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  8. Posted

    They will fit no problems mate, although depending on centre bore diameter in mm you may need to use spigot rings to centre them onto the hub properly (no biggie though £15 for set of 4 from wheel accesory shops etc.). Also quite rare wheels and difficult to get hold of now. I believe they are AEZ Paron wheels, G60Dan on here run's them on his Corrado G60, here's a pic, I reckon they suit the Corrado very well !

     

     

     

    http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... =aez+paron

  9. Posted

    Get one like mine Bill, G60 or 16V bellhousing, VR6 1st / 2nd / 4th and 5th gears, G60 final drive (or 3.94 final drive if you want mental acceleration but low top speed) Peloquin ATB (automatic torque-biasing) differential, and Sachs helix clutch with lightened and balanced flywheel and you won't go wrong.

     

    Has been a few discussions on this previously though mate :wink:

     

    Cheers

  11. Posted

    I really like these wheels but I would get them in gloss black, think they look well ard' and good for the race look ! Think thye would look trick with big set of brakes behind them (have good clearance).

     

    Cheers

  13. Posted

    Plenty of information available on here mate, I did a quick search and found this:

     

    http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... argecooler

     

    and

     

    http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... argecooler

     

    and

     

    http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... argecooler

     

    and

     

    http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... argecooler

     

    In my opinion, running a front-mount intercooler is far better idea, cleaner engine bay, efficient when in motion which is what your car will be doing 90 % of the time anyway, less hassle to install as no pre-rad or messy piping to sort. I would use this in combination with a good water-injection system i.e a progressive and mappable one such as the Aquamist 2d system.

     

    Cheers

  17. Posted

    Yeah very good Madjackal, a pothole isn't an "inanimate object" lying in the road for a start.....it's a HOLE mate.

     

    And if there is oncoming busy traffic flow how are you supposed to avoid a huge pothole in the road ??

     

    And councils or the contractors they employ to do their maintenance, have "a duty of care to maintain and upkeep roads to a safe and appropriate standard for all road-users".

     

    I rest my case.

     

    PS. My name's not Gary and I wasn't proud of the Venom's but they came free with the car :lol:

  18. Posted

    You are perfectly entitled to make a claim for damage caused to your vehicle / wheels by potholes or speed-humps etc. If it's potholes, either the coucil themselves or the contractors they use to maintain roads in their locality are responsible for maintaining the roads to a safe and adequate state. If the council denies responsibility and refuses to pay out through their insurers by saying it's the contractors fault, then take it up with the roads contractor / contractors insurers.

     

    And BTW, how is it the drivers fault that they get a buckled wheel from the pothole or whatever ?? Drivers can't always make evasive manoevers to avoid holes they see at the last minute :roll:

     

    I had a claim about 5 years ago with Aberdeen City Council over a buckled alloy TSW Venom alloy wheel which was on my CRX at the time (sorry guys !) caused by hitting a large (roughly 80cm x 140 cm !!) pothole in the road which I could not avoid etc. I made sure that after the damage was caused I went back within the hour to photograph the hole including it's dimensions, and THEN called the council to report the damage / get a claim form sent.

     

    Next day the hole had been filled in - see pics for damage and the actual hole. The council denied responsibility saying their was no evidence that the hole caused the aforementioned damge, however, I had a passenger / witness in the car at the time of the incident and had the digital images so I was in the clear. I ended up taking them to the small claims court and and was awarded £120 to replace the wheel plus court my costs. And about a month after the court case I got a cheque from the council's insurers, Zurich Municipal to cover the cost of a new wheel and court costs plus a wee bit left over :wink:

     

    So yes, it is worth making a claim, just make sure you do it ASAP and get pics of the hole BEFORE it gets filled in !

  19. Posted

    Have had no REAL problems with Brentacre so far, apart from them not protecting my NCB when I first took out policy and then saying I never asked for this to be done....yeah, like I would risk losing 6 years NCB just for one claim ???

     

    So I had to cancel policy and then take out another one which cost me another £100 (cancellation charge and increase in premium for protected NCB) (oh and weird, I am 28 yrs old this year as well).

     

    That said I currently pay about £650 fully comp with protected ncb, 5 points on licence and 7500 mileage limit with ALL mods and BHP limit on engine of XXX BHP, with agreed value as well, however, my XS is £450 which is pretty steep.

     

    John at Brentacre Insurance is helpful, friendly and drives a 16VG60 MK2....

  23. Posted

    There is no way that the figure for 0-60 was 8.9 secs for the Corrado G60, IIRC is was around 7.5-7.8 from most motor mag tests. Also the MK5 FSI is a lot heavier so wouldn't be a patch on the G60 in terms of performance.

     

    Cheers

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