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Mate I do at home but I'm london at the moment on a borrowed PC. sorry...

think you'll find the mounts are the same...

thought you guys might have trouble putting the floor in... at least you have found a way around it... well done...

Yes, I now of another 2 4wd corrados which have the same problem. The mk2 Golf + Mk2 Golf rallye have much lower arches and therefore they do not need to lower the car as much to get the same stance. Again I have examied them aswell, trust me... lol They can also use normal shocks at the rear but we can not, again the corrado ones are far too long and you will need mk1 golf gti versions which are about 150mm shorter!

I'm afraid its not as simple as that. Due to the design of the rallye rear axle shorter wishbones won't help the problem, basically the wishbone mounts need to be higher or some sort of adjustable solution needs to be found... :roll: Right you can see from the pics what the problem is and the 4th pic is a close up of the wishbone so you can see where it piverts. Pic 1 is sitting high at the back, prob about standard height and there is still loads of camber. Pic 2 is when I lowered it big style for inters 2003, still had lots left on the coils so could have gone further (mk1 golf gti rear suspension btw, not corrado) Pic 3 sort of shows the angle the whishbone sits at. Pic 4 is a close up of the left hand wishbone.

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you need to import a syncro golf or passat somehow as you will have all the parts on those cars, apart from the passat's 3rd part of the prop shaft will be too long, but you could get a rallye or golf syncro one fairly easily...

not really..

lol, good stuff. Same applies to me I think, too much turkey...

Well in order to get the new floorpan to fit inside the back of the car you have to bend the corner up slightly to get it in. As long as you can bend it back in the same position it will be unnoticable to the eye. You will see what I mean when you try and fit it.

Awesome! Keep up the good work boys....

looks lovely mate, good x-mas/new year?

the corrado has much higher arches than a rallye or mk2 and thats where are problem is, thus we have to lower the car more to get the same stance.... You will need mk1 golf gti rear coilovers btw as corrado ones are too long... Jay's got the idea, but then he has seen a couple of 4x4 corrado's including mine and in the flesh its noticable. Yes the rear wishbones are to a certain extent cast, but they have a weld as well...

P.S. Those ecentric bushes will only help a little...

Mate trust me there is serious camber without it being low!!!!! Do you remember that pic I posted before I fitted mk1 golf gti suspension at the back.... looked like an offroader with nil camber. My ride height at the back is a little high, I can almost get a fist inbetween the top of the wheel and the arch and the tyre still only touches about 2/3 on the ground because of the tilt. Just thought we could put our heads together and try and modify our current wishbones as I can't be arsed with making custom rear subframes etc. Anyway you will see what I mean when you get it on the floor. I will fish out a picture of the current camber. I don't want mine slamed on the ground either, I'm much the same as you and want a bit of a gap but I want it lower than it is. I'll find those pics of the motorsport rallye. Don't let me put you off though as its only a small problem that can be over come. When Phat get's involved then things might happen...

I am going to fit the rallye axle with the haldex diff grafted into it. The 4motion back axle is totally enormous (as you can see it leaning up against my kitchen wall.) I wouldnt go so far as to say its a 'bolt on conversion' Lee, but its not as difficult as you would initially think. Cutting the floor out is the big part. Better get on - more pics later 8) Coxy, have you and phat talked about the rear camber issue? I would love to get it fixed in some way as it spoils the look of the car + one will eat rear tyres! The motorsport rallye used some rose joints on modified wishbones, maybe we could put our heads togeather and come up with something, you will see what I mean when you get the car on the ground... keep us updated!

You guys are putting ideas into my head!! I actually spoke to Jeff Webb about 4x4 and he said its almost a bolt on conversion. It is a bolt on conversion pretty much, you need to make a couple of things but basically the hard part is finding all the parts, brackets etc. Lee if you are going to do it, you want to weld in a floorpan as oppossed to Dubsports way of doing it which is not very factory at all. They just cut a hole in the boot and box section it back up which means you have to have a fuel tank in the boot... up to you but I rekon yours would benefit from a proper floorpan conversion. VR6 4x4 turbo, now that sounds awesome! :D :D :D

The work in progress is looking good, I should have said.... Keep at it my man and yours will soon be like mine... I see you have both the rallye 4wd and the haldex, have you decided whats going in? That 4motion fuel tank is massive!

Its a mk2 golf with rallye arches I think. And yes the 4wd can only really take around 300bhp, I'm pushing my luck with 350-400bhp! So 1000bhp - forget it! Its the torque that will kill it!

looking good!

This guy rekons he can get 1000bhp out of a 16v!!! And its got the rallye 4WD setup on it.... well I was just gobsmacked when I saw the size of the turbo. Thoughts please...lol

Is that Jay's handy work?

looking good phat, when you get round to fitting the new floorpan you will need to bend one corner to get it in, there is no other way unfortunatly. Keep going, it will soon be 4wd!

How much is it for a set of these audioscape pods? Would I better making some instead?

to allow a secret modification :wink: