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Can't seem to find the Matrix on Vagcat. Ho humm ETA Just spoke to VW, they said there is an early style and late style matrix, and they only show an air con matrix for LHD cars :/ Tad confused

GSF only lists 2, both for "non air con cars". Can anyone confirm that there is in fact a different Matrix for Air Con (Storm) and if so, where I could get one? Cheers, Nick

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True! Usually I'd check out a breaking thread, but with things like a heater matrix I'd always buy new. I think you can get bits off maybe a 6A block too?

Just my luck, GSF lists 2 Heater Matrixes but both "For cars without Air Con" ffs... Although I was quite surprised to see they sell Air Con compressors! My air con was bypassed years before I bought it for some reason so I'm guessing it would need a new one anyway. Tempting :)

Half an hour you say? I'll order one tomorrow morning in that case :) my screws seemed to have survived and I've sandwich bagged everything so hopefully nothing should be left over once it's in!

Hi, welcome back to Corrado ownership. IIRC someone on here got a mushroom tan interior for their car. Don't know if it would be the same as the one from your Khaki?

I wasn't planning to as it seems to be okay, but as it was a mission to get the dashboard out I may as well! I haven't looked at any guides on it yet, but hopefully I've done the hard part and it should be straight forward from here on?

Feels the same as the other stuff! Bought too much, if you're local you are welcome to a couple of metres free :) fla said you could also use tesco camping mats instead though.

Have you checked the relays behind the glovebox? 79 is the one IIRC. I had supply voltage errors before and replacing the relay cleared the code.

Hi, I recently replaced mine with Jute Felt from here http://www.as-trim.co.uk , although their website seems to be down at the moment...

Took a trip to the trimmers this morning to collect my dashboard and seats. Very impressed with the results and price! Obviously re-trimming the seats would have been the preferred option, but it's a nice stop gap while I sort some other bits out first. Some pics: I have some better speaker covers to go on too :) Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of the seats before hand as I'd misplaced my camera charger (since found), but here they are now: Got back and set to work on removing the dashboard. Not as easy as I thought! I'd read on here that the glovebox was the hardest part to get off, but while it was tricky the hardest part for me was removing the 2 screws at the back of the little compartment below the ashtray. They just did not want to budge! Persevered and eventually I was left with this: Because my car was leaking on the passenger side previously, all of the under carpet padding was mouldy and ruined. Bought some jute felt from AS-Trimming, and laid it under the rubber stuff: Bit of a messy worker! But it's gonna be covered in carpet soon anyway ;) Started running out of light, and realised I had no adhesive to stick the carpet down so called it a day. Guess I'll have to wait until next weekend till I can work on the car again Nick

Hi Matt! Speak of the devil... Only decided to bite the bullet on the interior once I'd taken it all out to find the leak, blessing in disguise really! I'll let you know once it's all in, but cheers for the offer of help - if I'm stuck I'll give you a shout :) Yup, that's the JEM I was telling you about. Ibanez JEM77PMC to be exact - only 271 made back in 92 so should hold its value. Ugly as sin, but plays like a beast!

Thanks! As mentioned before, my initials are NEP so when I saw the car for sale a couple of years back I put it down to fate ;) The interior has always bugged me, hopefully once it's done I'll try my best to keep it fresh and not grubby. Since I've been on this forum I've migrated from Croydon to Purley to Coulsdon (not far from Woodmansterne station actually) so I'll look out for you. I know tentonhammer lives very close as I've met him a couple of times, he has a nice Corrado. There's also a blue one on sebrings I see around but I'm assuming that's not you if you're in a VR Nick

I bought a spare dash off here and delivered it to the guy. I removed the lock barrel in the glovebox though so I can swap my existing one in when I fit.

Thanks! It means a lot :) The dash was trimmed by a company called Auto Trimming based in Wembley, website is http://www.autotrimming.co.uk/ Cost me £500 which was far cheaper than other places I enquired, and it has taken 4 weeks along with my seats. Top notch service too and highly recommended!

Seeming as I haven't updated in forever, here's how she stands now: Pork brakes - worked out that they are worse than standard VR brakes so scrapped the idea. Still have the calipers, but will eBay them as C2 rears only so no poor VW enthusiast uses them! BBS RS wheels - dropped them off to be rebuilt in August 2011 from a place I won't mention yet. It's now nearing the end of October 2012 and I'm still waiting on stainless dishes... Everything else done but this is holding back the fitment of the KW V2s I bought yonks ago, as well as bodywork! ****ed off completely, assured it'll be sorted "soon". Weren't willing to refund because apparently the money went to their supplier. Surely not my problem? Dashboard - at the trimmers as I speak, ready to collect next weekend! Seats also getting conolised as they were looking a bit manky. Not a perma fix, but it'll do for now. Trimmer sent me this pic, v excited Car was leaking rainwater for ages, finally fixed after stripping out the carpet and tracing the leak. Sod's law, it was the fan inlet housing (it was fine before, honest!). Anyway, it gave me a chance to clean the carpet and remove the dashboard for the swap. Here was the cause of the leak: Before I found the source I thought buying an SWG scuttle might stop water getting in. Didn't really work, but it turned out to be a nice deathbed for furries At first glance I thought it was a pile of leaves whilst I was filling up. Felt quite embarrassed after letting out a proper guttural roar at a busy petrol station once I realised what it was upon closer inspection! Other than that, I spent over a grand on a service which included a new cat 1 alarm, so it's running really nice at the moment. Also picked up a winter hack: Volvo V40 1.8 with full tax/test, 157k, FSH... £600! Bargainous and should serve me well for a couple of months. Fingers crossed the wheels will be sorted soon! Here are some pics of the corrado, ignore the blue tape and slightly sagging bumper!

Sorry to hear this happened, can't stand scammers and I hope you get things sorted soon. Similar thing happened to me a few months back buying a guitar on a forum (which I never got). The guy disappeared, so I asked for help which led to an e-lynch mob somehow obtaining lots of his personal data and tracking him down! Not condoning it per se, but I eventually got my money back :norty:

It was the foliage cover - it had cracked somehow. Not much help in your case! Although a strip down would be beneficial :)

I recently fixed a leak in the passenger rear footwell, had me stumped for ages until I removed the carpet. I found that the under carpet padding made a channel for the water to travel towards the central tunnel and run along it, pooling in the back. If it's been happening for a while then your under carpet padding is most likely mouldy and ruined, so it might be worth replacing.

Quick update, I believe this was the culprit: Replaced, re-sealed and after a night of solid rain the floor is dry! Will give it a bit longer without the interior in to see if it's still leaking but fingers crossed :)

Just played a bit more, the game gets a lot better once you get the shotgun!

£67 I have a spare gear surround storm sticker, wonder what I'd get for that!

Bought it yesterday, a bit 'meh' so far although I've only played for about an hour. Bit like RE5. Resident Evil 4 was the best IMO, it would take something special to top that!