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hi guys great to be back , i havent been on here in a long time! hope all in the forum is well. sorry to be coming straight back for a favour lol i have recently been completely diddled by local "specialist" i got to do me a custom exhaust system for my 'c', i was charged just short of 300 which i thought was ok! till i got the car back they had fitted it with no rubber mounts apart from the one rubber bush above the central hangers! blow and behold driving to cornwall the next day it snapped! the mounting point for the back box that is! because it was fastend using a length of metal welded to the back box then to the chassis! yes thats right i couldnt belive it my self! so as soon as i found this out i phoned them up and booked it straight back in! oh also at this point the middle of the exhaust is blowing like the missuses hair drier! suffice to say i took it back they sorted it, but then hadnt, then took it back then hadnt! they then had it for a week charged me another load of money to fit a special flange join at the exhaust mani ( i have a 4 into 1) and i have got it back and its gone again! im fed up extremely peed off! and just want my baby back on the road! sorry for the long rant i could go into much more detail about thier telephone mannor, but i wont lol. i just need to know where is a really good place that is reliable and not too costly and within a 3hrish drive of brighton to get a new system done properly once and forall! also do guys think i have any grounds to take this to trading standards? or any other route to try and recoup some of the costs! thankyou in advance cheers guys (sorry for grammatical errors and spelling, im kinda just smashing the keys out on the board im that close to the end of my teather on this one lol)

1. amazing nobody has yet said the early CRX ! beautiful car and fookin quick for a 1.6! 2. corrado vr6 in aqua blue black recaro leather lowerd wit 16s 3. corrado 2.0 16v charged and turboed, stripped light cage, perspex windows, as much carbon as money will allow, kws all round, eibach front arb, 18" rears 17" fronts oh and its rear wheel drive :) 4. seat leaon daily 5. nissan 200 6. nissan 350z 7. porsche 928 8. landrover td5 for pulling the trailers :) 9. not sure this counts as a car but a 125cc senior rotax max go kart, if it dont count then a westfield 10. build my own!!! light weight, 2.0 probly a honda block maybe the vw ABF (love workin wit that engine) up rated parts through out! turbed! low as poss on 18" all round, willwood brakes, tubular suspension arms! chassis made/ stolen from corrado. rear wheel drive! fibre glass shell made at home of course :) twin seats. maybe a lil ambitious but i can dream lol

yer ive had the same corrola, rocco, but the best was a few months back and it was from my nan saying 'oh james hows your coriander goin?' i jus looked at her and burst out laughing i think she realised pretty quick! but still i spose if you really squint your eyes they do look quite similar!

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hey there really sorry for the late reply these are the only two pics have of the wheels the other two are in pretty much the same condition! oh and if u did decide to go for them and the engine i can stick it on the same pallet! only lookin for £80 for the wheels, less than the cost of the rear tyres lol oh and the rear tyres have loads and load of tread but the front need replacing! cheers matey hope the car is comin along well and il try and get those central locking rods out in the post next day or so, sorry 4 the hold up! :)http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WMbmXs-Lnuk/ScFAa ... MG4840.JPG

where did you have your exhaust done or did you do it yourself? have you got any flex points in your exhaust?

just tried it with my mums passat doesnt work imafraid

if u have a lil chat with the guy at avs and order some other stuff im sure he might do u some discount he did for me and so far they work a treat 5 times cheaper than vw and i mean 5 times lol

yer it does! i got a quote from vw 150 all round not sure weather thats a good price i need mine doing too asap as iv lowered mine and its wanting to drive in clockwise circles lol

ok if your car is pre 94 brill no cat needed! if after 94 cat is needed if car is pre 94 but engine is after 94 still no cat needed if car is after 94 but engine is pre 94 ( and you have proof) no cat needed if engine is unidentifiable ie no stickers in you boot and on your cam cover :norty: no cat needed or if they cannot match the engine to that car in their database no cat needed ie i have an 8v rado put in a 16v abf, this was never fitted in rados so no cat needed:) hope this sheds some light! there is a website with all this on il try and find it and post it up

burnt sucks even more! :lol:

http://www.coralmarineconstruction.com/ ... ll_big.jpg now this is what you need if all else fails

yep hes right that was my car lol it attaches at the gearbox, you should have one bolt on the gear box with an extra 8mm thread on it for the earth cable

ok i feel really bad i didnt post up anything through the who;e conversion the last 4 days have been manic literally workin from 9am to 1am for the last 4 days i will write up a much for detailed post in my rebuild thread, but im so HAPPY :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: she is alive started first time and the clever little immobiliser faker chip soldered into the ecu worked a treat on the seat cupra ecu! only thing need to do now is sort exhaust and tune her up a bit! oh and more importantly i currently have no lambda sensor! but it went in all wiring sorted i must say a massive well done to burt01 aka ewan he did the wiring splicing the abf loom into the 8v ady loom! looks so beautiful in the engine bay lol modified clear fuel lines look the dogs danglies :lol: cant wait to have her full running up to spec! cant belive how quickly she stared either literally just like startin your car in the morinin. and yes the mounts fitted perfecty thankyou for ur wise words lol il try and get sum pics up for you guys to have a gander at lol

what should i use just emptied mine and need to fill it up halfords is near by so something from there would be good

ok so well so far keeping an update was harder than i thought lol new engine if fully assembled bar the power steering having a few issues with alternator bracket set up as i was planning on using the 8v alternator! i will get some pics up soon thanks for the tips with the engine mounts by the way put my mind at rest

ok so some of you may know i have been planning my ABF conversion for quite some time! the parts have been gathering the engine has been rebuilt and most importantly i finaly have 4 days off work :clap: tomorrow/today at precisely 9.30am work will start, ok so maybe after a cup of tea or two! my mate burnt01 on here will be helping out! as we are going for the full conversion using the digi fueling system a lil more wiring will be envolved which is where bunt01 comes in lol (hes the wiring genius) i will try and keep this post updated with a few piccys n comments through the day and no doubt i will be shouting for help before too long , so be prepared for some questions lol infact i may start of with a quick question, does anybody know if i can use the rear engine mount from my 8v on the abf? thankyou all in advance for your help and support :) im going to try getting to sleep now but so many parts of the swap keep goin through my head! ok so night nurse it is then lol

dude lookin good im keeping an eye on this one!so whens it back from paint?

all early rados pre 92!

or if you have it a swan neck spanner just fits down, maybe with a slight be of 'encouragement' lol

DSC04773small2.jpg[/attachment:310fvov7]do it your self maybe colour code the rears top half like mine! its not hard to do it your self just make sure you prep it well before hand! (ignore the lack of number plate surround and wonky zorst lol they were both either on their way or fallen off lol)

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you bought that off ebay didnt you lol i saw that considered it for a second lol good luck to you i hope you manage to undo all the lesser handy work lol now ive said that its probably somebodys c off of here lol

take it out and have a looksee, shove it in boiling water to check it out

jst ring andy at vwspares hes great really helpful guy! and so far so good on all there parts just used about £600 quid of there stuff for my ABF rebuild all really good quality! and equally importantly the service is great