monzablau16v

He's a t1t...plain and simple. I've reported him as a bad seller in the past and a number of people agreed on CF. he is banned as he opened up multiple accounts and tried hiding his true identity. I see he is continuing to be a nobcheese. Just search the good & bad seller thread and you will see for yourself.

Car has now sold

Thanks.

UPDATED 21-MAY-12:

£3100 on BBS Solitudes

£3300 on Porsche wheels

Cheers mate, we are due to have a chat later on today.

It's a real shame you're selling after so much work has gone into it. Lovely car. Good luck with the sale.

thanks.... yes I never thought I would have to sell it. Moving overseas just means I don't have any option but to sell up :(

Going to reduce the asking price this week to £4300 (with all in car audio) and £3900 (without amp, sub and component speakers).. then I think i will list it on eBay classifieds.

thanks

I used to back in the days of Tim Harvey, Steve Soper etc...

Look for the German touring car vids on YouTube- some amazing memories.

Car is now up for sale

Please see the advert in the classifieds section : http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?68061-Mystic-Blue-VR6-for-4500-in-Slough

thanks

VR6 | Mystic Blue | Slough

Price:£3100!!!

Description:

1995 Corrado VR6 STORM, Mystic Blue, Manual

final price reduction 21/May/12 :

£3300 on Porsche Wheels

£3100 on BBS Solitudes

07591 760922

History:

I have owned the car since June 2007 when it was purchased with 130,000 miles on the clock. I have spent over £11,000 getting the car to where it is now (I have a comprehensive spreadsheet with every part I have bought and the price I paid). I am a member of the Corrado Club, Club GTI and have been an active member of the Corrado forums for over 5 years.

A good account of what I have done can be found in my owners thread : http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?50020-Mystic-Blue-Storm-MYLene-updated-06FEB2012-%28Headlights-and-Loom%29

Please take a look through all of it for more details and photos (warning, the initial photos are quite rough and show the poor paint condition, however as you will see the car had a full "windows-out" respray in summer of 2010). I also have over 1000 more photos showing the history of the car and replacement parts etc... These can be provided on a CD/DVD to the next owner. A full arch lever file bursting with paperwork and all old mot and tax discs.

Date Mileage Garage Notes

31-May-95 0 VW (Scotts) Pre Delivery Inspection

18-Jun-96 11968 VW (Scotts) Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter)

03-Jun-97 21003 VW (Scotts) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

06-May-98 31537 VW (Hollis Motors) Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter)

22-Jan-99 40891 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

06-Sep-99 49798 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

17-Mar-00 58791 ABTECH Services Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

14-Feb-01 72001 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

14-Sep-01 80332 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

18-Oct-02 90341 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

18-Nov-03 99904 VW (Peter Cooper) Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

18-Oct-04 106064 Dayton MOT Centre Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

29-Sep-07 131257 Stealth Racing Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

15-Dec-07 131480 Stealth Racing Annual Inspection and Major Service (all fluids and filters)

01-Aug-08 133710 Self Service Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

15-Jun-09 139055 Self Service Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

18-Apr-10 141491 Self Service Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

17-Jun-11 143950 Self Service Annual Inspection and Minor Service (oil and oil filter & air filter)

The car has mostly full VWSH upto 2004. Since I have owned the vehicle it has only ever been to specialists like Stealth Racing or DG Autotech. Over the last couple of years I have performed the oil and filter services myself as that is the only thing the car has needed. Soon after I purchased the vehicle in 2007, I booked it in to get the chains and tensioners replaced as well as a replacement oil pump (all for peace of mind - not because they were a problem). To cut a very long story short, the "genuine" oil pump I purchased from a very well known company (NOT Stealth Racing!) went bang shortly after I started my drive back home after collecting the car from Stealth. Car was recovered back to Stealth and the damage essentially meant the bottom end was toasted. I had this replaced and the head rebuilt and basically everything (chains and tensioners) were re-done (yes that was one VERY big bill). Ultimately I chased the other company (who supplied the faulty oil pump) through the courts and won total compensation. I have all the paperwork and invoices which fully document this. I want to stress that Vince and Stealth Racing were nothing short of brilliant throughout the whole ordeal and Vince knows my car quite well due to the history.

The car unfortunately suffered a hit and run whilst parked up (which was thankfully witnessed and later traced to a Royal Mail van driver!). Damage was caused to the driver side and prompted a repair and full respray of the car. Again, please see the owner thread for all photos and further details.

The car was independently valued by a Corrado Club chair member at £5000 last year and subsequently is insured under a classic car policy with an agreed value of £5000. I see no reason why this value would have changed since the valuation was provided. The car only covered 2000 miles in the last year as I have mostly been using it as a weekend car and trying to keep miles down to a minimum.

