Which MG ZS EV accessories are worth buying? 

Excellent video as usual, Matt. You really do pack a huge amount of information into them. And it's always excellent, 'real world' information to boot!!! Keep up the good work.

Really informative video again. I recently drove an MG ZS EV for a week and really enjoyed it. I think this would make a wonderful value-added 2nd EV, and many of these accessories definitely spruces it up. Thanks.

I enjoyed watching the Video. I do like the Dashcam that you fitted to the Car

Enjoyed vid good down to earth content looking forward to underbody protection vid well done.

I had the rear end tinted with privacy film first when I got my MG ZS EV in January 2020 and between lockdown travelling from Essex to Somerset, we roasted in the car. My wife had to cover herself with one of those foil windscreen sun-shades. The standard glass I discovered has UV screening but NO IR screening so I've had a special thermal film fitted which is nearly visible from the outside but blocks 95% of the heat! Massive upgrade!

great video and just earned yourself a sub. i currently own a leaf but have a zs phev on order. might consider one of these as a replacement for our other car.

I have this exact same model, and have done a lot of these mods. The tints are not just for vanity especially for the driver and passenger windows it’s to reduce solar intrusion into the cabin as the windows offer minimal at best sun protection (when you get a hot day you bake in a non tinted ZS), on the LEDs I’m with you I replaced the rubbish Philips Halogen fronts with PIAA and they are pretty good, not LED but a damn sight brighter and more in keeping with the white DRLs, one LED I would consider keeping (if the previous owner did this) is the reversing lights as LEDs really help using the rear view camera if you have no exterior lighting at night / early dark winter morning. And I’ve done all seasons as well, went with Goodyear Vector 4 - Gen 2 and they got me out of a car park covered in black ice that had stranded cars in just after Christmas. Great review, and loving the content!

Absolutely brilliant informative video.

Definitely doing the LEDs in the roof when I get a chance. Need to get the windows tinted first though.

Great video. Thanks.

Thanks Matt for a very useful video. I have the same car and find it brilliant. I have had considerable loads on my roof bars, no problem. Unless you do more than 130 miles in a day fairly often the range is no problem, particularly considering I can travel between 60 and 70 miles for just £1.00 Fascinated to know how you get to the rear cluster bulbs, don’t tell anyone I am fitting a tow bar, only for cycle rack of course?? Keep up these brilliant videos.

Bought the protection pack it’s great value! Sadly a much flimsier boot liner than my previous Toyotas, but looks the business. Will be getting the bumper guard and silver door sill trims next just to set it off!

The rust issue you refer to is l believe restricted to a batch of cars that were manufactured in Singapore and imported into the UK early 2020. As we know cars are ' localized' and obviously underbody protection was not deamed necessary for the Singapore market. I have checked mine on a lift ( late 2020 model) and there are no signs of rust or weeping at welds. Apparently the VIN plate has a code for country of origin? The whole thing sounds like the Porsche 997 IMS bearing issue.......in reality very few cars were effected. :-)

Proper MG Locking Wheel Nuts, bizarrely with exactly the SAME nut ‘design’ as yours(!?), bought after a spate of Alloy thefts in our road(!) and the neighbouring one. £29.95, on eBay, from an approved (and checked) MG dealer. 5 minutes to fit, and you retain the spare wheel nuts, so you can replace them, if you wish, on disposal of the car. Also bought a proper MG space-saver spare wheel, from another approved MG dealer via eBay, to replace the ‘compressor/jollop’ standard solution - around £150, including the location ‘spinner’, jack and all required tools in an appropriate styrene holder. Well worth the investment IMO.

Great channel and loving your content.. Just started watching and currently have a 2013 Zoe which we've had since 2013. I wanted to ask if your able to test the range at all.. I drive very relaxed and (I'd like to think) efficiently.. Im thinking of buying one and selling on my zoe next month and would love to know the most you could get on the range with the air con off, display off etc on the motorway or in city driving :) thanks for the great content and totally appreciating the honest reviews

Hard to believe someone bought this car new, added all those extras and then sold it 10 months later!

Please could provide details on which company did the tint and coating and dash cam. Thank you for the excellent walk through.

Watching your MG EV video is really worth it for me. By the way, how much did you pay approx. as a second hand purchase? We know fully loaded one, new, cost about 24,000 pound...

Thanks for vid. Does the LED light distract when driving in dark? I didn’t like ambient lighting in previous car which reflected in side mirrors.

Hi I really enjoyed your video very down to earth and informing, I’m wondering would it be a suitable car for a Taxi. The majority of my work is in traffic but about 25% is motorway driving, thank you.

Hi Matt please can you tell me where the LED's and draught excluders can be found. many thanks

Done the led headlight upgrade on mine and because the unit is a projector the light pattern is exactly the same as it has a built in cutoff in the projector... The standard lights are bordering on being dangerous.

That looks incredibly like a Mazda cx3 ! 😉

This accessory comes as 'standard' on the ZS EV but can you check the roof rails for being proper ones, i.e. that you use for 60-80 kg loads or are they just for show? Plastic trim or made of metal? Wondering what the driver's manual might say. I'm curious because it's something I've come across when looking into purchasing next car.

From Australia: I’ve never heard that term before “previous keeper” for previous owner!

Great video, can you provide any details on the window deflectors?

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Hi, does anyone know where I can find the full set of wind deflectors for £30 for MG ZS EV?

