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And take some KW's. Cheers, Redfox.

take the plates off, and hibernate the Corrado for better days and ages. Will save you time, money and grief. Have a friend who lost his job, so he did that for 3 years, and now, when he's back on track, he's glad he did that and saved his motorcycle. Also saved him loosing a lot of money in a quick forced sale, together with a higher price these days. Oncoming bills are nasty, and need to be cut down to minimum. Just my two cent on the matter. Cheers, redfox.

Okay, as I've written elsewhere, aftera 4 wheel alignment, I have no scraping so far. I'll post back if something comes up. Cheers, Redfox.

Not sure I am correct, but I seem to remember that the ones I bought for my former Golf 2, were thicker. Cheers, Redfox.

Good update, I have been complaining elsewhere of the scraping the Eibach front arb is making since I installed it, and also after changing all the parts mentioned above. So today, I drove to a pro shop, and got a 4 wheel alignment and complete adjustment. And got the two destroyed front tires changed. Result: No scraping so far!!! Have tried to provoke it, but so far still not any scraping. Great, if it turns out to be correct. Very pleased so far. All the Powerflex bushings makes for a better and harder ride. The Corrado rides like on rails, and is much more surefooted in hard cornering. Great fun. The acceleration is also bettered, as the Corrado can get a better grip now. Very positive day, even if we had a break in at home ;( Still they managed to take nothing. Scum. Now, I also had the Wiechers alubar in front between the track arms. Something that I did not have on my former Golf 2. This surely helps track be correct under load, and is worthwhile to give even better precision when driving. Can be recommended. I wil now concentrate on the last bushes and the 3 enginebushes, which have gone soft. So more Powerflex and then to find out what to get for the engine. I surely don't want it to vibrate so much, that it breaks something, but want's it stiffer than standard, so I can avoid engine moving around. Still, comfort is someting I try to eliminate. Any suggestions? Cheers, Trackfox

Well done! Will benice to see it getting better and better. Cheers, Redfox.

Hello Beastie4126, Thanks for telling. That may be the soloution if something does not come up. Just too bad, as I really like the stuff from Eibach, and I had it with the same spare part numbers on my former Golf 2. Never scraped. Okay, now for an interesting update: I thought "something must be done, so I can at least make sure everything is correctly set up". Also after putting on new track arms, and all the other stuff, I had to do something to make sure it was perfect. I made some basic settings, and went to a pro to set up the front and have a 4 wheel measurement. Okay, he said, it's really out of place everyhing. I knew that, as after new arms had been installed, the steering wheel flicked from side to side. Anyway, he did a long effort to set it up perfect with a lot of laser equipment, andturning on this and that, and printed out the result for me. It's now completely perfect up in the suspension department, trackarms, steering, caster, camper, toe in/out etc. Result is now that I DON'T have any scraping at all. It's still looking as tight as it did before, but it doesn't scrape. I tried many times to reverse, turn and over and down from bumps in the same time, which every single time untill now has given me scraping loud noises, but no. SILENT :scratch: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: I will fold my hands and look upwards and hope that it is solved. So my idea is this: one must make sure everything is set up perfectly, and that is hard to do on your own. At least I don't have such a huge specialized testbench to my availability ;) I can also say that after the correct set up id done, I can now transfer more power to the tarmac, and accelerate faster, much to my amusement :dance: I will report back later on if this still stands, or we'll have to do something else. Cheers, Trackfox.

HI Owen, That sounds good. Thanks for the info on the original droplinks, as I now don't have to order them, as they are horrendously costly at 65 GBP each plus vat :nuts: Looking forward to hear how you do on the matter. If I find out anything, I'll post it here. Cheers, Redfox.

Very good idea. I've noticed that the original droplinks are bent, I just don't know in what direction. If they are bent towards the rear, it may be the solution. But possibly not enough. If they are bent towards the wheens, it doesn't matter. Do you know what droplinks you have? Mine are non original, and not bent! that may be a problem. Please let me hear what you find out. btw, I have the EW bar, which is the correct one for the G60 1991 car, according to he Eibach importer. Cheers, Redfox.

Sorry, forgot all about this thread, so started another. I have installed all the new parts now, and it still scrapes terribly. all is new, and bolts are torqued to 160 Nm as per Bentley manual. Here's a few shots of the problem, which is the same in both sides:

Hi all, Just changed all parts of the front. so now I've changed top mounts, coilovers, front arn (Eibach) Powerflex bushes complete with eyebolts and nuts & washers, track arms, balls for track arms, Powerflex bushes for track arms, steering whatever incl. the balljoints etc. And STILL scraping that crappy made basterd of an Eibach front anti roll bar. I tried to swap in in reversed (left to right), but couldn't do that. The eyebolts are inserted from above. Is that corract? (I suppose, as I couldn't get it to sit differently. I really need to solve this, as I almost cannot drive with it, it's bashing and scraping all the time, if there's a little cigarette paper on the road. Any ideas? Cheers, Redfox. [ATTACH=CONFIG]57181[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]57185[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]57189[/ATTACH]

