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MG ZR ZS ZT Technical - ZT Alloys

I am slowly coming around to the idea of running a pre facelift ZT instead of my company car.

Did all the pre facelift cars come on 18" alloys. The one I am looking at has these especially mentioned as though they are some kind of aftermarket bonus

Thanks

Andy
Andy

Andy
All the ZTs run 18" 5 stud alloys with the exception of the ZT 120 with 17". The choice in 18" was Straights or Hairpins. I believe the choice is now expanded with the gridspoke etc. One or two people have fitted aftermarket 19" alloys.

The tyres are expensive as there are only 4 manufacturers of the 225/45 18 tyre and prices vary from £120 - £200 per tyre depending where you buy an dwhat bran. Michelins were factory fit, although I think Conti are now fitted.

Good luck with the ZT, my 160+ v6 is over two years old, has 53k miles and has one visit to the dealer for the throttle valves to be replaced, but otherwise faultless.
Great car!
Martin
Martin ZT

The 190 has straights and the 160 has hairpins. This is pretty much the rule across the ZS and ZR ranges aswell - the straights went on the more powerful cars.

I have seen cars advertised as 190s which have hairpins - I'd be suspicious of anything like this as I suspect that the cars are really 2.5 V6 with the detuned 160PS engine rather than 190s with the wrong alloys.

The 120 has a 5-spoke alloy which looks a bit like the alloy wheels on the X11 (ZTT prototype)but in the flesh they look a bit disappointing. ZS110 (1.6 base model) also have 5-spoke alloys.
Matthew Simple

Thanks guys,

I'm looking at a 135 diesel with hairpins. It's done 2500 and is £15K.

Seems like a reasonable deal

Andy
andy

Matthew
When I bought my ZT 160+ in June 02, the 160s had H/pins as you say and I paid extra to have the straights for two reasons; I preferred the style of the straights, and back then, the h/pins had black plastic nut covers with the BMW logo!

I do know some people prefered the H/pins so down-specced to these on the 190.

However, I think in 03 the 160/190 got h/pins and the 160/190+ models (the ones with ATC) got straights.

Hope that clarifies.

Martin
Martin ZT

Our 135CDTi has the 18" hairpins - and in my eyes, they look better than the straights. Having said that, the facelift ZT has some rather attractive new wheel styles which could be fitted, but at dealer prices, they'd be prohibitively expensive :o(
Rob Bell

I did not know that MY03 cars had straights on the higher spec + cars rather than the higher output cars as before.

My dad's Rover 75 has the B*W logo on the locking wheel nut covers as well. Good reason to updgrade to the straights though - I salute you!

Apart from the alloys how do you tell a 160 from 190 when looking at the earlier 2.5V6 models - is it just the ingot or are there spec differences between a 160+ and a 190+ ???
Matthew Semple

Matthew
There should be differences in the airfilter housing, and the 160s had the 75 disc brakes whilst the 190 had a larger disc brake.

HTH
Martin
Martin ZT

This thread was discussed between 20/10/2004 and 25/10/2004

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