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i would imagine the 2 kits are different you could try roose motorsport - there are a few of us here who run their cooling pipes personally, i chose them over samco due to the reports i had read of samco pipes splitting in restrospect if i was to do it again i would however not buy their jubilee clip set & would use the original VW constant tension springs

ha ha ha oh yeah, that makes sense now. forgive me, its nearly end of the working day lol

not sure if its what you implied jim but FYI ive already received the sill panel i had referred to ;) the VR is off to the mechanics to have it cut & fitted once ive got my valver back on the road

nice m8. i like the cross headlights & the wheels are like D90's

cool, welcome back :)

i saw a pic of the A pillar on rado20vt's build thread jim - http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=85457&page=2 i wondered if it might help you figure out if the panel will be of use for the part you need

ha ha no danger Jim lol i was kind of that way too when i found the outer sill repair panel ;) i did have a quick click through to see if i could find the other sections you showed in your link but wasnt sure which may be suitable let me know if you need any more assistance m8

not sure if a swap would be possible but check out forum user Hairyarse website http://www.yesterdayscars.co.uk/available-cars/ he has a clipper cabrio on there & a peach at that!!

i did post the part numbers earlier for both A pillar sides for you Jim I couldnt find an easy way to navigate the site either, in fact i just kinda clicked through most of the drop down menus under the corrado section. i cant read german either which doesnt help & google translate is a pain when just clicking through pages however, try this jim http://shop.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/vwcp/scirocco-corrado/corrado/karosserie/aussen/ the above link takes you to the start of the 'exterior' section i believe. if you click through the pages the panel repair sections start from page 7. hopefully you will see an exploded diagram which has part of the body you want.

hi Jim - glad it was helpful :D i sent annaVR6 a PM on here & she handled it all for me, all i had to do was phone up heritage & give my card details. about 2-3 weeks later the panel arrived. if you send her the classic parts part number/s she will put it on an order they place with classic parts if the panel you order is above heritage's 'free delivery' price you not only save the daft carriage charge classic parts state but get delivery FOC winner :)

a pic would help - it is quite difficult to imagine the exact bit you are after i know classic parts DE do the A pillar sections http://shop.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/vwcp/a-saeule-535809839a.html would they help? just in case here are the part numbers for both sides LHS = 535809839A RHS = 535809840A i purchased a an outer sill repair panel from them via Anna at VW Heritage, great service & saved a fortune on carriage

welcome nice wheels!!!

nice :) welcome

good work Jim, thank you :)

it took me quite a while but I managed to get all but 2, IIRC, of the pics for the guide KRIS produced & I made a word doc for it. if you drop me a PM with your email address im more than happy to send you a copy :) I take no credit for the guide itself but the full set of pics kris did with it, which now have dead links, show screw locations etc

winner!!!!

sorry no...... but im intrigued to now lol

the link jim is referring to is on a post earlier in this thread david there are still some pictures missing when I looked at it today - jim any chance of getting the document version I managed to get the pics for up on the same link?

whoa those new switches have some bright LED's in them don't they! lol

excellent new chuggs1! I bet you are relieved & im glad you stopped worrying before the diagnosis ;)

good work guys! I was just about to go back out to the car park to have a look lol

finally fitted the new headlight switch from a group buy on here after many many months lol

Indeed m8, leave the stressing until you actually know what the issue is. I say similar to the gf as she worries about things that are not & have not even happened yet - its futile & a waste of energy, worry about things when they actually happen but try to make buffer plans for if or when they do lol if the head does have to come off for a new gasket then 'other jobs' will come down to how much money is available. when I had the chains & tensioners done on the VR I took the 'opportunity' to ask stealth to carry out some preventative maintenance as well as a couple of upgrade mods, those being: head refurb with new valve stems seals, relapped valves etc etc dropped some 263 cams in there but kept the old ones to make something with (a shelf or book ends something for the garage lol) chains & tensioners, both upper & lower. bear in mind that lower tensioner requires gear box off, IIRC, & thus changed the clutch & clutch arm (prone to bending over time) & thrust bearing etc as I had the high lift cams I thought only right to put a BMC on & as then have a 'vince special' remap to take advantage of the mods however, due to the mileage on my VR I then ran into issues chasing round ailing parts that decided to let go or not be working as they should due to everything else working so well. I would hope that with yours only covering 54K you wouldn't get into the same paths I had to go down but have a look at my thread if you want more info about the experience http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=44751&highlight=g0ldf1ng3r

no m8 - if you click the 'go advanced' button it then shows you the more detailed options for posting which includes adding attachments for pics etc

it is still difficult to say best or worst case without running the aforementioned test to confirm what is the problem. I know it must be disheartening to have such an issue with such a low mileage motor BUT IT IS a very low mileage lump and surely has to be more valuable for resale if the problem is fixed rather than putting in a recon etc lump yes a recon may be a cheaper option but when I had the work done on my VR, at around 150K, the bottom end was in fairly good condition & all 6 of the bores still showed the factory honing marks. OK so cylinder 1, IIRC, was more smoothed than the other but it should imply that your 54K lump will be almost like new (kind of lol) rather than speculating & worrying, personally, I would get it diagnosed & then go from there :)