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That's fine then as I've tried the 288 callipers and they fitted no problem so happy days. In which case if you take the offer ill defiantly have them. Cheers

Lol, quality. Duly noted mate. I'll make sure I am end it later to avoid any groundings or loss of pocket money :-) Thanks again.

Brilliant. That's all I needed to know thanks guys. I'll amend this thread this evening when I get in. Got 20 scotch bright pads so bodywork starts today. That feels like progress! Thanks again. Max,

Hey, I'm running 16 Keskin KT1s,if anyone knows whether they will fit then great, but I have access to a laith so surely a bit of milling or spacers could be done if they are fractionally tight? However I'm keen to get them anyway, as really need bigger brakes as part of the re-build. I have upgraded brembo lines at the front, will these work or will I need to get new ones? If you'd take £120, ill have the money in your account in two hours mate, i'm in portishead by bristol? Max,

Hello all, I am well aware that this is probably in the wrong place but wanted to put it where it would be seen, and after i've sorted out why I'm such a computer cretin I can just change the title and make it my build thread. Basically long story short, finally secured a workshop about three weeks ago to start my rebuild so I have had a very productive few weeks sinse. Have photographed every step so far but am struggling to upload them to the site. So, can someone help me with the following:- 1. How do i re-size photos as mine are all top big? Do I have to go to each one individually and go to edit and reduce size or is there a quicker easier way to do the lot. 2. Can I upload all the photos I want in one go and then attach writing under each one or do I have to upload each one, write about it, do the next etc. Thats it really, any advise would be great. I'll be back on later, remoe this rubbish and get teh build thread started. Just off to buy a huge load of scotchbright and get keying, Andy that shell came out amazing, so straight, the only rust is that tiny dink on rear arch the rest is almost box fresh, well happy!!!!! Cheers guys.

Cheers for the quick reply kev, it's in the garage as we speak they've tried the 'loom' to injector five on other injectors each one was open full and they've checked wiring and that is returning the correct readings so can only be ecu I guess?? Luckily I think i have a spare golf one under the stairs, is it Bosch 0261203968/969 Vw 021 906 256?? Been hoarding a fair few parts since corrado ownership, lol!! So hopefully that'll sort the issue. Just really hoping the low compression reading was down to bore wash and will sort itself once she's firing right? There was fuel leaking out the join in the exhaust so the lambda sensor is shot as well, mega overfueling!!! Edit:- don't worry it is correct ecu so say the garage!!

Hey guys, yet another issue was wondering if you could help. Last week car suddenly developed a bad misfire as well as chucking out tons of smoke. Nursed it into Bristol to the garage half way there misfire stopped and so did the smoke??? Anyway they have phoned to say that compression test showed low reading in cylinder 5 and that the injector in five was stuck open. So it's washed the bore which would explains low compression and smoke. They think its ecu fault as they changed I injectors and 5 was still doing it?? Is this possible, I have little faith in them?? Has it ruined the block as it was a rebuilt engine and can't believe that the bore is now shagged as a fault of bore wash? Ben told it can come back once running correctly!! It's had an obd2 conversion so is it possible they have messed something up? Which ecu would I need as I have a few spare at home all end with ag( the corrado one) except one that reads 261 203 968/969 or 021 906 256. I'm assuming its got to be a golf ecu as I've had it converted. Anything else that could cause the Injector to stay open?? Is it likely to have caused permanent damage to block? So fed up with it all now!!!! Regards, max

Appreciated mate, yeah got my head around it now, new shell it is spent most of the afternoon phoning various body shops getting rough quotes, Corrado number 2 will be a beauty. Just got to form a plan of attack and get moving with it. Vw owner and tony I totally understand what your saying, but Im honest I've had enough of driving ropey looking motors and want to have one that looks and feels sorted. The state that the rear end is I. Now I'm almost embarrassed when I stop in traffic, probably being overly self conscious but it's like having a massive boil on your neck and knowing everyone can see it!!!! However I will be following aspects of your idea, going to source new bonnet doors and boot, get it all sprayed I can then go about fitting the Interior whilst still driving mine and once it is all ready I will then finally swap over running gear and engine should mean a less painful transition. So shopping list and 'to do' list are being compiled at the moment, getting very excited now. Thanks for all the comments guys, and the enevitable future help, lol!! Regards, max

Portent: No mate, got it in plymouth, seems crap is available nationwide! Right calmed down a touch now and am starting to look at this as an opertunity to build myself the car ive always wanted, without any hidden gremlins or horrors. Its going to be a hell of learning curve as its a far greater undertaking then anything ive managed before but im up for it. Lucky enough to have a large albeit slightly dark and dingy garage to work in so its a case of engaging the old grey matter and cracking on. hopefully got the shell sorted, thanks andy, so now just a case of forming a plan of attack and getting stuck in. Got a feeling im going to be on here racking your collective brains a lot more in the near future. Anyway, just to confirm to you that this course of action is the right one below are the photos of the horros i found earlier, hope your not eating, lol!! [ATTACH=CONFIG]72610[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72611[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72612[/ATTACH] Not pretty is it? Anywho thanks for all the advice, time for the next chapter in my eventful Corrado ownership. Regards, Max,

