MG zr's

[mark1311]

just after some genral know how on them reali, my cuzons wonting to get the 1.4, she has no idea about cars and ask me to check them out for her, what you guys think of them? she wont be modding it tht much just nice exhaust and lowering it,

-whats best owners club for them?
-how easy is it to get parts for them?
-common faults?

cheers

[Reechard]

Get her to try the seating position. Its a bit awkward to get used to.
Cant remember the owners club I joined up when I was looking at them but I'll see if I can remember.
Head gaskets are a possible issue. not sure what else as was a few years ago when looking.

[saxo-parts]

we look after a few ZR's, done the head gasket on approx 70% of them now. Not too many other common failings to be fair, as for parts availablity panels for the Mk2 facelift models are hard to come by but by and large we've never had much trouble.

[Reechard]

Oh I heard some parts are being sold through ford but not sure how true it was.

[daz_zz_er]

head gasket is what i have heard is most common :(

[saxo-parts]

one part thats hard to get as well is the VVC units on the bigger engines

[timmythechef]

yeah, head gasket on my mates went three times, and hes was only on 30k before he sold it, the sunroof leaked, and general build quailty was shite, may aswell throw your money away mate

but they do look good

[deans2k8]

headgasket failure, very poor interior ...seats have removable covers so you can wash them held on by plastic clips that snap and leave your interior looking shabby as fuck...my mates dashboard was falling to apart aswell.. his was a 2005 1.4 facelift

[mark1311]

from what you guys have said they sound top cars then... not. am trying to talk her out of it and into a 106gti or quicksilver. think they look nice but end of the day its a rover

[TypeRDavid]

This has been asked many times before, they are woeful cars in every aspect.

[Pixie]

I really want one :(
But couldn't get rid of the saxo :(

[Phils_VTR]

scum cars. look more expensive than a saxo so you pick up young fanny but remember, its a shitty rover piece of crap where the head goes. wayyyyyyyyy

[Caino]

lad i know has one i was going to have it off him but decided against it

he says it sounds like a TVR :homme:

[PWA]

HG was fine on the facelift models.

And if it's one before, change it for a Freelander HG and it's fine.

[mark1311]

personli i do like them to look. but its for my cuzon, and dont think she be so bothered bout picking young birds up;), but it will be down tome to fix or get fixed when she brakes it. but if there decent egine ect part from hg, cant see it been a proplem reali.

[WestCoastJosh]

My mate has had 4 ZR's in 3 years, big rover fan, i cant stand them though.
Bet he did the headgasket on at least 3 of them.
shit engines, headbolts are like a foot long lol

[MiniGibbo]

My mate has had 4 ZR's in 3 years, big rover fan, i cant stand them though.
Bet he did the headgasket on at least 3 of them.
shit engines, headbolts are like a foot long lol

"strech" bolts and there meant ot go right threw the engine. A lot of engines have these.. never too kan engine apart?

And the k series has won a shed load of awards its a great engine let down by a poorly designed hg.

The head alone won an award for being the first aly head to be cast out of "one" peice of ally.

EDIT: Even though im not the biggest mg/rover fan i cant fucking stand dinlos that jump straight on the "its a rover its shit mate... head gasket blah" band wagen.

[WestCoastJosh]

Because they are shit, gutless. apart from those vvc ones or the turbo'd ones.
nope ive never taken an engine apart, excuse me for expressing my opinion.
i fucking hate people who dont allow others to have an opinion. :clapping:
-Edit- there is always at least one person in each thread on here like you.

[MiniGibbo]

Because they are shit, gutless. apart from those vvc ones or the turbo'd ones.
nope ive never taken an engine apart, excuse me for expressing my opinion.
i fucking hate people who dont allow others to have an opinion. :clapping:
-Edit- there is always at least one person in each thread on here like you.

105hp out of the 1400 what's the power of a westy again?? Have you personally owned a zr or even driven one to be able to give a proper opinion or just what your mate told you while you sat in mac d's with your rad tunes blaring?

[davidandrews5343]

I own a zr, head gasket has gone this week, but its all under warrenty, make sure it has a multilayer gasket and its fine, some cheapskates use oem gaskets and rag it around, this can cause the head to just go again. Very nice interiors compared to saxos, and yeh i can say that as i have owned a saxo for 2 years, they fell nice and solid to drive, plus you have abs. As for being gutless, wtf? when i aclerate around 60/70 in 5th gear im not disapaointed like i was allways in my westcoast. I do have the 1.8 version tho, not sure on the 1.4, but they are 105bhp, more than vtrs anyway. For the money they are fun cars, personally i love the look of them. Make sure u check to see if the sunroof seals hasnt poped up, not a big job to sort out. I use http://www.themgzr.co.uk/

[WestCoastJosh]

105hp out of the 1400 what's the power of a westy again?? Have you personally owned a zr or even driven one to be able to give a proper opinion or just what your mate told you while you sat in mac d's with your rad tunes blaring?

lol rad tunes, grew out of that when i was 12.
ypu ive experienced them and lent a hand.
why i dont have a saxp sticker on my car, you cant express yourself without an e warrior slating everything you say

[Joe]

My old goat has the 160, head gasket goes, they ante the best engines, and her clutch is on it's way out at about 60000. There was another thing can't remember tho, and there is a different head gasket they put in that's better arl try and get the name.

[qpr4eva4]

i personally think the cars are alright but when i worked in a garage did see a fair few come with head gaskets. But you hear some people never have a problem

[vtrsarah]

Josh dont waste your breath typical sax-p these days

[JRC1]

Guy near me has the 160bhp one, it seems ok although I wouldn't own one. Guessing the 160bhp one would be quite similar to the VTS in terms of performance?

[jonathon5]

Get a ZS 180 they can shift , I once had an epic race against one of those easily hitting 140 + with only 2 feet between us ..............


err ! i think i best add the disclaimer on a private track, cough.

[JRC1]

Get a ZS 180 they can shift , I once had an epic race against one of those easily hitting 140 + with only 2 feet between us ..............


err ! i think i best add the disclaimer on a private track, cough.

Didn't know they did a 180bhp version - Thought the top one was 160bhp?

[jonathon5]

Didn't know they did a 180bhp version - Thought the top one was 160bhp?

2.5 v6 saloon version

[Furioman]

my sister has the 1.4 one pretty slow, are revvy engines need to red line it to get it moving, they lift off oversteer, ok looking would get a bigger engined model

[TypeRDavid]

When your workforce at Longbridge refuse them as company cars you kind of get the picture tbh lol!

[MiniGibbo]

Guy near me has the 160bhp one, it seems ok although I wouldn't own one. Guessing the 160bhp one would be quite similar to the VTS in terms of performance?

Yes there about the same 0-60 the difference wouldnt be noticable on the road, id put my money on the 160 though for the fact it has a lsd.

The zs v6 is a good car in oem form my old man baught one new and even though its underpowered at 180hp with 7.3 and 14x iirc because of the chassis and the way xpower set them up they handle extremly well out of the box.

If i wanted a cheap track car i would defently be looking at a zs v6 they seem to go for around 3k now for the prefaclift.

EDIT: me a e-warrior...