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    Looks sweet that man! Some of the vibration you mentioned could be from the stiffer or solid bushes you’ve fitted, quite a lot of gearbox vibration gets transmitted through those. Either that or whilst in gear the shifter actually sits on top of the the exhaust, I know when I had mine adjusted to as low as it went, so the shortest possible throw, it’s would knock into the exhaust. Have a completely different setup now but the Hybrid Racing one does looks good man! Well done
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    All plastic trim wrapped and harness bar installed and nice and tight! All in all a decent day of messing about!
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    Chinas finest sub (I will tidy the wiring just wanted it in and working!)
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    Got rid of the old quick release and fitted a much sturdier hub with a spacer
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    Bay shot because why not. Changed whale d**k out to actual carbon fibre one, and changed rocker cover to a fake Mugen one. Looking a lot tidier under there now!
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    The old 262’s coming off And new 282’s, discs and pads on!
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    Managed to be productive again after working 12 hours over nights, finding the time is getting harder and harder at the moment, so I offset this by buying a s**t ton of parts then letting them stack up until I can’t bare it and am forced to actually fit them. Seems to be working quite well at the moment! Managed to get the 282 calipers fitted with the RPB discs and pads. Completely forgot about the 1 inch master and booster so brake pedal feeling is pretty bad but they certainly feel to have a lot more stopping power that’s for sure! Got underseat sub wired in and rear speakers changed, bought 4 inch rears and they were 5 inch originally so made some adapters to fit them. Sound is actually really good now, fully recommend the sub to anyone! Then finally got round to wrapping all the beige interior plastics in a dark alcantara, turns out I’m actually quite good at it, who knew. Usually I’d lose my rag and end up throwing something but managed to make a decent job of it, also wrapped the front fog covers in a crushed carbon wrap but didn’t get a photo of that as of yet. Got a tegiwa universal harness bar second hand and fitted that as I’ve got some low max glitter backs to fit soon too. I’ll update with some photos shortly!
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    And this is the new shifter setup also, would recommend this over the ktuned style ones or oem bent ones any day! Super notchy shifts, makes everything nice and tight again, adjustable everywhere apart from height but sits perfectly where it is for me. Plus, all the original trim fits back over it nicely too
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    Gave the 282’s a little bit of a clean up and paint now they’re ready too! Got very lucky finding them for 40 quid!
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    Bottom photo shows the fitment on an mgzs for reference as I was a little confused as to where it actually mounted!
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    And this is the roll bar setup, think it’s either 16 or 18mm, it’s skinny but going from nothing to something will always make a difference! Was a bit of a nightmare to find all the separate bits to have the full kit. The bar itself I managed to get extremely lucky with and buy from a Rover site as old back stock for dirt cheap. The L brackets I found on Facebook marketplace, some guy had two sets, had them both powder coated and only needed one set. And the links and bushes were an eBay job
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    Not too sure why the last 2 photos are upside down! But shows the cat back anyway, 2 inch, rear res and exhaust tip I had welding on, sits really well and no wobble anywhere which is always nice!
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    Yeah it’s for sure the front join, the flanges are bent on the cat so it’s not sitting quite right but it’s not really too bad, spent the past hour attempting to bodge a decat on but it was a 2.5 inch one so miles off! Ended up getting Big Chiz and a hammer out and gutting the standard cat instead, seems to work fine! And no I fitted the manifold and downpipe a while ago, they just did a cat back for me. Though, I’m gonna have to go back there at some point soon to have them adjust the pipe that goes over the lca’s and move it to the right a bit. I was having a look at fitting the mgzs roll bar and the exhaust sits exactly where the mounting L plates go…..swear you can’t win with these cars, everythings a bodge or retro fit, but to be honest it’s kinda more fun that way right?