Was considering this option but have hopefully just secured a clean and straight shell, the £2k-£3k was including repairing the damage, before i realised how bad it was, so that should be less now the shell is straight, Im lucky enough to have access to a double garage at my dads where i can do the work so this way i can get the fresh paint and rebuild the car from the ground up, making sure i get everything right. Luckily, if anything about this is luck is that everything i have swapped or replaced on the current car can be swapped over so with a clean shell i essentially have the car, just need to invest the man hours to do the swap. Daunting but at the same time quite exciting, every cloud and all that!!!

....Right time to pass me the rope...... I am so sick I'm struggeling to right this, just went outside and decided to pull out the boot carpet and have a good dig around and see the extent of the damage, suffice to say i nearly threw up. Tore the carpet out and was met with true horror. passenger side there is a one inch gap between boot floor and rear of car where new panel was welded in, sealer everywhere, rust everywhere, drivers side is even worse, rust is straight through was digging around with a screwdriver and it has literally pushed straight through the panel and exited by the corrado badge. ****, ****, ****.........its dead, gone a vile rusty mess, no way i can justify fixing it, whole rear end is just a rusty mess. I cant begin to tell you how stupid i feel, wasted so much money on a total dog of a car because i was to stupid ignorant and nieve to shop around, what a complete idiot!!!!!!!! Only optiuon is to now purchase a new shell. The only saving grace is everything ive done so far can be swapped over, but my god its going to be a massive job. cant even bring myself to post the pictures its that vile. This is going to be a big undertaking, a huge learning curve and at the moment seems a bit overwhelming. i guess i can drive it for the time being but i just feel sick. Not a good day, feel like jacking but i wouldnt get a penny for the car as it is regardless of all the stuff ive replaced, total nightmare. Any words of encouragement or reasurance that this job can be pulled off would be greatly appreciated. I did a complete engine swap on my old mk2 golf so part of me knows that i can do this but seems a huge mountain to climb right now. Just going to find a corner to cry in for a while. Will post pictures up later when ive calmed down so you can see the extent of my stupidity. Regards, Max......

Hey guys, wow, not sure what to think now, i assumed it was just a rough repair but the last two comments have got me worried. I love the car and have spent so much time and money getting her to where she is it would really pain me to give up on her but on the other hand she is by no means mint, in fact she been very unloved before me. Kip having reads through that entire thread your car was of a much higher standard than mine so it makes me think more and more as if the shell is worth saving but again i dont want to give up on her and the work involved moving ev erything from my existing car onto a new shell is a mammouth job, many decisions to make. However my plan is as follows, this weekend i am going to get a touch brutal with it to find out the extent of the damage, i shall remove the sealant form the boot, what then am i looking for, creases i imagine, any tell tale signs of major rear end damage. also going to borrow my mates orbital sander and get those seams down to metal, going to look rough but at least then i shall know the extent of the damage. ill ppost pictures up here but also take it to a couple of bodyshops and get there opinion, hopefully the fundamental repair is sound and it is mearly corrosion from moisture in filler or under paint that is causing the bubbles, wishful thinking i know but fingers crossed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and opinoons on what youd do would be equally well recieved, however painful. Also thanks to Andy for the shell offer, top man, will give you a definative answer as soon as i know the extent of the damage on mine, Wish me luck, Regards, Max,

Hey guys a little late i know but here are the pictures of the damage to the rear end so that you can better asses it and possibly give me a better idea of which path to take regarding the respray, bodywork,: [ATTACH=CONFIG]72546[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72547[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72548[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72549[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72550[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]72551[/ATTACH] The first three are in and around the boot area, then the arch and obviously then the two seams. I know they are not the best but hopefully they show the damage well enough. BTW i am evidently far worse on computers than i though, resizing them was a right mare and still managed to mess the last on up, lol!! Thanks in advance, Regards, max,

