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Replaced the fag lighter with a USB charger.......then rewired it to a switched feed so it doesn't flatten the battery while it's parked up! [ATTACH=CONFIG]94900[/ATTACH]

I always thought there should be more threads like this, “had no problems with the Corrado today”, people only post when it breaks!!!

Just drove it, again, getting all rather predictable and dull now after ten years spent mainly on axle stands in various states of rebuild! According to the MAF I managed 35.2 mpg over the 80 miles too, seems strange that after the motorbike it's the most economical vehicle we own, who'd have thought that???

Like this one........this is a scrapper I have which I removed from the car years ago because it was leaking. Now it's in a box under my bench for no explicable reason. It does say USA XTR on it though! [ATTACH=CONFIG]94885[/ATTACH]

I had my Konis serviced by Shaun Pickering of SP Suspension. I found his contact details through the Koni website a few years ago, might be worth a try to get a new rod fitted? [email protected]

I go away from this thread for a while and come back to find it’s turned into the Gary Numan/Tubeway Army archive! Only went to see him once, October 79 at Sheffield City Hall, my first gig ever, loved it, remember Billie Currie from Ultravox walking around the stage playing violin......how can nobody have mentioned Down in the Park yet, my personal favourite? My daughter now has all my albums and singles too as I handed over the job lot when she started listening to Bowie. I’m not sure she’s discovered Numan yet!

I've got to have one of those!

Fingers crossed eh, mine's still feeling good after a month a five hundred miles. :thumbleft:

Welcome to the forum, I want to read more already!!!

Another thumbs up for OBD2, great upgrade. I sold my Schrick manifold when I did it as I couldn’t find the inlet elbow for less than new money which was around £450 at the time! Still running Schrick 268s with it though so the top end feels pretty good too.

The right one or the correct one??? I would certainly be interested in a new one, made do with one from a door I bought on eBay when I couldn’t get one to finish the car after paint. I do however struggle to see why the RHS has been available for so long but not the LHS, as mentioned above, you’ll likely go through a world of pain getting a good replica just for Classic Parts to wade in with genuine ones!

Have Stealth do a healthcheck and give you recommendations first, you can then make the call on what you do and don’t have done at this stage unless you’ve got really deep pockets. It can get expensive just pouring money in if you’re not doing things yourself and often sours the experience of ownership. Bottom arm front bushes, Powerflex whereas the rear bushes are best being the R32 ones. Rear beam, ARB and all top mounts are fine using standard original. Uprating the engine mounts will make a difference too.

It's always worth giving them a new lease of life as they really are great cars, although whether or not you will ever recoup the investment if that is what you're after is not so certain! Corrados have been under priced for a long time now, I'm sure we contribute to that as whenever one is for sale for strong money, people here will suggest that it is not worth that money. I've spent countless thousands on mine recently getting it back on the road (countless because I daren't add it up!) but know it's still not perfect and is still only in the 6 to 8K range if I were to try selling, which after all I never would. Home truths; you bought it from a dealer who has to make his living and are considering selling privately, plus I don't believe you've had it all that long so would suggest that it's probably worth less than you paid as a trade purchase unless you really had the guy's arm off. Anything you have invested making it UK road legal is more or less irrelevant now, that adds little to somebody buying a UK car. The mileage, service book stamps and sound condition are in its favour if you make it immaculate but if you don't, then it's still a scruffy, if sound, car and considering they're all twenty plus years old now, people will look for condition rather than simply miles. You can pick up a slam panel and a grill on eBay, I believe I saw more than one of each yesterday, and then spend some money getting the body issues sorted out and some paint which would then improve the value although not necessarily by the amount that you put in as it rarely does. They do seem to be gradually strengthening in price so sitting on it for some time and slowly improving things could pay long term dividends but you should be realistic as to what those might be, it's not a Porsche or Ferrari after all.

Looks like I missed it, no longer available!

