Jim Bowen

yeah there is an easy way to it with a long tool, i had the socket on a screwdriver thingy, once you know how to get to it, its quite easy, you have to go up at it from below

what are those ones, they look super dooper 8) 8)

just looking at that elite site and it looks very good :D the symptons page seems to sum up my car!!! thinking i'll get new tyres and get all that done, half thinking of changing suspension too, car is looking higher at the back than the front and its by an inch or so.....might drop the back 60mm and leave the front

thanks for that, just what i need :) can anyone also explain all these terms to me, as i always not sure if when i'm talking to garage we are all on about the same thing or calling the same thing different names. -4 wheel alignment -tracking -camber is there anymore?? do i need all three?

i think i need to find a new garage for this then, the one near me is just handy and they are good to me when i'm stuck or in trouble, decent labour rates too. But i think with them being a local garage they are overrun with jobs for everyone in the village :lol:

just been to VW to order some brake bits, Getting there now :lol: taken ages so far to get this done. I will write it all out into a decent guide when i'm done, with the part numbers, prices, different options etc. anyway, the chap brought up about 4 or 5 different types of caliper for the mk4 golf and i didn't know which i needed, it was mainly the letter at the end of part number that changed, A, B, C, D etc also is it true that they use the same discs and pads as the standard vr6 corrado rear brakes? i've already got the discs pads and braided hoses for the standard brakes. only just considered getting mk4 rears, after getting halfway through refurbing some corrado ones

Mate I upgraded to Mk4 rears as well so I needed the extra ones to go with those. Cheers John, been after a set for ages and couldn't believe it when i seen these at Edition, topped of a brilliant weekend :norty: it now seems i may get mk4 rears :lol: do you just buy the hoses for a mk4 golf? can you get rears on their own or do i need to buy both sets like you have? one for mk3 golf, one for mk4 golf? i have too much of everything now, except money :lol:

what hoses do i need?, i also have already got a mk3 golf goodridge set 6 lines, and a spare set of rear hoses (good ridge also)

ooo "dead spot" thats a great way to describe it, thats how it feels to me :D i think a trip to stealth is needed then, the garage i use isn't really a specialist imo

me and a friend fitted it, then it went to a garage to have the tracking and camber done also new tyres at same time. at the time i fitted (after reading on here) -wishbones & bushes -track rods + track rod ends -top mounts -ball joints -suspension, springs and shocks -Rear anti roll bar (took off after a week and sold though) would engine mounts or gearbox mounts cause wallowy handling? when i put my foot down the front wheels kinda scramble around left and right like they just about to spin up/lose traction

i've not got coilovers just a -40mm weitec kit, althought the front is twice as low as the rear, maybe that causes issues??? am tempted to get some coilovers now as a last resort, but they expensive and if they don't help am really thinking to get rid of car :(

what are those ones? i know a man who has died and left a set behind and i wouldn't mind having them, although am sure someone said they wouldn't fit my C. they are on a transporter pickup at the mo, and looks like there are spacers or adaptors behind them

have you had a look in the dark? use a water spray to spray on bits and keep an eye out for sparks, you can usually hear them too

thats all i can see it being as i've done most of the other stuff. The only areas i don't know much about on my car are: -steering rack or column -rear axle bushes -subframe and where its mounted

i had the same problems before the wishbone was discovered to be loose, and before that i'd taken it to a garage to have camber etc all done, tried loads of different tyres too. it does feel like its on tip toes so to speak, seems very easy to loose grip on the front when turning. i really think i should get someone else to drive it and get their opinons, if it handled and drove how i wanted then i could live with all the other minor issues it has

i have the same, but only if i go through a big puddle, i find water gets on the top of coilpack and can see a spark jumping out of something.

got it fixed, new wishbones fitted. But now the car feels how i remember from before it was a bit shaky and loose. i hate it :( something feels wrong to me still, feck knows what it can be, maybe thats just how they drive. if i cruise along at say 50-60mph and then start to shake wheel left and right a little bit not much happens, so if i increase the shake :lol: it feels really dodgy like the car is doing its own thing to the wheels maybe its the cheap weitec suspension?? car seems to roll and pitch alot and then pull to the side i'm going to do my brakes conversion, finish refurbing the wheels, then its probably going to have to go to stealth racing, the garage i use don't think anything is wrong

just wondering how much under market value they give really, and if they are good for a quick sale

just curious really if anyone has, not sure they'd still be on the forum if people have got rid of their corrado, but never know.

i was thinking that, he's walking around checking car like he hit a rabbit on a country drive and there's supercars flying by :lol:

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i use the wurth stuff, but i've been spraying a complete wheel at a time, theres a thread around here somewhere

i like the jesus wept bit :lol:

so i should get more points in the fantasy game then :lol:

watch it all, looks like some kinda family day out lmfao