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It could be all sorts, Corrado’s are like that.

I’ve mounted my boost controller there, I need to make another bracket that fills in the sides better but as a trial mount it’s pretty good there. Used sticky pads and the screw the back to hold the bracket down then sticky strip to mount the controller to that

There is a fix for this involving a non return valve in the fuel line near the tank/pump, it’s actually a VW fix

Vince put something similar if not that one one on mine. It fits in the same place as the pressed steel galvanised original VW item, over the top of the exhaust manifold. Keyo has a new VW one fitted I noticed when his engine was being put back together.

Sean have you tried the old mot checker to get an idea of mileage and mot problems. https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

Cheers matey this photo shows it a bit better. I think the speedlines don’t look as good as the 17” BBS though I am a lot faster over the speed bumps now with these on

I bet it has running in oil in to start with while things free up, don’t be tempted one bit to give it some and try not leave it ticking over for no reason, you need to keep oil pressure up under torque/load apparently. Good luck and enjoy it mate it looking a lot better 👍

I do like the gauges but I need the space down there. I’d have booked it for the first oil change for Wednesday morning haha

I bet you’re out there now putting them bento cups on

I bet you had a grin like a Cheshire Cat when you pulled off. Looks great mate. I was getting withdrawal symptoms up until yesterday, I bet you’ll be the same till it’s bedded in. You’ll have to show more restraint than a fox in with the chickens

The second of your photos where you have a close up looks very much what mine looked like fla, before I removed the glass. The sooner you have that sorted the better, not totally sure but I think you can get the trims but all the panels are NLA except the scuttle panel, the bit wipers stick out of.

The above is because a body shop was lazy. The prior owner has a rear wiper delete and glass out respray of the hatch, then refitted. 12 years later this is what you find. Painters are notorious for not wanting to bother getting all the old rubber off and prepping it properly. Like windscreen fitters, they figure by the time the rust comes through it won’t be your car anymore

It may even be letting water in now mate, look what I found under my old hatch when I pulled the glass bonding up, it was horrendous under there just came away when I popped the glass.

Oh definitely Chris. If you mask up well and try to blend upto panel lines, as long as the base coat is good and you have a good amount of clear without bubbles massive runs etc it’s possible to rectify just about any imperfection, base colour match however is in the hands of the gods.

Didn’t get the brake ducts on as my charge cooling and stuff is in the way so put it all back together without. I did put my 70mm spoonfed spoiler on though, I put this on because I’m a little lower on the standard 15” wheels and didn’t want to risk damaging my pretty rare good condition 90mm one. Also went for a test drive as had to drop the VAT receipts off at the accounts so combined the two missions. Steady on the way there and a bit of stick on the way back, I can report that I’ve got no issues with the new cv joint and it can handle more than 190 hp without letting go or turning the car into a vibration machine so all is well with that for now, we’ll see. I like the front better with the tinted fogs and indicators but I suppose that’s another marmite thing. For all you guys with your cars in bits I leave you today with a photo of a for now, fully working Corrado

If somebody is a bit new to paint correction, I’d advise getting an old bonnet or door and practice a bit before going too mad, watch a few You tube videos and when you set off rubbing with wet and dry don’t push on to hard, keep away from the edges The Flex polisher I used bellow. The pads are CCS Lake County green, orange then black with Scholl S3- green about 4 passes then S20 on the orange pad for a couple of passes and finally S40 With the black pad which really does take any remaining swirl marks out.

😂😂😂😂 I thought that when he said where he’d seen it. No chance now easy pops knows 😂😂😂

It was painted by a guy who runs a shop near me with a gun. He puts plenty of clear on so it can be made to look nice given time. I don’t think he’s had them in an oven after so the paint shrinks over time. Everything I’ve had done by him over the last couple of years has done it and ended with a finish similar to the first photo. The finish was achieved with 1500 grit wet and dry 2nd photo and 3 stage polish to achieve the mirror finish 3rd photo. I’ll take a photo of the stuff I used for polishing later.

Wet sanded the bumper top and sides. Looks much better. There was some heavy shrinkage of the new paint I had done on the new bumper and Passenger wing the wing had a dent in and the start of rust on the bottom of it. The work was about 12 months ago so hoping it’s fully cured now but just goes to show what can be done with poorly looking paint. I will say though, I find it very tedious, I don’t think I could do it for a living. Going to put it all back together tomorrow and test drive.

Wow, indeed.

Drive shafts done. Been flatting and polishing wing and bumper due to paint shrinkage so haven’t been for a test yet, should be tomorrow. Have you thought any about ceramic coating when it’s done ? I’ve got a spare rear spoiler you can have if you want to get one painted at the same time and try the brake light LED thing. Can’t see you missed anything

Mine was supposed to go for paint this year, probably only have the passenger rear wing done now. If you don’t slow down you may end up with a mot this year.

I bet you are super excited, I’m curious who you use, how it comes out, how much it costs and how long it takes.

The joint I’ve put to on is the gear box joint and is all steel, it certainly seems to be good to go. I did manage to get the boot clip thing on but it took another pair of hands

I’ll see how this one goes for now, I’ll turn the boost down a bit 😉. I’ve just smoke tinted mine with the fogs while I’ve got the bumper off for a bit of flatting and buffing, which should happen tomorrow now I can get the car out of the garage. Also going to change my lip spoiler as I’m going to run standard speedlines for a bit which I’ve had refurbed with new tyres sitting around for 6 weeks. I’ve also got some brake duct vents and an early bumper grill to fit that I’ve had for ages.