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hi jim I have managed to find the heated seat element on classic parts but it states for Recaro seats http://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/en/sitzheizelement-corrado.html I am sure they used to list the standard rado ones last year but I can not find them now they have changed their site it could be worth contacting annavr6 on here & ask her to speak directly with classic parts to see if they have them. IIRC they were around 90euro as I had considered buying one for my VR drivers seat

Hello all I have searched the wiki but could not find anything relevant. Does anybody know if there is much of a difference in dimensions between early & late front & rear bumpers, or have the exact figures? I understand that late models, such as the late VR, have a slightly wider track & more flared arches but am unsure if this would impact the front & rear bumper dimensions. I am toying with the idea of using something I had planned for the valver on the VR any help would be greatly received. thanks in advance

I thought I had seen them on Heritage too but couldn't see them there today

hi jim I am sure I had seen new elements somewhere but I now can not find them there is a repair guide in the wiki though, could just require a little soldering

winner winner chicken dinner!!

what mileage were they done at Ian?

good link I like that Yandards thank you I have anice little print out for each rado now & has proven the mileage on the valver is genuine (the large history file I originally had for it was lost when I brought it back)

Ooooo shiney!!! these will go nicely with my blue roose motorsport hoses :D

happy birthday chuggs! superb day for driving, enjoy :D

ha ha ha brilliant & yes we have all done similar nice to see you are getting on well though :)

I find it odd how it can be so intermittent for example - on the singular morning that the VR actually kangaroo'd me to work due to it misfiring it then ran perfectly fine on the way home & it hasn't repeated it since

good luck I would hope that as they sent the part back out in a tested working fashion they will cover the damage & make it good again would you mind posting the result when you get one pls

wow that is superb! not sure ive seen a rado mileage that high as per VAG-hag - has it had much work done to allow it to reach that 1/4 of a million miles?

ha ha ha yeah we gotta love our cars for that - self healing sometimes ;) yet again the VR was fine both on the way home last night & on the way to work this morning camera was ready but it didn't play up for it lol

hmmm now I am wondering if I am chasing an issue around as mine too only happens very often & the misfire only happened once, on the way to work but then it ran fine on the way home that evening & to the mechanic's it has never actually stalled. on the time it starts where it rev's higher than normal for a few seconds then as the rev's started to settle they dropped to almost nothing for a fraction of a second & then immediately picked up to normal cold start rev'ing a video is a good idea, I could do similar

what odd timing ;) lol I have been having similar issues lately. however I also had quite a bad misfire last week & prior to that I had a couple of cold starts where it over rev'd compared to a normal start, then dropped & nearly cut out but bounced back to what would be normal revs again I suspected coil pack or cam sensor as the gf's storm had a similar issue not long after she brought it sent to the mechanic for diagnostic, nothing showed up on vagcom etc visual inspection of coil pack showed cracks & he said he could see the HT leads tracking, thus they are showing signs of breaking down replaced coil pack & misfire is now gone but it is still rev'ing slightly higher than normal on a cold start I have ordered a set of magnecor 8mm HT leads to replace what look like the factory VW ones on there currently I would say it is worth you checking your coil pack & HT leads & go from there EDIT: just in case, the cheapest place I could find them was here http://www.dcperformance.co.uk/uprated/magnecor-8mm-ignition-leads.html

sorry I cant help with your enquiry but would you mind me asking what BBA have said about the item being damaged? I ask as I intend to send my abs unit the in the future hopefully thanks

I understand why people mock up things like this as a kind of proto type for a new version rado but why oh why would you butcher the classic lines which helped make the rado what it is today

thanks rob I will have a hunt for them I agree with your sentiment about the underlay! when the foliage cover was incorrectly fitted I had wet passenger carpets for a while as the cover wasn't immediately obvious. I ended up completely removing the underlay on that side as it just wouldn't dry out

I have one that was donated to me with broken tabs but a little hot glue & I believe it will re-fit again ok I can post it to you if you want it to try

good find billcor but OUCH at the price they want the band new ones I got from VW were only about £8 each

not much doing with the rado's recently - mainly due to the poor weather & needing to progress refurb work on my house I did get a solar powered trickle charger from maplin for the valver, as until I fix the headlights it is daytime driving only lol it seems to work well & given the intermittent use of the valver it is now starting better if it had not been used for a few days I gave it a quick wash too which made it look really rather nice from 5 to 10 feet away but made me pine for the good weather so I can get to T cutting it back to some kind of life plus I need to refit the drivers inner door seal - has anyone done this & have any tips? the VR has had a few moments recently with starting up a little odd & decided to have a strop & misfire most of the way to work one day last week. sent it to the doctor (mechanic lol) for a diagnostic - nothing found but I had asked to check the coil pack & HT leads as this was what cause the gf's storm to misfire when she first had it coil pack checked & yup cracked - now replaced & misfire under control but the HT leads are tracking. they look like the original leads so at nearly 167K they have done very well managed to find some magnecor 8mm blue HT's for £119 delivered. I did consider the KV85's but as im more than likely never going to be able to afford to turbo it I went with the aesthetics & got the blue one's to match my roose motorsport hoses :D oh & yesterday I found the drivers footwell carpet rather wet after all the bloody rain on the weekend. I think it may be the door membrane from what I have read & I could see a little trickle line on the vertical part of the carpet where it goes up to the door opening has anyone got a picture of how the bottom of the membrane should look when fitted correctly so I can compare when I get the door card off? it was last off a couple of years ago when I fitted the infinity kappa's in the front

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no offence intended but you will find that the community here don't take well to parts which have over inflated prices on them & even more so when the seller has had barely any activity or involvement on the site ebay is the place for that ;) however, when items have a 'fair' price listed here they tend to sell very quickly good luck

another one here for the OE gearbox mounts & VT front engine