coolrado

if you can look down the pipe into the cat and shine a torch through the cat it should be a nice fine honeycomb pattern if there are any large holes or patches that are blocked up or look melted together its probably knackered

well mine is on the complete original system so thats about 13 years and if a cat has nine lives that means it should last about 117 years :lol: :roll:

there is one on e-bay at the mo

didnt realise they made them that new :shock: :lol: :lol: most MOT'ers wont be bothered by the lack of cat though

cheers i am going to get the rsr outlet anyway so that wont be a problem, and i might be getting a cutom all alloy intercooler made soon as i have been quoted 180 squid for one the same size as the rallye intercooler but with a choice of where the pipes go 8)

or replace the brass armature bushes with ball races and it will be totally silent and last much longer, try using a light oil/grease on the bushes my mate has to do this on his golf now and then to keep it quiet

its not for the corrado specifically its just to attach the gaitor to the base of the knob, try demon tweeks they dont show them on their site but im sure they have them in the shop

cheers henny so does the heat exchanger just unbolt through the center and get replaced by the sandwich plate or do you need to change the mounting/take off plate too?

doh! i should have known that as i have seen it about four times now :lol: i actually need a new volume knob and fascia casing for mine as the chrome coating on the volume knob has peeled leaving a razor sharp edge, and the fascia has cracked where it clips on due to me moutain biking with it in my pocket :roll:

i meant pics of the actual take off plate really as i was just a bit unsure of how much room there is around it

momo sell a different collar for the gear knob for the gaitor to sit in

fair enough, let me guess........... alpine 8) i would have gone for alpine too but at the time they didnt produce what i needed as far as inputs go, and i got my pioneer 7" screen new for 175 quid and anything was better than the kenwood d mask + i had before it which was awfull i may upgrade to alpine soon though

do the oil cooler kits g-werks supply use a thermostatic sandwich plate ?? and do the oil/water heat exchangers just unbolt from the take-off plate then? anyone got pics of this done to a g60? i might be taking my charger down to g-werks for some fettling soon(have to remember to cover it in tippex :roll: :lol: :lol: ) so an oil cooler will be needed as well

is the mk3 2L 16v box a straight swap then as i know of a mk3 with rear fire damage (caravan it was towing was crashed into and crushed the propane cylinder :onfire: ) will have to find out if its a 2L though

as leather is just animal skin its not really possible to re-surface it as its not a synthetic surface just had a search on tinternet and found these it says for lotus but they may do others and it seems very cheap http://www.bell-colvill.co.uk/Shop/Deta ... ?Id=BCMS27 you could also try contacting other wheel manufacturers and classic car restorers as most classic cars at the shows have had the wheel re-trimmed i might try doing this myself on my old mountney 12" wheel from the bond bug just to see how hard it actually is as seats seemed quite easy

whoever did that to those wheels deserves a slap :roll:

i've got a pioneer deh-p8400mp head unit which has one of those oel displays which reverse colours every 10 seconds or so, only problem is now the darker nights have set in it gets quite distracting as it lights the inside of the car up, i am sure i remember someone on here mentioning a way of stopping it reversing. might have been henny (not suprisingly) :lol: any ideas :?:

ah well too late to say happy birthday so .......happy hangover day :lol:

the phone stopped working yesterday so it looks like its been locked but not before he managed to clock up 7 hours worth of calls to porno phone lines and canada :lol: :lol: he also checked the voice mail message and it is the theiving little scumbags phone, maybe he will think twice next time, or probably nick something else to pay the phone bill :roll:

well my mate has been phoning premium rate phone lines all day and its still working this chav git is going to be in for one hell of a bill :lol: :lol:

cheers for that nice to see someone who actually sells the looms still willing to share his knowledge :thumb right:

anybody know what colours do what on the 4 pin headlight plugs as i am in work at the moment with nothing better to do than make up a headlight loom, i have a set of the headlight plugs so i dont have to alter the cars wiring at all the 4 wires are thick brown (im guessing ground) thick yellow thick white thin grey/red the c is at home so i cant check it with a meter

its the only kind of justice that works with these kind of people im not a violent person but when i see someone damaging my pride and joy there is no way im going to let them off lightly as i know the police are powerless to do anything about it a friends next door neighbour bought his first motorbike to get to work on two weeks ago, two days later it was nicked out of his garage they reported it to the police and got a crime ref ect ... the next day his dad was driving through a local (quite rough) housing estate and saw a lad sitting on the bike talking to a bunch of his chav mates he calmly pulled up next to them got out and grabbed for the lad but he got away, but he did find out who he was , he told the police who he was and his address but the police said oh the officer who is dealing with this case is on holiday til wednesday and there is nothing further we can do, and they wonder why people take justice into their own hands :mad: :mad:

ive just got a text from him and he thinks its a contract sim as he has allready used it for 2 hours, anybody know of some really expensive numbers he can dial :evil: :evil:

my mate just rang me from a number i didnt know , he found a samsung t100 on the grass next to where my c was parked when he left for work this morning, looks like this little pr!ck got more than he bargained for :lol: :lol: this just gets better and better