Hey guys thanks for getting back, given me a lot to chew over. Vr owner: I'm currently working away from home so will not be able to post up pictures until Friday. I see what your saying but the current state of the cars pair is fairly poor, it has had a blow over at some stage, probably when the rear end damage was done as you can see the original paint in the boot and engine bay, also quite a few dinks dents and the bonnet is badly stone chipped also have large piece of rust on the bottom of the drivers front wing. So in my mind it needs a fair bit of body work and a respray is surely the only answer. I love the car have always wanted one and never plan on selling so really want it, finally to be 'like' new in appearance and feel. Obviously you'll have to wait to see the damage before you pass judgement but I have a ball park figure of between 2,000-3,000 for all the bodywork and respray, don't want what is a lot of money spent on a shell that is not worth the effort! BristolBaron: Hi mate, yeah base in portishead so just outside Bristol. Is your mates shell straight all over or does it just have some front end damage, it's probably my own ignorance with regard bodywork but the thought of cutting out sections and welding in kinda perturbed me, it is probably fine, like I said my ignorance, but I much prefer the thought of a complete shell, although if general consensus is that welding in a new rear section is fine then obviously it is something I could consider as I feel that is what would be needed to salvage mine!! Ill pm Cazza, any idea if his shell is straight from and back? What does appeal about this idea is that I would then have a few panels to choose from and I would give me a chance to really build it up perfect from the shell up. RedBorbet: Hi mate it sticks out only a few mm more just enough so that it catches on the very outer bit of tread where it meats the side wall, like i said I've had them rolled which revealed the filler so it only scuffs the tyre after eigt months there is just a very fain black band on tyre so it's safe but it is worrying and annoying as to why it only does it he one side. The rear beam has been off to have new bushes fitted and the garage I use has not enamoured itself to me with a plethora of past mistakes so I is very possible that it hasn't been refitted correctly, could this account for the discrepancy? Although I fear it is more likely that that arch was damaged and bent inward during the crash and has no been pulled out correctly when repaired only highlighted now by me lowering it and fitting the wider wheels. Thanks for the replies guys, and finally if anyone can recommend a good body shop in the SouthWest I would love to take it over and get a professional appraisal of what is involved and costs. Regards Max,

Hey guys, reached a crossroads with regard the motor and need some help and advice. Basically had the car for about a year and a half now and have been steadily replacing many components to bring it up to as new standard but the problem i have lies with the bodywork. when i bought it i was aware that it had a small amount of rust on the rear seams by the vr6 logo but i had checked it to see if itd been written off and it came back negative also showed it had never been cat c or d so presumed it was just light repair damair damage. However, when i fitted the new wheels i had the rear arches rolled whcih caused a large crack on the drivers side rear arch to appear due to large amounts of filler. Then on closer inspection to my horror i found that the rear panel was a replacement and had been welded in. so essentially it has had a rear end shunt at some stage and had quite extensive repairs. From what my garage tells me it looks like it was repaird early in its life when its value made it viable. Also as a result of it now running lower on wider rears wheels the drivers side one rubs on the arch wheras the passenger side doesnt. So here lies my dilema, is the shell worth repairing. I have almost got my new enterior together and planned on a full respray before fitting it but now i dont know if this shell is worth repairing. is it better to try and source a new shell, get that sprayed and move all the parts from my current car over to that. Im just doing my head in now as i dearly wish id known more when biuying it and had spotted this damage then and bought one with a straight and clean shell. So. What would you guys suggest, is this shell salvagable or is it best to cut my losses source a new shell and build this back up. SO further questions are, how much would i be looking to pay for a rolling, late VR6 shell, and do any of you know of one available, or should i stick with it, see the restoration through and get her fixed?? Answers on a postcard guys, thanks in advance, Regards, Max,

