Leonard

:lol: :cuckoo: You cant sell your car mate not after all that work! Workin in Norway sounds quite cool tho (excuse pun) How did you get on with those springs? What was the ride like? Matt

Will you let us know what GPC say mate? I quite fancy a 90mm splitter Matt

That looks seriously good 8) I think I like your wheels better than mine tho which is bad :wink: LOL How do you find the ride now, any rubbing at all?

Its illegal to take your money if they dont have the goods, so dont take any sh!t :grin:

Cheers mate. Guess i had better buy a multimeter! Getting bloomin expensive trying to fix this. But not so much as if i let someone else look at it so....... Thanks again Matt

Looks good mate you would never guess it had done that mileage 8)

Awesome write up mate and gorgeous looking car. You almost have me putting my aqua one back to std now you bugger :lol: MJ's look like they have done a TOP job as well (as always) So if you are fitting the Gotti's (which look the dogs) surely you are going to lower it arent you? Matt P.S whats that pod type thing on the transmission tunnel :confused4:

Nice one! Sounding great like only a VR can :grin: 8)

So i started following the check list and I only got to: "Next step would be to take the door cards out and remove the plastic cover panel on the door from the rear end moving forwards until you get to an electrical plug, this should run around into the door handle microswitch, if you unplug this and then get in the car close the door and push the door lock pin down it should lock the whole car." With the drivers side door handle microswitch 'unplugged' I push the door pin down and IT DOES NOT lock the whole car. So what does that mean??? Anyone? :scratch: :epicfail: LOL

Just checked using the passenger side lock and the pump is blowing and sucking :clap: Checked the drivers door handle wiring again and it looks fine. No wires dangling off! Soooo it is something (probably electrical ) on the drivers side that is not telling the pump to blow when unlocking the car :scratch: Ok just found this rather wonderful write up by Yandards :clap: : "The central locking system uses 2 'triggers' per side to activate it. One is a microswitch in the door handle that sends an open or close signal to the control unit (located on the c/l pump in the r/h corner of the boot) The other is another microswitch contained in the remote vacuum units that move the door pin to the down position and again can be either open of closed but in a permanant position unlike the door switch. First of all I would unscrew the door pin as far as you can and see if that helps, if not then it's not the door pin. Next step would be to take the door cards out and remove the plastic cover panel on the door from the rear end moving forwards until you get to an electrical plug, this should run around into the door handle microswitch, if you unplug this and then get in the car close the door and push the door lock pin down it should lock the whole car. Do this for both passenger and driver sides. If you have a multimeter you can check correct operation of the door switches, the brown cable is common so put a test probe in there, then stick a test probe in either of the other two connectors and turn the key in the door handle, with the multimeter set to resistance it should drop from 1 to around 0 in one key direction, change one of the test probes over and it should drop to 0 in the opposite direction. If you plug it in one side and it reads around 0 without turning the key then that microswitch is broken and is sending a permanent open command to the control unit, just leave it unplugged until you can get a new handle. You should get 11-12v(battery) coming from the car (not handle) end of the connector, IIRC the red wire is the live one so podge a probe in that and select DC volts on the multimeter and ground the other probe on something metal (door rivets are good) Again do this both sides, this will prove the plugs inside the A pillars are connected ok. The final plug to check is the one that goes to the vacuum unit in each door, again unplug each one in turn and try to lock the car using the key, (you will need to reconnect the door handle plugs if they are both ok) if you get a fault with one then leave it disconnected and get a replacement. Another thing to look at if you are not getting any voltage at the plugs is that they are unplugged inside the car (passenger side door connectors are in front of the heater motor, drop the lower dash tray off and follow the loom coming out of the door. Drivers side is up by the fusebox, again drop the fusebox cover, dash tray and unclip the fuse box then follow the wiring out of the door.) Or the red cables join into one from the door handle and lock pin plugs before the bottom of the door, if you have low voltage at the plug then it is likely this has broken down/corroded so it needs cleaning up and soldering to sort it. Hope that all helps, it's fresh in my head as I had to do it all yesterday!"

REALLY trying to sort out my central locking today! If the central locking pump isnt blowing (it is sucking :norty: ). Could there be any reason for this other than a broken pump? I bought another pump the other day and the seller has just assured me (cheers Steesh 8) ) that it was working fine. Just replaced the drivers door actuator. Stripped and lubed the lock mechanism and a while ago i tried someones spare door handle. Still nothing :( So i am pretty sure it is down to the pump not blowing. I have checked with the pump out and the vaccuum hose off and it is defo sucking but not blowing :camp: Any ideas anyone? Cheers Matt

That is why i don't take my car to VW anymore :lol: Unless you are very lucky and find a knowledgeable and ususally slightly more mature mechanic working there then they have probably never even seen a Corrado before. Still no excuses as the current V6 engines also use chains of course

Cheers mate going to go out and try this now. If it works I will sack watching the rugby this afternoon and i will be round around 3ish to have your babies :grin:

I hate you LOL :grin:

Pictures! :grin: They might sound cool mate, but they are nothing special - I don't even like them - but I have to have LHD headlights and I couldn't get standard LHD headlights in time. They just look like the chrome version of Inpro headlights. Oh, don't big them up too much :grin: LOL How come you need LHD?

Let me know how you get on mate i have been living with this for 2 years now! :brickwall: LOL

I have this same problem! Doin my nut in LOL Drivers door wont open from lock or fey fob. Central locking keeps pulling pin back down. Going to replace the pump tomorrow will let you know how I get on Matt

You could just fit lowering springs. Depends how tired your std dampers are though really :?

Cheers m8 Yeah I guess you are probably right.I am out of touch with new parts prices after having the Corrado for so long and trying to buy everything at a 'sensible' price :lol:

Nah I really like it, lifts my grey leather interior a little :grin: The glovebox and the gear surround were £235 new apparently :shock: Just took some pics of the ABT brochure I have and I have left my bloomin data cable at work :bad-words: Will upload em on Monday, at work :grin:

Pictures! :grin:

Hey that is really impressive mate 8)

i have... :) (winter wheels) Hey they look good mate, always wondered what they would be like. Some pretty fancy rims for winter wheels, I like your style :grin:

Would be interested to know how the new set of KW's compare to your Koni/H&R's. Particularly in the ride comfort :salute:

No one got any wheels on their car or anything :scratch: