mookie

Looks lovely there mate. Paint looks terrific.

I have to say that looks flippin excellent mate.

Anyone find a noticeable difference running on bog standard 95ron Shell or similar? Just wondered due to the sticker in the fuel flap.

Is this still not finished? :bonk:

Just read the whole thread, epic adventure time and respect for not being put off with the engine woes! Would love to take my C to the ring!

Think for now I'm quite happy with the 195/40 and 17s. I certainly don't feel the urgent compulsion to change my wheels now.

Yeah I was wondering why it was so bumpy especially over the yellow slow down lines on dual carriageways... Think i set both fronts to 34 and the backs to 30 as I wasn't sure what was a good pressure on these tyres. I'll tweak them down a bit to what you say and see how it feels. It needs new front tyres soon-ish anyway so I'm likely to just replace them all with either 205's or 195/45's.

Amazing what a difference having the right tyre pressures makes... :bonk: Found 43psi in one front tyre, 28psi in the other one... no wonder it felt so bad! Never bothered checking since I bought it as the tyres all looked fine and well inflated. Still a firm ride, but I'm not bouncing out my seat anymore... which is nice! :cheers: Onwards and upwards!

Driver side rear Corrado lights. In good condition. The smaller square light has some small marks on the bottom half inch of the red section. So small you can't even see them in the photo but they are there, but not visible unless you peer quite close. They come with the bulb holders included. Price: £25 delivered. Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne

I have a brand new GSF, Vetech branded, front engine mount for a Corrado VR6. It's the big black rubbery one with the holes through the middle. Replaces OE part number 1h0199609k. Selling as I didnt realise I had a Vibratechnics one already installed. Comes in the original plastic bag etc, completely unused and fresh. Just looking to get back some of what I paid just two weeks ago... :bonk: Price: £20 plus £3 postage. Collect from Newcastle Upon Tyne

VR6Pete offered me one a couple of weeks ago when I asked for the same thing (got one from someone else), he might still have it? http://the-corrado.net/member.php?3495-VR6Pete

Stainless steel (Inox) KWs are really good quality and should be winter proof with minimal maintenance. KW's however are superbly easy to adjust just don't over tighten the little set screw when you're done... GRRRRR. As far as setting the height, aim about three quarters of the way up the body with the adjuster, lower the car back onto it's wheels and see what you think. Then move it down the body to lower it more or up to raise it. I always use a ruler to measure the distance between the underside of the adjuster and the very last thread on the body. Sometimes you may need to set one side slightly differently to the other but check the distance from a fixed point to the ground on both sides before deciding on any tweaks - usually the distance from the centre of the wheel arch to the ground or a sill etc... then you MUST get the alignment checked and adjusted or it will drive like poo.

I'm having an occasional and unpredictable issue with my VR6. Every so often, and literally it's only every few days, the idle will sit anywhere between 1000 and 1250rpm when idling if the car is hot. It never does it cold or luke warm, but only when the coolant gauge is showing around the 95-100 mark and the oil temp is up 100+. Even then, it's not everytime either. Most of the time it idles just fine, but then recently it can sometimes just suddenly not drop back to a normal idle speed. When it sits high, the car will otherwise run and drive fine. I have been having a seperate annoying kangaroo, off-throttle jerk happening when travelling at very low speeds/revs, so I'm not sure if there is a connection there? Like I say it's not a daily issue, but I have noticed the pattern/connection between engine temp and the higher idle. One other weird thing, a week or so ago, when it was stone cold, I turned on the ignition and the car revved itself to about 1500rpm five or six times immediately after it started, before settling to a normal idle. It's never done that before or since :scratch: I'll give you an example. Today I left for work, and ended up (unusually) stuck in traffic. Temp gauge going up, MPG going down... :bonk: after a short burst between lights, when I came to a stop the idle stuck at 1250rpm-ish. I gave it a rev, no change it still wouldn't drop back. Tentative crawl forward in gear, all normal rev wise, popped it out of gear and it goes back to 1250rpm. Long blast along a dual carriageway (60ish), pulled up at more lights, now it's a shade over 1000rpm, coolant and everything is still about the same temp (fan running). Pulled up at work, still over 1000rpm although slowly, very slowly dropping. Reversed into my space, revs drop to a normal idle/reverse rpm with barely any throttle. Back up to 1100ish out of gear. I took the ISV off at the weekend and cleaned it out with carb cleaner - in comparison with some totally filthy 16v ISVs, this one was really clean anyway. The throttle body is similarly very clean, with no visible crud or oily residue in the pipework. It's been put on VAGCOM a week or so ago, and the only codes it threw up were for a fault with a rear ABS sensor (obviously irrelevant to this...) and the speed sensor error that apparently should be ignored as the car was static (from a seperate search I did). I've tried unplugging the MAF and it cuts out so that seems to be doing it's job. I can't see any airleaks or split pipework and I've gone over every hose clip and checked they're nice and tight. Loom look intact, no frayed wires or dodgy repairs I can see, connectors look nice a clean (the ones I've pulled out). Car has been recently serviced (Jan/Feb) and was given the works by Stealth in April last year (£££££'s on the bill) so I'm hopeful it's not leads/plugs etc. Like I say, it drives lovely, pulls really hard and fast, sounds lovely, no hesitation under load etc... so I'm a little stumped as to why every so often it decides to idle differently? Any help greatly appreciated! :cheers:

