richair

I'll take the vw thermostat then mate if you could please pm me your details ;) cheers!

Do either of the thermostats come with a seal? Cheers

Good to see she's still being looked after Rob! I do miss this car, but then I miss them all I suppose haha. Maybe this more so though. Edit: I guess I really should have changed my sig by now!

Bit of an update on my choice... I went with the Spax RSX kit in the end from Corby Motorsport at £499+postage. Build quality is very impressive and the threads on the struts are machined stainless steel, so should last a very long time! (particuarly with the amount of grease and waxoil I covered them in!!) The rebound adjusters work very well with a huge range of damping for road or trackdays. I've experimented with different ride heights and have settled on approx 600mm front, 610mm rear (ground to arch). This gives a firm, yet compliant ride that's still comfortable/drivable on very bumpy b-roads. I did go another 10mm lower, but I found the ride pretty unbearable (I didn't want to go too low anyway..). Therefore I'd say they're best avoided for those looking for uber-low stance, although the roads in Shropshire are pretty rough! Overall I'm very happy and they offer exactly what I need at a decent price; the advantage over the competition at the 500 mark is the stainless threads and they also have a 2yr warrenty. Pretty impressed so far :D 8)

I had a mk2 with a fubar'd compensator and you had to double pump the pedal to get any feel, very dodgy. And there was LOTS of travel! There were no external leaks, but it was obviously just allowing all the pressure to the rears... Fixed it and the brakes were great. Obv. as above check the simple stuff first, but if everything else is in order it's probably the next port of call...

yeppers, already done that :) & ther was stil no way it would fit without some tweakage.. I reckon it was approx 1-2mm too big! Cheap chinese crap lol

Unfortunately it's defo bin fodder as it's blown internally now; no continuity whatsover between the terminals... Stange! But then there's continuity between the + terminal and the exposed insulator. Anyways, its fubar'd. :confused: Incidentally I went down my local VW indi yesterday in the hope he would have a used on just to get me through the retest on monday (he didn't :( ), but he said they never fit properly and they brush them around a bench grinder but he said he'd not experienced what I had before... But yes, stuff like this is always best to buy wisely. I have actually found a local supplier that sells Hella sensors at around £22, so I may just order one to see what it's like. If not, £60 at VW for one that will defo last at least!

My 'rado failed the MOT earlier this week; I'd failed to spot the previous owner had unplugged the light to mask a fault D'oh! :scratch: So I tracked the problem down to one of the front sensors and after looking round at prices, I thought it would be worth trying a £13 item from a certain large (3 european country) supplier vs. the £48.13+ VW wanted.. Wrong! Plugged the sensor in, started her up and my light went out. Great I thought (was hoping to get a retest today so I can actualy drive the car), but then when I tried to located the sensor in the hub it was very, very tight. So tight that it would have had to be driven in, probably breaking it in the process. Being as time was of the essense, instead of sending it back I decided to get a fine file out and relieve the high areas around the senore to make it fit. This turned out to be not one of my best ideas as just below the surface I exposed some copper shield of some sort. Not good I thought. Managed to get it to fit, but the first time I switched the ignition on the sensor failed again; infinate resistance reading from the voltmeter across the terminals. Now I know this was partly my fault, but there was no way it would have fitted without some adjustment (it was defo the right part btw). And the sheild was sooo close to the surface of the plastic case!!!! Anyways, guess I'm off to VW to buy a propper one! Lesson learnt :tongue:

The existing fan will have two speeds in built, so will therefore have one ground and two positive feeds; one of which will probably have an inbuilt resistor for the lower speed. This means the thermostat switch will also have two temperature triggers and 3-pins. (this is assuming the corrado circuitry is the same as mk1's/2's...). So the way I see it, you have two options; 1. as you say connect both positive feeds together (obviously make sure you work out the circuits before doing this!) or 2. swap the thermostat switch for a 2-pin with just one trigger temp and adapt the loom slightly to suit. Either way should work fine; you will just have one fan speed with both. The best bet to assist though is to refer to the good 'ol haynes circuit diagrams to work out what's going on and wire colours etc. HTH! :)

Truely awesome bit of engineering! They clearly know there stuff and obviously have waaaay too much time/money on their hands :tongue: If only!

