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Thinking about changing the colour to the Zed. I took the engine out of it today for a bit of an overhaul, cleanup and some shiny bits.....but.....

I was thinking of changing the cars colour while the engines out.

 

Only thing is what colour? :hurl:

 

Everyone i've seen is white,grey,red,blue,black,or silver but wanted to go for something different just don't know what... :slap:

 

Any ideas? Can't afford amazing airbrushed, rag rolled (Karl300zx's just popped into mind) but fancy doing something different. :rofl:

 

Open to suggestions please

Best thing to do is play with mixing up colours. Most decent paint shops should be able to match a colour and its not that much dough. If ou wanna do something a bit different chuck in a bit of a metal fleck or something which wont be too much.

Either that or be really cheeky and try asking around to see if anyone has a paint they want to try out on a car and offer your car up !!

Yellow!

deep candy red

there is a new peugeot colour which i think would look nice on a zed, its a blue/green colour.

 

Have you seen any colours on other cars that take your fancy?

fiat do some really nice pearlescent colours if you go into a paint supplier and look through there colour charts.

try mixing two boring colors like i did lol

Any ideas? Can't afford amazing airbrushed, rag rolled (Karl300zx's just popped into mind) but fancy doing something different. :rofl:

 

Open to suggestions please

 

The only two flip colours I've seen that I really like are the Pearl Silver Blue that Chris AKA Deve8uk has on his car and the Pearl yellow that turns through to a burnt orange that they painted the limited number of 2.5 V6 TT MGF's

 

They would look brill on a Zed (Chris's car looks better in the flesh than in pic's) and are very different to the usual colours.

As far as a non-Nissan colour to go for, I'd have either of the following....

 

Alfa Romeo Nuvelo Blue: Local Skyline sprayed in that colour. You can't see it in this colour but it has a light goldy/yellowy pearl in it and it looks fantastic.

 

 

Or BMW Estoril Blue

 

 

Aftermarket colour I'd go for

 

Kandy Cobalt Blue...

 

 

Nissan Colour,

 

Bayside Blue

 

 

Superwhite Pearl.

 

Mmm..Candy cobalt blue....I'd be very tempted to respray mine that.

2.5 V6 TT MGF's

 

1.6 and 1.8 only on MGF and MGTF. NEVER a KV6 2.5 fitted in an MGF let alone a TT!!!???!!!!, infact I know of only one that's been modified in the UK to take the KV6 and half the car had to be cut up for it to fit.

 

I guess this was another figment of your imagination like the 3.0 V6 Twin Turbo powered Renault Espace! :rofl:

 

Have no idea where you get some of your information Mark! :rofl:

 

;)

http://www.mgenthusiast.com/pdfs/MGF.pdf

Yup, that's currently the only one in the UK to have the KV6 fitted AFAIK. Cool project too.

Yup, that's currently the only one in the UK to have the KV6 fitted AFAIK. Cool project too.

 

Si, you know far too much info about crap cars LOL

I just know quite a bit about all sorts of cars. I quite like the MGF/TF models. As bad as the build quality sometimes is on them and the infamous HG issues, the F and TF models are great fun to drive and the TF, although very girly is a pretty motor. Prefer the looks of the TF to the MX5. Although the MX5 is a better drivers' car. F and TF and mid engined though, so weight distribution is interesting for such a small vehicle.

1.6 and 1.8 only on MGF and MGTF. NEVER a KV6 2.5 fitted in an MGF let alone a TT!!!???!!!!, infact I know of only one that's been modified in the UK to take the KV6 and half the car had to be cut up for it to fit.

 

I guess this was another figment of your imagination like the 3.0 V6 Twin Turbo powered Renault Espace! :rofl:

 

Have no idea where you get some of your information Mark! :rofl:

 

;)

 

It's old age and juggling to many things inbetween being Dads taxis. Reading and seeing bit here there and every where and mixing em up. Just you wait it get you in the end.

 

It is a 1.8 T that was a limited production and the 2.5 TT was a prototype that was in one of the main AUTO news either papers or magazines. I think it may have beem a mule for the thing that eventually became the MG with the V8 Ford lump and the carbon fibre body. The thing they bought in from an Italian design firm that clarkson drove and dyed a death.

 

Anyway the mules/prototypes what ever you want to call them. 1 was the yellow flip and the other was the green flip and the auto press drove them.

 

But all that info is just for your perdanticness as my first explanation was much easier to type.

A prototype MGF KV6 was never made though. It was talked about when BMW owned Rover, but it never got any further than that.

 

A 1.8 T...you must be getting confused with the 'Trophy' model as a Turbo charged varient of the F or TF was NEVER released either.

A prototype MGF KV6 was never made though. It was talked about when BMW owned Rover, but it never got any further than that.

 

A 1.8 T...you must be getting confused with the 'Trophy' model as a Turbo charged varient of the F or TF was NEVER released either.

 

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MGF Extreme 500 (later TF500)

 

15 June 2001 - MGF Extreme 500 launched

 

13 May 2001 - The “Ultimate” MGF by Autocar

 

 

 

15 June 2001 - MGF Extreme 500 launched

MG reveals the first in a series of Extreme cars, announced today (June 15), on the eve of MG’s assault in the Le Mans 24-hour race. MG Extreme vehicles are one-off demonstrators, not intended for series production, and will each be outrageously powerful and road legal.

 

The MGF X Power 500 is first, and powered by a race-bred 500Ps engine and 6-speed sequential transmission in what is a much modified MGF monocoque structure, fabricated around the UK’s best selling roadster.

