ben_wooduk

Indeed it is! I take they arrived safe and sound :) The ones pictured are my new ones but these are my third set. It makes no difference which Corrado i've owned, i've always installed LEDs, its too cheap not too (and my brother nearly drove into the back of me when using green bulbs!!) Plus with LEDs they pass an MOT, they wont any other way.

Here you Go: Standard bulbs: Green Bulbs: LEDs: Only one option IMO

Dont suppose you have the dash board do you?

Well that didnt last long!! Someone royally cocked up there! Hope I still get mine :) Might as well lock then Mods. . . . .

You guys are always banging on about how good this bit of kit is so i thought i'd treat myself. Bit of a bargain price to so thought i'd share: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001KTFIWA

Looks great James, its been waiting 6 years for that job!! Makes it look 100 times better.

Just mindless vandalism then :(

Saving up for a set of coilovers is very boring so just been doing a few things around the car that doesnt cost and also maintenence (Service, tyres etc). Midland vw told me the Tarox discs were the wrong way round, rather embarrassing. I must have said i didnt fit them 20 times to cover my back :LOL: All better now. Whilst the car was at Midland VW they changed the fuel filter for me. Apparently it hadnt been changed for a long time and it was full of rather nasty 'sludge'! Anyhow, the weekend just gone was the first time i have had chance to take it out and my god!!! What a transformation! The difference is like night and day, its drives so smoother and generally power feels better, never thought just a filter could make that much difference. My lastest as she stands favorite pic :) And couldn't resist this, Just makes me want to quote Back to the Future. "Where were going, we dont need roads" :lol: Are removing the injectors easy on a VR? I know the MK3 Golf is OBD2 but if i buy a VR Golf haynes manual is it likely to help? Not too fond of the bentley book.

Did the dash go in the end?

I could. . . . . But the number of times the wrong item has been ordered whist i have been there in person!! Worth a shot though. Good thinking :)

Yeah they are open Saturday. But i have to wait till Saturday to order them, then wait until the following Saturday to collect. Just a bit of a ball ache.

Can you get these off the net? VW is close to me but can only make it on saturday as their opening hours are poo!

All sounds good!! 90mm Splitter is a winner :thumbleft:

Whats wrong with the Bosch one?

Send them back! Get a refund!

Sorry mate, couldn't be further from the truth. The fact was on my 20th birthday i couldn't insure anything else in Corrado flavour, therefore the 8v made me a very happy man! And as already said as a daily driver or just a cruiser (my 8v at least) was fantastic! Such a nice torquey engine to drive. Lets face it, if your driving around town, who knows if its a VR or not!! ( Cant count the wheel studs, Westwoods had wheel caps :lol:)

Dont count them? :scratch:

Sold :)

PM'd ---------- Post added at 05:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:59 PM ---------- Thanks Mate. Regarding the Poly bushes, I never even gave that a thought, I suppose I was just thinking about the longevity of them. I’ll stick with the standard ones in that case. Do you know if we have the pleasure of these still being available from the stealers? ---------- Post added at 06:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:00 PM ---------- Had a few private messages regarding the LED bulbs i fitted so thought i should probably post them here. I brought them from here: http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/ I brought and paid for SKU: 382LED36SBA which are £15.99 for the pair however they sent me SKU: 382LED60SBR-1 which are £11.99 each! Not complaining but dont know if they would do it again. The resistors i brought off ebay from here but any resistors from ebay will do: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2608569329...ht_2412wt_1140

Cheers for all the responses. Jim/Aide i'll definitely have to explore the injector cleaning service you mention but i'll need to call the garage and ask them if its relevant. The car went in due to a hot start issue, it never fails to start but when warm it takes just a little bit longer to kick in. Midland VW have told me the injectors are at fault as they are losing pressure. For the short term they have advised me to turn on the ignition 3 times (when hot) then start to build up the correct pressure (I wasn't sure it would make a difference but it actually seems to work!). James, :lol: he must be an enthusiast! He drives to work on a powerful motorbike he keeps in the garage and the Robin is a weekend car i think, although it has broke down and been recovered twice this week! He drives it round corners way faster than Jeremy Clarkson did, as he hasn't toppled it yet :) The wheels are really cheap, plentiful and a direct fit! Cant be bad!

Or ebay do it, pretty sure its going to be one of the cheapest places to get it!

