civicboy Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 will rover 400 parts fit the civic mb2 propperly? like pads, disc's, suspenstion arms, bushes, ball joints, wheel bearings etc?tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yes as honda owned rover at one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicboy Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 cheers thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicturbo79 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Honda owned 20 per cent of rover , honda used the rover 400 shell and used there engines to make the mb's and rover used alot of the honda's engines in there cars .All of this parts swapping happend in the 1990-2000.Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Yeah, a lot of the rover stuff swaps over. Body panels wise, the fornt end is different though........bonnet, wings, bumper dont fit ours. At the rear, the tailgate wont fit as its shaped different to accomodate the rover rear lights, which are shaped different to ours. Same goes for the rear bumper, sculpted to fit the rover lights, although a good boddy shop could probably modify it to fit.The doors, sideskirts etc go straight on.Interiors mostly bolt straight in, although there can be differences in the rear seat hinges, even between different mb's!mechanicals wise, brakes and stuff are mostly interchangeable, just make sure the caliper makes are the same.Also, rear brakes wise, be careful as some of the brake claipers and brackets look the same but there can be very slight differences which stop them fitting. Engines and gearboxes are different to ours, but could be transplanted as complete units, but you'd probably need to change ecu etc to rover item. Not that anyones gonna go putting a rover engine in anyways lolThe MGZS anti roll bar goes straight on, and is a worthwhile mod. Boot spoiler fit straight over too, as does all glass.Suspension wise, as far as i know, most of the MGZS stuff fits over, but if your upgrading the suspension on a mb6, your best going for A/M stuff. The MG oem stuff wont be any better than the MB6 oem stuff.Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbfan Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Not that anyones gonna go putting a rover engine in anyways lolPriceless, I don't know much about mechanics, but I know that if I want to get head gasket failure, get a petrol Rover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 pmsl. All except the T-series suffer from the h/g failure! mind you, would make for a unique honda........the first ever unreliable one!! youd need to re-name it a Hover!!! lmao or a Ronda! (sounds japanese that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicboy Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 i heard the front wheel bearings are a common fault on the rover/honda as the sqeal like a b***h as i found out for 60 miles on a motorway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 oooooooooooooo! bet your ears were ringing! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicboy Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 oooooooooooooo! bet your ears were ringing! lol just turned the music and bass louder lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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