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  1. Posted

    Thinking of respraying my LAV9 G60 before it comes to australia with me, or maybe having it done when its there in case of shipping damage

    Anyone know of someone good and cheap within a reasonable distance from ipswich, suffolk to take my car to??

     

    I've just come back from living in Australia. No Corrado's there, in fact they've never even heard of them!

     

    However! Bodywork is pretty cheap in Oz and the nice warm/dry weather means you can get a decent job done anytime of year. Get it done there mate!

     

    Also, TOTALLY fill the car with as much stuff as possible! The airmail cost is HUGE! Cost me £200 to bring a bike plus a few other things back...

     

    Even if you cant fill the car, put in stuff you'll miss like Orange Fanta and decent chocolate! (they've got heinz tomato sauce now though!).

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    have you got urls for snappy gaitors and dub designs? cheers guys

     

    I have enquired about the handbrake boot from dub design and got this reply:

     

    Hello, the brake boot is more black then in the picture. I think the

    lighting made it look that way. It matches the interior trim very well.

    I wouldn't say it's 100% black but it's very close. Shipping would be

    about $10 for regular air (2 -3 weeks, no tracking or insurance) or $35

    for expresspost (1 week deliver + tracking and insurance).

     

     

    Regards,

     

    Anh

    Dub Design Industries

    http://www.dubdesignindustries.com

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    I've fixed mine too!!!

     

    I've learnt the value of a quality fuse.

    The fuses in my corrado are all the same brand and are the horseshoe shape type where there is no plastic accross the top. I blew 4 of those testing the circuit so I put in one from RS components where it's the normal whole rectangle of plastic like Halfords do. Didn't blow and the lights work for the first time in 6 weeks!

     

    I would have taken apart the whole dash on Saturday if I hadn't tried a different make of fuse!

  7. Posted

    Golddust

     

    Did I see you at the BP station RB on the A421 in MK last night???

     

    I was in the white G60 next to you - I'm assuming it was you as it's the only nugget yellow C I've seen in MK.

     

    That would be the white Corrado I was asking about! You dissappeared off down the H9... I was stuck in that queue that was going nowhere!

     

    Where in MK are you based? I'm in Furzton.

  9. Posted

    Bugger, I decided to see if this was the cause of my lack of dash illumination and... well I'm half way there. Fuse 3 WAS blown and I've got a new headlight switch. SO, I swapped fuse 3 and it blew as soon as I put the lights on.

     

    Guess this means I've got a short circuit.... Any ideas where to start looking?

     

    Anyone got a wiring diagram for this circuit?

     

    (Incidentally hiding the fuse box behind that pocket/tray made it extra hard to find!)

  10. Posted

    ill second that i had a very simular problem.... and it was a tiny vacuum pipe off the airbox

     

    I know I'm missing at least one vacuum pipe but I've no idea where it's supposed to connect to... Think someone's done a number on my engine as there's a T piece that's been blocked off with a screw etc.

  16. Posted

    Golddust, your car looks fantastic...would be great to see it, do you local boys meet up at all at some point?

    Not had any meet up yet as I've not had the C very long. About a month now. Should organise something, although as the moment it runs like a dog with 1 leg.... (not very well!)

  19. Posted

    Oh bugger :-(

     

    OK, Sunday I removed the Idle valve and warm up valve (aka cold start valve). I gave them a good clean and actually dissmantled the warm up valve, cleaned inside and reassembled. Now things are worse than ever!?!?

    After starting this morning it was desperately trying to stall and touching the accelerator drops the rpm to 200 and it tries to cut out, foot off and it picks up... Was just about better after about 2 miles but still not good!

     

    Very confused....

     

    And before you ask, nope I still didn't check the injectors. :oops:

  20. Posted

    "Wolfsburg Edition" badges on a Corrado reduce your power by 20bhp :lol: & your street cred to 0 :shock:

     

    :shock: So that's why my 16v has been running so crap!!!??? It came with wolfsburg badges all over the place, and no VW ones....

     

    I'm off to remove them for the drive home! Anyone got a standard VW one for the tailgate?

  23. Posted

    paint em black & they wouldnt be to bad.. :roll:

     

    I've got a similar set finished in Anthracite in my shed. They're only 15" though. Got yellow writing around the rim and look pretty good on my C, but now I got 17's ;-)

  24. Posted

    May as well I guess!

    I just figured they couldn't be serviced as parts. Will give it a go though.

     

    Incidentally, I just called "Wayside Part Centre" in Bletchley about a cold start valve, they're £117.80 + VAT and they're on back order so they don't even know when they'll have any!

  25. Posted

    OK,

    I've replaced pretty much everything I can think of to cure my running/ignition problems so now I guess it's onto the bigger things.

     

    Latest thinking is that maybe it's either the cold start valve or the idle valve.

    Anyone got any prices on these? I'm close to both a Euro car parts and a VW Stealership so all avenues accepted, including 2nd hand parts (anyone got some?).

     

    Cheers!

     

    So far:

    Fuel filter, plugs, leads, cap, rotor, dizzy, air filter clean (K&N). What else is there?

    Problem is crap running on cold start. Takes about a minute to do a warm start! Plus it runs crap when I floor it!

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