from work...

some guy in a ZS has fabricated this

http://www.kaneaston.co.uk/zs/zsinstall22.jpg

http://www.kaneaston.co.uk/zs/zsinstall23.jpg

[Smokey]

omg I want one! that is stunning and way beyond my capabilities!

[sduk]

awesome as always mate, really do hope i see this car in real life when its finished :)

[Shafz]

Well chuffed today, got my bumpers back from bodyshop today,all ready to go in for a full respray :D
(ingore the different coloured panels for now lol)

Custom made Bad Boy bumper
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00661_2.jpg

Rear cad smoothed in
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00659_2.jpg

repaired cad skirts(which i stupidly drove over! DOH!)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00664.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00669_2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00670_2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00667_2.jpg

With HIDs
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00672_2.jpg


Rear still needs to be meshed

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00673_2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00674.jpg

sunvisors re-trimmed to suit roof lining
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00677_2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00676.jpg


screen in dash pocket
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00678_2.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00682.jpg

Digi Speedo projected onto windscreen
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00688-1.jpg

and camera show "show" plates
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00689.jpg

[Shafz]

oh forgot to as the button pic hehe
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00655_2.jpg

[sduk]

mate its just stunning and totally awesome! looking really good, like i said to you before this is gonna be even better than your last car :)

[Shafz]

cheers sammy, i love it to peices, something fresh! going to attempt to put a smooth laguna splitter on tomorrow!

[sduk]

legend, its a simple mod. before you fit it tho, a tip is to drill small holes into it where you will screw, will make screwing it to the bumper easier :D

[Shafz]

iv got the cupra R one on atm, so just going to use the same holes. Myself and Hincey put loads a screws in that so going drill holes into the laguna splitter where the existing holes were

[sduk]

perfect, looking forward to seeing it :D

got the rims on it yet?

[Shafz]

perfect, looking forward to seeing it :D

got the rims on it yet?


Not yet mate, as im going to wait till i get car back from bodyshop....Got the Black LED rear lights to go on aswell yet ;)

[niknog]

Lovin' the car loads, I want me one of those car-puters!! Starting to look on ebay for the bits. Your Pug is pretty damn fine too.

[Shafz]

thanks matey :D cars going in for a full respray tomorrow woooooooooooot!

[Shafz]

just got news, car MIGHT be ready tomorrow! justed getting mopped atm! Wooooooot!

[sduk]

did you get the laguna splitter on? lookin forward to seeing pics :)

[Shafz]

not yet sammy,keeping it black so i didnt bother putting it on till bumper was resprayed. Opted for the smooth one over the vented.

[Shafz]

Right cars just come back fomr bodyshop and im dead chuffed and colour is just how i wanted it, inbetween rio red and solar :happy:

havent had time to get other things done to it yet but will be soon :cap:, front bumper and rear is not on properly yet as i didnt gie the bodyshop the bolts lol

Still need to go on:
Laguna Splitter
Back Mesh
New Exhaust
Cad Skirts (sprayed, just need t be put on)
Front Indicators
18" GT RS alloys
Tints
Front smoked Indicators
car puter
Sub & amp
Front components


http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00782.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00777.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00780.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00779.jpg

[sduk]

awesome mate! all the plans will turn it into even more of a monster :D

when you gettin the rest on?

P.S you near blackpool? :D

[Shafz]

awesome mate! all the plans will turn it into even more of a monster :D

when you gettin the rest on?

P.S you near blackpool? :D


just need the time Sammy and it will all get done...just gonna be sooo busy that it will have to get done slowly...

im abit far from blackpool mate otherwise i would have come to the meet :smile1:

[sduk]

how far?:please: further than me???:beer:

[Shafz]

about 2 n half hours lol but i wont be free to come :(

[Roverman]

Blimey looking good.
How much did that re-spray cost ya ?

[Shafz]

Thanks :D

friend of a friend.... full respray (outside only + take strips off and smooth)
grand total of £325 :D

[Shafz]

Few more pics

Fitted new rear lights
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00809.jpg

New LED sidelights
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00825.jpg

Red/Black Metal MG Badge
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00826.jpg

Few shots of the HIDs and Sidelights
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00822.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00821.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/edit1.jpg

[Shafz]

Trial Fitted My Cad skirts and i got to say its gnna look sweet! didnt put them on as i need to put bigger wheels on otherwise il be scraping the skirts and i cant get the jack out lol

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00828.jpg

[ThumpJunkie]

i need to put bigger wheels on otherwise il be scraping the skirts and i cant get the jack out lol

Bricks are a low car's best friend ;)

Love that badboy front bumper mate, was going to do something similar when I get the rally bumper repaired but I can't now :(

