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ok all some progress being made now bit more body work done and its nearly ready for paint also have test fitted the seats and they all seem to be ok just need to decide what to do for mounting the rears some more pics to post

the intake was polished up using a angle grinder with a sanding dask attatched done all over to smoothe all the casting marks off then with a air grinder with a sanding wheel and wire brush go over it all again then a air orbital sander with two grades of paper then by hand with wet and dry again worked in vairing grade of paper once this is done i did a three stage polishing with compounds and air drills ect come as a big kit my dad got for our other project car then a buff up with some chrome/alloy pollish and its done phew didnt realise how big the gig was i have another post with the entire projet and more pics of the finished engine bay go to http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=62465 and i have stuck a couple more pics on here

ok all not much has been done to the car over the chilly xmas months for one not much cash as its end of tax year time (all you other self employed people know what i mean ) and xmas and also its to dam cold brrrrrrr anyway i have one little bit of exitment with the project today i did a 300 mile trip to pick up these bad boys01022008256.jpg[/attachment:1bmrir3v] full set rear and front and some door card with the bose upgrades all though im not to sure what to do with them yet seats are a1 condition no rips or ware a bargain at the handsome sum of £250 + van hire to go to yovel to get them but hey so the next few weeks will be spent jigging things about to get them in and then its off to paint :-) i have been loking for guides on here on fitment but there is no difinitive guide also am trying to work out the heated part to if anyone has achived this let us know

the paint is a gloss finish but is quite thick i only used it on the manifold and the paint on the covers is from arasol i wet and dried the covers to smooth them off to get a flat serface

the paint is just the halfords engine heat resistant paint its not to bad covers realy well and the covers are sprayed in vw metalic black i sprayed all the cover pannels so they all mach no more dull matt plastic

hi there thanks for the comment the letters are actualy a sticker set available fro arz tuning in germany the link to them is as follows and they do a gold set to http://www.corrado-teile.de/shop/produc ... mblem.html

hi all bit more work done i have refitted all the interior trim and finnished the engine dress up also done some more body work nearly ready for paint i have also done a test fit on the front lights and grill the lights fit well and look great just need a set of matching inpro fog lights i think more to follow soon

hi all thanks for the comments the new wheels are 17 inch and the old wheels are bbs and also 17 inch the ddi dials come as a kit for the corrado vr6 from awsome gti some more work is underway i have stared on the body work i have decided the on the colour i am thinking about metalic black base with a thin wash of purlessent purple like from the storm also got a few pics of the lights

ok lots more done to date all breaks now painted coilovers have been cleaned and re painted with new adjuster rings front inpro lights and new rear smoked and red rears ordered and delivered this week new wheels have been bought all interior trim cleaned new leather hand break gator sorced new porsche 911 seat relese levers fitted to replace long broken corrado items new momo trek r steering wheels purchased its all coming together now just to get it resrayed and put it all back together i took a few picks of the wheels and stering wheel ill post some more of the lights and stuff when i test fit them

hi thare some more updates new gauges fitted and wired break calipers now been changed to red and custom corrado logos made but still waiting for them more to follow

just a pic of the door pins and breaks !!!

Ok latest updates Rear quarter is nearly done just final work when rest of the car is prepped Engine bay is also nearly finished just some chrome letters for the newly painted cover done in vw perlesent black and a polished oil cap to get Breaks getting a fresh coat of paint Also knocked up some one off door pins on the lathe.

ok peps got some progress the work has started rear wing is nearly done as is the rear panel got a nice bargain bumper from ebay for 50 quid yes that

