garrett

Maybe not: http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/17032009/36/volkswagen-corrado-careful-corrado-19.html

Really nice mate. Shame it's giving you some hassle at the moment... Like the idea of keeping track of what you are spending, I try so hard to be careful, but it doesn't last long!

ABT's look good great! Your car is a kind of negative of mine! Sort of. If you know what I mean?! Time for me to go to bed I think!

Very nice indeed

exactly, paint the whole car that colour and it wouldn't be a good move. i think it's all about having a bit of fun.

I like! But judging by my previously purple wheels I would wouldn't I?!

Today: Fixed my broken drivers door handle with a Daves16v repair kit. Took a while and 2 of us to get the pin out! But it now works like a dream! Painted my ABT's matt black Lubed up my rear passenger caliper (this looks (and sometimes sounds) like it's on it's way out!) Washed the car... ...then took it for a nice little drive!

Thanks for the comments guys... Busy day today. Fixed my broken drivers door handle with a Daves16v repair kit. Took a while and 2 of us to get the pin out! But it now works like a dream! Painted my ABT's black again - nice weather for it! Lubed up my rear passenger caliper (drivers was replaced for MoT, this looks (and sometimes sounds) like it's on it's way out! Washed the car... ...then took it for a nice little drive! Another crap pic (taken outside the chippy a little while ago with my BlackBerry!) Keeping the front indicators orange for the minute. Not sure what to do indicator wise at the moment....

Sorry dude! Good work. I think it makes people feel better if they have a little argue first before accepting they were in the wrong.

^^^^^^^^^ "You could get a Zafira through there...!"

I know! I'd never do anything to it that couldn't be reversed. It does look better in the flesh honest! I know what I'll be doing Saturday morning with a job lot of Matt Black!

Probably boring you now! Here are some details: 1.8 KR 16v - 75,500 miles Strove Motorsport induction kit Aftermarket exhaust with oval tailpipe 7.5 x 16 ET30 ABT's 205/45 16 Ventus tyres H&R Front Coilovers TA Technix Rear Coilovers

After egging on a couple of the other All Star guys to paint their prized BBS splits lairy colours and also being unhappy with the quality of my matt black paint job I did this: I was shocked as it was meant to be a dark colour. Left it to a graff-er mate to get the (Montana) paint from his supplier. Then got some orange tinting spray to create these: This is how it stands now. Not 100% about it, but it certainly gets some looks! Future plans are I will be painting the ABT's matt black again and putting some clear indicators back on. I am toying with putting 165/50 tyres on some refurbed sebrings to make it OEM again but using spacers to give it some added stance. All comments welcome...

Hi, I'm Leigh (Garrett). I have owned my Corrado since late last year and wouldn't normally start up a thread as I don't keep cars very long, but absolutely loving Corrado ownership, so I will be hanging on to this for a while! Best car I've owned by far and I have had my fair share (mostly dubs) over the last few years. I bought it locally after selling my fourth mk2 Golf. It was a very clean car, but needed some things sorting. This is the car the morning after I bought it, had to leave it in the drive as it wasn't insured and take the bus to the train station! Issues were: Rear suspension was original but fronts were H&R coilovers - so dodgy ride height! Front lip was colour coded white Wheels centre caps were yellow instead of silver (paint had been removed by jet wash) Good clean VW badges front and rear were tired I put on a black front badge from my old Golf GTi and painted the centre caps silver (wrong shade!) Then madly bought a TA Technix coilover kit and just used the rears. Sold the fronts for silly money. Also painted the lip matt black around this time. Crap pic but ride height better: Then purchased some G60 steels and pressed plates (really liked this look): Around this time I also painted the rear Corrado badge black and re-painted the rear badge black as my previous attempt was rubbsh! A week and a half after I had put the G60's on these turned up on Edition 38: Did a PX on the G60's and went down to Milton Keynes to swap over (in the dark!). Another crap pic! Decided to matt black them (removed 16v badge from front too): More to come...