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I had these in my valver. They're very good for the price. I did find that they 'fluffed-up' quite quickly on the heel pad, but for the money you can't complain.

Happy days! :thumbleft:

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Ooops looks like I missed something Andy! ;) The last one I bought was about £14 from VW. I've heard a lot of people say that this earth strap doesn't serve any purpose. I've replaced it on two Golfs now - more for originality sake but on both occasions nothing worked better after replacing it.

I think the gold is Marmite! :thumbleft: The C is crying out for a B12 kit now I think ;)

Today I shot down to Wiltshire to pick up a spangley set of gold Speedlines from Chris (V-Dubstar.) I was mostly interested in the new tyres however I don't think the gold looks too bad at all - I think they'll be staying! The tyres are slightly smaller than my old ones - I've gone from 205/50 down to 195/50 now. Perhaps even more reason to lower the car a little! The fresher tyres seem to have helped my trim rattle woes a little - just a little though! lol Thanks again Chris - great to meet you :thumbleft:

Shame on the boo moment - hopefully it's a simple fix. Great yay moment! The Speedlines look excellent

Thanks for the links Zak :thumbleft:

Thanks for the info. To be honest it had crossed my mind as I couldn't think of any other way to get it sitting right again. I've done that on a MK2 Golf before and it worked a treat. I thought the parcel shelf straps may have been adding to the squeaks as they do squeak when you move them on their pins. However, detaching them made no difference! lol. Having fitted four nearly new tyres this afternoon, that's helped a little as I guess they're a little more supple than the old ones. Next up will be trying to realign the tailgate. After that, I think it may be old, tired suspension that's not helping.

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Thanks chaps. I had thought of driving without the trim, but keep thinking in my head it's the tailgate. I guess it's just a job of patience!! lol

Well as per Paddy's pic above, the N/S trim is correct, I just hadn't noticed the slot so it's sat in there fairly well now. The O/S one only has half a tab. However, I thought I'd do the O/S speaker shelf today - I'm glad I did - I found the seatbelt bolt loose and it's almost hanging off the body!! On the upside, I thought 'great' - that must be a big source of my rattles. Erm....sadly not :( I still don't seem to have cured much if any. I think a lot of the squeaks and rattles are coming from the tailgate. The gap between the tailgate and body on mine seems too large. However, I have tried before adjusting the rubber bump stops and the boot catch attached to the body but it's made no difference. It just got to a point where the tailgate wouldn't latch closed. It sounds almost like the tailgate is a little loose and it's rattling up and down but I can't feel any movement in it. More head scratching required me thinks!

Isn't that 15 problems not 10? Boom, there you go, one to strike off the list :thumbleft:

Welcome to the forum! Congrats on your first Corrado and watercooled.:thumbleft: I don't know the car, I'm sure someone here will.

Lol, fair dos! It looks pukka to me!! It sounds like it should last. It will be interesting to see - but all black is the way to go for sure. :thumbleft:

Aw thanks Andy, cheque's in the post :thumbleft:

Nice work on painting the roof trim black. How did you go about not painting over the illuminated symbols on the switches? Or had you sourced a black switch panel?

Will do, good point :thumbleft:

Just to be really safe it may be worth trying another battery off a mate to be 100% certain yours is ok and it's not dropped a cell or something. Otherwise, have you also checked/cleaned the connections to the starter motor? This to include the little earth strap that comes out of the body. Failing that, it could be the starter itself. I had similar on my old 2.0 16v. I cleaned all the connections and it was ok for a while but ended up having to buy a new starter motor. If you do need to go down that route, FYI I found at the time GSF to be the cheapest, once you had given them your old one back.

Welcome the forum, you both have good taste in VWs! That Corrado looks really tidy. Tell us more - owners, mileage? Work needs doing? ...and more pics! :)

I've got trim foam tape under the perimeter of it, it must be the tab isn't home properly in to the C-pillar - or the tab is not 100% complete. I'll check. Thanks again for the feedback chaps :thumbleft:

Haha :thumbleft:

Ah cool, I may give it a bash then. I looked on ebay and the DEI was only about £8. Is there room for all the gubbins to go up in the sunroof switch panel?

Cheers for the pic Paddy. I think mine looks like that - I'll have to check fitment again. Goldie - I'm with you now in the insanity stakes!! :bonk:

The trim rattles have been driving me crazy (Such a rare C problem I know! lol) So yesterday I started on taking trim panels off and covering everything in trim tape!! I've only done the near side parcel shelf mount, speak and rear quarter card so far - and am not sure if I've succeeded in doing anything other than adding a new squeak to the list! :bonk: However, one question - the trim cover around the rear seat belt here; It's only got the one screw to fix it in place and the top edge with the split in it just seems to sit loosely around the surrounding trim. Is this supposed to fit in to place a little tighter than pictured?