Ok all i have a post about the tragic death of my corrado some tart drove into the back of it causing 4500quids worth of damage the cars a write off and have been offered 1700 quid and the car now the good news all the damage is cosmetic and i have decided to keep the car and make into the car i wanted to make it so some advise needed 1st some new wheels im liking the look of a set of these They are replica Audi rs4 alloys also im going with a full respray in a metallic black some in.pro angel eye lights and rear smoked / black lights any guys suggest some more good mods i can include see my profile for past pics of the car i have already done allot to it but now its going to the next level

ok peps got some progress the work has started rear wing is nearly done as is the rear pannel got a nice bargain bumper from ebay for 50 quid yes thats right 50 quid !!!!!!!! pland mods now include respay in full will be keeping with black but maybe a perl or metalic from a newer vw in.pro lights all round rear crystal black front angel eyes and clear fog/indicator i have decided to go with the wheels above in the normal alloy colour also new ddi white light gauges inlet manifold is getting pollished and engine bay clean up hydrolic bonnet lifters and new 3 bar debadge grll and what ever else i can come up with also thanks to martin at hic insurance a nice agreed value fully modded insurance policy to cover it all

thanks for the tips as a avid corrado owner they have been done hehe pror to the horrible tragic day of the accident will prob just tidy these thing as a bit worn and time tested thanks again

hi all some work done today its looking back to shape

ok all i have a post about the tradgic death of my corrado some tart drove into the back of it causing 4500quids worth of damage the cars a write off and have been offered 1700 quid and the car now the good news all the damage is cosmetic and i have decided to keep the car and make into the car i wanted to make it so some advise needed 1st some new wheels im liking the look os a set of these 2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfb30d_1.jpg[/attachment:4590b] b292_1.jpg[/attachment:4590b] they are replica audi rs4 alloys also im going with a full respray in a metalic black some inpro angel eye lights and rear smoked / black lights any guys suggest some more good mods i can include see my profile for past pics of the car i have allready done allot to it but now its going to the next level

hi yes the grading is a cat c write off so it needs a vic check and re mot just need to find out if there is any thing else to do i have stared pulling and bashing got some pics will post them soon its not looking to bad got most of the shape back into the quarter pannel

hi all thought id post another update i recived the full report on the car today ITS GOOD the total for the repair came to £4306.00!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so you all know a new rear bumper is £450 and a rear quarter pannel is £460 if available !!!! the car was valued at £2022.00 hence being writen off im looking into doing the work myself know where there is a jig and the costs are all for replacing the pannels ect so a bit of time and effort and may be ok may even have enough to do a complete respray and get it re checked to get it off the writen off register ! any way ill keep ypu all posted

ok another update i am getting my car back tommorow hopefully in the same condition as it left !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my insurance have offered me £1700 and the car ! can anyone advise me as to an opinion of this figure as i think they are taking the f*/?in piss they have told me that the have an engineer that values the car on its specific condition and history to give a fair value not just a parkers book price obviously they dont look online to see what price these cars ar currently selling for or are actualy worth i am seriously considdering telling them i want more and i want it re-valued but not sure on my best approach can anyone help with this or maybe just some examples of similar cases.

yes i hope so to !!!!!!!!11111111 i got one little bit of luck out of it all i got a hire car today all paid for and as they didnt have the correct class avail they upgraded me to a astra twin top convirtible so i swanning about in that lots of fun with the top down lol just a shame its blody cold !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi all well i got the dredded call from the hospital today and as i feared it is un economical to repair i have the same view in trhat there is some structural damage and it will never be the same again so just waiting to hear how much they will cough up !!!!!!! then will decide on what to do so keep your eyes peeld there maybe some good corrado spares on offer !!

thanks for all your comments guys and i am thinking deeply about my options at the moment i can eather put the miney back into the car as i have spent alot of time and money on it or cut my losses and get another maybe a nicer start with leather ect and transfer my bits to it eg coilovers exhaust and sell of the rest the engine in it was rebuilt 30000 mile ago nearly 3000 spent on it alone still waiting for the call from the hospital to see if she will pull through !!!!!

just a quick update the car left on friday to the garage i made sure to take pics before it left and ensured the guys who picked it up filled out all the info about the damage any way just waiting now we are pretty sure it will be written off as we found out that the rear quarter pannel is £500 and not availible even from germany plus front and rear bumpers paint labour ect !!!!!!! so its just deciding what to do next