Stonejag
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All Kip has to do is report use of his pictures and eBay will ban him. Simples! Still don't get why he doesn't just take a picture of what he's selling, maybe he's been at the eggnog :bonk:
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The Official Corrado Campaign thread (where are they now)
Stonejag replied to James.'s topic in General Car Chat
Saw an ad on eBay the other day for a very distressed-looking black G60 Corrado. The car looked basically scrap but I was a bit surprised to see it had one of the Campaign interiors in it! Went dead cheap as well... link Stone -
He still has the wrong heated seat switch, mind ;) If you're grafting in a double-DIN radio slot you could do much worse than a VW Gamma with the optional six-CD autochanger. Stunning piece of kit - I had one in a Lupo once - no idea how they got so many CDs to fit!
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Also bear in mind the front lens is plastic, not glass, so it will haze up faster than stock. Was a bit disappointed when I bought a set off here, they weren't very well packed but one of them had basically disintegrated in the box. I'm sure they'd be OK once they were in, but it didn't fill me with confidence... ended up having to claim a Paypal refund too :x
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Venom do them, dunno what you think a decent price is, though :) linky
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Cool, has he got any pics? PM me :) Cheers Stone
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Just kill a working one, they're all on borrowed time ;) Had to coat mine with Vaseline earlier to get home... (note to self: don't unplug the leads while it's running, 22kV is painful!) More practically, there's no way to tell if a duff coil's killed the ICM until you split it and use the ICM with a new set of coils as you're already planning. Faster to start with ones that still work. Stone
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Looking for a set of Aluline Turbines, 4x100, preferably in 15x7 but 14x6 would be OK as well. Original finish (polished/black) would be nice :) They look like this: I'm hoping someone's been hoarding some..! :) Cheers, Stone
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Yacobwood's Parts For Sale (NEW PICS PAGE 2)
Stonejag replied to yacobwood's topic in Parts for Sale
I'll have the speedo surround, please. PM me payment details? Stone -
Think I know the type, my mum had one way back when. She ordered her Mk3 Golf from new in around 1996, but there was a cockup at the factory and they built her a sunroof-less one. She insisted on the spec she'd bought and they added a horrific retrofit one that added a huge bulge all around the roof hole... Saw a rework done on the Channel 5 programme "Classic Car Rescue" - sponsored by Adrian Flux - if I recall right they welded a replacement plate into a MGB roof. The trick seemed to be getting the replacement panel curved exactly right on an English wheel before attempting to weld it - but then they just did a light skim of filler around the edges and it looked fine painted. No idea how long it'd last, mind, some of the show's repairs look pretty suspect ;) I suspect you'll actually have more trouble finding a non-sunroof headliner than fixing the roof. Not sure if fiberglassing over the hole in a regular one and recovering it would work? Stone
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16s, and drop it slightly. 195/45/16s give you the correct speedo reading (ever so slightly under), and less understeer than you get with wider tyres. Mine came with 215/40/17s and it was horrid! Stone
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VR6 hoses are for a VR6 ;) Not the same. Not sure if the Mk2 16v ones would work - the Corrado VR6 and Mk3 Golf VR6 sets are different due to how things are laid out in the engine bay.
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I got quoted £120 for a bottom hose and the top was NLA…again, why I went for silicone. Buy once and buy well :) Roose sell single hoses if you ask nicely so try them first…they do rubber-wrapped ones that look just like OEM. Or go for a full kit! link Stone
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My parents gave me a new wallet with some cash in, definitely Corrado-related :lol:
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Isn't this exactly what crows feet are for? Stone
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How to get the fuseboard re-located after work?
Stonejag replied to Diamond Hell's topic in Interior
Mine's been dangling free since February for exactly this reason :lol: Be aware that if you re-wrap any of the wiring then it may not fit back again - mine suffered because I tidied up the wiring slightly after replacing the steering column. If it is dangling then it only matters if the relays fall out…only my windscreen wipers have suffered so far… ;) Stone -
I have a shedload of stuff to do before the car's ready for a big trip (halfway through a head rebuild, then will be put back together with SP263 cams, a ceramic-coated Dubpower 6-branch, new chains and a higher-compression head gasket, and I may finish the cruise control install I've been putting off for ages) - plus the rolling repairs (currently having a set of coilovers rebuilt, plus the sump is weeping and I think a wheel bearing is dead). It also needs a respray before I'd really be comfortable exhibiting it, too much body damag e and rust to make the right impression. If it's not done in time then I've just reacquired a 1987 Mk1 Golf cabrio which is pretty tidy but I'd probably want a manual box in it for long-distance driving; three speeds isn't really enough on a 1.8 8v. I'm pretty confident at German so I was mostly just going to book a hotel over the phone and then find some people to drive there in convoy with. Naïve? Maybe, but it's the fun way ;) Stone
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Talk to StueyB, he went this year. I was planning on going for 2014 but I'll have to really push to get the C fully ready in time. Might take the Golf instead :)
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Oh, and this guy. Someone please keep these loonies away from the roads…
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And where's white? :lol: A little stretch does look nice but some of the guys out there are taking things way too far. Check this awesomely-haired guy putting 225s on a 12J rim! Stone
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Big spline. That said, all the columns have a spline adaptor on top (big spline on the outside, small spline on the inside) so if you have a gear puller you can remove it and use a wheel from a small-spline car if you want to. They're really flipping tight though! Spline adaptor's in the middle, surrounded by bits of gear puller: Be aware you need to measure the distance from spline to horn contact on the boss you're thinking of using - I tried several and none of them properly made contact with the horn ring. Ended up going back to stock and not had any trouble since…and they look pretty good anyhow ;) Stone
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Just bought four new tyres for the Ultraleggeras so they'd be fine :) Let me know how much? Cheers!
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Just had to have two of my wheels welded up, and afterwards one of them still has a slow leak :( Need something to get me through the winter and so I can get these ones sorted out (maybe?) so I'll consider anything, preferably cheap... Need to be 5x100 and 16" as I have 312 fronts on. Not having a lot of luck this winter so hopefully someone's got something! Cheers Nick
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Does anybody have a list of the special-numbered relays VW produce and what each does? I'm after a timed one (e.g. a single trigger causes output for some amount of time and then it turns off, repeated triggers keeping it turned on) to swap into my DIY fan controller. Pretty sure one of their specials will already do this - maybe for a heated back window or something? - and they cost pence from the breakers but the ones sold as such are anything up to £40 and it's a bit steep :) Reason is, I'm pretty sure my aux water pump afterrun isn't working and it's causing my fans to cut out too quickly if I stop when the car's warm - i.e. as soon as that little corner of the radiator's cooled down. If I trigger the aux pump to run off the same relay as the radiator fan then it'll help but I'd like the reassurance that the fan (and pump) will continue to run for a bit after the thermoswitch has closed. I don't trust any of the original fan controller harness so the sooner it's all stripped out the better... Cheers, Nick
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You can have mine for £20 - little bit of scale but it'll clean up fine. My fan motor caught fire (for the second time!) so I swapped for a single Spal fan and the cowling's now surplus to requirements...