Redfox

Thanks for the answers, I drove it, and in town it's quite irritating, but on faster speeds, highway and freeway, it's not annoying, just a deep "rrroooooo" and not noisy. I will put in a new paperfilter today. Couldn't really feel a difference, as there was too much trafic to give it some pedal, so will have to try that later on. Cheers, Redfox.

Job's done. Will take a test trip. Man, it makes a lot of noise even when idleing. Not really interested in that. Will report back. Thinking od changing that K&N panelfilter to a new standard paper one I have lying on the shelf. Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, I read somewhere on the net that a little more air can be had by removing the snorket and throat that sits inside and in the opening of the airbox. Is this true? and if so, should the plasticsurround in front also be removed? Any gains? I don't mind a little extra roar, but this is not the purpose. More air is needed. For now I will not drill the airbox. Not untill I have another one second hand. Then possible remove the carbon canister from underneath the airbox, and duct a tube from front up to underside of airbox. Anyway that is later. For now it's just a question of the snorkel and eventually the plastic plate in front. I don't want hot engine air sucked in. Cheers, Redfox.

Hmm, not yet, ther is more to come over the winter. E.g. a Golf full size intercooler, to help the engine. But thanks anyway :) I am very much in doubt about swapping all tubes for blue Samco Sport ones. Don't really know if they are better than original? Tomorrow I don't have too much quality time with my Corrado, since I am going to an all day birthday. Maybe a little tlc in the evening. Have a nice piece of aluminium to install. Question: Why is it that Corrado parts are slowly invading our apartment ? Even my desk? Cheers, Redfox.

Very nice set of Recaros. In my former Mk. II I bought a complete Edition One, and they surely held me firm when driving in good curves. But the sidebolsters were bigger it seems. Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks VW_OwneR_85, it's meant to be so. My Mk. II was harder, and never broke anything in 12 years. It is needed for trackdays and spirited driving, to give the best control over the car. My wife does not mind. She says: Well, I only know the totally hard Mk. II Golf, and that's it. Great ;) Driving through mountains in Austria or Romania, is a real joy with that setup, incl all bits: Hard coilovers, poly bushings all over, strut tower bars front and rear, low profile bigger wheels and thicker Eibach anti roll bars front and rear, 22mm front and 25 mm rear. Poly bushings will be on my Corrado as well, plus the ones for the steering rack and so on = winterproject. This time I will also get better brakepads, than the EBC Green Stuff I have used earlier, as they are not up to track day driving or alike. I cannot find Red Stuff, I tried today, for the G60, but will probably get some Ferodo DS2500 instead. We'll see. Cheers, Redfox.

Hi Ben, Yes it does make a difference in sound. The original soundproofing makes it rather damped, and pleasant if you so wish. Since mine was 20 y.o. and constantly falling off in small bits, all over the engine, I chose to peel it off by hand. But do make yourself a favor by covering all of the front of the car first. After that, give it a good scrub with a engine/car cleaner. then take a paintbrush and a Liter of petrol, 99 Octane ;) , and brush it on the glue, a little area at a time, and use a credit card, a membershipcard if you are afraid of ruining it, to scrape the glue off. I asked about it here, and some said white spirit, but that did not work for me, and after having tried all sorts af strong chemicals, I used petrol, which took it of nicely. Remember a mask! And do it outdoors! After that, give it a good clean with water and soap, polish it, wax it, remove the carcover carefully, end enjoy! Defninately worth the effort. I used 4 hours all in all. Then you can buy the original material again, but the same can be bought from ordinary car shops, and cost very little in comparison. I'll do that next year after the car have been painted. Since I bought the Corrado I have been looking at the awfull glassplague the mirrors have. So tonight, while nothing interesting was in tv, I went out and prised the glass off an extra mirror. First add some protective painter tape: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49140[/ATTACH] Then one take a flat ruler and stick it in the top, only a little, not far in, and press outwards slowly and carefully: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49141[/ATTACH] Then you do it below, then on top some more, and voila, it's off: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49142[/ATTACH] Then take it off completely. Note, there are two wires, for the heating element. Give it a little wd40 or alike, and they can be taken off without drama. Clean up and insert your new glass, old glass, or whatever. Press in the middle of the mirror and it clicks back in place. Adjust by electric knob inside cabin: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49143[/ATTACH] It takes max 3 minutes per mirror, and certainly looks better than the old brown destroyed glass. Blue ones can be bought via the net, and diminish the blinding from cars behind. Note: There are two generations of the mirrors, but everything is interchangable, and the newer model, have an extra plasticarm on the plastic plate, on which the glass is glued. One can just choose to take the glass off, with a hotgun, and glue a new one on instead. Saves money, and takes 5 minutes more per side. Cheers, Redfox.

Just a small update, I bought a set of track arms, tie rods, and all other bits and bobs for the Corrado today. Only got to install the tie-rods this evening, as I have also ordered a set of Powerflex bushings for the arms and Eibach anti roll bars. Still in doubt if the arms are Mk. II or Mk. III??? Before installing anything I gave it a a good layer or rather 4 of high temp clear coat, to better be able to withstand time and water. Arms are powdercoated, and wil be aditionally coated and rustproofed, before inserting any powerflex'es. Cheers, Redfox.

