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Be careful with elephant, they said they'd insure me with a lowered Corrado, but when I enquired further I was told they couldn't cover aftermarket modifications to the suspension. WTF? :? I went with Adrian Flux in the end, I'm under 25 and my car's been lowered on coilovers. I was told it only made a little difference to my premium too, hardly neglible in comparison to what they charge for being a "young driver".

Typical! That's so unfair! I think I'll live with the flaking trim for the time being then... at least until it starts leaking water into the car or something :roll:

Good stuff daves16v, i think these picture guides are really useful. I've noticed that the small plastic trim that goes around the bottom of my aerial base is flaking away. Is this replaceable?

So, it was that little hole after all... What was happening was the trickle of water was running down the edge of the door frame and then falling into the rear footwell, (bypassing the front well entirely). Had me confused till I did another hose test and saw the path it was taking. Cunning little bugger. It also seems that hole is slap bang in the middle of all drainage points to the front wheel-arch. No wonder the car filled with so much water the other day :roll: So I applied lashings of silicon sealant (I always think it smells like salt & vinegar crisps, anyone else ever noticed this?) and I think its ok. Will take the arch liner out over the weekend and have a proper investigation from the other side too. Cheers for all the advice and help guys. Much appreciated.

If its not too far away then I'd say go take a look, even if just for comparison purposes. The more you see the more you learn about 'em.

Loss of hair is reputed to be another symptom, usually seen alongside the 'empty wallet'.

Looks good Blue Joe 8) Like the blacked out badges, nice touch. What did you use to get the paintwork shiny? I got a black C and I want to get its body looking as tasty as that.

I agree there. I test drove one before deciding on a Corrado and it required far too much concentration and mental awareness to be comfortable, at least I can be a lazy slob with all the torque of the VR :) The Teg-R is definitely not something i'd have for commuting or long motorway journeys, it's just not as refined as the C, but I'd certainly have it as a 'weekend toy' :)

dr mat, ever so slight slope, yes.. but not enough for it to trickle back from the front footwell, which is bone dry (i have the carpets up and can see the metal). i have a hunch it could be a door seal, but won't know till i get back this eve. and take a proper look. Harry, my coolant's fine, the water in the footwell is not blue or sticky anyhow. Its this bloody weather, thats what. It's been raining solidly for about 36 hours now, not to mention gale-force winds :mad:

That rusty hole is definitely the cause of the front footwells flooding (and I'm gonna plug it up as soon as the weather calms down), but not the rear ones. This morning the front well was dry, but the rear was soaking, and only on the drivers side. Something else is leaking somewhere... :? How about the rear side-window seals? Or perhaps door seal? Whatever it is a LOT of water has come in, and just overnight.

Drainage holes I assume? How does it get from there to the rear footwell? No water on the roof lining as far as I can tell.

Help! After all the rain last night my drivers-side rear footwell has now flooded! With a good inch or two of water :cry: But strangely the front footwell is dry. What could cause only the rear footwell to flood?

Agreed! Definitely no smoking. I won't let anyone eat or drink anything in my car too. And no muddy shoes, dirty clothes, or messy hands. Certainly no greasy hair or smelly people either. I just about let them breathe (as long as they don't mist up the windows) :)

Maybe its just my seat height (and I'm a tall guy, 6'2") but when the spoiler pops up it completely obscures my view of the road in the rear view mirror :? It means I have to crane my neck up slightly everytime I want to check I don't have a copper tailing me on the motorway... And I find it hard to 'quickly' flash someone with the main beam, i always pull too vigorously on the stalk (ahem) and switch main beam on full, completely blinding the person I'm flashing at. These could just be teething issues and niggles I learn to put up with though, I've only had it 2 weeks after all :)

Okay, I have found the source of the leak. But the plot thickens... :scratch: There seems to be a small rusty hole on the side panel, right near where the electric cables come in from the door and just to the right of the fuse box support. (I have included an annotated picture for your reference). Now, when I pour water down the drain hole in the top left of the engine bay (the one that dumps it out of the wheel arch) I get a small trickle coming out of this rusty hole. BUT, directly the other side of the hole is another metal sheet, so I think the water must be trickling down between the two skins? Is this possible? (I'm afraid I don't know the structure of the chassis or body panels at all). I'm going to seal the hole up with silicon sealant, but I'm rather worried why water's getting down there in the first place. Do you think I could investigate from behind the wheel arch? How easy is it to take off those plastic arch-thingies?

Absolutely love that colour 8) I used to have an mk2 golf in the same.

No worries biggrim. I still don't know my way around the 'rado fully, having only had it a couple of weeks. For all I know there could have been another vent on the drivers side!

Okay, I got the trim off eventually, boy was it clipped in tightly. Mike Edwards, the grommet for the bonnet release was my first thought, I'll check it with a hose tomorrow. What's the plenum chamber though? biggrim, the only vent I know of is the big one on the passenger side for the blower system, there isn't that sort of vent on the drivers side though. Are they any others I don't know about? Will also check the door skin. Cheers guys!

Was giving my C a hoover inside today when I noticed it started sucking up water from the drivers side footwell. The dampness seems to be isolated to the area directly below the accelerator pedal, at the bottom of the pastic foot-rest thingy on the right hand side. My initial thought was that water may have run down the bonnet-release cable (happened in my old Mk2 Golf), so I'll seal that up as a precaution. There's no dampness around the fuse box area though, so I don't think its dripping down from above... Any other thoughts? I need to get the rest of the carpet up first, but I can't remove the trim along the door edge. How is this held on? with araldite? It seriously feels like I'm going to break it when I try to pull up on it :( Cheers for any advice.

I hate kids too. Have I ever told you about my crackpot idea for sterilising the less desirable members of our society? I like to think of it as enforced selective breeding.

Mmmm.. I imagine something like a Quadvalve amp :)

Haha! Funniest thing I've read in ages. You summed it up perectly :lol:

Congrats! Sounds great :D And a good deal too. I look forward to seeing some pics later.

What is that silver flap in the neck for anyway?

This private plate came with the car when I bought it. The letters "COR" are the first three letters of the word Corrado 8) (if you hadn't figured it out :) )