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PM waiting for you fella :)

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morning Neale no problem m8 will do. i will also ask if it is ok to give you his address so you can have direct contact

i have his email addy Neale but wouldn't want to give it out without asking him if that would be ok first. would you like me to drop him a mail for you or ask if i can give you his address? i do know that he was extremely busy & working away with very little contact time

ahh ok interesting my valver is a 90 & the VR a 95

i wonder if the springs on my wipers are different lol i read time & time again about poor wiper performance but on both my valver & the VR they are not awful, they are not amazing but are more than sufficient unless doing 70mph or so on the m'way both have standard arms with bosch super plus blades. i did try a bosch aero blade on standard arms but found they were awful due to the curved profile of the aero blade was such that only the last say 10% of each end of the blade actually made contact with the windscreen personally i prefer rainaway as then i don't have to use the wipers at all lol

good knowledge to know have, thank you very much! i have listened to a few youtube videos of the BBM's on a rado but never heard in person. they sound brutal on the videos lol

tidy david, i like it :)

very true sparks, i know from personal experience that it can be quite costly to get a power increase out of the VR. that said i was extremely pleased with the 10% gain received from BMC & 263's & the stealth map makes it so much better over standard ECU mapping i guess it is horses for courses really like you say, both have their own pro's & con's i had approx. 60K miles of very happy driving in my VR before i tackled the chains, & only then as i suspected my valve stems were worn & opted for a head rebuild at the same time i think your point about the noise generated is spot on too. i guess some people like the sounds of the G60 charger & others, like me, prefer the range of noises the VR makes interesting you say the BBM is fit & forget, i wonder why they don't need servicing like the G ladder's also the sound they make is crazy lol

true - the main issue is with not protecting the relays from water ingress I keep playing with designs for a box for them but in the 6 odd years it has been installed I have only had 1 relay failure on my KUR2Y unit davidwort - did you use 4 relays so as eash side has independent relays for dipped & main beams?

nice write up delfinis & the rail looks excellent in the picture personaly, I am considering just removing the rails & cleaning & polishing the gutters. I think the only downside of doing such would be water sitting the in the gutters when stationary. can anyone think of anything else that could be detrimental?

wow! no offence to G60 owners (i would like to complete my collection & have one myself one day) BUT the supercharger needing a rebuild, & the nursing they apparently need, every 30-40 thousand kilometres sounds much more expensive in the long term than chains on the VR i regularly read about peoples fear of VR chains but if my VR was a G60 i would have potentially had to have the supercharger rebuilt 2.8 times in 6 years. i have now done about 70,000 miles, ie 112654 km's whereas my VR, now sat on approx. 166K miles, has only required the chains doing once. just out of interest does anyone know if the BBM chargers have similar rebuild intervals? their twin screw unit it a cracker but hugely expensive in the first place

i sold my valver quite a few years ago & regretted it the moment it drove off i brought it back last year & though it was mostly still my old car the huge folder of history it had & the Kamei front spoiler had gone missing that said it brings a smile to me every day now :D though it cost a pretty penny to get it back on the road with all the work that was carried out, & all of my time spent hunting & refurb'ing parts to get it back to how it was (or better than) when i first owned it, i am building up a new history file tough decision you have ahead but bear in mind also that if you store it & it is left standing a long time then it is likely to need a few £'s spent on it when it comes out of storage. good luck whatever you choose

100% true Jim also, with the way the rado's seem to mist up on the side windows too a hot air feed is essential in damp / cold weather im still a bit miffed that i got the matrix done in the valver well in time for winter but still cant drive it due to the unaligned & current unalignable lights :( if i can have a weekend off from working on my house this weekend i hope to start to dismantle the donor lights received from stuarttaylor & make a working set with those in the car currently

that's what i like to see, a bit of optimism :D

no danger Rob - that number will help :) thank you

it would be feasible to tackle the job out doors but obviously on a rain free day & wrap up in thermals in this weather. just need to be a bit more organised with keeping relevant parts all together

any chance you could link me up pls rob? i can save the URL for future as i will probably tackle under the carpet when i take the VR seats out for a refurb in the spring

indeed the underlay does - in fact when the VR had a leak due to an incorrectly fitted foliage scuttle cover i ended up completely removing the underlay from the backing card i have not yet found what to replace it with but a bypass would stop the water flowing through the matrix & thus stop the wet carpets

whoa that last picture puts the fear in me just looking at it lol

i would say so m8. i know some on here have done it with part of dash still in place but i honestly have no idea 1. how the hell they got the heater box into a position it could be worked on! 2. how they didn't mangle the Bowden cables as there is very little slack as it is 3. taking the matrix out of the heater box itself was a wriggle as was putting the new one back in without a garage it would be harder work & i found it much easier to lay everything out as each bit was removed & put all screws etc by the relevant parts. i am unsure if the cold setting actually does anything other than move the large heater box flap to close off the air which feeds around the matrix to be warmed up. i dont believe it actually stops the water flowing round the matrix itself & am unsure how it would do so as the matrix is a simple radiator really with a flow in & a flow out i think the only way of stopping water moving through the matrix would be to put a temporary bypass in place. this however would mean cutting existing feed / return hose & jubilee'ing a copper 90 degree elbow to reattach the 2. again if you check my build thread the valver had a bypass in place when i first brought it back oh & it is hugely worth the few £'s for a hose clip tool as getting the constant tension clips back on at the bulk head end would be made much more difficult without one PS the pictures do make it look much worse than it is lol if you PM me your email address i will send you the matrix removal guide to have a read through

i bet!! new pants required once home i guess lol

few options available ebay, as per a post by Wesley or a 2 relay one from rayne automotive - these ones have OEM connectors but only 2 relays (1 for dipped beam & 1 for main beam) - http://www.rayneautomotive.co.uk/31-corrado personally, i have always used & favoured one of Zak's (user ID on here KUR2Y) 3 relay looms. i have one on my VR, one on my valver & fitted one on the gf's storm whilst she had it. i favour them as tough they do not have OEM connectors the triple relay gives you redundancy due to having 1 relay for nearside dipped beam, 1 relay for offside dipped beam & 1 relay for both sides main beam. thus if a relay fails, which they do from time to time, you maintain 1 side of dipped beam rather than loose both sides. Zak has made a couple recently but not sure if any currently available - http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?41616-Uprated-Headlight-looms-for-2013/page83 1 final thing, make sure you get a spare relay or 2 for whichever loom you get & keep in the glove box for emergencies Oh & i also use Ring Xenon Ultima bulbs & they are superb!!

ouch glad you & the C are both ok & unhurt m8 i know what you mean about collecting nails & screws etc! both my VR & the gf's (when she had it) managed to pick up about 9 punctures of various forms in a very short space of time :( my VR's crimbo present is tyres too, replacement bridgestones getting fitted on the front today :D