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The MOT bible: http://www.motester.co.uk/cog.html

You'll need new springs & dampers. The VR6 lump is considerably heavier than the 16v. You'll also need a new steering rack BTW. Quite frankly with prices where they are, and the work involved in what you're contemplating, you'd be better off just trading for a VR6.

Don't forget this guy is driving on the roads with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTpPAtF1Ok (I know utube is a sub-culture in it's own right, but this clip was particularly bad even by the standards of what gets posted on there!)

Yeah... I've been wondering what a Corsa or Peugeot 306 would look like with Corrado bumpers 'cos that's what the muppets around here drive mostly. I'm lucky in that there's a Bournemouth based VW only forum (tidyvag.co.uk) and the word is out. I just wished I'd boobytrapped the old bumpers with a grenade or something... not that I'm still pished off about it y'know !

Thanks James, if you could be so kind as to mention it to Nick or Gary when you speak to them next I'd be very grateful.

Bugger... and to think I was over there last night and forgot to "inspect his Lotus", LOL,

Foggystorm: You have mail G60Jet: No, not really. Being a seaside town Bournemouth is fairly intolerent of pikey's, although I agree anything is possible. A1VR6: Thanks Bill - I guess I should have fitted the rear bumper much sooner eh? LOL. For what it's worth the case has been reported to the Police so if any "raids" turn up anything I will get a nod. Cheers, John

Aww shucks, I'm blushing :oops: :oops:

I don't know if you'll make as much as 280bhp with a charger, given that the SLC has less bhp than a VR6 to begin with, and the relatively low octane levels on sale in the USA compared to Europe. That said, I could easily see you doing 230-240bhp without resorting to other mods. In my view, I'd skip the idea altogether and just put a K&N 57i kit on the car (if you haven't already). You may get beaten in a straight line by a Honda occasionally, but there is nothing they can do replicate the noise of the SLC. Personally if I had to choose between 260bhp/quiet and 200bhp/noisy, I'd take (have taken) the noisy route :D

Not necessarily - if you loosen off the engine subframe and get some decent leverage onto it you can pry it apart far enough to get the bolt in. Heresites: It's a pretty involved job, and needs two people for some parts of it. I engaged a mobile mechanic to help do mine (bear in mind I replaced a lot more than just the wishbones) and it was still a fair bit of work to get done. If you haven't got one already, I suggest you get a Bentley manual rather than ask for a step by step guide. You should look at a few diagrams before you get stuck in. It's about 2-3 hours work each side to do, so plan ahead

You're right. They slipped up already when they stole from me. If I find out who it is they'll be deader than Elvis.

If it's of any help, the front bumper is actually damaged in that it is permenantly attached to the bumper/subframe section by around 15 self tapping screws. This is because the normal fitting plugs got broken 3 years ago, and the bumper needs to be attached to a car with the subframe instead of the normal way. I'm really angry... if this turns out to be someone in the Bournemouth VW scene they are going to be fed to the pigs.

Yesterday a pair of VW Corrado bumpers (1x front, 1x rear) were stolen from the back of my house in Bournemouth. It is my conviction that these were stolen by someone local, possibly the intention of fixing thier own car (Corrado) up. The bumpers are Moonlight Blue pearl effect colour. 1) If the person who stole them is reading this - you should put them back from where you stole them as soon as possible. 2) There are very few Corrado owners in Bournemouth who I have not at least met at some time. The nature of the theft makes me almost certain that someone with local knowledge must have done this... there is therefore a very real chance that I will find out who you are if you have either stolen them, or acquired them from someone. 3) I am not only going to inform the Police, but my contacts in the local bodyshops / trade are now on the lookout for these. Your options in getting them resprayed / fitted without me finding out are small. 4) If anyone on here knows the whereabouts of these bumpers, please PM or call me. You all know I look after my friends, and will be suitably grateful for your help. If the bumpers magically "reappear" then I will not pursue you any further. However if I catch you in possession of them (and I can identify some unique marks on them very easily) then you had better be wearing protection when I come to reclaim them. Thanks for your help, John p.s. Don't think I'm stupid, I'm keeping an eye on eBay for you as well...

