Ford ZX2

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:35 pm

My fiance drives a 2000 Ford ZX2 right now, and so therefore it will soon be my car also.

Does anyone know much about them? We'll keep it for a while, 'cause she owns it outright, and I want to do a few things to it, but the only things I know of are the parts that Modern Performance sells for ZX2's.

Has anyone ever worked on them, or know of anything important about the car that I should be aware of? Thanks...

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:32 pm

I hear there a bit loud and noisy when grindin the pedal... and the crash tests didnt rank to high... Other than that it looks like a nice car... Kinda reminds me of my old Fort Tempo GL.... I was originally gonna get a ZX2... but then i saw a Neon on Auto Trader.... 2003, 14k Miles.... only $9k (Got it in August 2003 btw)

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:55 pm

It is a ford... that's about all I know. There was this kid who had a really nice looking one who lived across the street from me - decked out with a kit, exhaust, tint... it was nice, but it wasn't my style.

http://www.ford-forums.com/ford-zx2/

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:27 pm

Dont get into an accident with them, my girlfriend's brother totaled hers in a neighbohr hood going about 20MPH. it was pretty well smashed up, didn't hold together for shit.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:56 pm

My friend has one, they are so easy to work on. We had lowering springs on it in about 30 minutes. Installed an underdrive pulley, it was only one bolt. Not sure if thats a good or bad thing.

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:34 pm

kc2002acr wrote:It is a ford... that's about all I know. There was this kid who had a really nice looking one who lived across the street from me - decked out with a kit, exhaust, tint... it was nice, but it wasn't my style.
http://www.ford-forums.com/ford-zx2/

Whoa! That's a happenin' forum there!

Thanks for the replies. Question for kevin_gp.....have you driven/ridden in that car once it was lowered? I really really want to lower it, but I can't sacrifice much ride quality, or she'll be kind of upset with me.

I can at least work on the engine though, as long as I keep the exhaust pretty quiet.

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:50 am

Try to find an S/R suspension, the S/R's came with Tokitko(SP?) shocks and Eibach springs stock.

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:26 am

We have a zx3, and the ignition gets hot and burns up, or locks out the key at random times and has to be towed to the dealership before we can start it again. It's been replaced twice.

Now mind you, it's also incredably fun to drive. But then again, this is a zx3 and not a zx2, so im not actually helping all that much so much as I am rambling.

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:01 pm

They are capabile of running mid 15's stock in a mtx.

They are light, 140hp cars. Thats about all i know about them.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:16 pm

they look good with a nice drop and some wheels...
there's a silver one in town, it has tinted windows, droped, and wheels and it looks good. very clean looking.... kinda like the neons

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:41 pm

dblsg wrote:they look good with a nice drop and some wheels...
there's a silver one in town, it has tinted windows, droped, and wheels and it looks good. very clean looking.... kinda like the neons

Yeah, that's what I want to make it look like. It's white, I want to put white 17" wheels on it, drop it, and get the windows tinted properly...(see "tint ticket" post

) And it's a mtx, only 65K miles. I'd hate for it to be faster than my car if I start putting some intake/exhaust/UDP mods on it....

I just have to find a suspension setup that rides ok. Missouri roads aren't very good around us. Anywhere actually.....

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:03 pm

^^ I Hear ya there...

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:35 pm

Thanks for the replies. Question for kevin_gp.....have you driven/ridden in that car once it was lowered? I really really want to lower it, but I can't sacrifice much ride quality, or she'll be kind of upset with me. Laughing I can at least work on the engine though, as long as I keep the exhaust pretty quiet. Cool

Ehh, ride wasnt that bad, he did have to get new struts though.

Praesepe559 · Post by **Praesepe559** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:50 pm

my friends wife has one that she has modded a little.. seems to be a pretty decent car (for a ford.. j/k)

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:16 pm

^^

i'd rather see more pics of that baby blue in the back

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:25 pm

lol looks like a mustang almost

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:29 pm

They run about the same as an R/T since they're about 200lb lighter. They respond very well to suspension mods and will out handle a lot of vehicles. Stock for stock, my old Escort LX out handles the Neon no problem, the ZX2 has the added power to boot. The majority of the focus Zetec parts will fit the ZX2 no prob so the aftermarket is there.

Matt

Praesepe559 · Post by **Praesepe559** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:50 pm

dblsg wrote: i'd rather see more pics of that baby blue in the back

he is a fellow 10th-Element member, has pics on the site. The escort is his wifes.

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:23 am

quicksilvr wrote:
dblsg wrote:they look good with a nice drop and some wheels...
there's a silver one in town, it has tinted windows, droped, and wheels and it looks good. very clean looking.... kinda like the neons

Yeah, that's what I want to make it look like. It's white, I want to put white 17" wheels on it, drop it, and get the windows tinted properly...(see "tint ticket" post ) And it's a mtx, only 65K miles. I'd hate for it to be faster than my car if I start putting some intake/exhaust/UDP mods on it.... I just have to find a suspension setup that rides ok. Missouri roads aren't very good around us. Anywhere actually.....

linkin18t wrote:Try to find an S/R suspension, the S/R's came with Tokitko(SP?) shocks and Eibach springs stock.

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:10 am

How sweet, they have cute little cars. Pink and baby blue. Aww thats so nice...

For some reason i kinda like the pink car, the body kit and spoiler dont seem to overdone.

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:02 am

linkin18t wrote:
quicksilvr wrote:
dblsg wrote:they look good with a nice drop and some wheels...
there's a silver one in town, it has tinted windows, droped, and wheels and it looks good. very clean looking.... kinda like the neons

Yeah, that's what I want to make it look like. It's white, I want to put white 17" wheels on it, drop it, and get the windows tinted properly...(see "tint ticket" post ) And it's a mtx, only 65K miles. I'd hate for it to be faster than my car if I start putting some intake/exhaust/UDP mods on it.... I just have to find a suspension setup that rides ok. Missouri roads aren't very good around us. Anywhere actually.....

linkin18t wrote:Try to find an S/R suspension, the S/R's came with Tokitko(SP?) shocks and Eibach springs stock.

lmao that you quoted yourself.

I am going to look into that, but I tend to think that setup is either going to be real expensive or real hard to find, so I'm weighing all my options. I will look into it though.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:26 pm

My friend Katies ZX2...

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:19 pm

quicksilvr wrote:
linkin18t wrote:
quicksilvr wrote:
Yeah, that's what I want to make it look like. It's white, I want to put white 17" wheels on it, drop it, and get the windows tinted properly...(see "tint ticket" post ) And it's a mtx, only 65K miles. I'd hate for it to be faster than my car if I start putting some intake/exhaust/UDP mods on it.... I just have to find a suspension setup that rides ok. Missouri roads aren't very good around us. Anywhere actually.....

linkin18t wrote:Try to find an S/R suspension, the S/R's came with Tokitko(SP?) shocks and Eibach springs stock.

lmao that you quoted yourself. I am going to look into that, but I tend to think that setup is either going to be real expensive or real hard to find, so I'm weighing all my options. I will look into it though.

IN that case, its going to be real hard to find. But it will be worth it. Also 7th gen Celica spoilers look uber nice on ZX2's. My girlfriends car was an 03 with the good front end, and was Midnight Blue. looked really nice.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:21 pm

Floyd wrote:My friend Katies ZX2...

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt

Pics?? Of Katie?

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:48 am

Floyd wrote:My friend Katies ZX2...

I like that alot actually

you guys should do a photoshoot together since your cars look to be the same color almost...that would be cool