The only reason I am selling this is that I am moving abroad and it will cost me too much to take the car with me. I looked into taking the car with me but it just didn’t make financial sense. I thought about having it dry stored for the next few years but quite frankly it would be a shame to do that and I am not fond of having a car sitting for so long not being driven. Therefore the time has come to part company with this car and quite frankly it is going to be emotional seeing it go...

Overview:

145,941 miles as of 13/Apr/12 (Stealth Racing refurbished head on 15,000 miles and renewed block is on 95,000 miles)

MOT till 15 June 2012

TAX till 30 June 2012

Fully documented history with all old MOT's and service history paperwork.

Schimmel 263 cams and DG autotech remap (it made a very healthy 198.9bhp / 186 ft lb on Stealth's rolling road at the Corrado forums rolling road meet in November 2011)

Magnecor Competition HT Leads (red, 8.5mm)

4 previous owners (one change is between my family members as one of my previous insurers were so stupid they made me change the V5)

Full leather interior - both front seats heated and fully working

Car only ever run on Shell V-Power or BP Ultimate

Serviced using genuine VW parts or quality aftermarket items - all receipts and invoices provided

Serviced religiously every year or 4000 miles (whichever comes sooner) with Silkolene Pro R 15W/50 Engine Oil / Silkolene PRO S 10W-50 Ester Synthetic Oil and genuine VW oil filter

£3000+ Full "windows-out" respray in summer of 2009 in original LC5L "Mystic Blue Pearl" (replacing all rubber trims / window rubbers / new windscreen)

New Sachs clutch last year (143950 miles)

Koni Coilover Suspension - Height and Damping adjustable (1150-5002-1)

New top mounts last year (less than 1000 miles ago)

Stainless Steel 6 branch manifold fully heat wrapped

Full Milltek Exhaust (with Milltek cat bypass)

New VW/Beru coilpack last year

Total closure CAT1 alarm with new fob and battery (works flawlessly)

Wheels:

The car is being sold with the wheels it is currently sitting on which are Porsche 928 alloy wheels (7x16 and 8x16). These have been fully refurbished and finished in dark gunmetal grey with Continental SportContact 3 195/45 R16 rubber (less than 1000 miles on them). H&R 25mm TRAK+ adaptor kit (stud and nut kit) makes changing tyres a real doddle. I also have genuine Porsche locking nuts and the key which will all be supplied as part of the set. This package alone cost me over £800

If the Porsche wheels are not wanted then I can swap the wheels to a fully refurbished set of original BBS Solitude alloys with original VW/BBS "carbon fibre" centre caps (brand new never used). They are wrapped in Hankook Ventus V12 Evo 195/50 R15 82V rubber - these wheels have never seen the road! If the new owner wants both sets of alloys then the BBS solitudes will be an additional £300 on top.

In Car Entertainment:

The car has £1500 worth of in car entertainment installed which has been painstakingly and discreetly installed. There are no holes cut, and all wires and cables were wrapped in foam to prevent chaffing and rattles behind the dash. Quality cables and accessories mean the car has a very high fidelity stereo installed with full hands-free Bluetooth (iPhone compatible). Music can be served either via Bluetooth (from your iPhone), Apple dock connector (for iPhone / iPod) or just a regular USB stick.

Alpine Alpine iDA-X305S Headunit & Alpine KCE-400BT bluetooth unit

Alpine MP3 changer discreetly hidden in car (not butchered into the glove box)

Infinity Kappa Perfect 6.1 (6 1/2”) component speakers in custom doorpods (original, unaltered doorpods will be provided to new owner)

Phoenix Gold Ti500.4 amplifier

MAC Audio 10" Subwoofer in carpeted box

Over £100 worth of cabling and accessories

continued in next post...

Hey Jay,

Just been catching up on the progress you have made on the car - cant believe how well the paint came up after the wet sanding and polishing! I remember seeing the swirls and scratches at the Stealth meet a while ago. Looking at the car now it is hard to believe it is the same one, well done mate!

Those wheels look ace, good luck getting the suspension issues sorted out - the car looks and sits great on the RC's. Looking forward to see progress, good luck with the MOT.

H

IMO this is one of the top ten Corrados. Amazing dedication and attention to detail. Your photography skills are ace too!

Keep up the great work

H

as always - thanks to you all for the words of encouragement. Very happy with the retrim, really makes it a nicer place to be inside the car with the feel of alcantara instead of the cheap vinyl on plastic. Lights are great too - it is like driving in the day with full beam (not that i do that like some eejyats on the road!)

Very happy with the perforated look on the alcantara, which i know may not be to everyone's taste but i think it looks and feels ace, it also makes the car feel a bit more modern on the inside. One thing I didnt document or photo was putting all the plastic interior back together (dash trims, glovebox, lower shelves etc...) That took an absolute age and i used the foam tubing i bought to make sure there were no loose wires to rattle about behind the plastic which would have driven me mad! Glad to say bar the tiniest little squeek when going over speed bumps - all sounds good from the front end!