[Shafz]

Bricks are a low car's best friend ;)

Love that badboy front bumper mate, was going to do something similar when I get the rally bumper repaired but I can't now :(

LOL i had to do that the other day when i removed the shocks/springs off my scrap ZR


http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00849.jpg

[sduk]

just awesome mate! good to see it all in the full colour :)

really cant wait to see this! :)

[seant]

can't wait to see this finished mate! loved you're first zed :thumbsup:

[Shafz]

can't wait to see this finished mate! loved you're first zed :thumbsup:

Thanks :D i still miss it :(

just need to free up some funds and time now! :evil:

[chris25]

like seeing this come along :D
Didn't realise it was you I was bidding against on the wheels lol, they'll suit it nicely. Nice work on the front bumper, nice and unique

[Craig]

stunning, gona be one hell of a car mate

[Shafz]

Front finished off. just need to put my private plate on
(i love this pic)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00889chop.jpg

[seant]

nice! :bounce:

[Shafz]

oo forgot to mention, pick up tyres for my alloys this week so will post pics of it this weekend
and gonna be lowered on black avos

[stamford]

You've spent alot of hours on that shafz, fair play to you :thumbsup:

Only downside I can see is that it is that it has 520mm missing from it ;)

[Shafz]

Haha shhhhhhh :D

yeah i do spent alot of time on it, sort of see it as a hobby, escape the world and the missus for a while lol

[stamford]

Yes I know that only too well! When I used to race I would spend all evening out in the garage working on my car, weekends preparing it for the Sundays racing and the following week repairing it! I would race most of the year and spend the winter months either rebuilding it or building another car!

I do miss it, but I don't miss the hard work :D

[Shafz]

i used to do a lot of work over ther short summer we had, but since cold weather has started to hit, im taking every opportunity to do work to it and get it ready.

[Shire]

Looking very good indeed. Rozzr and I were chatting about your car last night as we stood on his drive freezing our nuts off!

[Shafz]

hehe keep it schtum thou :P its going to unveiled in the next couple of weeks

p.s. all good i hope!

[Shafz]

Got the wheels on the car and got it lowered, lovinggg it :D although i think my gearbox is fubared :( making whining noises on acceleration
Big thanks to SarahTT's Fella Andy for putting the springs on for me :)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00962.jpg

after
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01007.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00999.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01000.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01003.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01006.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01001.jpg

[stamford]

Superb! What else you got to do?

[Shafz]

sideskirts, mesh rear, add number plate and re-align exhaust and then tints :D

[stamford]

Some people are never satisfied! :laugh:

[mrt_04]

Lookng good Shafz.........nearly there bro!!!!!! :beer2:

[sarah]

looking really good shafz,
and sorry i wasnt there to be the tea maid, i had to look after my nieces for the weekend!

[sduk]

quality mate! what a massive difference skirts will make lol! :D

[Shafz]

right chaps, most of its finished now, jsut a few bits and bobs i need to do but most of thats interior stuff :)

chuffed with the results, didnt manage to take many pics toady, but gonna give it a clean and post some proper ons up :D
hopefully should be getting it tinted soon.
Comments Welcome

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2520.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2521.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2518.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2516.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2522.jpg
(you can see the 2 shades of red in this pic)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2513.jpg

[sduk]

looks good mate! remind me, is it a 105? gonna do many engine mods? you should consider saving up and getting a badboy boot done, they really look great and would match your front badboy :)

[Shafz]

looks good mate! remind me, is it a 105? gonna do many engine mods? you should consider saving up and getting a badboy boot done, they really look great and would match your front badboy :)

cheers matey, yeah its a 105, but going to leave it for now. more of a cruising car.
im done with all the bodywork tbh, jsut gonna save up and buy a nice decent car, woulndt mind a ZS but it would have to be a 120 or less and have the 180 kit on :D

insurance is a killerrr

[sduk]

yeah man! 110 all the way baby! we'd be like brothers! :D

[sarah]

WOW!
looking really nice shafz, i love it.

[arwilson80]

A nice 'twin' exit exhaust would look good on it... ;)

I like it. I like it a lot....

[Shafz]

A nice 'twin' exit exhaust would look good on it... ;)

I like it. I like it a lot....

Cheers matey :)

yup, the backend is pretty much the same as old car, bar the duals. but i will get sum, just not yet :D

[stamford]

Looks great Shafz.

So, where's the number plate going?

[papa_lazaroo]

Are you sure tht's your speedo, It looks like Chavs live opposit withtheir cristmas deco's out already. I gotta say, that Pug has got the bigges roof Box I have ever seen, how many cases can you get in it?

