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Sorry for the slackness with updating this, i havent had a pc, but now got it back and braodband:D A bit of an update, my mate has been working away for the last couple of weeks, so he will travel to fit :) if he can get a few jobs around the same area. He can do stitched designs, but he said they are expensive, and take him a while to do, think its one of those jobs he does but doesnt like doin hehe Im meeting him later this week, to discuss things im more detail - to be honest i didnt think there would be this much interest!!! i'll have pics then too. 1 question are all corrado interiors the same?? i know the door cards are different between late and old, and you get 'hump' and non hump rears, are there ay other differences?

I did ask about alcantara and he said that would be the same price, but not sure if he meant all alcantara or 1/2 ...... i'll find out yep, i'll ask him for some pics and get them posted

He's based in Colchester, but i know he travels around fitting leather, not sure how far he goes but he was doing a job in birminham the other week. there is always the optin of sending your seats down - cost would be kept as cheap as possible as i work in haulage, but no seats in a carrado might be a bit of a bugger!!!

think im gonna go for a dark red leather :) is it the campagins that were blue with red leather , very nice :D

i have seen a mk4 he did and i thought it came out of the factory with leather, there was no baggyness , ruffles or ripples in the leather - hope that makes sense lol when i have seen cheap leather the material never seems to fit right, but these looked good

Is any one interested in a leather retrim?? just gauging reaction/interest because if i can get a few people interested i think i can get it done for £895 - Which sounds like a good price to me considering the price of secondhand leather, but im not sure how much a re-trim normally cost, so it might not be that good a deal!! the deal s my friend has started his own business and is trying to get his name out there, he has been retrmming cars for about 8 years with the same firm who specialised in doing after market leather for Mercedes and BMW. im seeing at the weekend so i'll ask him if thers any questions (MODS - sorry didnt know where to put this as its not actually for sale)

Just found out Its possible but you need to get a 2 piece adaptor :shock: and theyre £300

can you get 4x100 to 5x114 adaptors??? and is it possible to run 9x17 wheels??

I think any car paint supplier should have a plethora of folders full of colour chips for you to look through, when i had to get some paint there were loads of folders on the counter

I agree, the thing is im not even looking to change my car, infact im totally happy with it, but the price of the Storm is not much more than a regular VR so its one of those bargains that dont come along that often - but its green

I spent ages finding my Corrado, and have spent the last few years changing my 16v to just how i want it , and its nearly there just need a bit of leather and a 4branch!! its got a 170bhp Gti enginneering 2.0 G60 brakes Koni's ZW1's audio scape door pods+nice sounds, sound stream, Nakamichi, id etc aqua blue ( i think) plus other stuff its great to drive and i realy like and wouldnt get rid of it however, I have been offered one of my friends very honest Stroms at a reasonable price!!!! which i would of jumped at but its green :( which i dont like that much, but its a storm!! and a VR!!! But is there any point in selling a car that you really like for a car which would be perfect but for the colour hmmm

Flusted - Thanks! When does your linmiter cutin? m cuts in about 8k!!

Ok here goes , I have a 1.8 that’s been bored out to 2.0 and when I got the engine I also got a ‘modified’ ECU which I lost so never fitted, but I found it yesterday :) . Im sure I read somewhere that its not possible to modify the ECU on the 1.8s….. Is it possible to modify the ECU on a 1.8 16v??? And is it possible to run a bored out 1.8 with a 2.016v ecu ,or are they the same ECU anyway????

Kev - Its a 1.8 16v Supercharged - Just checked the jack and its got the yellow sticker and a pic of a blue corrado on it

Im running 17's

I have lowered my car on koni's and unfortunately got a flat tyre, i tried to jack up the car(standard jack), but the jack was not high enough!!! THe way i managed to get round this was to borrow another jack and jack up the suspension at the same time, im just glad it was a sunny day otherwise it would of been so much worse!!! I thought something was up but the handling is fine.... So I took the car to TSR (where i bought the suspension) and they said its just the way it is, and i need to carry a trolley jack and jack from a point further under the car.....not the answer i wanted :( !!! I have had lowered cars before and NEVER had this problem before, does anyone else have this prob??

I was 2 cars back from a Grey L plate in Colchester Business Park, yesterday morning. Could that be Kev?? Kev, I think you saw me Blue H plate with 4stud ZW1s!!!!

Jesus no, i dont think anyone would get ride of there Corrado, however if they have stripped it and the worthless carcass is just sitting there I think they would like it removed,saves the hassle of geyting it to the dump!!! The cars do not have to be running..... He takes ANY car from a rusty rotten mini to a 52 plate Bentley! I got rid of my brothers 88 Volvo 340 in white with a broken g/box, im sure there is no value in that!! Pm me for his number

Hello, One of my friends has just started collecting and scrapping old unwanted cars for free, yes FREE!! Thought it might be handy if anyone has an old car rotting in there front garden, I have just got rid of mine!! If you are around any of these areas Frinton-on-sea, Colchester, Ipswich, Chelmsford, just give me a shout and i will pass on your details (I have not got his number on me, will add it tomorrow) Hopefully this will help somone out, as i think free is better than paying £30! Cheers

Hello, Im sure I found a post with all the years and engine codes inc mk3 golfs, but just tried looking for it again and cant find it!! My question, do all mk3 2.0 16v golfs use the ABF engine?? My friend has written off his golf and has offered me the engine (bottom end), but the car is in a salvage yard so he cant check the engine code... Anyone know?

Its with a company called Simarco 01376 505403 The company i work for ship goods round the world and this is the company i use bi-weekly to portugal, very good service. Not sure if you would need to deliver to colchester, i said colchester to them just to get a quote for you

from colchester to 1050-068 Portugal £95

What size wheels, how many, do they have tyres and have you got an area code in Portugal

Kef UniQ that’s a very nice piece of car audio, use to have them myself running with rainbow cross-overs. I would go for a nakamichi cd 400, amazing sound and looks, and put a JL w7 in the boot, maybe put a pair of quality 6inch midbass (ID) in there as well - but its budget dependant You say its for a demo car, how long is the install going to be in? I might be able to help you with some bits

The wheels are actually not for the corrado but my gf's BMW compact, it went to the body shop for some arch mods, but they could not pull them enough for the 255s and i dont fancy the idea of a bodykit! Thorpey - thanks for the info!!!!!!!!