It always looks like there’s nothing much inside it, it falls to pieces every time I take it out after all! I’ll go in there with my multimeter and see if I can figure it out then. Cheers

As title, mine seems to work for a day and then give up the ghost. Would like to try another one and see if that fixes it.

Watched our two daughters drive off in it yesterday evening, the eldest is getting married today and I loaned it to her as they were staying at the venue last night. Brave move but this has been a big driver in getting it back on the road this year and got a call to say they’d arrived in one piece!

Possibly the other way round as mine was sitting in our stores at work a couple of weeks as I was offshore. Although when I phoned they said they were waiting on an exchange one coming back in so I might get my own back. Spot on, whatever!

I think they do whatever needs doing. Mine wasn’t leaking, it felt lumpy when you turned the wheel, almost like there was a damaged tooth on the pinion. Feels smooth now, only done about forty miles so time will tell but it’s a world different so far. Forgot to write in the original post, guy I spoke to there was called Chris, couldn’t have been more helpful.

No new photos but I think that I’ll leave it alone for a while now and just drive it! Car passed its MOT but the steering rack wasn’t right. Considered fitting another eBay one but decided to get current one refurbished and so far it seems to have been a good call. Went to get the a/c regassed today but it blew a seal so need to look at that, possibly later in the week, but for the moment just enjoying having it on the road again!

Had my steering rack refurbished by http://www.powerracksdirect.co.uk/ Excellent service, called them Monday, rack collected from my work by their courier on the Tuesday and back in our stores by the following Monday. Rack refurbished, new steering arms and lock nuts, new clips on the gaiters and a fresh coat of paint. Chris kept me informed of progress all along. £205 +VAT all in. Fitted today and feeling so much better than the clunky thing I sent away!

I realised over the weekend that I needed a power steering return pipe and sent Richard an email through his website http://powersteeringstore.co.uk/ asking if he had them in stock. He replied Sunday, said he’d go in early Monday morning to make one for me and was then concerned that the paint hadn’t dried on it when I arrived to collect! First class service from somebody willing to go the extra mile, he’s in the Coventry area but I didn’t mind the three hour round trip to get my car fixed, give him a try if you ever need power steering pipes.

Look here, then get all trimmed in new leather: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?107773-KR-ABF-ITBs-OZ-superleggera-TT-comps-Recaro-P-P-Head-SWG-scuttle-strut-brace Not original ones unfortunately!

Satisfied customer :thumbleft:

Kev Bacon wrote a thread a long time ago, best mods for small money, or something along those lines, which listed Dave16v short shift (reduces the excessive front to back throw) and centre console fixing bracket (another usual Corrado creaky part!) is Dave still making these even? Lupo / Mk1TT wipers, 288 front brakes (the biggest brakes you’ll get under standard wheels), Mk4 rear callipers and OBD2 engine management. I think he also suggested re-bushing the front arms with Powerflex front bushes and OEM R32 rear bushes. There may have been others but I’m not quite sure! I’ve done all the above, I’m also running climatronic from a Passat VR6 although I’ve modified that recently with a Mk4 Golf condenser which hasn’t yet been recharged so the jury remains out on current status. Plus of course the leather recaro interior you’re hankering after, remember they don’t generally have a/c fitted and in the current weather the interiors can be pretty sticky with leather! Plus an assortment of other renewed items too numerous to list! I’d be making sure it’s all structurally sound, even a low mileage car is getting old now, make sure everything underneath is rot free. Consider condition of all bushes, the rear beam ones can be a pig to do so are often the original ones still in there! Brake and fuel lines, again, they could be pretty old now. Brake bias valve functionality. After that, modify cautiously, they’re a car that doesn’t need much modification to stand out as they’ve always been pretty special. We’ve had two of them, continuous ownership for 23 years! And I can honestly say that they’ve been really reliable cars, none of all the regular failings, the sunroof has always worked along with the rear spoiler, door handles, handbrake etc, yet a mate at work had all the standard faults within a few weeks of each other.