I've had have Polyflex bushes since November, and to be honest they're great - very "tight" and controlled feeling and not crashy at all. In my case I opted for them because the setup of the car is biased towards track use and the modifications on the car result in greater forces exerted on the suspension/transmission componants, so stock bushes will wear far more quickly. There really is no comparison; the Polyflex items are so massively over engineered compared to the OE wishbone bushes... I think they'll easily outlast the rest of the car! That said the standard bushes are still pretty damned good, and simply replacing knackered old ones with new items will be more than good enough for 75% of drivers. You also have to consider that the a Polyflex kit isn't exactly small change so you really have to want a set. I think mine were just over £130 for just the front ones (incl ARB bushes) Here's a picture of the before/after of my own install:

I bought a set of VR6 front wishbones from GSF in October. Unlike the 16v items they come with bushes already pressed in, which saves a lot of work (unless you're planning to upgrade the bushes as I did!) From what I understand, different batches of wishbones may or may not have new ball-joints already fitted in (another useful job job). I was lucky as mine came like that, but to be honest it's down to luck at the time you order them in. Don't harrange the GSF staff if they come without the ball joints prefitted. It really is out of thier control, and you can't order them - it really is down to luck. I should also mention that these items incurred a lofty discount when I waved my CCGB membership card - they knocked off a lot more than 15% on the ones I bought! Good luck - John

Hilarious clip. What I keep giggling at is the "I got away with no injuries because I wasn't wearing a seatbelt" aspect of it. Of course he's ignoring the injuries he'll get when the Police eventually interview him, and the 'injuries' he'll sustain when he has to pick the soap up in the prison showers if he gets put away, LOL.

The difference in ride quality between different brands of coilovers is more than you would believe possible in my experience. Of course there is a world of difference between "ride quality" and "handling quality" but since it's ride you've mentioned specifically I'll concentrate on that - solving ride and handling needs a lot more time & effort to do. I'd suggest trying the following to start with : a) If the dampers are adjustable wind them round as soft as you can set them, and then slowly increment them up until the ride starts to jar again. b) If that fails, try winding the height up 5mm or 10mm. It won't make a lot of difference to the way the car looks, but even that small amount of adjustment may give you the extra compliance needed to solve the problem. From what you say about "crashing" over potholes it seems as though your front suspension is running out of travel and hitting the bumpstops. c) Check the state of the lower wishbone bushes. Fitting rock-hard suspension may have exposed some slop in those bushes which was previously disguised by the softer springs/dampers you had before, and the new suspension will now be putting them under a lot of duress. If they are farked, as you say you can get a pair of replacement wishbones with bushes already pressed in for around £100 at GSF. I wouldn't bother doing the ARB bushes at this point - they're a bugger to change and they aren't the cause of the ride problem. If none of those things resolve the problem then I'm afraid we're back to the actual coilovers themselves. Initially when I started writing this I didn't realise what you had fitted to the car but now I've noticed you've got a Weitec kit. Hmm... there's no easy way to say this but I've come across Weitecs before fitted to both VR6 and G60 cars and the ride was very hard and crashy in both instances, and there was nothing which could be done to really solve the basic issues. The root causes were strong spring rates which are really designed more for the German market rather than the (far more lumpy) British roads. The dual-spring design also exacerbates the crashiness compared with other makes which use a single, dual rate spring. I hope you manage to make the car reasonable by trying to adjust it. I really l hate to give folks bad news especially when they've just spent £money, but it's probably better that I tell you rather than you sit there wondering why it's all so bloody bad to drive no matter how you adjust it. As a general rule of thumb you do get what you pay for with coilovers, and anyone who's ever wondered why Koni or H&R kits are >£700 have that question answered the first time they ride in a car fitted with them. In the event that you try and send the Weitec's back, you should also avoid buying Bilstein & Avo coilovers, because both of those are also more attuned to the German market and (although excellent brands) are also far too hard for comfortable use on UK roads. Sorry...

