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yes m8 took literally 2 minutes to fit them with the exception of me having to retrieve one of the metal clips from inside the door as wouldnt you know i dropped it & it landed in the one small opening of the door membrane lol

thanks shaun im looking forward to driving with them, hopefully stop the water getting in when the window is slightly down as for the roof trims, ive now paid off the modena's from the credit card & am almost ready to buy the mouldings but heritage are out of stock of the right hand side im not in too much of a rush though as still need funds to finish the wheels & put rubber on them

busy weekend on the VR6 & starting to get it all back together leather all cleaned & conditioned whilst all the interior is still out passenger side & rear all vac'd & cleaned speakers wires, sub wires etc all routed better & taped in place, new earth ran to factory body earth for basslink factory rear speaker housings removed so i can felt behind the fixing points to hopefully stop the squeaks from when they were taking out for the coilovers 10 years ago lol new kurzy headlight loom ran into place - OE connectors made it so much cleaner 😄 finally, got the Heko's on hopefully when it stops raining this week i can remember how the hell i refit the rear seats

the relays can stick & fail at some point but is an easy fix i hope it didnt happen when you were out driving at night!

i can understand the desire to want to protect the relays & fuses but ive ran these looms in both my rado's for around 10 years & apart from 1 relay failing ive never had any issues - these were both the version without the OE connectors as well, so just well taped up spade connectors by sheer coincidence i was fitting my new loom yesterday but didnt quite finish as i was charging the battery im pretty sure i have managed to route it so that i can attach the relays to the side of the washer bottle which will make taking the battery out easier & also put them in a position where water shouldnt get to them i will get some pictures when it has stopped raining

good to see you still around dave 🙂

just go gentle m8 i managed to do mine without getting fuel in my mouth lol

siphon is simple m8 from the filler cap, literally shove a hose pipe down there & suck

yeah that all makes sense - i just wondered as i always let all me cars warm up on idle for a good few minutes before i drive off but then i also always go the long way on short journeys to give them a run

poor throttle response could well be a gunked up throttle cable - how does the go pedal feel under foot? is it very stiff in both directions? once you have emptied the tank, filled with fresh & got it running again you can manually move the throttle from under the bonnet - this should give you a feel for where the lack of response is the gear selector on top of the gear box can become very stiff & sticky when sat for that long - get it sprayed well with wd40, leave to soak & then start manipulating the gear selector itself it took a good half hour at least of wriggling on my 16v to get the selector moving freely again

any idea why people say that dox? ive never understood it tbh

my 16v refused to run on the old fuel but after draining the tank, filling with fresh 99ron, fully charged battery & a can of easy start sprayed around she fired up after a few turns it is worth whipping your spark plugs out to check for their condition also have a spray of wd40 on & around the alternator belts etc as long as your length of hose is long enough & the container you are emptying is lower than the fuel tank it is easy to siphon as for idle adjustment, AFIK there is a small idle screw you can play with but it is very sensitive so very small adjustments when you do

hmmm how much old fuel was in there? it would have been preferable to drain the old stuff first 92 is an early i think so shouldnt have an anti-siphon filler so should be easy to get the majority out

what year is it? my 16v is a '90 & i was able to siphon the old fuel out using just a length of garden hose did you empty the old fuel out before putting the 6 litres in? a can of easy start helped to get my 16v back to life after it was sat for a while - these cars dont like to be sat still for extended periods

as cressa said - you want to be checking the fuse board under the drivers side dash to begin with AFIK the only fuse under the bonnet is for the rad fans

sounds like a potential fuse issue if all 3 have gone suddenly

corrado with a roof rack spotted whilst watching Trailer Park Boys - season 11

thanks cressa

hi sean - thank you kindly for the input! that is the stuff i had in mind, i will have a search & get some 🙂

yeah if im honest shaun i did think that too about the order im doing things but i will be giving the polishing a final once over & then lime powder finishing to remove any lingering grease before they go off to the powder coaters sticky not tacky is the one - i will have a look about & thanks, i am starting to get excited about finishing them now & cant wait to see them on 😄

finally finished all the edge polishing this morning next step get them booked in the machine shop for redrill i am thinking of taping over the polished edges so they dont get marked during the redrill but want tape which wont leave a residue when removed - i was thinking electrical tape but does anyone have any other ideas or maybe a car body tape like that a paint shop would use when taping off complex paint jobs, however ive no idea what to google for it

that reminds me, i must weigh the modena's as when i had stripped them down it became apparent that they are aluminium barrels & are super light all the weight is in the faces & id like to know how they compare to the 7kg of the OE speedlines (IIRC)

TBF to get a mirror finish you have to use an extremely light abrasive so it would remove hardly any material at all i went through 4 stages of different polishing wheels, each having its own grade of compound - which is in addition to starting with foam backed polishing pads of 600, 1000, 2000, 3000

nice video Doc it has definitely taken me a lot longer than an hour per wheel lol

thanks Fla - polishing takes so much time but the final result will be well worth it plan is to have the centre faces bead blasted & then powder coated white, then have the entire face clear powder coated to preserve the polished edges im also going to have the barrels clear powder coated & am hoping they can retain the original autostrada stickers on the inside of the barrels they will then be finished with white centre covers, black hex nut, white centres with gold modena writing & stainless split pins oh & oil slick bolts & valve caps