Yup, got them Pete.

So the main bolts didn't turn up today so I didn't manage to fit the rear suspension and LCA's which sucks, although did cut out the other original LCA which also had a seized bolt. However did also manage to replace the headlights, chop out the HID ballasts, replace the purple lower mesh with some black and reattach the heater cable (seems as though that's why I wasn't getting heat).

Thumbs down for Rimmer Bros on the bolts then,

The cables coming unclipped seems to be pretty common.

Yup, Rimmers have been completely rubbish this time.

Do you know if the heater cable should be fixed to the mechanism, the cable just seemed to slip over the top of the 'pole' on the mech?

The cable does as you say just slip over the pole with no other means of fastening.

Good old MG Rover engineering :weirdo:

Well after checking out the exhaust system the other day at the unit it has no cat, cheeky bidding on eBay and I've picked up a front pipe section with cat for £17.50 posted. Might have to chop it about to fit but the all important cat is there.

So got the rear suspension practically done but thought there was a bit of play on the rear trailing arm bushes, after a good look they're completely knackered! Cue stripping the rear down again and trailing arms removed, old bushes pressed out and some new poly bushes ordered. Will get the car back on the road eventually!

That's a ****** but after everything's done its sure to be transformed on the road!

If it's not one thing it's another but you'll get there and be back on the road soon :)

Yeah a right PITA but had to be done as I have the MOT coming up in March. Need the exhaust to arrive so I can butcher the cat in to the system, hopefully get that done before the MOT too.....well I sort of need too!

Just can't wait to get it on the road again and continue the depurpling! :ike:

If you have the standard manifold you should be ok with a decat for the MOT.

Really? I've run a sports cat before and passing an MOT has been a nightmare. With no cat I can only see it being worse to get through.

My 180 is decated and it had no problems at mot time there are pre cats in the manifold which keep you right.

Ah, but mines only a weeny teeny 110.

All K series with MEMS 3 should be ok with standard cat or standard mani precat and not need both.

Well I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up.

i had a decat on my zr 105 just shy of two years,passed mots no problem

Why oh why did start tinkering, lol!

Rear upper link bush on the passenger side is fubared too, so just had to order one of them. Did consider some adjustable camber arms but cash is a bit tight before payday.

Apart from that, the rear door handles are done now, rear suspension is all sorted too. I may well get her back on the road next weekend.....although probably jinxed that now, lol

God forbid I might (read 'hope') get the car back tomorrow! Ended up buying some camber adjustable upper control arms primarily as they're polybushed so won't need replacing again anytime soon! So have them to fit now.

Plans for tomorrow....

Fit new upper control arms
Fit new rear brake pads
Readjust handbrake
Refit centre armrest
Refit d/s rear doorcard (I had an argument with it when replacing the door handle)
Adjust coilover height once off the lift

So not a huge amount to do, just hope I don't find anything else that needs replacing!!

Crap photo but finally she's back on the road. Had to raise her up after taking this photo as it was waaaaaay too low....

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps61d9a246.jpg

Nice, BRM wheels ?

Yup, they'll be on till I get the 11 spokes resprayed and some decent tyres on.

Tell you what - that looks nice on those rims .... :thumbsup:

Excellent and have to agree with Dan, quite like the brm wheels. Makes a fine change from the norm:)

Cheers guys, i'll get some better photos today.

I need to tinker with the suspension some more though, it's pretty twitchy on the back now so the camber needs adjusting and the front is too hard over rough surfaces so it's a little 'bouncy' so need to wind the damping down. That said it's bloody brilliant having a car with coilovers again, I forgot how much fun they make the handling :D

I'll echo the rims looking good too, refreshingly different.

Looks good.

:yes::yes::yes:

Some better pics in daylight this time, she definitely needs to go up a bit, lol...

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...pscd18663c.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps6d06ccf4.jpg

I wouldn't worry too much until you've got the 17's done.

So lots of tinkering this weekend on Clown. First up the suspension all rejigged and she now handles like an absolute dream, chalk and cheese from before. Also raised the height of the coilovers from silly low to acceptable. Then took off the twin pipes which weren't to my taste and fitted a lovely single from Cybox. Need to decide what to do with the holes but may well cover it up with some carbon.

More importantly though the depurpling was accomplished! Also fitted some vinyl supplied by Daz of Locking Vinyl, he did a great job supplying just what I asked for however I made a hash fitting the boot parts. I'll have it redone by a pro but it'll do for now.

So the all important pics....

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps8a25829e.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps4eb3c8ff.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps2d618a1a.jpg

Looks much better....

What u done with the exhast

looks good now I like the 16's that are on it

Selling the old exhaust, I'm just not a fan of the twins :joker:

Shame I didn't know that before I cut my bumper for my duplex, we could've done a swap.

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Doh!! :wacko:

Email just off to Z&F to see if they can help me with a little idea I have, should make the weeny 1.6 a wee bit different, here's hoping :D

Also been looking in to different brakes as the front stoppers are puny! I guess a 180 set-up would be sufficient, have to change master cylinder and servo too, but I've also been tempted by some nice 4-pots. I think from my research the EK ones should fit as you can get them at a much more reasonable price than anything branded for MG.

Hmm, overdraft abusing time hopefully :D

I might still have a 180 servo and m/cyl kicking about if you end up needing, I emphasize the might as I had a big clear out of bits I no longer needed.

If you have Pete let me know as I'd definitely have it from you?!

I'll try and find it tomorrow, although I'm using Brembo front calipers with the 1.6 zs master and servo with no issues, I originally sourced the 180 bits to use, but decided there was no need.