Lissy our 190+

DC53 LSY · 18th July 2012, 21:28

Now that I have joined and I can officially post photographs I thought I'd delight you with some photos of our recently-acquired 53-plate ZT190+

We bought it from an auctioneers near Manchester at the beginning of July. It was looking a a bit sorry for itself to be honest.

A couple of photos from the seller's website:

Doesn't look too bad but when I got it home and examined the bonnet under strong artificial light, to say it was 'a bit swirled' was an understatement:

The boot lid was the same, yet the roof was nowhere near as bad. After washing and claying the bonnet, roof and boot lid, I set to work with my rotary polisher and after about three hours in total I got this:

The next free day I washed, clayed, polished and waxed all the driver's side. Dirt was so ingrained I killed-off half a new clay bar on just that side alone. The following day I did the same with the other side and killed off the rest of the clay bar. I also fitted a new front badge which transformed the appearance of the front end. I was really pleased with the results after my efforts, which upto this point totalled about 8 hours:

Couple of reflections from my driveway:

Today I spent about two hours cleaning-up the engine bay, which wasn't ridiculously bad, just dirty.

Before:

After:

Engine bay is not perfect by any means but it's ok if you don't look too closely and you squint a bit

I still need to do the wheels, the interior and the glass, plus at some point I need to do something about this impact damage because I find it annoying on a car which otherwise is starting to look pretty tidy:

Thanks for reading!

John

BIG LEK · 18th July 2012, 21:32

Hi, john its looks really nice mate,

AndreRijo · 18th July 2012, 21:42

Lovely colour!

Congrats for all the work, it looks great.

X5POWER · 18th July 2012, 21:45

Very very nice the colour is gorgeous, its come up excellent well done.

VVC-Geeza · 18th July 2012, 22:01

Scrubs up really well,lovely

Les4048 · 19th July 2012, 04:54

Lovely looking car

mrjoneswales · 19th July 2012, 19:46

Nice job of the engine bay !! how did you manage to get the desired look under the hood ? Cheers Jeff

DC53 LSY · 19th July 2012, 20:37

Hi Jeff, plenty of Autoglym Engine & Machine Cleaner, various brushes of different sizes and widths including the obligatory old tooth brush, and half a ton of microfibres which are now all just fit for the bin! I then treated the rubbers to Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care (wiped on, not sprayed on) and gave the painted surfaces a spraying of Meguiar's Wash & Wax Anywhere which is a combined cleaner and wax (apparently).

Fusilier · 19th July 2012, 20:43

John

Think you have done an excellent job, you have made a dirty car look like it has been cared for. Good job, and keep up the good work, and must admit it is a lovely colour

Stu

coab · 20th July 2012, 13:18

May I say I havent the patience or will to do anything like that and you have done a truly stunning job! I take my hat off to you as that is remarkable. Im being shamed now into doing my own now!

18th July 2012, 21:28	#1
DC53 LSY Avid contributor MG ZT 190+ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Blackpool Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Lissy our 190+ Now that I have joined and I can officially post photographs I thought I'd delight you with some photos of our recently-acquired 53-plate ZT190+ We bought it from an auctioneers near Manchester at the beginning of July. It was looking a a bit sorry for itself to be honest. A couple of photos from the seller's website: Doesn't look too bad but when I got it home and examined the bonnet under strong artificial light, to say it was 'a bit swirled' was an understatement: The boot lid was the same, yet the roof was nowhere near as bad. After washing and claying the bonnet, roof and boot lid, I set to work with my rotary polisher and after about three hours in total I got this: The next free day I washed, clayed, polished and waxed all the driver's side. Dirt was so ingrained I killed-off half a new clay bar on just that side alone. The following day I did the same with the other side and killed off the rest of the clay bar. I also fitted a new front badge which transformed the appearance of the front end. I was really pleased with the results after my efforts, which upto this point totalled about 8 hours: Couple of reflections from my driveway: Today I spent about two hours cleaning-up the engine bay, which wasn't ridiculously bad, just dirty. Before: After: Engine bay is not perfect by any means but it's ok if you don't look too closely and you squint a bit I still need to do the wheels, the interior and the glass, plus at some point I need to do something about this impact damage because I find it annoying on a car which otherwise is starting to look pretty tidy: Thanks for reading! John

18th July 2012, 21:45	#4
X5POWER Loves to post MGZT260 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: HALIFAX Posts: 376 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Very very nice the colour is gorgeous, its come up excellent well done. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

18th July 2012, 22:01	#5
VVC-Geeza This is my second home 2005 Connoisseur SE 1.8 Turbo,2004 45 1.8 Connoisseur and my beloved 1998 VVC Coupe. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Derby. Posts: 8,782 Thanks: 2,022 Thanked 1,016 Times in 739 Posts	Scrubs up really well,lovely __________________

19th July 2012, 20:43	#9
Fusilier Moderator / RS North East MG ZT T 180,MGF Freestyle, Jaguar XKR Convertible and XF Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newton Aycliffe Posts: 6,397 Thanks: 1,329 Thanked 2,231 Times in 1,309 Posts	Mg zt John Think you have done an excellent job, you have made a dirty car look like it has been cared for. Good job, and keep up the good work, and must admit it is a lovely colour Stu

18th July 2012, 21:32	#2
BIG LEK Banned Rover 75 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,833 Thanks: 52 Thanked 59 Times in 52 Posts	Hi, john its looks really nice mate,

18th July 2012, 21:42	#3
AndreRijo Avid contributor MG ZT-T Extreme Spec ; Rover 45 MKII Connoisseur Plus Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Coimbra-Portugal Posts: 240 Thanks: 46 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts	Lovely colour! Congrats for all the work, it looks great.

19th July 2012, 04:54	#6
Les4048 This is my second home Rover 75 Tourer/ MG ZT-T 400 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lhanbryde Posts: 3,278 Thanks: 2,627 Thanked 1,523 Times in 869 Posts	Lovely looking car

19th July 2012, 19:46	#7
mrjoneswales Newbie MG ZT-T 190+ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: WREXHAM Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice job of the engine bay !! how did you manage to get the desired look under the hood ? Cheers Jeff

19th July 2012, 20:37	#8
DC53 LSY Avid contributor MG ZT 190+ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Blackpool Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi Jeff, plenty of Autoglym Engine & Machine Cleaner, various brushes of different sizes and widths including the obligatory old tooth brush, and half a ton of microfibres which are now all just fit for the bin! I then treated the rubbers to Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care (wiped on, not sprayed on) and gave the painted surfaces a spraying of Meguiar's Wash & Wax Anywhere which is a combined cleaner and wax (apparently).

20th July 2012, 13:18	#10
coab This is my second home 2007 57 GOLF GTi EDITION 30 DSG Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Newport Shropshire and Coventry. Posts: 5,142 Thanks: 2,424 Thanked 1,452 Times in 852 Posts	May I say I havent the patience or will to do anything like that and you have done a truly stunning job! I take my hat off to you as that is remarkable. Im being shamed now into doing my own now!