Welcome aboard. The MGF is in that transitional phase where average examples are currently worth more as parts. This means that it is a good time to save one because they are getting rarer and there are still a lot of used parts around.The horror stories of the head gasket can be easily avoided by waiting until the oil temperature gauge is moving before exceeding 3,000 RPM and fitting a low coolant level alarm. The tinworm usually gets to the rear sills first and good repair panels are now made for these. Yours should be on 15" wheels. Toyo proxes are good tyres as are Falken Zeix 310 and MGFs like a matched set. They are a good fun car. Enjoy!
Yes, I agree, now is definitely the time to save an MGF and thats my intention with mine. It could easily have ended up broken for spares. I'm already part way through swapping the front subframe, the original part on my car was well past it. I've bought one that's been blasted and galvanized, it's a huge improvement over what was there originally. I'm fitting it with new wishbones, top ball joints, track rod ends and wheel bearings, everything is getting protected as I go.
Mine has been fitted with the 16" 11-spoke wheels at some point, which is handy as I'm fitting the 4-pot AP calipers when I'm rebuilding the front end - the original calipers needed either an overhaul or replacement anyway as the pistons were sticking, so it makes sense to do the upgrade as my first impression of the MGF was it's underbraked.
The bodyshell on mine is not the worst for rust. It's had one sill patched previously, the rest of that sill and the other side are both solid enough. The two floor pans have lost their grommets and are crusty, so they'll need a wee patch welded in. And I've a small repair to do to the rear floor as well. Overall, nothing major at all. Cosmetically, yeah, it's not pretty, but again - I bought it as a project.
My aim at the moment is to get it through an MOT in March - I want it to pass the MOT with no advisories. 🤞
Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