Hi all been a long while since ive posted but saw this thread, started reading and put a huge smile on my face. just thought id share a few of my most note worthy, having only owned the thing for a year and a half ive been amazed at how many nods, thumbs up and sly glances you get. Anyway, without further ado, lol: 1. Just been to the Mall in bristol for anyon wwho knows it id gone left at the audi garage and was heading up toward where harry rampstens used to be, lights went red half way up the road so i pulled up, sat there watching the lights when a, admittedly ugly 90's mustang convertable pulled up along side driven by a rather dapper looking older gentleman and his equally glam wife, looked over, accidentally caught his eye so gave him a polite little nod which he dutifully returned. So im sat there feeling a tad proud and very aware that at the head of the que of cars now sits two rather interesting and noisy cars when the lights turned the ******* shot off, tyres smoking, rear end wobbling and squirming all over the place, id quitely expected this so was equally quick off the mark, so we both shot up the road, i just managed to pull up next to him at the following roundanbout to exchange another nod and catch his wife rather animatedly berating the poor chap, priceless!! 2. Pulled into the gordano services just outside portishead, had just filled the motor whilst the misses sat inside and while i was walking in to pay another older gentleman, must of been in his fifties, pulled up behind my Rado in a beautiful old Porsche, im not great on my porches but it was i think an eighties one, red with black trim, huge rear arches and bloody great wing, yuppie killer type one if i remember correctly. Was in the que when he walked in and waited behind me.Him: 'That your corrado son' Me: 'Certainly is sir, lovely porsche by the way' Him 'Thanks. Vr6 yeah?' Me: 'Yeah it is' Him: Lovely motor that' Me: 'Cheers' Mrs asked who i was talking to and told her, she just laughed and told me she thought my head looked bigger, but yeah dead chuffed!! 3.Definatly best for last. Was a lovely, sunny saturday so me and the mrs decided to go for a nice drive out to clevedon taking in a load of b roads and have a nice bit of lunch. So driving along and spoted this pub my brother had been to a few weeks before and decided we'd pop in and see what it was about. Anyway pulled up outside and locked up and as we were walking toward the door a guy outside smoking comments on the car. says he used to own one and has always loved them, he had the G60 so asked how it compared to the VR6 siad id never driven G60 but loved mine, anyway chatted for about ten minutes whilst mrs stood there pretenting to be interested went inside and stood at the bar ordering a couple of drinks. So same guy walks in walks behind bar and loudly instructs bar staff to give us the best service possible as this gentleman owns a Corrado, they admittedly, just looked blankly at this, but i couldnt believe it. Turns out this guy owns the pub and is a massive Corrado fan, so sat down outside with our drinks waitress brought out menus couldnt of been nicer or more attentive, halfway through our food owner comes back out asks if everything is ok if the food was alright, felt like a sodding Vip, lol!! Mrs just looks at me and say: 'I am literally never going to hear the end of this am I'.....Not a chance i thought!! Anywho ate the food which was delicious and went inside to pay, saw owner again, had another brief chat, paid up( like to think i got a discount but probably pushing it a bit) and as we got in the car he walked out with another cigarette so gave it a little roar as we pulled out and headed home, was a brilliant afternoon and have never loved my car so much as then. Tell me another car of similar money that can garner that sort of reaction that frequently, not going to happen. Just in case your interested the pub is the 'Drum and Monkey' in Clevedon. Lovely pub, great food and if you pull up in your rado you may very well get VIP treatement, lol!! Right there you go, hope you enjoy, going to go and wash her now as im just got all warm and fuzzy reminiscing. Good times. Max, ---------- Post added at 2:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 2:27 PM ----------

Lol, likewise mate, should of realised it was you as i saw your pic in that scotland special they gave me with my starter bumff from ccgb. Must of been the searing burn i was feeling, lucky i was quite near the back:bonk: Mate, so many awesome looking cars there, makes me realise how far mines got to come. Realised i must remove my bump strips, didn't realise what a differeence they made. Anywho, hopefully manage to chat at a future show, take it steady, max,

Hi mate, got a pair that came off mine when i replaced them for new. your more than welcome to them as long as you cover postage. think there fine, well dirty but once blasted will be fine. failing that i'm going to bristol volksfest so can take if you wanted to collect, max,

Awesome day guy's, thanks you to all those who organised and made it possible. The convoy down was brilliant fun, nice to met you all. And apart from the shame of being the only car there that had to be bump started off the banking, to the delight of those watching, the car was faultless there and back, even at rather extravagant speeds shall we say, lol. A super day, and looking forward to next year already. Bristol volksfest next.... max,

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks for a top day, drive down was awesome, the sight of that many corrado's in every lane on the motorway will be remembered for a very long time. My old man said that sitting in a lazyboy, screwed to the floor with no seat belts as the transporter desperately tried to keep pace with us lot was one of his more interesting journeys,poor van, lol!! but yeah, great day, nice to meet you lot, and see you all again for volksfest.. max,

superb, thanks for the info. cheers and see you tomorrow.

excellent, thanks guys. how much will they have to pay when we all get there, or if my understanding is correct is it only paying for membership to allow car on the bank, in which case all sorted. cheers, and very exited now.....

Alright dude, thanks very much for the contact, much appreciated, i'd just bought one off ebay when you text me, but if by some horrendous twist of fate and this one is wrong for whatever reason i shall give him a call. cheers Regarding the other loom i've got, it was a tad ropey, there was an issue with the crankwire being cut so if you cover the cost of the postage you can have it and see if its any good to you. i'll have to wait till mine is finished and i'll grab it from the garage then. should be about a week, i'll pm you when i know. sound max,

Hey, mate i've used them for ages, came up trumps loads of times during my mk2 golf days. Top guy's, sadly they don't have the parts, the auto electrion the garage use popped over himself and no joy. but thanks for the info anyway. hoping i've got it sorted now. And Fishwick, thanks again. on the plus side my ccgb membershib pack arrived today, loving the membership card, very slick.

Tell me about it. still gutted to not have it for sunday but i'm getting used to problems with this car. thanks again boss. this forum is a god send. max, ---------- Post added at 4:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 4:15 PM ---------- Right one last question matey and i shall leave you in peace, lol. garage reckons thats the one, their only concern was does obd2 revert to a single temp sensor or does it retain the two plugs, yellow and blue as in the photo on ebay, there pretty sure it is still the two but wanted confirmation. cheers. max,