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A few Christmas pics to sweeten the winter: So Merry Christmas to all ;) Redfox.

Ah, very nice pics of a fun use of the Corrado's. I like that. I too never understood why some people have to buy the largest stationwagon as soon as they get a baby? Saw a guy driving his motorcycle today with a huge Christmas tree on top. In the 1950'ies there were many people who had a Fiat 500 and went on holiday with the whole family, dog, luggage etc. No worries. But of course it can be made more comtable ;) I carried 7 Montana shelfboxes (70*70cm) in my Mk. II Golf, but I doubt that can be done in a Corrado ;) We'll see. I would surely like that Thule rack, so will go after New Year to search for one. I think I once saw an original roof rack set for a Corrado? I think I also saw a picture of a Corrado with half a Corrado as a trailer. Cheers, Redfox.

I wish to say Merry Christmas to everyone at the forum, and all of their families.:x-mas: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]50740[/ATTACH] Santa's summersledge :reindeer: Redfox.

Hi all, Just thinking that it may not be every and all Corrado owner who use their Corrado for tossing around b-roads and tracks or as a shelf-queen, but maybe somehing in line with family, or vacation, or moving things around, or towing a caravan/trailer, or? Or just all of them. It would be most nice with a pic or two ;) What say you Corrado owners? Cheers, Redfox.

Which is exactly also what happens around my waters. A lot of prople get hit from behind, because stupid ignorants don't give a rats ar.. about a full stop etc. I've seen so many accidents because of that and tragically also many deaths. Best of wishes for the poor guy involved, and may that ar.. that hit him, actually begin to use the brain. Redfox.

Ah Nice! a barn find! That means that it's going to be a rare car ;) I'll try to get hold of a copy of the pvw mentioned. December issue? Cheers, Redfox.

I think there are many people who just don't care too much of their cars, beng that people carrier or a nice Corrado or something else. But I also think that many a Corrado owner these days are people who are genuinely interested in the Corrado, and tries to take good care of them, where as some years ago, when the Corrado was actually more expensive, but also newer, there came some owners who were not that much interested in the Corrado as such, but maybe more like it being a smart flat car etc. Then also came the tendency to modify into eternity. That I think, is going to level out now, and we see more and more people going oem (right at the time when vw rules out spares .... ) This happen to very many cars anyway. With the view not to see a Corrado any time soon, we'd better really good care of the ones that are ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Hi Alex, I haven't recieved any as of yet. Did you get my address? Cheers, Redfox.

Hi Max, Nice cars! Can I ask you about the Recaro front seats in your Lupo? Ar they Mk. II golf seats or from something else? Do they have reclining handles on both sides? Did you have it made/made yourelf? Front lights on your Corrado. I just polished mine a lot and they looked okay again. Maybe the trend is to go ld school again. No smart beemer lights etc. Of course that's entirely up to everyone ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Hi Ehzehz98, Nice car you have there. Nice wheels too. Some decent mods to go too. Welcome to the madness ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Sounds good. Let's see those. I like the A5 coupe, but hardly a sportscar. More a lux coupe. You know Pat, one plus one is not allways two, but summarizes to be more. That's what the Corrado was. Surely it have it's faults, like most. And also amongst exotica there are faults or things that could have been made differently. I think they do okay after all these years though. Cheers, Redfox. Edit: I think a future Corrado should be a low car - say 115cm at the rooftop. ---------- Post added at 10:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 PM ---------- Btw, the new Bulli sounds to have a few good ideas. Refreshing. Cheers, Redfox.

Pat, Can you get already made up new upholstery to swap ? Or du you have to have a leathersmith make something from zero? Sorry to be ot. Cheers, Redfox.

MMmmm, looks nice. Cheers, Redfox.