 

The links between the MG X Power motorsport programmes and the MGF X Power 500 are evident throughout the car. Power is courtesy of the MG Le Mans XP development engine, mounted transversely behind the cockpit and driving the rear wheels via an X-Trac competition gearbox.

 

While externally MGF X Power 500 appears radically different from the standard car, much of the original structure remains. The body is seam welded throughout and has a fully integrated cage. Front and rear subframes are modified to accommodate the new powertrain and handle the 3-fold increase in power output. The track becomes 100mm wider at the front and 150mm at the rear. Four-pot AP Racing brakes ensure effective stopping performance. Wider tyres are specified for the task of managing the extreme power available – 225/35 R17 at the front and 265/35 R17 at the rear on MG multi-spoke alloy wheels.

 

Covering these huge wheels and extended track has involved some radical changes to the exterior style of the car – the wheel arches are flared and connected by a sill-mounted side-skirt. The front end is completely revised and is clearly influenced by the MG Lola Le Mans EX257 race car, and styled under the leadership of Peter Stevens, MG Rover’s Product Design Director. At the rear a high mounted wing-type spoiler balances the high downforce front end to ensure the car remains ‘glued to the tarmac’ at speed.

 

Engine cooling is optimised by an increased radiator capacity, fed by a much larger aperture in the front bumper and exiting through vents in the bonnet. The side air intakes are also enlarged to feed cold air into the engine bay. Inside, race seats and competition harnesses ensure the occupants remain firmly in place despite the very considerable g-forces the MGF X Power 500 is capable of generating.

 

The MGF X Power 500 is not for sale, but has been developed to be outrageous fun. In this respect it sets the scene for what is to follow as the Extreme treatment is progressively revealed on versions of the MG ZT, MG ZS and MG ZR models; each one a one-off purpose-built demonstration vehicle.

 

Rob Oldaker, Product Development Director, commented: "The MGF X Power 500 is proof that MG will be sensational and outrageous, and this is only the beginning. It can also compete with the best in the highest echelons of the performance car scene. MG is a fast moving bold brand with an appetite to thrill."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13 May 2001 - The “Ultimate” MGF by Autocar

 

In Autocar edition published on the 13 May 2001. They mention that an MG spokesman says: "that the Extreme models will not go on sale, being solely reserved for promotional activities." Topping the eXtreme range will be a 500bhp version of the ZT which will be capable of 170mph and 60mph in less than 5 seconds.

 

 

The eXtreme MGF taken at Le Mans (16 June 2001) and Brands Hatch (7 October 2001)

 

The MGF will be given a big boost with a blown 230bhp (turbo or supercharged) model due to hit showrooms in a year’s time. Insiders talk of outputs between 225 and 230 bhp and say the car will adopt a bodykit inspired by the 500 bhp race-engine MGF Extreme unveiled at June 2001 Le Mans. Engineers are working on a steel suspension – like on the Extreme – to replace the Hydragas suspension used on mainstream MGFs.

 

***Autocars sources at Longbridge talk of turning the MGF into a full range from the 110bhp 1.6 to the 230bhp “Ultimate” to challenge everything from the cheap MX5 to the Porsche Boxster. And they hint there may be an even more powerful version in the pipeline, with talk of 300 bhp-plus being achievable from a tuned K-series engine.***

these are the two I read the review on and it has pictures so I'll find em

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I'll also find the review of the cars i was talking about with the flip green and flip yellow car.

The MGF X Power 500 is not for sale, but has been developed to be outrageous fun. In this respect it sets the scene for what is to follow as the Extreme treatment is progressively revealed on versions of the MG ZT, MG ZS and MG ZR models; each one a one-off purpose-built demonstration vehicle.

 

Admitadly I never knew of this, but the car still and never was, a production car as you suggested. ;)

 

Also, it does not suggest that it was the KV6 either. The 'blown' 1.8 turbo engines made it as far as concept, but neither went into production.

Admitadly I never knew of this, but the car still and never was, a production car as you suggested. ;)

 

Also, it does not suggest that it was the KV6 either. The 'blown' 1.8 turbo engines made it as far as concept, but neither went into production.

 

The 1.8 T did in limited numbers and all the Turbo charging work was carried out by Turbodynamics and i said they were mules as they hadn't decided what power plant the thing that got the Ford V8 was going to have. + like the Renault thing they were several years ago and Although I was impress it wasn't an indepth look into them.

 

:tongue: Mr Smarty pants :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I was still correct, neither vehicles went into production. :p:

Quick look out everyone ..... Hijackers !!!!!!!!!!

 

Candy Apple red is nice Mike, Check out CJ's car although the Candy blue also looks very nice. I think a very strong colour is what you are looking for to be a little bit different.

I was still correct, neither vehicles went into production. :p:

 

You sound like my wife :slap: :rofl:

lmao thanks for the ideas guys. Had a look round on the weekend and see a nice coloured Fiesta (noticed i said nice coloured and not nice fiesta). I beleive the colour is Imperial blue but was thinking about overdosing the colour with pearl.

 

What you guy's and girls think???

Admitadly I never knew of this, but the car still and never was, a production car as you suggested. ;)

 

Also, it does not suggest that it was the KV6 either. The 'blown' 1.8 turbo engines made it as far as concept, but neither went into production.

 

Off topic I know.......

 

......but I spotted a (rare) FunkySi spelling mistake...... :tongue:

 

Sorry mate,

 

Richard :)