Are you going to up size the tyre? The new gen zs has a slightly taller 55 profile and does look better.

i dont think the added price from dealer you can get most items cheaper like mats and mug gaurds and the locking nuts

Hi, thanks for video, which dash cam would you recommend?

Great videos, really enjoy watching them. We are looking at getting an MG zs ev in the near future and we are wondering how quiet the cabin is, say at around 60 MPH ? With regard to upgrading your headlamps I fitted Philips X-treme Vision +130% H4 in December 2016 and have done around 50,000 miles since with no problems, so they seem to last. Best wishes and keep safe. Pete Fletcher.

I have had my windows tinted like this one, cost £120, I do intend getting the wind deflectors on the side windows as it does get quite a draught when windows open, more so than other cars. The only other one I am considering is the roof led lights as to the others I personally would not bother, as to the ceramic coating at £740, what a rip off. I should add all my vehicles have cameras fitted front and rear.

Great in-depth video, how come the original owner sold the car so quickly?

Hi MATT, I'm curious about something 🤔, when you do your editing and add on-screen info, do you check your work before posting? Because at 0:16 it doesn't look like you do. I think you need an independent quality controller, desperately.

Great video. What is your opinion of upgrading wheel size? I recently test drove the MG5 EV Exclusiv model. I do think it would look better with slightly larger (only by one inch dia) wheels (as would the most recent Astra). As MG don't sell such, I would have to purchase from a alloy supplier. I suppose that the wheels supplied with the car would be redundant and would probably be unsaleable. Just interested to hear your views. Thanks.

Is it your camera or did the £740 of ceramic crap change the colour? It looks very different to the usual red seen on the MG. Love the tints.

Did you say the mud flaps are 120 pounds. I have just fitted them to my car here in Australia and they are genuine SAIC parts which I got from the MG dealer and cost $63.50, thats about 35 quid. When I bought my ZS EV the dealership also threw in the MG mats for nothing. Also came with 2 chargers, a 7.5 amp and a 15 amp one. The price of the car was $43990.00 on exchange thats about 23500 Pounds. Another good reason to live in Australia.

Having Windows tinted is classed as a modification by insurance companies can be costly

Where i can do sunroof led lights please

If you buy one of these second hand (fron a non-MG dealer or private), what is the situation with the original MG 7 year warranty? I'm considering buying one but the MG new prices seem to have increased somewhat, so looking at used. Thanks

Changing the lightbulbs to LED types, needs to be disclosed to the insurer, if not disclosed the insurer may refuse to honour the insurance. Which is their legal right. If the vehicle were involved in a serious collision (especially when visibility was likely a factor), the Police would likely look at the lights and they would easily establish that the bulbs were not OEM, and this might well affect any resulting legal liability.

If you live in Australia, window tinting is compulsory.

I cant believe that locking wheel nuts are not standard equipment on an MG, but then Ive bought Japanese/Korean cars for the last 30 odd years.

Where do you buy these second hand?

Not a fan of those alloy wheels - are they standard fit?

Do be aware, I asked my dealer to wax oil my car from new , they refused and told me if I did it that it would invalidate the warranty, the fact they come with a seven year warranty meant for me it was too much of a risk on a brand new car to do it myself as I want the warranty.

If only the range was about 250 I would buy one tomorrow!

I’d be ticking the put some decent under seal on the cars ! rusting underneath at only a few months old terrible 👎

So why did the previous owner spend all this in extras and then sell it?!?

Arr Yes you have to avoid the "Ming Molls" at the dealership.

£740 for ceramic coat!?! He got ripped off there.

So i guess, since the previous owner popped in LED's everywhere, that this means that there is no bulb monitoring on this car ? I know most modern cars nowadays, will complain if you put LED's in, because they draw a lot less current, and so the car thinks the bulb is blown, because the current draw of the LED is below the "The bulb is blown" threshold. I know it's probably not much, but it would be interesting to know if LED bulbs all around, instead of incandescent lamps, would actually make any real range difference. I mean, if the EU thinks it's worth turning off the headlamps and have just smaller LED's it could mean that there is actually a difference.

Ceramic coating is also a rip off. Don’t bother on a car that costs less than 30k The LED in the sunroof costs 7.99 for 5m of led.

Not even ID-3 or id-4 or polestar have 250 mile ... More like 200

Locking wheel nuts are a mechanics worst nightmare. Sick of asking customers where they are. Can be a nightmare to remove if the key is lost. Usually on the mantlepiece at home which is ideal when you get a puncture on the motorway. Also a favourite toy of children.

why would anyone put so much effort, care, mods and accessories to a brand new car and sold them 10 months later?

red cars go fast

The original owner seems like a real plonker (except for the dash cam, mats & mudguards). Best of luck if your insurer/police find out you have non-standard, UK-EU non-compliant window tinting, head and tail lights! Just who in 2020 ever opens windows? Maybe The plonker could have bought an iPace, Hyundai or even a Tesla if he/she spent less on foolish ad-ons.

Seriously, all season tires are a waste of money. I have never ever fitted these tyres and have never had a problem. Stop wasting your money and live a great life on the open road…

I bought an MG ZS EV in July 2020 and had a minor accident in September 2020. It is now February 2021 and my car will not be repaired for a further 2 months. DO NOT TOUCH MG WITH A BARGE POLE.

Made in China. Not in my garage.

The MG ZS Ev is such a terrible car... avoid it at all costs. The charge rage is ridiculous and in a full charge you probably only get 70miles... stay clear of it. Pay the extra and go for a better EV