Sorry to be a little hard on the edges, not entirely fair, but let me clarify myself then: I like a Golf, I've had one for 12 years, and tried most of the breed, incl. 650 Hp bi-turbo Mk. IV, in which I overtook and outgunned a quite okay 911 Carrera 4s. 306 km/h on the gps. But there is more than Horses. There's drivingfun and road performance. Sorry guys, but already in the Mk. IV the rearaxle got a little soft and made a little boring driving experience. It did not have the togetherness the Mk. I and II had. Other people may have a different oppinion, and that's perfectly allright with me ;) I like that in the past VW dared to make the GTi concept, that in fact they were first between many makers to introduce certain styling items on ordinary cars. Without vw's super idea of the gti, we wouldn't have seen great cars as pug 205 1,9L Gti and many more. They were inspired by vw. The problem these years in my humble view is, that VW somewhat lost their daredevil, they got soft to please the many. After all, Golf is the most produced car in the world. What I see the Corrado as, is the opposite: a car that dares to be different, it does not try to please everyone, and it's a sportscar. Not an extreme one, but still. I like the Scirocco, and the idea that vw rebuilt a new one. But to me, the Scirocco mk. III is what Golf should have been: a different car that still pleases most. That's what I mean by dropping the golf - the present one. Over the years, golf got more and more soft, but better in quality. after audi came along to make many more cars to a larger crowd who have money to throw at nicer cars, vw decided to cut down the better quality in the same time as they got soft. That is why golf today is completely uninteresting to me, and I am sure many more people, who wanted a hot hatch or an inspiring car. Speaking of driving, the Mk. I and II are surely the most fun to drive. Not the fastest, but the most fun. They got heavy, sloppy, slow for how many Hp's they have, and now they also lost some of their quality, bacause audi must not loose territory to a lesser brand... ;( It's all on a relative scale of course, but still. I think you get my point. All respect to people who bought the Scirocco mk. III. But they are what the Golf should have been. That is what I mean by dropping the Golf - keep the name, and make a better car - the scirocco. A new Corrado should be in a different league, exactly as the Corrado was in 1988 when it first came on the market. When the Corrado came on the market, the Scirocco mk. II was still there, and honestly there's a difference. The same there should be today. Do you remember how many good praises the Corrado recieved? Many. Also a lot of parts bin car ;) It was in some oppinions a better car or similar to Porsche 944. I know that vw is not Porsche and won't be. But they got real, real close. A Scirocco today is not close to a Porsche, because it's not a sportscar. But a real smart hot hatch. Even if vw should incorporate more sophisticated technique into the Scirocco mk. III, we may see audi saying auch, don't step on our toes, as they have been doing. In my humble view, the tt is a lot worse that a Scirocco mk. III. But it does not change the other statements. A new Corrado should again be a sportscar, not a hothatch or just a good normal car. No offence intended, but I really hope that vw developed their cars since a 1988 Corrado into a 2009 Scirocco mk. III. Else vw and others would be in a sorry state. But which is the more fun to drive? I'll take the Corrado any day. There's some reasons for that, amongst them the height, fun to drive, looks, handeling, feel of what the wheels are doing, accelerator pedal preasure, brake pedal preassure, 2 person car (I can't stuff someone into the back, and thanks for that ;) and then some. Each to his own of course ;) That's why it's fun to try other cars, and to debate them. I still think todays golf's are really boring to look at. The intimacy they caught in the first few models were so enchanting or whatever it's called. Smart lights etc does not make up for pure fun. Yes, they worked on the Mk. V abilities to make a better car than the mk IV, but I still think they got away from the point somewhat. Since English is not my native language, I want to ask what does "Get the Corrado blinkers off please" mean? This is after all a thread about Corrado Mk. II or? I think some of the drawings etc we've seen in this thread are quite interesting. Just my two-pence (not n....y euro). I agree with you coulstar, that most people don't give a dime on how cars drive, perform, feels like, etc, they just want a peoplecarrier. I congratulate you on your Scirocco, but I think vw could have done more to make it special. Some more R eight like (not the specific car, but the idea). It really does not apeal to me, as a 20 (gosh) year old Corrado does, but I fully respect if it makes your day ;) That is just great. I don't say that just because I got one, but the general idea. For example I think a volvo P1800 is a real fun car to drive, and it also looks really good, and being really special. To summarize my view, I'd say that vw got into this "one car fits all", and that's certainly not my cup of tea. I guess my next car will be older and more rare kind of type. I hope I cleared it up a bit as to my earlier statement. Anyway, what happened to possible ideas of a Corrado Mk. II? Come on VW, make us something great again! Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, so, what happened to the Mk. II Corrado? Is it a dead fish? In my book, VW should build one, again let Karmann take the building, to add exclusivity, as way too many people drive audi's today, and the brand lost it's high profile. Also VW have dropped down in quality to compete less with audi. It needs to be bigger, because all new cars add a bit of size, and it should have 4wd and a relative big engine, not a little pumped up 1,4 tripple charged burner. A new Corrado needs to be bigger and more potent and certainly more powerfull that a MK. III Scirocco, and also better than a TT. TT's are SO boring and soulless, as most audi's are these days. No shape, and hard to say if you look at it from the front or the rear. The Corrado was not built by VW, so the new shouldn't be either. It was a very expensive car, because it was better made (in performance and quality) and lesser made (in numbers) than any VW say audi at the time. Having tried a number of audis, old and new, I would surely not want a new Corrado to be a gimmick'ed audi. No, exclusivity and low numbers, plus a performance that looks right into Porsche. Corrado was vw's first better sportscar, and the only one to date. So should a MK. II Corrado be. Anyway I find it appauling that vw is lowering quality and not daring to make a real sportscar, (like the REight), because of audi. It's better to compete with yourself that to compete with other brands outside vag. I, for one, would surely like to see a new Corrado, but it needs to be exclusive, and a real sportscar, not some scirocco like thing. In fact the Golf should be dropped, because it so over broing to look at and drive, and it looks like a 15 year old honda civic. That goes for mk. 5 and 6. VW can do it, thay have done it before, and should do it again. Cheers, Redfox.