Thanks DriverVR6. And sure yes, it will be. If it wears off quickly, I'll personally take a trip to England and spank the company;) Seriously, I mixed most layers up with x-linker, which they say, makes it much more wear proof. Also I based it with softener and a special prep for better ahedsiveness (?). Okay, time to nurse the Corrado a bit with a complete new front set up :nurse: Here's todays work. Whack, it was hard to get some of the bolts off, but all is now changed to new genuine vag items: [ATTACH=CONFIG]57145[/ATTACH] Here I press in the new hard Powerflex bushes (all over) and some stainless steel inserts. Fortunately, I got some help from a good friend, who is a carmechanic. It's lot more easy to change the track arms, when there's two hands more. Then on with the Wiechers track arm stiffener in aluminium, which is stiffer than steel. Helps the track arms stay put. Next is new eyebolts (?) for the Eibach front ani roll bar. Being 22mm which is more than the standard item, I had to find bigger Powerflex bushes, which they claim they don't make. Well, they make them ;) : [ATTACH=CONFIG]57149[/ATTACH] More later on ;) Cheers, Redfox :black:

Nope, factory fitted electric windows, as per Jet version. No idea where to see those perforated sissor arms though. Maybe someone could elaborate a bit on the subject? Cheers, redfox.

Installed the front seats today. cleaned up the carpets, new gliders for the seats, screws etc. [ATTACH=CONFIG]56881[/ATTACH] And the rear seats and rear doorcards: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56885[/ATTACH] More for tomorrow. Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, I have rattleing windows in my 1991 Corrado G60. Bought some new rollers off here. Looked it up in Bentleys, and when I took off the doorcard and plasticsealing, I found something else. I can recognise some of it, but I really cannot see the two sissor arms, that the rollers sits on. Are there different machanisms in year and models ? I have the old interrior. Cheers, Redfox.

While changing my Corrado's interrior today, a neighbour passed by and his eyes ran into water ;) Lacked words and all ;) The workers doing balkonies for the time, are "passing by" and usually comment it on a positive note. Most of them ask if it's a vr6. I answer. "what's a vr6?". Honestly I prefer the G60. Each to his or her own of course. If I take it on job (rare), I have a ford driving colleague, who seems to have to "take a fag" a lot more often. If I go look, he's steaming the Corrado's windows ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Small update, I spent a few hours swapping the rear of the interrior on the Corrado. New clips, screws and covers plus nuts and bolts. Here's taking it apart: [ATTACH=CONFIG]56629[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]56633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]56637[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]56641[/ATTACH] I'll continue tomorrow. Still miss to finish a doorcard though. More later. Cheers, Redfox.

but why? Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks Portent, I'll talk to arz then. Cheers, Redfox :black:

Nice car and nice shots. Great colour and good looking with standard wheels. I would liek that leather handbrake handle as well. Can it be bought somewhere? I asked VW dealership: No (usual answer). Cheers, Redfox.

phew, just been renovating a large appartment for some friends, so had little time to do the Recaro seat renovation. But I managed to finish the seats today. Only missing to finish the drivers side left side front doorcard, which had been butchered by extremists, who apparently didn't give a rats ar.e. So, after a lot of tinkeling with bits and bobs, I am getting closer. This is how the seats look like now: Sorry for the bad light. [ATTACH=CONFIG]56541[/ATTACH] Only miss to press on new sets of gliders. I also managed to buy some new sideplates and press pins in black, plus small lock clips and bolts and screws for both seats. Now I need to find a complete wireing with all bits and bobs to manouver them and heat them. That can be bought from VW, but they want close to 800GBP for the lot. And I think that's a little harsh.. ;) So, I am after a used set. Anyone? Hope to finish them soon. Got myself a new waterneck on top of the radiator. Would prefer Daves's to be honest. He makes them better than Gruven. Also got a new plinth for covering the rear number plate light stick. Need to prime and paint. More later on. Cheers, Redfox :black:

If at all possible, I would like to get the little plastic cover (black) that you can tilt down, that covers the towing hook in the lower front grill. Actually I don't remember if it's exactly over the hook, but it is the one that is in the left side. Normally missing on a G60 (for cooling). Thanks a lot. Cheers, Redfox.

Great work Jay. Going to be super duper. Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks. Hmmm.... looks greenish to me, but I'll pass by VW tomorrow, and ask for a bottle, and see what they show up with. Will report back. Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, I've just read over at dubforce, that original VW red power steering fluil will kill the gaskets, so original VW green stuff should be used. Someone know anything about that? Most apreciated. Cheers, Redfox (or should it be greenfox?) ---------- Post added at 11:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 PM ---------- okay, found someone saying that red is no no, and green is the good stuff. Will jump down and look right now (midnight!). Cheers, Redfox.