08-05-2015, 10:37 PM
Hi!
I don't have a 306 (had a 206 as my first car, was fun...). I have a ZX XUD9!
Lovely car, this is my second now, the first being a 1.4 which was nice, but the turbo berv is much better! I run sheds for cars tbh. Had a 206 HDI first, then a Puma (bloody good fun), ZX 1.4 (when the puma rotted away), XM 2.0TCT (epic but munched fuel) and now my current 1994 ZX Volcane 1.9TD!
I do have issues however...
The rear beam is gone. One side looks like this:
![[Image: upload_-1.jpg]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_Xiw1prwXzg/VU05UKD9z9I/AAAAAAAAlXM/eW0vFm4PLog/s512/upload_-1.jpg)
The other, like this:
![[Image: upload_-1.jpg]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-46yafbKTwXs/VU05SX20X0I/AAAAAAAAlXE/_O15l8Aq_5c/s512/upload_-1.jpg)
The rear calipers are completely shot, literally hanging on by a thread. Boots wore away years ago by the looks of it, I free'd them up but they still drag like anything, at the MOT as soon as it went on the roller the machine red flagged the rear left...
Both rear shocks are crap
All the rear bushes are probably shot as it's been clonking its arse off for the past few weeks...
Searching about for these issues however, lead me to realise that the ZX shares many parts with the 306, mainly beams and (I think) GTI Calipers (rear). Having read all this, loads of which came from this forum, I thought I should register and say Hi!
So that's my story! I'll post up in the relevant forums with questions, but basically I want to fix all that on my car, which seems do-able, and keep it for a few more years. I could just spend £350 on a Xantia, but I want to see the little ZX hit 300,000 miles. Currently on 275,4something!
Different forum, but one I do feel more at home at, and tbh the answers given on there pushed me towards a puglet source of parts... Here's it's back story! The life of my ZX (still need a front wing but everything else has been replaced...)
Cheers
Sam
I don't have a 306 (had a 206 as my first car, was fun...). I have a ZX XUD9!
Lovely car, this is my second now, the first being a 1.4 which was nice, but the turbo berv is much better! I run sheds for cars tbh. Had a 206 HDI first, then a Puma (bloody good fun), ZX 1.4 (when the puma rotted away), XM 2.0TCT (epic but munched fuel) and now my current 1994 ZX Volcane 1.9TD!
I do have issues however...
The rear beam is gone. One side looks like this:
The other, like this:
The rear calipers are completely shot, literally hanging on by a thread. Boots wore away years ago by the looks of it, I free'd them up but they still drag like anything, at the MOT as soon as it went on the roller the machine red flagged the rear left...
Both rear shocks are crap
All the rear bushes are probably shot as it's been clonking its arse off for the past few weeks...
Searching about for these issues however, lead me to realise that the ZX shares many parts with the 306, mainly beams and (I think) GTI Calipers (rear). Having read all this, loads of which came from this forum, I thought I should register and say Hi!
So that's my story! I'll post up in the relevant forums with questions, but basically I want to fix all that on my car, which seems do-able, and keep it for a few more years. I could just spend £350 on a Xantia, but I want to see the little ZX hit 300,000 miles. Currently on 275,4something!
Different forum, but one I do feel more at home at, and tbh the answers given on there pushed me towards a puglet source of parts... Here's it's back story! The life of my ZX (still need a front wing but everything else has been replaced...)
Cheers
Sam