Rams - seeing your leather refurb really inspired me to give the retrim thing a go myself, so cheers chap!

Abdul - seen the new motor, looking great... best colour too :)

Vag-HAG - sunroofs are terrible things... i must have wasted a good month of my life on them. I need to get the panel resprayed at some stage (when the weather is a bit better though!)

:)

Think it was ICI automotive, can't remember all the details but I have the left over paint that that bodyshop gave me. Will venture out to the garage and take a look for you when it isn't -5 outside!

Thanks

wiring diagram i made to help me remember which wires go where!!!

Both lights together

Loom wires threaded through grommets in plastic casing to connect up to the headlight relays. Nice waterproof home for them (well not 100% watertight, but good enough!)

A little tidying up needed on the headlight bracket on the front slam panel. Ground back, treated with KRUST , cleaned up and then primered and sprayed.

Stainless Headlight screws

New hardware for the fogs from VW

Been meaning to upload pics / update this thread....

So I had a total rewire of the headlights and this included refurbishing the headlights and making a good set from the three sets i had in my possession. Some had broken level adjusters, one had a broken lens and one had a hole in the back....

Headlight split apart - easily done following the guides in the wiki

REMEMBER NOT TO TOUCH THE SILVER REFLECTOR

Back Case

AMP Superseal connectors - watertight! Also the relay holder for the new headlight loom i made

Out with the old

In with the new

The workbench..errr dining table!

Disgusting amount of dirt build up over the years...

Looking nice and clean

New plastic spiral protection for the wiring loom

Box of all the old crap

Copper grease...man's best friend

New VW connectors - didnt want to butcher the OEM headlight loom connectors so bought these and will mean my DIY upgraded loom can be bypassed in a second without too much hassle

Remember the little watertight grommets

ahhhh.... noooiice! Got some light smoked headlight tint from Lamin-X, very good stuff and makes the headllights look subtely different and a bit meaner

What a great start to the year. Congrats to you all

gonna throw my hat into the ring here and say that the two lidl jacks that i have been using for the last 3 years are still going strong - and they have been thoroughly used! Never had any issues with them and when used correctly with axle stands (also from Lidl!) I have never had any failures or issues.

They were cheap as I remember, something like £20 for a 2tonne jack.

:)

Great day, lots of great cars and yes, thanks to Wendy ill be a bit heavier on the scales after getting through all them sausages :) (glad you got the window repaired too!)

Very happy with my results 198.9 bhp / 186 lb ft and lovely smooth curve too.

Terrible with names, forgot the name of the chap who was asking about my Conti SportContact 3 tyres - i found the bill and also the details of the pipe insulation... let me know who you are and ill send the details across to you.

cheers again Jim!

It won't turn over. Turn they key, lights come on, everything primes like it should, then nothing. I thought it was the ignition switch which I was due to replace today anyway but I did that in the car park and it still won't start. Been towed home now so need to do some fault finding. I'm going to start at the starter motor and work backwards from there. Problem is I know nothing about electrics!

This is so frikkin wierd. My car has been running fine for ages, absolutely no problems. Even started it a couple of times throught today, again no issues. Been fiddling with the car, installing bits of plastic interior i have been meaning to replace for ages (you know how it is...) ... and was fiddling with the driver side dash undertray and fusebox cover. Took ages but got everything done and went to start the car and it turned over, fired and then just died. Tried again, same thing.... it fired, turned, i gave it some throttle, it revved, and then just died like the first time.

After having a mini heart attack and contemplating getting a sledge hammer and just bashing my car in... I checked all fuses and relays, wiggled all the relays and crossed my fingers and tried again. Voila - it fired up!

Just wondering if you have a loose relay or something like i had? I swear there should be a motto for Corrado ownership :- "if it works, just be happy and dont try to do anything to it!"

Hope it all gets sorted mate, and floppyman - what a legend!

HOLY CRAP!

glad to say my list *only* consists of..

installing glovebox

installing dash lower trays

install plastic covers on door sills

install rear headlining clip/plastic retainer

clean scuttle

Replace heater Scuttle 'Foliage Cover' Seal

install scuttle one-piece cover

wash

wax if there is still some daylight left!

although i would rather hope that putting the glovebox in is easier than taking the little &*$%£& out. Otherwise i think id rather come help you install an engine - i'm convinced it is easier than dealing with Corrado gloveboxes!

good luck mate

I'd may be up for it depending on how much of a detour it is for me to join you. I am in Slough, so normally get to stealth going up the m40.

Cheers

no worries and cheers for sorting this out, looking forward to meeting everyone

H

looks lovely mate! new paint feels soo good doesn't it :)

only problem is now you will turn even more OCD and clean the car 10 times a week lol