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Good to hear you got yours - would have been very unfair to leave you without a Christmas present after doing all the organising and admin! Still waiting for mine, but it will take longer to get to Dublin, and is probably stuck in a traffic jam at a port or some sort of Br*xit customs inspection......any day now!

Scene inflation so - I sold my 8v to some fellow enthusiasts on the Irish VAGE forum round about 2010/11 - it was a nice original Irish dealer big bumper 3 door in Atlas Grey, needed some bodywork and paint, but all the mechanicals and engine stuff had been done by me, including power steering fitted - used to belong to some US Embassy staff. Thankfully I had the sense to sell the console and gauges separately - but not for much more than I paid for them. You'll love this: also in my stash at the time was a set of mint Happich rear pop out windows (it was a 3 door), electric heated mirrors, electric window conversion and an a motor and kit to convert the sunroof to electric. They thought Christmas had come early on that forum.....

Jeez- I think I paid about 120 euro for one - best not to look on .co.uk but on .de instead.

I used to have one of the Votex consoles in my MkII - the RHD angled gauge holder is very hard to fins - some folks just turn the LHD one upside down or use a flat one. To be honest it makes more sense to mount the gauges in the radio DIN slot for better visibility and to relocate the radio to the Votex. You could also get a 4 CD storage unit that was DIN sized for them. I ran volt, oil temp and oil pressure, using a twin pole pressure sender and a temp sensor in the sump plug - but the options are endless, if you run a charger it's great to have a boost gauge there as well.

ha ha - I nearly choke from the smell of passing by those shops - have never been into one for fear of blacking out instantly.

Just pop one in the rear ashtray, even better if you have a cup holder there already! EDIT - on second glance, it's not even a candle - just hang it off the rear view mirror....

Sounds like a lot of work! Fair play. That's good that you have put a lot of thought and research into the structural integrity of it - seems like it should not be too great a concern. You could always use some extra support with a hoist or an additional jack to take some weight off when the bumper is removed.

They look like they should - but hard to tell unless you have them side by side or actually trial fit it unfortunately.

That looks absolutely amazing, well done and some job. As devil's advocate - is it strong enough in terms of structural integrity or was the original rad support purely cosmetic rather than being able to soak up some front end impact? I guess most of them would have lost a lot of strength at this stage anyways, but just thinking of safety and MOT etc.

No issues so far with the Hella/Behr unit I got from adrad.co.uk a couple of years ago - I don't think they have them at the moment though. Hopefully your replacement will hold up - they always look nice fresh out of the box before they've been fitted! GBP 115.15VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO (VW328) ADVANCED RADIATORS LTD

Any electronics/electric supply store (try Radionics, Maplins now gone) will have something suitable. Some even have an opening for the wiring to go through, with a bushed screw type fitting to hold them in place and sealed. I'll take a picture of the one I have on my car the next time the bonnet is open - this is the best pic I have of it before fitting, years old - this was a "hybrid" loom made using OEM connectors, waterproof box and extra insulation, with an eBay bought loom as a starting point: I guess there's lots of ways to do it - some of those marine relay enclosures look very suitable, or there is plenty of heavy duty mil spec vehicle electrics stuff around. I think this is one of the reasons why the quality looms with decent gauge wiring, proper wrapping and insulation, OE connectors and weatherproof enclosures are much more expensive - then there is number of relays.

Best solution is a small watertight container to put the relays into.

Haha - didn't spot that on the label - suspicions confirmed! We should just post the link to classics as a question on the item.

Me too. https://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/en/kuhlergrill-7b36ab.html I suppose you could argue that the one on ebay is NOS whereas the Classics one is a reproduction by the original supplier - I for one would not be paying extra for the difference, and how would you know that one didn't come from Classic Parts either.? Standard Corrado rip-off scene tax IMHO.

They look great and well made - waiting on delivery with excitement! Pretty much any uprated loom needs to have the dim dip resistor disconnected, otherwise the full low beam will come on with the switch on sidelights only, as there will be enough current to trip the relays.

There should be two clips between the wire from the handle and the point on the door where it plugs into the loom. They may just have fallen out and you will see some empty holes. Hopefully the windows are just catching on something or are stick in the slider. Have you checked the rail on the bottom that the window rollers sit in is clear of debris and lightly lubricated?

Still some lurkers crawling out of the woodwork! In Ireland it's 30 years (upped from 25 a few years ago) for classic tax - I think in the UK it's been changed to 40 years?

Written by sean - a member on here - he'd probably send you the article if you asked. it describes how to open up the ABS pump unit and you can then inspect the ribbon cable and PCB for damage and reflow the solder joints , which in many (but sadly not all cases) will clear the faults and return it to action - the PCB sits at the bottom with the way it is fitted and is subject to a fair bit of heat soakage and crud being thrown up at it. Oh, and if you are feeling rich, VW Classic Parts list the full pump unit for nearly 2 grand still!

Just reading the November Sprinter - Sean's article on ABS sensor troubleshooting and pump repair is excellent, and well worth a read. I've taken the pump units apart a few times, and the main trouble I had was with the two long bolts holding the casing, if they are rounded. I'm not sure if BBA will still look at Corrado pumps, but it could be worth checking with them - they do have a tester that can check all the valves etc. but generally they will just clean, check operation and replace the PCB with salvaged parts if they can get hold of them - actual replacement parts are not available.

Just got home so a bit late to the party - payment sent just there, many thanks again.

Try this page for starters: https://wiki.the-corrado.net/the_corrado_buying_guide_checklist.html Hard to tell anything about the car from those pictures as they are too small, but could be an ok car. Are there any pictures of the engine bay? Personally I would prefer to buy a more or less standard unmodified car and do the upgrades myself, but if the lowering and steering wheel etc. are to your taste then it's fine. Note that for a broken sunroof (usually a snapped cable guide) the repair kit is nearly impossible to get hold of, so best options are to either not use the roof or swap in a working one from another car or even better one from a B3/B4 Passat.

I think you'll find that the cost of making or reproducing complete late fog or headlight units would be prohibitive in small numbers - usually what happens is that the companies that make the original ones under license for VW, will buy the tooling and license the design after a number of years (used to be 10, might be 6 now) and start making copies or "after market" ones - more or less identical in design and quality to the original. Another problem for the Corrado is that a lot of tooling (for example the wing presses) were held by Karmann, rather than by third party manufacturers, which could explain the problem.

I'm happy to have you handle it, or direct if it's preferred - thank you for offering your time and effort if you end up handling it.

You can tell it’s factory stock because there’s enough room to park a Routemaster in the wheel arch! I’ll dig out my copy of the Great Corrado Book, there’s some good advertising pictures of early cars in there.

Thanks - sadly doesn't look anywhere nears as nice as yours or many others on here, especially at the moment! 10 years of being a daily takes it's toll but I try to keep on top of it. It's due some major body work and paint soon though. I wish I had kept those springs at the time - maybe they are still in my old attic - we still have access there, so may take a look the next time I get a chance.