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    Yeah it’s nice! He did a 2inch cat back for me and welded on a backbox I already had, had a nicer bassy tone and seems to flow a little better which is nice! He wouldn’t cat delete it which is fair I can just do that myself when I get round to it, and all in all it wasn’t the most expensive job, was more than I wanted to pay if I’m honest, but a lot less than another place I had a quote from so I can’t moan too much right! Only issue is that I told him it’s blowing from somewhere I just don’t know where, and whether or not he actually checked I don’t know but he said he couldn’t hear or see it, yet it remains so I dunno. He said it could be the thickness of the Chinese manifold I have on, because it’s that thin it’s noisy, but I find that hard to believe if I’m honest. I don’t think it’s the manifold, I don’t think it’s where the mani meets the downpipe, so now that only leaves where the downpipe meets the cat. Hopefully when I decat it, it goes away then! Still got a huge parts pile to get fitted, managed to find a zs180 rear roll bar and all the fittings with it for quite cheap, new front wishbones and hard race compliance bushes, front ball joints, track rods, trailing arm polybushes, the 282 for the front and braided lines, the z6 intake mani and fuel rail, some Chinese ‘Bride’ universal seat rails to fit ‘Bride’ seats, coilovers, lca’s and toe arms. Think that’s about it…. Ooh and a new head unit haha. Annnnd new rocker cover and gasket when it gets here. Hmm, tegiwa brake stopper for the MC. Then I think that’s fully it! Got that different shifter set up all sorted too, not sure I’ve seen anyone else with it on as of yet? I’ll try get some photos and give it a little review. Fully worth it though, better than any generic short shifter / kswap replica ones that are about. Also that reminds me I have to fit the detent springs in the gearbox too…..
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    Ahh thank you! The mounts I ended up getting are different to those ones again, seems to be quite a bit that either fits, doesn’t fit at all, or can be made to fit haha. The last photo there is of the bar on an mg zs for reference I found, looks like the mounts I have fit elsewhere, but I’ve seen this setup on an mb before so hoping everything will tie together nicely without me having to mess about too much! Also had to get the correct links for this setup too. Yeah the 24mm bar I got would have been overkill, I think the one I ordered is either 16 or 18mm so should be fine! Thanks for the reply though!
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    I have a 24mm rear arb with all fittings to go on, learned that the rear sub brave wouldn’t fit without drilling it out a little and maybe putting a couple more holes in the frame behind it. Found some mg zs rear arb mounting brackets instead for a cleaner oem look and fitment. But from just looking at it, I can’t figure out how they sit or mount? Anyone else done this and has any photos or advice they could share? Thanks
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    Oh, the backbox may have corroded badly and fallen off too…. Fully blame the council and them gritting the roads literally every night for about 2 months straight here… Having a new cat back made from Powerflow next week though
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    Next thing I’m gonna sort is the lca’s and coilovers and front camber arms/plates. Should all go on easily enough I hope, rear brake lines run down the lca’s so will re route those to tidy them up a little too. Bought two new front wishbones with all the bushes and hardrace compliance bushes too, rear toe arms on the way so will get those on when they arrive. Id bought new shifter rods too but they don’t fit so will have to sell them, either fit an ek or eg not too sure. Bought a completely different shifter setup too so that’ll be interesting to see what it’ll be like when it gets here. Changed steering wheel again (3rd time now) Had rear windows and rear lights tinted, clear side repeaters too. Bought a d16z6 intake mani to swap but haven’t got round to it, then bought another super clean one because why not, will have a new fuel rail and some other bits when they get here, only bought the second one as it was going really cheap and had brand new injectors with it, so one will be getting sold at some point I’d imagine. Just gonna keep going with it all and eventually swap a bigger engine into it when it’s affordable, come to really like the chassis so don’t want to get rid because of a couple rusty panels! Also got a 282mm front brake upgrade and fancy (expensive) discs to put on too. And a random oil cooler because why not
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    Haven’t posted in a little while, still not really got round to getting much done over the winter. Rust patches on the arches got worse but had to keep using the car for work so just gotta deal with them I guess. Would be nice to have them fixed up but cutting them out and repairing them, along with getting another rear door (patch at bottom isn’t reasonably fixable) wouldn’t really be feasible. Would end up being well over a grand to have arches cut out and new ones in and all the little scratches and dents sorted sadly. So, a couple days ago got round to fitting the rear camber arms, easy enough job, and very slightly increased the negative camber on the rear. One of the bolt holes needed a little bit of filing but other than that went on with no issues Also, I have a rear subframe brace, tie bar, and 24mm anti roll bar. But looking at the brace which the roll bar attaches to, it ain’t gonna fit. And with this having rear discs, the brake lines run around the rear subframe and are completely on the way of where it would mount. So after literally just staring at the underneath of the car for a while, contemplating life, as you do, I thought it will fit. But would mean drilling a couple more holes in the subframe, drilling the brace to make it fit properly and moving the brake lines to allow it to fit. Job for another day so I’m ignoring it for the time being.
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    Got round to fitting the MG spoiler I got from Craig on here. Quick lick of plastidip and looks the part I reckon
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