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ZT rear boxes new SAIC Manufacture
At long last a decent long lasting and quiet rear box made to OE specs ?
I’m sure could be made to fit 75 by either cutting off end pipes and welding on bent pipes or fitting bumper cut out below. In my experience the stuff from Tazo parts take about 2-3 weeks to arrive. https://tazoparts.co.uk/collections/...mg-zt-rover-75 https://tazoparts.co.uk/collections/...d-dqq000020mmm Heatshield link is listed for pre-facelift models. Last edited by Lovel; 30th May 2018 at 20:28.. Reason: Clarity |
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Hi Gary,
has this arrived yet? If so what do you think? I looked into this a few years back but no one at the time was willing to attempt to try and obtain. X part were also not interested. I have a Klarius system on the ZT auto at the moment and whilst the noise is more comparable to OEM then a stainless the exhaust tips really bug me! I am currently trying to find some of those slip on chrome tips that will fit! Last edited by jn12; 23rd May 2018 at 11:34.. |
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I have klarius back box currently fitted which is boomy and annoys me greatly, and it fit is less than desireable. To get it to fit neatly I had to cut the mounting lugs by some 1" or so and then weld them up. Last edited by Lovel; 23rd May 2018 at 11:35.. |
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Rear exhaust arrived yesterday. My initial thought was to cut the rear bumper and fit an exhaust trim same as the ZT style. The chrome tailpipes are rather large (perhaps the chrome tailpipes are the size of an ZT exhaust, I just don't know?) but may need a larger cutout on the bumper more than the existing alloy trim gives in my opinion. I noticed the Chinese cars don't have the alloy trim heat shield fitted, they just seem to have the bumper cut to allow for the larger chrome tailpipe. However with this in mind I have decided to leave the bumper alone as it is and weld on end tailpipes to try and replicate the original look of a 75 petrol model pipe which points downwards I believe?
Photos showing exhaust as received with chrome trim. I am planning to fit downward tailpipe extensions to retain the Rover look, so as you can see I have begun to grind off the tack welds with my trusty belt grinder to the chrome extensions. Once I trial fit to the car I'll measure up for end tailpipe extensions to see what can fit in End tailpipes something like this preferably welded on. However I think this one is too long, will see what I need once I hang the exhaust up in place, otherwise the bumper is going to get a little cooked. Last edited by Lovel; 30th May 2018 at 20:31.. |
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Hi and thanks for excellent pictures of this item. Could you accurately measure the internal diameter of the input pipe? I can see the end is slightly widened to accept the join to the centre exhaust section. I believe original ZT exhausts were 60mm and 75's 57mm. If it's at least 60mm I may order one myself.
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Fitting Rear Pipe
Well today I tackled fitting the new pipe. Once the old one was removed you can see that the heatshield mountings were in need of sorting.
Given the new MOT guidance on loose heatshields I made sure that they could not catch me out on that. I noted that the old exhaust mounts were well stretched compared to the genuine new one, so I obtained some from Rimmers. Also showing handy tool for removing rubbers from mounts. A bit of silicon grease helps removal and fitting greatly. I also bent up the mounting lugs a touch with a sturdy lump hammer, and you can see the heatshield galvanised plate repair on the left and previous repairs on the right. New mounting bracket from Rimmer, although it says genuine it is not really but it fits exactly like the original. It will be made to MG original drawings but manufactured in a simpler process as the genuine version is a more formed shape. I noted that the mounting brackets on Tazo website photos look to be exactly like the originals. Overall its a very good fit and as per OE standard fit is quiet compared to my old boomy klarius. Does it make financial sense? probably not as there are cheaper options around, but who said owning car is all about that I just need to decide what I am going to do with the tailpipes, in the meantime Ill have a drive to establish how hot the bumper get if at all. Last edited by Lovel; 2nd June 2018 at 15:59.. |
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Many thanks for the reply and further excellent pics. Sounds like the Tazo back box is intended to fit a 60mm ZT exhaust so will look into one soon,
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