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There's a guy on the Zetec-S Owners Club and UK Fiesta Network that done it in his car and it looked awesome. Here's a link to his thread: HERE

Yeah i will get the right one. I might get on from the group buy as they seem quite good!

First things on the list mate, after all we live in britain so good wipers are essential and i drive a lot at night so i want good headlights!! I understand that the loom is easy to fit, is this correct?

Thanks Ryan, it will look much better when im finished with it :D i am going to leave it standard for a while though to get used to it then start to add things. I am going to add essentials straight away though like Lupo wipers and uprated healight loom!

Yeah thanks guys, i know not to let my heart overule my head, i have the buyers guide and i intend to check everything and i am taking a mate and he wont let me get it unless he is happy with it as well even though i am the one with the money!! lol

Cheers mate! I'm going to look at the blackberry one in the trader. The guy has owned a few corrados and loves them, he couldnt praise it enough and it looks the nuts :D i contacted volkscars about the blackberry one they had and they wont negotiate on price with it so its already £500 more than the one in trader and it has NO tax and has done more miles!

Hi everyone, I was supposed to be going to look at a corrado vr6 on saturday ... however i have changed my plans and am going to see it TODAY!!! So hopefully if its all good i will be a corrado owner tonight!! I have printed off the buyers guide and have searched and searched on things to check and common faults etc etc so i know what i am looking for, plus i am taking a mate who is pretty shat hot with cars so between us we should pick a good one!! I CANT WAIT!! I will get some pics up as soon as i get it home (if i get it that is but im pretty sure i will :lol:) Rob.

Ok thanks alot Kev, much appreciated :thumbsup: I am going to look at the car TODAY!!! So hopefully i will be a C owner by the end of the day!!! YES COME ON!!! lol Rob.

Hi, i asked the guy what he meant and he said the MFA is fine and that its the level sensor that sits in the fuel tank and apparently its easy to access through the boot and just needs changing. Can anyone varify this? If its not a hard job and wont cost much then i dont mind doing it and i will just knock the cost off his asking price and do it myself but if its a hard job then i wont bother. Thanks. Rob.

Ok thankd for your help guys, i will ask the guy exactly what he means and get back to you. Rob

Yeah thats true, i would still like to know what would be involved in fixing it though

Hi, i am looking at corrado vr6's at the mo to buy. One that i am interested in is in mint condition and everything works ok on it. The only problem that the guy has told me is that the fuel gauge is slightly inaccurate and is easily fixed. Is this a common fault with the vr? Is it easy to fix as he states? Cheers, Rob.

Yeah i know what you mean about catching the bug to spend more! I will try not to go too mad, but there's a big difference in saying that to actually doing it :lol: I guess i will just see how it goes. I really cant wait to get one now!! Rob.

Well if they were the same width then the ride felt ok to me, iv been driving around in an old clio mini van since my car sold and its has no PAS and is casically a shed so i dont think the steering will be quite as heavy lol! Not quite as low as you mate, i dont fancy buying a new sump every week :lol: the one im looking at is lowered 40mm so i will try that for now and if i decide i want it lower then i will save for some coilies :D

Ben - whats going on mate, i havent even got a corrado yet and have got more posts than you!! :lol: i think i have just been bitten by the corrado bug and cant keep away from the site!!!

Shaggsy, any links to the group buy on these mate as i would be interested if the car i look at hasnt already got them on? Thanks. Rob.

Shaggsy, Thanks alot for your help, some useful answers there. Ben - yes i remember now, you mentioned that you had a problem starting once and the megnecors cured it and made it better, thats correct isnt it? I was not aware the beru ones were standards i just saw the name and thought they might be some really good make or summin. I will most probably go for megnecor as i can get them for an ok price. Im still gunna have your wheels mate, just for the looks as they are soooo nice so i will just have to get used to handling issues, although when i drove yours it felt fine and you had even bigger wheels on! The steering felt a bit heavy but then i was used to a little fiesta which are made for grannies and it has a bloody great 2.9 engine over the front wheels so its bound to be heavier!!! Rob.

Thanks stan, i thought they might rattle a bit due to their age but everything rattled on my fiesta so im sure a few little rattles wont bother me lol. I will do a search on the headlight loom, i do actually drive in a dark alot and up some pretty dark roads so this would be something worth doing for me then? Thanks for the link to the wipers, they seem a good price compared to what i have heard from dealers etc so i may look into them as we do live in england after all and so wipers are pretty important here! I had magnecor ht leads on my fiesta and they seemed to be really good and i have seen 1 or 2 C's with them but when i searched i heard some mentions on BERU ones so if someone else can help me with this matter that would be good. That link is also very helpful for the wheels, i am going to drive around on standards for a while anyway so i will get a feel for how the car drives and so if i dont like it when i change the wheels i may consider changing them for a thinner wheel. Cheers again for your help mate, much appreciated :D Rob.

Can anyone else help with this?

Thanks mate :D

Ok as some of you may know i am getting a vr soon (very soon now as i have sold my car so weekend maybe :D) so i thought i would put all my questions in ONE THREAD as apposed to asking loads of little questions here and there etc. I have already searched on common faults/problems with the car so know what to expect and have also done a lot of reading on fixing them etc so i wont ask any of these questions. Here are my questions: 1. This wont put me off buying one but i just wanna know, is the corrado solid? i.e. when you go over speed bumps in it do you hear much noises, rattles etc because my fiesta was a typical ford and everything rattles and clunked when going over hard bumps. 2. Headlight Loom. How urgent is it to change it? Are the standard lights really that bad? How easy is it to change the loom and wheres the best place to get one? 3. Wipers? I know that the lupo ones are the way to go and i have read up on these so i pretty much know what i am doing with them. I just wanna know the best place to get them? 4. HT Leads. I have heard BERU (?) ones mentions, wheres the best place to get these? Has anyone used magnecor? Any good? 5. Wheels. I am getting some 9x16 brock wheels off of bluevr6rado which look the nuts but some people have mentioned that these will effect the handling of the car. In what way is this? Will they make the steering much heavier? I think thats about it at the moment. I have printed off the buyers guide and will take that with me and give everything a good check as well as drive the car and check it etc. Has anyone got any other useful tips i should know so i am totally ready to go out and buy me a vr? Thanks everyone, Rob.

Does anyone use Magnecor HT leads at all? How are these rated or is it best to stick to the BERU ones?

As the title says WEIRD :lol: I had a guy some to see my recently sold fiesta from wales, took him about 3-4 hours and when he got here he complained that it needed work doing even though i had clearly pointed it out on ebay, he just drove home :? lol.

Sorry forgot to mention thats with the AA team :lol:

Im only 20 with 1 year ncb passed 2 years and i can get insured on a vr6 corrado for £1200 fully comp!! Which will be very soon hopefully :D