Wishing to sort out the Eibach front arb scraping on to the track arm. GGGrrrrrrr!!!! Other than that - a full respray. Cheers, Redfox.

I have earlier on been driving with for example a set of mid priced coilovers that were also quite hard. Both in fast and slow bumps. Now, I bought a set of KW Inox line version 1, which can also lower quite much, but they are soft to your liking, I am sure. Nowhere near as hard as Interalloy I used earlier, or other brands. The valving technique is much more developed in KW (for example), compared to cheap coilovers. I find them too soft, and want something more hard and more adjustable, but will not throw them away before I have finished setting the Corrado up completely, like bolting on all three strut tover bars, track arm bar, full set of Powerflex bushes, a set of Eibach anti roll bars (thicker than standard), bigger wheels, lower profile tyre, hard engine mounts, harder seats etc. Only then I will have a complete picture of how the car manouvers and the suspension works. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that the quality of the suspension ovement in itself is far beyond what you ecperience now, and cannot in any way be compared. Yes, KW is softer too. Cheers, Redfox. edit: I second that of fendervg. Don't lower too much.

I am working on repairing all the broken bits of the doorcards and rear ones of the Recaro leather interrior. I clean them up, cut off some flapping parts, and put down a layer of glassfiber mix. This hardens to work very well. [ATTACH=CONFIG]50675[/ATTACH] Then it's time to sand it a bit and glue the leather back on. This is made in more than one step, to ensure a correct folding and glueing: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50676[/ATTACH] Other places, parts of the doorcard is simply missing: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50677[/ATTACH] Then I make up new missing parts like this from similar material, measure it up, cut out, file it and sand it, plus drilling a hole too: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50678[/ATTACH] Then it is time to glue it on, and then some glassfiber. This is made on one side and supported to maintain shape, then left to harden. Then repeated on the other side: Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks, I'll have a look. Cheers, Redfox.

And that is low enough to go under the lowered Corrado, and wich is also light? Cheers, Redfox.

Absolutely no problem here as well. Looking forward to get them. Cheers, Redfox.

Ah, finally I got the special Powerflex front arb eyebolt bushes at 22mm. Great, so at least I can get on doing it all, as soon as the weather clears up a bit. My local dealers don't have them on their lists, and the importer cannot find them, and every one keeps telling me, that they don't exists, so here's a pic: [ATTACH=CONFIG]50613[/ATTACH] Cheers, Redfox.

Okay, I'll wait for that. Cheers, Jacques.

Started on repairing the Recaro cabin today. Glued up all the little bits and along all the edges, that had come loose. I'll spend a couple of days on that. [ATTACH=CONFIG]50587[/ATTACH] Try to clean them up also, but Meguiars does not apply here, as it's way too soft to clean old interrior, so need something better to clean old gunk etc. out Loads of work to do on it, but I will let it take it's time, to make it as nice as possible. Cheers, Redfox.

Are there any drawbacks in using a carbon fiber hood? Flex, crash, paint, legally, fixing it to sit in place etc? Seems to me as a really good idea, as it is really heave, and any weight saved transfers into acceleration and speed. Cheers, Redfox.