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its an old car at the end of the day...parts are not going to be at their best..especialy perishable rubber if you lower the car you will be putting more strain on everything..sooner or later you will have to replace bits anyway...makes sence to just do it all in one go and experience proper handling 1st time round. the brake compensator is something i dont know about...i was under the impression that it will adjust itself as it realises the car is lower, but i spose thinking about if its lower it thinks theres weight in the boot so it might brake rear heavy... anyone got info on this would be quality. i did promise myself id get genuine VW parts, ...but ive got some vibring original top mounts from GSF...anyone used these?...i used to MURDER topmounts on my old car so i thought id get cheapish ones and just replace em

im going to be changing the silly crashy suspensin on mine soon the list of what i am changing for piece of mind is: brand new topmounts new wishbones new track rod ends new anti roll bar links and polybush rear beam and then get the car 4 wheel aligned about 80mm should be sensible :tongue: (edit:added smiley :) )

the part number from torque vw 2x 6x2 955 410c Driver's side arms £35.78 each is this for a lupo GTI wiper arm...?....is there even a diference between normal lupos and gti lupo wiper arms?..just asking as the local scrappy has 2 lupos in there...just 1.0 basic jobbies..

Fuck aye!, that looks mint mate ooohhh yehhhhh! well done for saving a corrado! love your name aswel ' merklin ' sweeeeeeeet

i will be replacing my interior ones with WHITE led's just so they are a little brighter....blue ones loko naff and you cant see anything in the dark...

"Holla at your boi, wesssssstttwooooooooooooooooooooooooooood" looks cool, i think its a nice touch, i would like one after seeing yours now

how have i missed this thread....a lot of work gone into this! building a corrado as it should have left from the factory keep the thread updated mate!

..well we know the G60 is the best corrado to go for....and this is even better!...(vr6 boys...this aint no dig yo) (ok it was:p)

i think thats the reason corrados were overpriced...the fat kunt chairmans spent all that money to make themselves one offs lmao

this mite be of help to you http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... ts.php#box

my g60 has been similar to yours...just runs too hot for my liking....so at the moment i have a switch in my glovebox which i turn on and off myself.. been looking at the neuspeed lower temp rad switch from awesome...im going to try that and see if it fixes my problems also out of curiousity, are you sure your alternator is charging properly?..you may have a voltage drop which is why the fan wont spin as fast/not spin at all...im sure i read all early corrados are suspect of doing this...

you use the pipes from a mk1 gti which had a air to oil cooler

any info on this anyone? i know theres a rare vw motorsport 6 speed box available..but what about the later mk4 boxes? anyone know if these fit?, or how much work is required to make these fit?

iirc the facelift corrados have slighter wider arches front and rear and the vr6 has a slightly wider rear beam?

if you apply for a logbook from the dvla they will write to the guy informing him that sumone is applying for a logbook, i would assume the car is registered at the address the car is at, and also the owner has no interest so he will probaly not reply which means its yours:D

just picked some up today, golf rallye half leathers, very good condition, bar 3cm where the stitching has come undone near the headrest firstly does anyone know what these are worth, and secondly, will the rear bench fit the corrado?.. from what i understand he fronts will go straight in, but using the golf subframes makes the seats higher...so its better to transfer the corrado subframe to the rallye seats

ditto that i removed my boost return after it blocked itself and killed my 1st charger, now it just whistles all the time, lol

ditto that i removed my boost return after it blocked itself and killed my 1st charger, now it just whistles all the time, lol

anyone know why they blow the fuse? mine stopped one day, i took the fuse out and bak in and it worked:S

v62 form is what you want from the post office, thikn theres a £20 fee to do this unless you can show proof of ownership id say go for it dude, bit of G3 and she'l be red as anything again, stick it on the bay if you dont want it, will deffo fetch more then £20 lmao

LMAO@ this thread, im in stitches!

iirc black diamond discs wont go rusty either. good thread, this is exactly what i was planning to do aswel, cheeers how difficult is rebuilding the rear calipers?, as im going to rebuild all 4 second hand ones at the same time.

checked and these are fine. new gaskets were used, i will put money down on these not leaking as this was done on the engine stand and torqed and all cylinder head mating surfaces had a light skim to ensure they was flat, vacuum hoses are all on as before and the Carbon Canister is removed.

ahh this could be a factor, everything was set like that but the car wasnt allowed to idle after reaching 3k... im going to pop down and have the timing checked now by sumone who only does diagnostics and timing. i cant see a gasket not sealing...ive never had an issue with one before this car, however will do a compression test to rule this out, the blye temp sender and the black one have been replaced with VW ones after the gsf ones didnt let the car start, isv seems to tick, will see if i can borrow one to rule this out aswel...would this affect cold start really?? sounds to me like spark plug i had the same problem fit wr6dp0 bosch items (check the part code not to sure on that ) with the old engine the car had polo g40 ones when i checked the part number, with the new engine i used the recomended bocsh g60 ones , wr6dp0 sounds about right, i thikn the g40 ones had a R in the part number i get only 5mpg on a very cold morning on a short joruney !!! the car never gets off "choke " and the mfa has been know to play up its best calculating via petrol in to miles done ahh so the fuel consumption seems about right then? i was under the impression my cold start/choke was not working correctly as thats a hell of a lot of fuel! for a 1.8 :tongue: and does smell of fuel when i had a friend rev it for me as i stood behind it the g60 has 2 temp senders i belive one could be shot replace both (some will comfirm this) i know theres the 2 sensors blue and black which are on the front of the head these are water teperature, and theres the radiator fan switch which is 3 pole in the rad itself, and another little sensor which is next to the fuel pressure regulator (i have this disconected) which is to run the fan after the engine is switched off so do people think my issue of killing exhaust baffles, and lumpy idle (the lower idle) is to do with timing? had a friend suggest if its overfueling that it will destroy baffles..funily enough it used to shoot flames on my old supersprint system... cheers to all, i feel abit better about her just reading all this lol

the cam belt timing has been done as per the guide on this site, and the dizzy timing as done by a merc specialist using his fancy snap on gun (i had a print out of the guide form here) i will double check it has not moved tommorow but i dont see how it would have... to clarify, i want to hold the revs at 2000rpm and make sure the mark on the flywheel that does not have a 0 next to it should meet the marker on the gearbox housing at tdc for cyl 1