[Shafz]

Got my Front end now, all is working well, just need to sort a screen out for it :D

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/frontend.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/mediaplayer.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/radio.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/SATNAV.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/dvdplayer.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/gps.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00705.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00655.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC00666.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSCN2559.jpg

[rakester]

what software did you use matey for the screen setup?

[Shafz]

i cant remember il let you know!

[Shafz]

well after the little incident a few weeks ago im back for the 2nd time lmfao
couldnt be arsed with the hassle for getting the brows done again so just want for a normal front but with strips and indicators smoothed out.
iv literrally spent the day outside in the cold and rain repairing the car.

what i put on is a new bonnet, bumper,temp repaired the front panel and new lights.just need to mesh the top grill. the bumper on the car atm is off the later ZR which means the bumper is all 1 piece. the mesh mounting points seem to be different. hmm

also here were some pics prior to the accident

before:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01120.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01121.jpg

After the accident
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01149.jpg

Me at work:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01207.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01206.jpg


After:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01211.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01212.jpg


and some i took a few weeks ago:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01122.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01123.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01125.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01126.jpg

[Southern Storm]

Well done mate. Good turnaround. Very rapid. Good work too. Think I prefer minus eyebrows and smoothed indicator etc.

[Shafz]

Managed to get hold of a cheap set of monoco seats of ebay and thought id toy with the idea of doing something wacky and different..now that my front bumper is no more :( so i decided to added some massaging motors within the actual seat.
A bonus of this was that the donor chair massager that i bought also had a heater element in it. warm me bum up on them cold mornings :D

I did hit a few snags on the way i.e the wires to the top motors need to be extended.
Cost of Mod - Just a tad over £10

Here is the seats once i had stripped it all down
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01261.jpg




Here is what the seat massager looked like. i could have just fitted the covers over the top, but then it would have buldged out and looked horrible!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01262.jpg



Here is what the massager is capable of doing
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01265.jpg


i then completely gutted the seat massager and manage to salvage the motors and heater elements from it
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01278.jpg



after carefully marking out where i wanted the motors, i marked out how much foam i needed to cut away. After i was happy with the depth i then held it in place using some velcro strips
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01280.jpg



All that was left to do now was to put the covers back on!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01281.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01287.jpg

[stamford]

Sweet mod there shafz, no getting you out there eh! :D

[arwilson80]

Lovely.... is there anything you can't do? :)

...and this seat massager. Is it a sign of getting old. ;) :joker:

[Shafz]

Hehe just wanted more luxuries in my car :D plus wanted to do something different

[Southern Storm]

And the laydeez will love it right?

[Shafz]

And the laydeez will love it right?

Will be putting one in the pasenger seat too.....hopefully will help get the missus in the mood lmfao :whistle:

[stamford]

Will be putting one in the pasenger seat too.....hopefully will help get the missus in the mood lmfao :whistle:

If it works I'll be interested, but only if it can induce a coma :laugh:

[Maxfly]

Thats some work your putting in on her fella!!! Looking pretty hi-tech, and is that my old arm rest getting all 'back to the future' :D

[Shafz]

Thats some work your putting in on her fella!!! Looking pretty hi-tech, and is that my old arm rest getting all 'back to the future' :D

not quite lol, i prefer yours are its a closer colour to black. plus i cut too much off my old armrest off lol

[G man]

U R the man Shafz!!! ur car looks the BomB , cant wait to c ur interior when all complete.:medieval:

[Shafz]

thanks matey :D
i love my monocos! just working on the inside of the car now. got a red/black steering on the way and need to do some major rewiring for my 2 amps, front compos, and other gadgets. ordered some new battery terminals so i can run the power straight from the battery rather then tapping into the wires from behind the headunit

both driver and passenger seats have massagers in now and both work a treat!

this is the progress so far!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01298.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01297.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01296-1.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01293.jpg

[Shafz]

Quick update :D

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z135/lukegamble1234/DSC00498.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z135/lukegamble1234/DSC00519.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/BEZ217/P7090386.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Liam_uk/zr%20meet%203rd%20feb%2008/DSCF2135.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/bigsmithy29/P1010033.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Feb%20Meet/DSCN2726.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Feb%20Meet/DSCN2727.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/Feb%20Meet/DSCN2729.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/matt_zr/Derby%20Meet%203rd%20Feb/DSCI0088.jpg


been tinted since then
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01433.jpg

and car pc all ready to go after tests
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01413.jpg

front amped components in!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h242/Shafz/stripped/DSC01436Medium.jpg

[Maxxed_Ross]

very very nice work! I didn't like the smoothed off rubbing strips before but I think they are growing on me.