DaveVR6

Almost works, just the bumpers make it look 'pinched' Maybe a early shape rado would have worked better

This chaps good... http://www.liquidmetalrefinement.co.uk/ not near portsmouth through.

I think the comments on youtube say it all... e.g. "You have got something stcuk to the front of your car mate, just incase you didnt notice!" and "completely ruined a brilliant car. fu*king idiot"

A friend of mine used to have one.... genuinely scary cars (and not in a good way) body felt like it was no more than a few sheets of tin foil

Doesnt it invalidate your insurance if your driving license isnt up to date? e.g wrong address

Wouldnt this thread benefit from a poll?!

Yea, not sure if you can see from that photo, but theyd put a line through the word 'turbo' and stuck on a supercharged badge...

Couple of photos if there any use..

Yup, had the same problem myself. It was a 2 man job to get off. Loads of WD40 on it then its worth putting a socket on it and givin it a few good bashes with a hammer to see if that frees it, failing that..... One person needs to literally get into the passenger footwell and feel for the other side of the bolt, its got a really thin hex nut on it which is right upagainst the blukhead, you will need to clamp it with an adjustable spanner or summet while the other person slowly turns the nut thats in the engine bay. Its a real pain case the nut in the footwell is extremely difficult to get good grip on. Best of luck!

Yup, quick pull and they should pop out. The they just click back in

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Maybe if you remove the stereo cage as well you could get your hand down to unhook the bowden cables. But the bowden cables are very tricky to unhook, plus try are held down by clips (which I almost lost a fingernail to while trying to detach!).

The problem I had is that there wasnt enough length in the bowden cables to get it far enough out to detach them. I couldnt unhook them with out taking the centre console out

Yup, no amount of twisting or wriggling will get it out without removing the centre console. As herisites says its farily easy, but you will need a stubby or bending screwdriver to get to the vertical screw that is just to the left of the clock pop surround

how about this one: http://www.eastsidevw.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5358&highlight= Its not the styling, just not a fan of the car itself, seems to have lost its soul.

There wasnt many at all.. Not really a fan of MK5's but the second one looked very tidy.

I had to do this job over the weekend, followed chuck's instructions and managed to do it (took 5 hours though!) without removing the dash. Although I recon it is easier to unclip the fan arm from the heater unit, take the fan arm out first then remove the wide plastic air duct thats just behind the centre console. This way the heater unit is alot easier to get out and replace. Also check the routing of the heater bowden cables when replacing the heater unit , make suer they arent too tight.

If its an aftermarket alarm, itll either be either behind the bottom of the centre console or behind the glovebox. The only way I found out about my alarm was to take the lower drivers side trim off and actually look at the alarm model.

Own a small garage in Sheffield, that’s why the work is so slow, need to fit it around all the other work :( A VW specialist garage? Which part of sheff? Could do with a garage near me that knows corrados!

instead!? May as well leave the blower on as well! :twisted:

Im fairly close to Nottingham as well, just of J29

VW Steelies arent they?

jonsmart, did you pull the plastic wheel arch trim off? if so was there any rusting underneath?

Looks very nice... agree with Son of a Beesting though, stick to coupe s headlights. My mk2 is under a sheet at the minute resting up for the winter, i got hold of some polished p-slots for it, but then dropped it too low and now they wont fit under, so gonna have to sell them :(

Cheers tonytiger, that sounds about right.