So after 6 years of Corrado ownership and finally scratching that itch, i finally own a VR6. :dance: Its only took me 6 years to start my own thread! My first car was an 88 passat and after searching the net for various vw related thing i cam accross the Corrado. I brought myself an 8v on my 20th birthday, the insurance for anything other than the 8v or for when i was 19 was crazy at the time! With no knowledge at all i brought the first 8v i found in a respectable distance from myself, luckily it was a goodun! (Very old old phone camera photo, one the size of a house brick :lol:) After being in the family for 5 years between me, my dad and my brother, its now in the capable hands of James (and looking even more shiny). I viewed so many rust buckets searching for a 16v and got very used to the bag of lies people tell just to get you to view their car! I distinctively remember viewing a silver valver in Wolverhampton which he told me over the phone was a minter with 88k on the clock. I started to travel to Wolvo 2 days in a row for him to call and cancel both times!! (I should have told him to stuff it then) but being very eager on the 3rd day I finally got to see it. He was a dodgy dealer and didn't have a clue! All he said was "its got a VR6 grill". Great! It had been broken into at some point, every panel was keyed, wires were hanging out of the speaker pods and the centre console and there was 138k on the clock, 50k more than he stated!! Couldn't get any worse your thinking . . . . . the glove box was open with a stubbed out fag end on the rear side of the glove box lid!! How much effort would it have been to move the fag end and shut the glove box!! You have to laugh sometimes! I also viewed a black rado in Wolvo which the paintwork was described as the best on a rado! When i got there the drivers door had a 1cm high by 25cm wide slit in the door, just a gaping hole like a letter box!?!? Again, I left pretty sharpish! The valver has been to the south of France among many trips and had thousands spent on it. I hadnt finished with it really but one night i told my brother he could have it when i found a VR. 4 months later, a few VR viewings and the thousandth time of hearing "Can i have your car" from the bro I gave in and seriously started looking for a VR. I finally found a black VR in Nottingham that was making all the right noises, almost a full respray and alot of money spent! When i got there he had the engine running already which is a HUGE no no for me, but I was there for over an hour with the seller debating whether to buy. One long test drive and 3 sets of eyes checking and checking again i finally took the plunge! It had been sat for at least a year doing nothing which is why the seller said he was running the engine, he seemed genuine but you never know! Thankfully it has proved to be the right decision. This is how it looked when I brought her. Temporary change to standard lights and loss of eyebrow. Paintwork is lovely, plently of receipts (lots from AMD, 3k in one go on magnecor leads, big bore TB, etc) and rolling road readout of 205.8 bhp (but that was over 6 years ago now!). Since then its had: Swapped for standard lights (had them from previous car) 90mm Splitter - Swapped my 50mm with Pete. Also got to work on the bar that sits behind the splitter as its seen better days! A nice coat of Hammerite later . . . Fitted an original steering wheel (Had a Momo one fitted) Brought a set of TT speedlines, i quite like them but they are only temporary, i had to get rid of the OZ's, i was embarrassed to drive with them on! Not my thing at all. Full service by Midland Vw. They changed the fuel filter which was full of 'gunge' as they put it. I cant believe how much smoother it is to drive now its been changed! Gearbox oil changed too which also makes a huge difference! Lots of other stuff that i cant seem to remember!! :scratch: If anyone wants a set of red rear lights you absolutely MUST buy them from Leon263 from this forum, top top bloke who provides an excellent service! This is my 3rd set i have owned and never seen a set in such mint condition. He sands down all the markings on them and sprays the lot, not just the top half. The quality of finish is outstanding and by far the best money i have spent on a Corrado to date. After a quick polish and wax this is what they look like: Then I thought i'd perform my own light test. Standard lights first which are very red and not very suitable! Then the Green bulbs. Whatever or whoever tells you green bulbs work . . . . . they dont! Too be honest they dont look too bad in this pic, but on the road they are dangerously dim! My brother was very close to driving in the back of me because he didnt see the indicators! Two corrados, one crash, that would have been bad! Then the LEDs, so much better when compared to the other two. For the sake of £15 and a set of £3 resistors it really is soooo worth it! The only worry really is the rear axle bushes need changing, poly ones i reckon and the injectors will need to be replaced in the future. Have i read correctly that they are £95 each?!?!? To do list: A few areas of paint work need attention, nothing major Coilovers, Weitec GTN i'm thinking Would really love black leather seats mmmmm, not really a priority though! New roof strips will be needed soon. And either BBS RCs or Azev As. Not setting any records for being different i know but i love both sets! Anyway i have waffled on for far too long now and i'm impressed you got this far . . no wait, you just skipped to the end didnt you :lol:

Thats a whole lot of neglect!! You can clean as much as you like, you'll always know about those stains!! New interior, good chioce :lol:

Big thank you to Leon263 who must produce the best red rear lights for the Corrado. Finish is absolutely superb as was the service, bloody good bloke! Will never buy all reds from anywhere else!

Has the steering wheel gone? I'll take at full asking if it hasnt.