I've run two VR6's with Brembo upgrades, first a 328mm and now a (Seat) 323mm kit on the current car. I also know a few folks who've put the 305/312 kits on thier cars. If you're running 312's you really shouldn't have too much trouble. Obviously you need to be running at least 16's - the main issue you need to work around is clearing the wide Brembo calipers but even that's not too bad. A lot comes down to what kind of wheel you are looking for. The Seat ones mentioned will fit easy-peasy but in my experience finding a set second hand is tough because all the guys on the Seat Forums with "lesser" models keep snapping them up to make thier cars look like Cupras! No matter though - you should be able to fit something like BBS RC's in 7½x17 without needing spacers. If you are happy going up to an 8" width your options will be even greater. A lot comes down to the design of the wheel at the width you're working at, as it's the spokes which foul the calipers and designs vary y'know. Frankly if you are concerned about it then don't take a chance - find a decent tyre/wheel fitters and ask for advice or see if they can test fit one for you. There are online resources available which tell you about the offset/width/clearance issues, but frankly it's a lot less sodding about to talk to someone in the trade about it. I can certainly tell you that Compomotive MO 7x17s fit with tons of space to spare, because they're designed for motorsport use and because I have over ½" of clearance to the calipers on the ones on my car. To illustrate the point about clearances though my old 8" Mim Amalfi's only had about 1mm clearance despite being an inch wider and the same offset... p.s. bear in mind that if you start to go over 7½" rim widths, that 205 width tyres will start to "stretch" off the rim. It's not a problem per se, but you need to start watching those wheel lips on kerbs.

The guy is a berk, and he's clearly trying to do the human race a favour by killing himself. He's tried having an accident without a seatbelt fitted and reckons it's safer than way. It's only a matter of time before Darwin selects him...

This will surely fail as only a few insurers will try to push ahead with it, and nobody will bother to insure with them if they do. Market economics can be a wonderful thing you know. Out of interest, did Direct Line give you a quote for how much reduction they would offer you in exchange for this attack on your civil liberties? Do you have with/without tracker quotes? Betcha they weren't offering more than 15%...

Mate it's talk like that which will get you into trouble all over again, hurrrh, hurrrh, haaah!

Welcome

Hi Alex, So I guess we'll really have to set about helping George to sell RAN now that you've fallen for a younger model eh, LOL. Good to see you back mate, and pleased that you didn't kill yourself in the RX7... mind you it's probably hard to roll a car at kerb-crawling† speeds eh, ha ha ha. I was talking to PD Enterprises a few weeks ago & your name came up, we were talking about maybe paying you a visit, but now you have the most reliable car out of all of us you can bloody well drive to Bournemouth for a night out. Cheers, John † (n.b. Although this appears to be a bit of lively libel, the guys on the Seat Cupra forum swore to me that it was Alex who used to "patrol" the McDonalds car park in Brentwood on Friday nights!!)

Likes : Low riders "Stealth" cars (or "Q" cars) - sheds with hidden special abilities :wink: Indiglo dashboard conversions Black / motorsport wheels The classic euro look; clean, dechromed, BBS, old school Concours standard (unmodified) show cars - the older the better "Rat" cars Anything aircooled & still running 2-tone paint jobs Side exit exhausts Turbos where they shouldn't exist Dislikes Wheels over 18", Spinners Burberry or Tartan interiors, 1970's roofracks Anything ridiculously slammed & undrivable / no travel (unless lowrider) Crystal rear lights / angel eyes All neon Exterior "maxpower" type stickers 5" tailpipes Just my contribution, I'll get my flame suit on...

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