This one shows promise! http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.p ... pic=247589

As i've discovered from personal buying experience (& i've swaped and changed between a fair few cars over the last couple of years...); one man's minter is another man's pile of crap. So many 'yeah its imaculate mate' cars have turned out to be poo. It pays to do your research and spend a lot of time talking to the owners prior to viewing, but even then too many peeps view their cars through rose tinted glasses! :mad2: I on the other hand have car 'OCD' which is my downfall :lol: Good luck with your search though! I spotted a nice looking low miler, one owner car on PH earlier... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1178012.htm If minty it could be a decent buy, but it's a lot of money...

Actualy they will fit providing they're from a 16v chassis (i think there's a difference between 8v & 16v front hub mountings..). But, as you say the spring & damping rates won't be right for the porky VR motor ;)

Well I ordered 2 weeks ago and they shipped them the same day (recieved an email from the US postal service with the tracking info), not recieved them yet buy they're due any day now. I've previously ordered a lot of parts from the US and have had no problems at all. However, I've found the delivery time does vary quite a lot though; sometimes it can take a few days, other times it takes a few weeks. I think our customs is the main culpret though!! :roll: But the money you save more than makes up for it IMO...

You can also replace the front bush with a R32/TT bush. Whilst you're at it you may as well do the two! You can get both from the VW stealers (they are the same between the TT 3.2 and R32) as I called for prices a couple of weeks back, but the prices were pretty horrendous (around £14ea+) and I ordered mine from four seasons in California www.fourseasontuning.com/ following advice in an old thread on here 8) Delivered to the UK the lot cost me around £35!!!! :D To confirm part no's (as covered above): Rear donut: 8N0407181B Front: 8N0407182A

Cheers for the appraisal on the Gaz there Kev; sounds pretty shocking if you ask me! Gawd knows how they sent them out with the wrong springs; that must have been just plain dangerous!!! Well I'm sure they will have improved quality now, but it's sounds like it's not worth the risk; especially if buying one of their low-end products. I know what you mean on Spax and if i'm honest I hadn't even considered them at first, but I've since read a few good things about them and they offer all I need at a decent price. So the jury is still out. I'll look more in to KW's, however when I was checking prices the V1's go for around £750 which is 50% more than I really want to spend. However I know you get what you pay for... :?

Cheers for the input guys. I'm suprised about the quality issues with Gaz; was that with some earlier units? Come to think of it, in my CRX days (around 2004/5/6) I remember a few guys had trouble with them. Form what I can tell they have their act together now though? What sort of things went wrong? If I can get V1's/V2's for a decent price then I'll got for them as I know you get what you pay for... But I am on a bit of a budget i'm afraid as I have a few expensive months ahead of me :| I've got mixed feelings on the Spax if im honest; a lot of peeps who've used them say they're good and the quality seems miles beter than it used to be. But then if there's way too much compression I guess they'll be pretty harsh... Does anyone have any experience with the revised ones? (last couple of years..). What ever I decide to go with, I'll be sure to give a write up of them in here 8)

Hi guys, Done lots of searching on here and on other forums, but I've not turned up anything too specific. Looking to buy some mid-range coilovers for my VR and I've whittled my choice down to either Spax RSX or Gaz GHA. Both are around the 500nicker mark, both have 2yr warrenties, same adjustmet and both seem to get decent reviews. Spax seem to have a little edge over the Gaz in that the spring collar threads are stainless whereas the Gaz are all zinc plated. I've also considered FK's Konisports (the reviewes are too mixed and they seem to corrode too much) and Weitecs (cost around 600 and don't seem to offer anything more than the Gaz or Spax). I like KW V2's, but the coffers won't extend that far i'm afraid. If anyone on here is running either I'd be pleased to hear your opinions on them! My car will be used for daily driving (including trips for work) and I live in an area where bumpy B-roads are the norm. I will however make the odd aperance on a trackday (rebound adj will be useful here) and I can cope with a certain level of compromise in ride quality... Cheers all! Rich :grin: