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I’ve been looking forward to seeing those wheels on, very good, look like they belong 👍

Yes, aren’t they just!

That's probably a good call, I've had a couple of relay plates in it and a complete set of relays but they weren't new, next time I run it up I'll try the ECU relay, the FPR was new a few hundred miles ago so I doubt it's going to be that. It's not a major issue and it's never actually failed to start but it doesn't inspire confidence and puts my wife off relying on it. I suggested that after lockdown we leave her TT on SORN until the end of the summer, I generally use the BMW (bike) so she can have my Land Rover unless I'm on site so I suggested she use the Corrado whenever I'm away, she wasn't overly convinced!

They would definitely have been genuine, I was trying to figure out when I'd done it because I had to change the type of one from two pin to four pin when I changed some wiring either for Climatronic or OBD2. I'll have to dig out all the drawings and figure out which one I would need now too! I'll have the receipts somewhere for a p/n I'm sure.

You could be on to something there, I think they’re not that old but in reality I probably swapped them out about 10 years ago!

I wonder if it might help fix my hot starting issues, it sometimes spins over quite a lot before finally catching and spluttering into life if it’s been parked up a while on a hot day!

Not mine, currently 133K, bought it at 50K

Major transformation there, good effort! I uncovered and started mine, ran it up to temperature, stopped it and put the cover back on again, shut the garage door!

😂😂😂 Don’t you just love it when that happens! At least they’re done now.

A bit like this then. If you want to PM me an address I'll put it in the post next time I get chance to go to the shop. I'm not bothered about anything for it, it doesn't really owe me anything and I'm guessing it won't cost a deal to post.

This is the rear wiper motor I removed and the jet that's in there, I haven't tried removing yet as I don't know how it comes out and don't want to break anything. Give me a clue how it comes out!

I’ll take a look in the garage this evening, I should have one as I’ve deleted the rear wiper and the old stuff is boxed up somewhere.

Genuine Corrado a/c parts in good condition must be worth decent money. I paid £250 for a full Climatronic set up for mine a lot of years ago, that did include wiring loom and controller but it was from a Passat so it didn’t have the rarity factor. We never got factory fit a/c so it’s hard to know if much of it could be merged into a UK aftermarket setup. I’m sure the pipes are a better fit than the Diavia ones that got thrown in by the dealers when they took an order for one here but they’re unlikely to mate up. I’ve got various Passat and Golf bits in mine but it took some ingenuity to make some of it work!

I bought mine under that part number in 2012, they’re a tight fit but not impossible. The ARB, part 14 on the print of ETKA I’m looking at says it’s p/n 1H0411309F and that it’s 20mm. Can’t see that uses 17mm bushes?

There were times when I shut the garage doors and ignored it hoping it would go away! My eldest daughter now tells me I'm leaving it to her in my will, she was 5 and siting in a booster seat when we bought the valver.

Loving it!!!

The lip spoiler is a Kamei but I bought it 25+ years ago for my valver, no idea where I bought it or if they're still available. Originally it was painted Blue Pearl Effect LC5Z which was a 1990 only colour, probably better known as a Golf Rallye colour. I transferred in to the VR6 when I traded up. The colour is Classic Green so it's basically a Storm with a grey interior! It was on a forecourt next to a green Storm when we bought it but we preferred the grey leather to the cream. It's had various mods over the years, Koni coilovers and a Magnex exhaust went on in 2000, In-Pro lighting came and went as did various wheels and a Schrick VGI, now it has OBD2, Teves 20 and Climatronic from an assortment of different VAG cars. Brakes are 288 fronts and Mk4 rears. Other than the various wiring and ECU changes, the only engine mod is a pair of Schrick 268 cams. I'm sure there's a heap of other stuff included in 20 years of minor mods, repairs and an engine build that I've blanked out and pretended I haven't spent money on!

I found a write up many years ago by someone in the States who'd adapted a VSR to use OBD2 in a Golf, they're available but you just have to keep your eyes open and not have too much of a deadline to work to! Another vote for the red VR6 badge here, some oik did me favour nicking mine years ago, the only one I could buy from the dealers at the time was red and I've had it ever since.

Parts collection and delivery for easypops?

That’s looking good in there, only seems like yesterday it was on Vince’s engine stand. Enjoy getting it bedded in, essential journeys only of course!

A lot of strong prices too, most unlike the Corrado market here in the UK. I’ve never understood why the Corrado is so undersold here!

When I was pulling mine to pieces at 115,000 miles to do the cam chains I'd bought all the parts up front including a genuine clutch kit. The clutch I took out of the car didn't look any different from the one I was putting in, I could hardly measure a discernible difference in thickness between the two.

Add me to that list of folks who aren’t jealous, looking good!

Very nice 👍 bet you can’t wait to see that back in!

I'd forgotten about that unexpected benefit of the OBD2 wiring that allowed me to remove the Passat overlay loom and simplify the Climatronic wiring, maybe you could do that while you're in there 😗