I went to a mazda dealer today, and asked for parts for the Mk. I MX-5/Miata. All is available. Around 1 million sold, all models included up till' today. Lotus can deliver. Mazda can deliver. Old british sportscars can be serviced with new parts. I think VW needs to come out on top again for their only real sportscar ever. They know what breaks down; just a few examples: Doorhandles, Frontspoilers 90 mm, Frontspoilers 50 mm, instrumentation fastner covers, G-ladders, radiator 90 degree neck on top left side, numberplate holder, ash trays, small protective stickers etc, because we give it a new paint. Door sill trim, the black "Corrado" one, Roof trim (long ones), lights, so we are not forced to buy inpro or similar. and so on. They break all the time, so why stop making them 10 years ago, when many people needs them frequently ? It's not that they only sell one item of these every five years worldwide. I have spoken to every single carbreaker both private and company in my homecountry, Denmark, which is neighbour to Germany, and there's a good demand for these parts, and noone have anything. They tell me that when they buy car for breaking in Germany, many of the sought after parts are already missing. In my view, they should run a production again, let's say 20.000 sets of each, just to pick a number. Trust me, they will sell. Pricew will not be an object for the discerning owner, because more and more of the remaining Corrado's are bought by people who look at them as classics, and take really good care of them. The time when a Corrado was worth nil, and was bought by students to be trashed every Thursday, Friday ans Saturday is coming to an end. No bashing of weekend warriers meant, but I think this tendency is there, as in the classic motorcycle market etc. I for one, wil buy more that I actually need, just to put in on the shelves, ready for future use. I think a part of the problem is, that VW don't like their own car enough to think it will be a classic. Not exotic enough. Not an E-type so to say. But just another comsumable. I still think about a call to every Corrado owner around, to hear what they say. So what say you? Cheers, Redfox.

Hmm, that is two oppostire opinions. One is that the arms are the Mk. II model, another that the arems are Mk. III model. I guess I have to pay VW another visit again. At least today they said that the arms are Mk. II arms, on the G60 1991. That is my car's model and year. Cheers, Redfox.

I just asked VW and they claim that all is the same, but it would be nice to hear it from someone who actually own a Corrado and have bought the parts. Cheers, Jacques.

Hi all, I would like to put on new track arms (the l shaped big arm with bushed in it), bushings etc. I will use some polyurethane bushings, but the arms, are they the same as on MK. II Golfs? Or is it Mk. III ones? The ball joint underneath the arm, is that the same as Mk. II or III? and the steering ball ends, are they also the Mk. II or III or specific? Cheers, Redfox.

Geee, just had to turn it something like 90 degrees. Really easy - for once ;) Cheers, Redfox.

What about an international petition from Corrado owners all over the planet, and send it all to VW? Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, I would like to be able to install a set of VR6 VDO volt and oilpressure clocks, and I would like to ask if there's an easy and reversible way to do this. My car is a 1991 (old style) G60 ? Is it possible for example to swap the dashboard panel (the one with the radio, ashtray etc), for the newer model to be able to get the two screw mounts made for the extra clocks, without also swapping everything else, as I want to keep old style heaterregulator and buttons? Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks all, Then we certainly must put a little preasure on VW to remanufacture, and kindly ask them to get their hands out of their pockets, and it sounds good with Classic Parts. Can I buy from them directly, instead of VW? PS: I still think it's a lousy stand that VW have taken. In this day and age, where we want to spare mother earth of digging even more material out to manufacture new cars. If kept in perfect shape, I don't see a Corrado as a bad car, neither for the driver, nor for the environment. With that attitude I will deem VW as a german made korean like crap car company (well not entirely), where you buy a new car in a buble foil, and instead of changing oil, you scrap the car and just press out another new car from your buble foil, if this development continues, and I feel most certain, that I am not the only one. Wake up VW, we need your support, now that we have bought yet another VW!!! Yeah, that old 3.0 L BMW sportscar with airvents in the fontfenders is a nice classic sportscar. I would go for a Lotus Esprit Turbo. Cheers, Redfox.

