Clown car
 

So this is my clown car that I picked up last Thursday....

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps81648000.jpg

Thought I'd start a thread to document how she progresses.

Initial thoughts, I love the mk2 ZS and this really did fit the bill of what I wanted, low-ish mileage on 62k, 1.6 so cheap to run and I didn't pay a lot for it at all. However the bad points...

- lashings of purple
- speakers almost all blown
- sloppy gearstick
- Fly eyed headlights
- headlights misty, scratched and melted
- HID kit
- LOUD Duplex exhuast
- suspension has been 'played with'
- heaters don't blow hot
- Big scratch on boot
- Broken rear door handles

So a few niggles to fix. I've already de-stickered it, de-wind deflectored it, de-HID'd it, fixed one of the rear handles as it came with a replacement (although it was a Honda item which is a different shape internally) and have the following goodies coming in the post and bought...

Dark Ice sloppy gearstick bush, new heater resistor, new headlights, new interior light, black mesh, spray paint for purple bits, new headlight bulbs.

I aim to make her a bit more subtle so probably going to remove the rear wing, unsure whether to keep or just sell, remove the duplex and fit something a bit quieter and single pipe. Want to fit some coilovers and eventually will fit my ITB's, Emerald and some vvc exhaust cams in a year or so's time.

So i'll keep you all updated with pics as and when i take them! :mml:

Not a bad base to start from, not liking the purple much but the wheels seem to look okay. Plenty of things on the 'to do list'.

Yup, lots to do but it gives me something to tinker with which is great. I've missed tinkering with my car and when I had the BRM you couldn't tinker too much without losing the BRM-ness of it. So this is a perfect canvass :D

Used to belong to my mate michael. Drives nice!

Yeah I've heard that he owned it. It does drive nicely apart from the sloppy gearstick, knocking from suspension and rubbish tyres, lol. I don't exactly trust it in a corner at the moment which is why I'm looking for some coilovers and possibly fitting some of my BRM wheels which have decent rubber on.

Are you sure the suspension has been messed with?
Looks about standard from here.
If you measure the distance from centre of the hub to the arch we can compare.

I'd keep the boot spoiler, without it you car will just look like a MGed Rover 45.

Suspension has definitely been played with, it knocks over every bump on the road and has some weird handling characteristics in corners. I've no faith in it tbh, hence looking for some coilovers.

Brand new suspension on ebay at a decent price -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGZS-Front...item2322864360

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGZS-Front...item232286479d

The seller is South Lakes Minis who are better than Rimmers IMHO.

so did you not buy the car off michael then,was it sold to somebody else first,then they have sold it on?

Cheers Mr Talking.