New kid! My Zed
Discussion
Hi guys, ive been browsing PH for a long time now, but finally got round to joining the forum!
I was after a nice reliable, comfortable, ECONOMICAL car, but after trying a few BM's, Golf etc i found this....
The day i got her
Stance didnt suit me too much, so she got lowered 30mm with some 25mm spacers on the rear and 20mm spacers on the front (all eibach jobbys)
Coming out my mates garage...
Brakes were next up for an overhaul...
Then some eejit decided to rearrange my rear bumper
So she was dropped off at the bodyshop on Thursday for some repair work, tints and general smoothing....
To say I love my Zed is an understatement! Ill get some current pics when shes back
I was after a nice reliable, comfortable, ECONOMICAL car, but after trying a few BM's, Golf etc i found this....
The day i got her
Stance didnt suit me too much, so she got lowered 30mm with some 25mm spacers on the rear and 20mm spacers on the front (all eibach jobbys)
Coming out my mates garage...
Brakes were next up for an overhaul...
Then some eejit decided to rearrange my rear bumper
So she was dropped off at the bodyshop on Thursday for some repair work, tints and general smoothing.... To say I love my Zed is an understatement! Ill get some current pics when shes back
Good job on the stancing work, the wheels look so much better closer to the edges of the arches, and the ride height looks much better too! Look forward to seeing what's been smoothedCheers guys...
No real reason for the upgrade tbh, the old disks were pretty warped, so i decided to upgrade instead of putting standard parts on! It already had the RevUp remap, Plenum spacer and a full exhaust on when i bought her, so she is running a lil above standard atm (290bhp @ the fly)
Economy isnt great, getting 22mpg (30 on a run) but my daily commute is a few nice twisty roads
No real reason for the upgrade tbh, the old disks were pretty warped, so i decided to upgrade instead of putting standard parts on! It already had the RevUp remap, Plenum spacer and a full exhaust on when i bought her, so she is running a lil above standard atm (290bhp @ the fly)
Economy isnt great, getting 22mpg (30 on a run) but my daily commute is a few nice twisty roads
I picked up a 2006 GT 2 weeks ago. 500 miles later and im getting around 24 mpg and I have a REALLY heavy right foot. I was getting 29-30 out of a Fiesta ST. If you went hard I dare say you could drop it to mid teens but with a decent mix I think 24 ish is normal. Its not really that dissimilar to a Focus ST or Astra VXR to be fair. If you think of it like that its not all that bad......
Cheers guys.... the fuel isnt that bad, mines got a few mods (plenum spacer, jwt pop charger, y-piece and exhaust with an uprev remap) so i manage about 21/22mpg on a steady twisty drive, can get upto 30mpg on a motorway run!
the number plate will be going on magnets when i get round to it as the police around here are nasty buggers to us motorists!
Im not 100% sure on the strutbrace, i "think" it was about £100, i was having the rear 1/4 and rear bumper sprayed anyway after someone went into the back of me, so it wasnt any extra effort to get it out, as it has to be removed anyway for that to be done!
just gotta smarten the bay up now then she'll be almost complete!
the number plate will be going on magnets when i get round to it as the police around here are nasty buggers to us motorists!
Im not 100% sure on the strutbrace, i "think" it was about £100, i was having the rear 1/4 and rear bumper sprayed anyway after someone went into the back of me, so it wasnt any extra effort to get it out, as it has to be removed anyway for that to be done!
just gotta smarten the bay up now then she'll be almost complete!
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