Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club Forum

There's also a platinum silver, paint code MNX. It's certainly on phase 2 cars and I guess could be on phase 1 or late phase 1 duo-tone cars too. It's a pure silver, no colour, and quite light in appearance . I think quicksilver is MNS - and yes, it has a blueish tint to it. As Jeremy said, Pulsar w...

So would you say leave all the damaged areas and let the bodyshop deal with it? There are patches where paint is totally missing and it's down the the grey plastic Most likely preferable. They have to deliver a painted bumper to you that looks the part, so they'll have to do what's necessary one wa...

Sorry Johnny I meant I want to take off all original paint as some of its badly flaking anyway. I want to see how badly the bumper is underneath the messy paintwork. I appreciate it can be sprayed over but some of the grey plastic can already be seen so I thought I'd take it all off to see if the b...

Was that a misspelling and you meant "black paint" ?? You know it isn't strictly necessary - if you bought some wet and dry abrasive paper from Halfords, etc. - something like 240 grit if it's a heavy thick paint - then progress to 400/500 grit and finally finish at about 800 grit. Take it down so t...

Hi, thanks for your replies. The reason I think the drain holes are blocked is because the car is parked under trees and in the early summer it was covered in blossom and pollen which goes down the holes for the wiper drives and under the screen trim on the front. When wet the pollen sticks togethe...

Thank you for that. I'll change them. Also - if your cam belt drives the water pump, then change that too. An old pump will be corroded and will be presenting resistance to the belt turning , potentially causing premature failure. A decent garage will always change the belt, tensioner and water pump.

Hi, I have a Rover 45 Club and am having a problem with rain water getting in onto the passenger side floor mat. This only happens when it rains or I wash the car. I presume there is channel that takes water from the screen etc and runs it out under the car. I am thinking the channel may be blocked...

Its new springs/shocks but I feel it needs to drop another 15/20mm Not sure. I expect a side-on view shows each tyre outer exactly following the wheel arch profile as you have it now. IMHO that's the best look and if I ever did it, it would be my only aim - not the better handling, etc. - just to g...

I guess the winner of the front cover 'shoot out' would have to be the 75/ZT, as it will always be easier to fix a cooked engine than it will be to replace rotten metalwork :sad From what I've heard, the X-Type rust proofing is pretty poor - esp. around the sills. But then these days, even Mercs ha...

If they don't manage to sort it, it would be worth trying AE Wilcox of Wickwar. Not too far from you and an ex Rover dealer who still have Rover trained technicians. ...and microcheck! Agreed though - AE Wilcox are potentially the most dedicated ex-Rover dealership and service centre left in the UK...

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Hi. River 200 saloon 1999. How do I fit roof bars or a roof rack? Does the long plastic strip in the roof come out? Or do you just remove it partially to fit bars? I'm at a bit of a loss. Those are gutter rails for the rain water. Nothing to do with the roof rack I don't think. Most roof rack syste...

First photo of the day - my patented panorama. I call it "On the verge of the 200/400 series" - my attempt at a play on words, like the best Rover advertising strap lines. The picture link is full res and is 1080 high by 4060 pixels wide if anybody wants it for posterity, just right-click on the pic...

Lower coolant pipe yes Better if stainless The engine mounts tbh you may aswell buy vibratech ones? £300 for 3 Although you can get away with 2 and use original cam mount so £220 These ones? https://www.vibra-technics.co.uk/mg_rover_triumph/rover_220_coup_turbo_92_95 They're labelled road/race. Are...