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ha ha ha yeah it kinda makes sense lol I guess if you cant find a creamier product but still think the scuffmaster is a perfect colour match then a 250ml bottle of dye is very well priced & would allow you to do all of both front seats......IE open & go for it lol EDIT: did you buy their kit form which only has a tiny bottle of dye? FYI im going to try & make my 250ml bottle stretch to do the rears of both front seats as well as the front facing panels.

easypops - glyptone sell a 'toner' product which is designed to be used with their scuffmaster dye so as to get a better colour match if required ive copied this off their site for you.... "By adding tiny amounts of a toner, you can tint the main colour to allow for this fading/discolouring." taken from http://www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm I hope that helps EDIT: or alternatively I was told by the glyptone technician, when I visited them in person, that a 250ml bottle of scuffmaster dye would be enough to refurb all of the front facing parts of both front seats - thus you could not worry about the fade & restore them back to original colour Plus, from the experience of recently refurbing a steering wheel as a practice, I followed the instructions & put the first coat of dye on neat & then for the 2nd & 3rd coats I diluted the dye with a little water (I think the ratio is shown on the bottle) which really did enable me to apply it very sparingly with excellent coverage

excellent news thank you :)

i bet you were m8 good job yours doesn't have one of those carbonio air intakes, that would have been disaster

Hi Dave I have just seen your classified ad, sad times to hear you are moving on :( once the rado is gone do you have any thoughts on continuing the supply of your excellent upgrades?

ha ha i just copy & paste an old reply about the pics Neale lol funny how that question pops up so often though

whoa!! how the hell did you not cut out!?

tidy - though strictly it should be a m8 walking alongside you that says it lol yes m8 the original 12v VR sounds awesome! something i hear the 24v version loses what air intake have you got? i can thoroughly recommend a BMC :D if you want to hear how they sound with a BMC & 2.5 straight through stainless exhaust have a peek on my build thread here http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?44751-g0ldf1ng3r-s-VR-amp-return-of-the-valver-VR-steering-wheel-refurb/page7 regarding pictures.... i find easiest way is to... click 'go advanced' button at bottom right hand side by the 'post quick reply' button then you can use the 'manage attachments' button to add files it opens a new small window click browse, navigate to chosen file & click ok, then click upload i also find it useful to resize the images before uploading as often the raw iphone photo for example is too large a file if you download & install windows image resizer (if you are on windows not MAC) it is as easy as right clicking the phot you want to resize, click 'resize' & then choose 'medium' when the image resizer asks

my VR is lowered, such that there is a 2 finger gap between top of tire & the wheel arch it has a 2.5" longlife stainless & Paul who fitted it said it was a challenge due to the ride height - he did an awesome job though & ive not heard single knock from it there are a few pics of how it runs over the rear beam on my build thread here if you want a look http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?44751-g0ldf1ng3r-s-VR-amp-return-of-the-valver-VR-steering-wheel-refurb/page8 if it helps i wouldn't mind taking you a few more

nice goose lets see :) have you walked up to it saying 'i feel the need, the need for speed' yet? ;) PMSL

glad you didn't get a more harsh result Rog!

blimey im glad i got mine when i did!! im sure they were £400 less then 2 years ago

http://www.volkswagen-classicparts.de/ do that as a repair section i believe Jim http://shop.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/vwcp/scirocco-corrado/corrado/body/exterior/ yes they do but it is a full rear quarter section :(

happy to help m8 i will drop you a pm when i start the seats to let you know

It kind of depends on when i get the new matrix fitted in the valver as i plan to remove the VR seats to treat them as it is starting to get chilly in the morning i could really do with sorting the valver heat out in next few weeks i brought the kit direct from Glyptone themselves. when i was looking at their site i noticed they had moved to a couple of miles from where i live so i visited them personally. i wanted to ask their technicians about the cool iron & tea towel trick to close up any cracks (Tim from 5th Gear told me about it a couple of years ago). the technician said he had heard of it but wouldn't bother. i might give it a go just to see if it works or not as the dye got into the very small cracks on the steering wheel but they are still visible if you look closely their site is http://www.liquidleather.com/ i didn't buy one of their kits as i had no need for the cloths or soft brush thing (an old toothbrush worked a treat) & as such i brought 250ml each of GT11, GT12 & VW black scuffmaster dye those 3 bottles cost me £35.75 i would guess ive maybe used maybe 10ml of each to do the steering wheel FYI i have seen seats done with this treatment & the result was excellent by all means let me know if you want any more info SR_Neale :D

cracking example clip Mic, love the chuckle at the end :)

the people in the modern world have a huge lack of respect in general; whether it be respect for themselves, respect for others, respect for other peoples property or respect for others beliefs & values people are far too quick to use the trendy phrase of being 'offended' by something or someone BUT those issues often have nothing to do with offence, they boil down to the fact that people no longer respect that others may have different thoughts or ways of living their lives i was brought up to have respect & value for the differences people in this world have & all the world holds i do not take 'offence' to something which does not have a direct impact on myself because i respect that other people choose to live THEIR lives how they desire. it is their life after all mix this with what i call the 'Jeremy kyle infection' & it is creating societies & people within them that no longer strive to be the best person they can, no longer strive to do the best they are able to at what they do. they want to revel on TV at being absolute scum & the lowest common denominator of character whilst feeling like they are owed fortunes for doing such sorry for the 2nd rant - i guess the point i make is, well, clear i hope lol

tidy thanks Mic, will take a look :)

you kinda hit a nail on its head there Jamo the state of the UK's, if not the world, media is truly shocking. they would rather fill the publics head with junk & try to focus them on what this 'star', sorry over inflated egotistical pr1cks, have eaten today, sh1t today, how many times they got their tits out for a god damn camera, which slut is doing what, what the over priviledged rich tw4ts had their chef make them for lunch plus why is it that it often seems all the TV & media & papers etc want to do is to continually shove the 7 deadly sins down our throats maybe they should actually try reporting on something that is actual news anyone would think someone scared & is trying to subdue the public & refrain them from thinking for themselves

having let the final coats of diluted dye dry for a couple of days it was final touches time last night im very happy with the overall finish but the dye seemed to have made the stitching quite scratchy. the glyptone how to didn't say whether to apply a coat of conditioner after the dye stage was finished but i did so anyway & this made the stitching nice & supple again :D so thanks to VAG-hag & a little attention to detail i now have a VR steering wheel that looks virtually brand new winner winner chicken dinner!! :D i am hoping to have time one evening this week, if not then the weekdn, to have a steering wheel party so as to swap my VR leather one over, put my old VR one on the gf's storm so that i can refurb the one on hers currently, then remove the non standard one on the valver & put the brand new correct VW one on.

that's good to hear karmannski appreciate you persevering with this :)

absolute scum!

make yourself at home fella & take a look around :)

i find easiest way is to... click 'go advanced' button at bottom right hand side by the 'post quick reply' button then you can use the 'manage attachments' button to add files it opens a new small window click browse, navigate to chosen file & click ok, then click upload i also find it useful to resize the images before uploading as often the raw iphone photo for example is too large a file if you download & install windows image resizer (if you are on windows not MAC) it is as easy as right clicking the phot you want to resize, click 'resize' & then choose 'medium' when the image resizer asks

i put another 2 coats, this time diluted as per the instructions, on the steering wheel this weekend left to dry & soak in overnight plan is to give it a final condition this evening, let it dry in for a day or two & then fit it to the VR more pics will follow