Yeah mate I know, wasn't meant to be having a go at you there. Sounds a bit harsh when I read it back... Even with my Mk2 I never went to the sort of lengths others would, and end up with a car that was crashy or uncomfortable... or dangerous. You're right, there is a line between handling and comfort and the challenge is trying not to stray too far either side of it. I think my goal is to have a handsome looking Corrado, that sits nice, looks great to anyone (not just the experts), but I will enjoy driving too and not begrudge the way it rides because of the pursuit of 'lows'... I'd never pander to the scene-kids and their crumpled wheel arches and cracked paintwork on the wings just for that extra 5mm of drop - anything but that! On the other hand, I think the Corrado can look very awkward without some adjustment to the ride height... but I'm quite reluctant to start messing with the arches, or put the sump in the line of fire either. Difficult balancing act. I'd love to keep the 17s on, and I love how other Corrado's look on the RS 301s with similarly skinny tyres and in some cases even lower ride heights; but if it means the car drives like an absolute boneshaker, even on £7-800 coilovers, then I'll need to re-evaluated what I do wheel and tyre wise.

I bought the car that way. I didn't 'do' anything Merely asking for some opinions as I've never owned a car with wheels this big and tyres this small... however I have owned a number of cars on various methods of lowering so know what to expect in the other areas. I not after getting slated as I only asked a question, about a car I've owned only a few weeks and I am looking to improve rather than make impractical or a pain to drive - it's a daily and I drive it hard when I get the chance. As for suspension travel, it has loads of it. As I said earlier my suspicion was the thin tyres were at fault, not the height of the car. I was just hoping to eliminate what I expected to be decent coilovers from the equation. And this is not a 'low' car. It's certainly being 'lowered', but it's hardly what could be called stanced or slammed or decked or whatever the word would be. Aside from the deep splitter, not one part of the car touches speedbumps, curbs, anything in the road etc etc. The arches are not rolled, the arch liners are intact, and I have zero tyre/car interference. As I said earlier the coils are barely wound down, probably about 50% down, it's not like I'm riding on the bumpstops or bouncing down the road with wheels lifting off the tarmac because it's so stiff. You can get your fingers between the tyre and the unrolled arch very easily too... I'm more likely to simply get a set of 16s with a larger profile rather than bigger tyres for the 17s as aesthetically it looks awful on big tyres and therefore inevitabley more arch gap. Afterall I bought a Corrado for it's handling, power and looks. I get the current thing for keeping them very OEM and going for a subtle drop... but I love Corrados when they sit nice in a different way to that. This whole arguement is very familiar to me from being in on the exact same discussions regarding Integra DC2's. The purists vs the modifiers.... but there's room for both I reckon.

Oh poop yes it did! Thanks mate! Just need another one now... Yeah I'm going to see if I can rustle something up to try. People running 17s, what tyres are you running?

