Lowering a ZT 160 - Page 2

DannyBoy81 · 24th July 2015, 12:34

I have Motobuild springs on my facelift ZT diesel. The ride is stiff and it handles very well, but can be harsh on a poor Sheffield road surface. The car does sit about 25-30mm lower all round and looks great. If you look on the Motobuild web site it says the spring rates are based on Mk1 sports springs, mine were originally the comfort option so they made quite a difference in the handling.

Rigginsuk · 24th July 2015, 22:43

Going to order springs next week. The Motobuild look likely to be the ones I go for.

johan190 · 27th July 2015, 18:49

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Originally Posted by AndreRijo

I have used motobuild springs on my ZT-T, but if I was satisfied with the handling I wasn't with the overall lowering. I need more.

I then send my springs to a company over here, that modifies and builds springs to your own specifications, from the standard ZT-T springs, they take 40mm to the back and 50mm to the front. Very satisfied with the look and handling. But I alway like coilovers, due to the possibilities they offer on changing ride height, soft or hard...

I have contacted various companies, in order to know if anyone could build some coilovers for our cars. I have encountered TEIN, that already have done coilovers for the MG7 and could do them for 75&ZT's, but ask me for a lot of data and the prices where sky high... £1800 to start...

I then found another one that might be more pocket friendly... It's a company on the UK, it's called GAZ and to manufacture a set of coilovers for our cars... this was their reply:"We will need a sample front strut with top mount, a rear damper & spring. The rear spring is separate from the damper so we would need to know the fitted height of the spring on the car & with the car on its wheels so we know how much is compresses under load."

If anyone is able to contact them and supply them with what is needed. We could have the chance of a company producing a straight fit coilovers set for our cars.

Linky: http://www.gazshocks.com/pr-and-medi...uild-coilovers

I would buy one in a heart beat.

Now this sounds interesting! Really interesting!
It's what I've been looking for all this time, straight fit coilover suspension for the zt. If someone just have some old spare springs, dampers and top mounts laying around we could send them to GAZ so they could make a setup for us. What would a set cost you think?
And also, wouldn't the MG7 ones just fit perfectly or are they different?

Cheers

24th July 2015, 12:34	#11
DannyBoy81 Avid contributor MG ZT CDTi Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 194 Thanks: 10 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	I have Motobuild springs on my facelift ZT diesel. The ride is stiff and it handles very well, but can be harsh on a poor Sheffield road surface. The car does sit about 25-30mm lower all round and looks great. If you look on the Motobuild web site it says the spring rates are based on Mk1 sports springs, mine were originally the comfort option so they made quite a difference in the handling.

24th July 2015, 22:43	#12
Rigginsuk Newbie MG ZT+ 160 2.5l v6 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mildenhall Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Going to order springs next week. The Motobuild look likely to be the ones I go for.