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Really helpful stuff, thanks! There is an awful racket from my slave fan, which is why I'm replacing the pair with SPALs. I wanted to make sure the controller was working correctly before I made the switch. However, in the interest of not setting anything on fire, I might fit the other fans now with a manual override in case of controller oddities. fla, I think I saw on another thread you had a similar problem. Did you find a solution in the end?

I'd be interested to know more :)

Hey mate, This is coming along nicely since I made the trip down to pick up that interior from you. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Phil.

Some pictures from the Silverstone Pistonheads Sunday Service last weekend. Rafe, a recent Corrado convert and I made the trip down and these are a couple of his great snaps.

Hey there, I'm experiencing an issue where my stage 2 fans seems to not kick in whilst the engine is running. As soon as I turn it off and it's between 90 and 100 degs, the fans kick in. Anyway, I'm inclined the think it's the fan controller, so I've been looking for a replacement. I see the parts 357 919 506 and 1H0 919 506 both both (according to sellers) to be compatible. The car currently has the part 1H0 919 506, but the parts marked 357 919 506 seem to be cheaper. Any difference between the two? Is one just intended for the Mk3 VR6, but the same? Cheers, Phil

Thanks chaps! It's nice to know it's been done properly and shouldn't need doing for another 15 years or so. Made a huge difference to the feel and ride quality, too.

Looking great!

I recently also coerced a friend of mine into VR ownership, sadly his is in much better nick than mine ;-) and have been stock piling a few bits to be fitted in the coming months. Uncracked headlights, front indicators, BMC CDA, new gearknob, handbrake grip, SPAL fans and Milltek exhaust. Not to mention acquiring a new daily driver. It's quite good really, although not much in the way of character.

Given that the car is DBP, I've always been a fan of the KW colour combo, and that I don't plan on selling the car on any time (ever, famous last words) I'd leave my mark on the powdercoating. Behold! And finally, my girlfriend at least pretending to be happy to have the car back ;-)

I'd wanted the rear beam, front arms and subframe sandblasting and powdercoating. I was also aware all of the bushings would need doing along with the boots on the steering rack and the track rod ends replacing. A couple more bits became apparent as John was working on the car, so the final list: All hardlines replaced! Replaced CV boot (again) Two new OEM suspension arms Steering rack boots New brake compensator valve New OEM bushes all round aside from Powerflex front arm rears New ball joints OEM ARB drop links New OEM track rods + ends (one of last two pairs in the UK I've been informed!) New front discs Front calipers + pads and a Vibratech front mount for good measure! I'd already bought the front calipers and had the braided lines for 280mm so I decided to carry on with those. In hindsight it would have been a great time to move to 288mm parts, but I've got plans for 305/312mm Brembos. The original ABS pump was also becoming upset so that's now been replaced with one from an 80k car. With all that work and the KWs fitted mid last year, it's now handling like it's on rails and feels much more predicable. Very happy with the end result, although it now highlights other flaws, haha.

A rather large update from last time! I ended up moving away from where the car was stored, so it became a three hour round trip each time to work on it. My patience rather dried up after a few trips down, twice with incorrect parts which had been sent to me. When I was with the car it was slow going as everything was seized absolutely solid after previous neglect. I had to drill one bolt out, spent hours with a blowtorch, plusgas and Stilsons to remove the rest. However, eventually after stripping everything down I managed to tackle the rear brakes and sort fit braided lines, new seals, handbrake cables, new Mk4 rear calipers, new carriers and OEM backing plates and replacement bolts all round. The backing plates in particular were a nightmare to remove and required lots of time cleaning up the stub axles. Once that was all done, it was time to bleed the system. Loosening the front caliper bleed nipple.... BUGGER. The thing just sheered off. Tried to loosen the hose from the brake line but I could see it was just going to bend the hardline and then I'd have no pressure. All seized solid. It looked like it was time to start faffing with the hardlines and I was hugely enamoured with the idea of tackling that. Sludge that came out when bleeding. Barney has had a troubled past! At this point it did cross my mind to set the car on fire, but I thought better of it. Given that the car had squeezed through its MOT, addressing the advisories was on my radar anyway. So, I threw in the towel and got it carted off down to JMR.

Hey Andy, That seems to have done the trick. Thanks for that.

Nice Rafe! Jim, offence taken ;) Mine is looking particularly run down next to Rafe's. New fogs going in soon!

Really bummed by missing this, haven't been able to post and been getting 502s on the forum for days now. :( Anyway, I'd like to register my interest in a late style I guess on the reserve list.

Let's move further discussion over to the GB feeler - http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=90136 Chuggs1, if we were to order direct from SP, you could specify a different profile (they do 263/268/288)

Just in case... 1. Rog. 2. Seanl82. 3. Wesleyvr6 4. unclean If they honour the Euro prices, this could be a lot lot cheaper. I will have a chat to SP directly and see what they say (-:

Interesting. It does look as though they take Euros on the site, which is awful right now and works out to be £235 a set. Obviously import duty and then shipping which is a bit of an unknown. http://www.spturbo.com/onlinestore/index.php/volkswagen/vr6/12-valve/12v-vr6-camshaft-set-263-street.html EDIT: Rough maths including VAT and the (possibly inaccurate) shipping cost from the SP website, the cost for 10 looks to be £320 each(!), £335 for the 5. I will get in touch with SP and see what they say.

Interesting. What's the procedure here? Worth phoning Vince at Stealth first for some numbers? (Sorry for the thread hijack).

Yep, same here. If there's any other people interested perhaps we could get a group buy together and chat to Stealth. Anybody?

Oh go on then, I'll take this from you at asking :)

Nice renson, same situation here, I'll give that a go.

Along with everyone else it seems, I'm after a pair of uncracked late foglights. Thanks!

To anyone who has fitted theirs yet; is it possible to get the existing fans out without taking the front of the car apart?

Hey all, I picked up what I believe is a leather gearknob (and gaiter) yesterday, but it's slightly different from what's currently fitted to the car. It seems to be the same as this one as shown in this eBay advert. On closer inspection it seems to possibly be leatherette, is there any conclusive way to tell? Did some Corrados (16V, etc.) come with leatherette instead of leather? Cheers, Phil.

Thanks delfinis38! Yep, you guys are right about the 312s. However, I'd like to have something standard and working to take the car back to if I need and I've got 15"s with plenty of tread left on. Next year I'll be investing in some 16"s and then a Porsche-Brembo 4 pot setup for the front.