No they defo are the right model: http://kwshop.co.uk/index.php?sort=_&page_id=product_single_view&product_id=17732&mg=26&pg=160

It's more than just feedback, it's bumpy as hell. And not in a potentially good way either. So judging from comments from KW owners, the coilovers aren't the culprit here? Tyre wise my only option I think is either the same profile but 205s... which doesn't seem a good plan. Or 195/45s. Can't seem to find a 195/50 in 17inches for some reason?

Not much stretch at all tbh, certainly a lot less than I've run on 15s with a nice ride quality. Yeah kind of what I feared. Problem is scaling up the tyre size means you then undermine how good they look. And too much information there at the end... I really trundle at low speed limits mate, which is funnily enough where I notice the bumps and rattles. High speed, motorway driving is silky smooth and feels like different suspension. But I guess the motorway tends to be much better maintained and smoother surface. Annoying how badly maintained the roads are in parts of the North East. Just a massive patchwork quilt of repairs in some cases. I do agree about the travel in the coilovers, there is some, it's not rock hard or anything. But on the second softest setting of my FKs, it was almost OEM like in terms of rebound. Although it's hard to compare the two different cars/engine weights etc...

Essentially, I'm somewhat bemused by the terrible ride quality my Corrado has. The initial novelty factor of it all has now completely worn off, to be replaced by skepticism as to whether or not there is something wrong, or I just have an awful combination of ride height/wheels/tyres. Here's a side on pic of my car for reference And the specs: KW v1's Inox (fairly new so unlikely to be worn out or leaking, no signs anyway...) 17inch TT Comps 195/40 tyres OEM suspension bushes etc (as far as I can see and am aware) The issue is how bumpy and uncomfortable the ride is. Is this solely down to the skinny tyres, or are people running similar setups and finding it comfortable on KWs? I'm a well experienced fellow when it comes to lowered suspension. I've had Mk2 Golfs on everything from lowering springs (crashy), to eBay special coilovers (bouncy and bumpy), to FK Sport Edition Plus coilovers (smooth, firm, but very comfortable). And pretty low at that on fairly skinny tyres. I'm realistic about what to expect and have my fair share of grounded out and sump whacking, teeth jarring, and what not. But the Corrado rides like the Golf did on the super cheap (read: rock hard) coilovers. There is a lot of thread left on the coilovers so they're not even wound down that low (no intention of going lower I might add...), nothing on the car catches except the occasion brush of the splitter on very steep speedbumps (no sump or underside of the car rubbing or scrapping what so ever). But driving on anything other than the motorway or new tarmac is a total pain in the neck. Crossing the thick yellow painted 'slow down' lines coming up to a round about is like going over a cattle grid on a skateboard :bonk: Is this the same kind of experience other owners have on KW's with 17s? I honestly expected a much better ride than this, not OEM comfort but on a par with the sort of thing my old FKs offered (although admittedly they were adjustable damping) considering the KWs are actually more expensive even in non-Inox form. I like how Corrado's look on 17s, and I like a car to sit nice without lots of arch gap (sorry OEM fans) but at this rate I can see myself going 16 with fatter tyres... or would an extra 5mm on the profile of the tyres to 45 from 40, make enough difference?

Same here, great to chat to you. Thanks for taking the time out to answer loads of stupid questions mate! That turbo setup is going to be an absolute beast.

I eliminated one annoying rattle today by removing the warning triangle. The OEM lover in me recoils at the thought, but it's another rattle gone...

I did wonder about the square one! Yeah if you can dig them out that would be mint, as much as anything just so I can see what they look like.

The long thin plastic textured trim cover thingy, that covers the lower boot ledge where the latch for the boot lid lock sits, is missing the clips (I assume there should be clips) to attach it to the paintwork. At the moment all that holds it in place is the shape of the metal underneath, and the edge of the rubber boot seal. Can anyone tell me what I should have pop through those round holes? :scratch: Cheers! :smug:

Was it this seller by chance? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-VW-16V-2-0-ACE-VR6-THROTTLE-WOT-SWITCH-SENSOR?item=170846546835&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D9015450218587928894#ht_766wt_1163