Thanks all ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, Having had my Corrado for about a month I am in that very sad situation to experience, like all of you too I believe, the lack of available parts from Volkswagen. For my Golf II I could get anything, at least when I built it. For the Corrado, it's almost impossible to get any spares from VW. Every time I get to a local dealer close to where I live, they take a look at Etka, and say: No sir, nat available any more. We can take a look at Classic Parts... When they get an answer some days later, it's no, no and no. Just to name a few: Doorhandles, notoriously break: NO. Buttons to hold the cover over fusebox: NO. Intruments for centerconsole: NO. Rubbers to hang the parcelshelf in: NO. Front lower grille: NO. covers in corners of instrumentation: NO. doorcards: NO. Seats: NO. Karmann sign: NO. Jet sign: NO. G60 rearbadge: NO. G60 frontbadge: NO. Gearbox stiffening arm: NO. Door seal (on car body): NO Leather handle for handbrake: NO. Leather gaitor for handbrake: NO. Loudspeakergrilles for doors: NO. G-ladders: NO. ... .. . and so the list goes on and on and on. I have never ever experienced such a bad ability to deliver spares. Even the british woke up and produce spares for old british sportscars. But Volkswagen: NO. So what if it cost some money to do so? It's not a matter of money, but a matter of prestige and integrity. Volkswagen have had that for many years, but not any more, because they refuse to make spares for their only sportscar ever? Quite a bad one in my humble view. I a m aware that there were only built 97.xxx cars, and many are not around any more, but come on, it was Volkswagens best and most expensive sportscar, at a formidable price, even more than a Porshe. Even Lotus can deliver for the Esprit! Lotus, a miniature in comparison! I think VW needs to wake up and get themselves together to deserve that extreme following and marque-loyalty that they have. I can mention no other single brand that have such a strong level of brand-awareness other than VW. But respect is not something they can claim, it's earned, and to me at least they are loosing it. I am very happy about my Corrado, and will keep it hopefully for very long, but it will eventually end up as a garage-queen, because I CANNOT GET SPARES! Did you hear that Volkswagen? PLEASE make us some SPARES! WE know you have the money and the ability to do it! Please! I often read in Volkswagen mags, that they are very proud of old Volkswagens driving around. But what about a new car like the Corrado? A prestige car? A top of the line car? Even built by Karmann? What is you good people's take on the situation? Cheers, Redfox.

Hello Callum33, Thanks for the nice words. It's a KW coilover set inox-line version 1. I just bought it a few days ago, and I am very sorry i did, as I thought it was much harder than it is. Most people would probably say it's really hard, which it is to be fair, but not how I want it. So it will be up for sale here at home, incl. box and all, and I'll buy a Version 3, and hope this will be hard enough to satisfy the need. I really really dislike any comfort! And I want to know exactly what the wheels are doing. Of sourse a car should stay planted and not jumping around like with some coilovers and this is certainly not the case, as it realy feels planted. I mean the quality of the way it works can certainly be felt. Like with Bilstein PSS sets. Let me know if you (or someone else) thinks this is hard enough for the occasional track day? I have other mods too as described above. Anyway it's very very nice made and really shines quality. Not a bad buy I'd say. Well, since you are a lucky guy and have a Corrado, why not tinkle with it and give it some tlc? Let's see a picture of your Corrado, I bet it's nice! I also sprayed an extra roof liner today. It is now black and looks okay, but is lousy to touch. So I cannot reccomend doing that. Instead I will order some alcantara in black and glue it on, to be propperly made and looking. A sportscar surely should have had that in the first place, but since VW took a lot of money for the Corrado back in the days, there was not enough (?) moeny to give it a propper internal look. Better do it myself then, AAAANNNDDD it is always fun to make something better (I mean that). All mods I do must not look silly or stupid or make the car drive worse, but be an improvement both in looks and performance. Of course it's in the eye of the beholder, but after 12 years with my modded Golf II, I've seen a lot that I for sure would say made them look crap. Making a black roof liner seems to invoke a lot of small if's, but we'll see. More later on in the year. I still have some parts that I have not changed yet. [ATTACH=CONFIG]49075[/ATTACH] Cheers, Redfox.

Messed some more with the fu....g green clip today and had a friend look at it too, still no good, so taped it on with some rounds of electrical isolationtape. So much for VW's engeneering... :scratch: Cheers, Redfox.

HI all, I've got one of these: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49074[/ATTACH] And I don't have the wireing for it. Could someone please enlighten me as to how to connect it and so on? I see it's made for the newer facelifted Corrado, a VR6 extra sort of possibly, but I cannot insert it into the dashboard, and I cannot swap the dashboard frame for the newer model, as all other will change too. Is there a smart way around this, before I drill and cut? Would prefer to be reversible. Changed a foglight today as it got shot by a stone while driving a little spirited ;) I also polished the frontlights, foglights and front blinkers up with some Festool grit 8000 and 11000. Came up nice and certainly more clear than before after years of sandblasting on roads. Lights should improve a bit too ;) Cheers, Redfox.

Okay, here is the installed new gear gaitor, just cut and glued: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49038[/ATTACH] A pic of the Corrado G60 Jet interrior: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49058[/ATTACH] And here's a picture of the Corrado in strange light this afternoon - strong sunlight and heavy clouds: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49039[/ATTACH] Cheers, Redfox.

Hi all, As it often happens, I also need a speaker grille, as mine was missing when I bought the car, old style for an early door type, and in black. Please give me a PM if you have one, and i can send you some money for it asap. Cheers, Redfox.

took off the blue dot sensor on the intaketube, and cleaned it, and the tube. Now I simply cannot refit the green clip han secures the sensor. Tried all kinds of things for 2 hours. Really ****ed. Argh!! Well, good ideas kindly asked for ;) Cheers, Redfox.

HI all, Just want to report back, that all seems to be fine now. Drove a few houndred yesterday and voltage etc. is good. I guess the old battery was coming to it's end and when current was being drawn from it, it sort of failed. Cheers, Redfox.