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I believe there's two for each side

Well coming from a man of your obviously high standards, that means a lot! I looked at the Genesis Profile Sub amplifier, and the mini-block. Both fitted in the space (just) but they were £350 and £600 respectively.- way too much. In the end the Hifonics Merlin was under £200 and it's a very capable amplifier indeed. It was a bit of a gamble really because I couldn't find much info. on it.

Was this a one time offer or are these available to anyone for a price?

Cheers chaps, however..... I can't take the credit for the plates, I got the idea and the URL from someone else on here....dazzyvr6 I believe - although I went for the yellow rear plate because I don't like to tempt the old bill (and so far I've had no bother). The ICE install is only partly my own work - the story is that it was originally built by my mate for the boot of his Rockford Fosgate equipped Mk.2 16v Golf. When he sold the car he gave me all the woodwork (I had a Mk.2 8v GTi at the time) and it just sat in the shed for a couple of years. During a chucking out session a couple of weeks ago I came to thinking that since the Corrado is based on the same floorplan that it may fit. I had the sub and a couple of amps sitting there so I had a go. The result was this: the false floor dropped straight in as did the sub box/power section. The sides required cutting down as the rear panel is not guite the same shape as the Mk.2. This presented quite a problem as I had to lose 65mm from each side (off the hinged sections) leaving me with not a lot of room to mount the amps. Hence, there is now a Hifonics amp driving the sub where there was previously a physically-too-large Alpine. Trying to find a decent mono amp no wider than 9 inches is a bit tricky. I had intended to start an install from scratch but in the end it seemed a shame not to use the gear that I had. I'm glad I did now as the result is quite pleasing. Not sound-off standard by any means but it's not bad and IS made from stuff I had laying around! The only expense (apart from the Hifonics amp driving the sub) was £40 worth of cabling as I really couldn't be arsed to scrap around looking for bits and pieces. Everything you see in the car was installed by me (as my mate's are mostly dangerous around anything electrical) and the cabling is nothing short of art itself! I'm very picky about who I let touch the car, despite being a bit of a banger. I thought about Dynamat but in the end it turned out to be an exercise in "what can we do for the least amount of cash?!" The install is fairly modular by design and can be completely removed in about 40 mins to allow access to the fuel gauge sender/lift pump if necessary so maybe one day of it's all pulled out I may Dynamat while I'm there. Incidentally the only holes drilled in the car are the four points where the sides are screwed to the parcel shelf lip. The parcel shelf is shite too - it's only temporary (hence the black carpet on top) and is a cut down version of the shelf that came out of my last Mk.2 8v, but it makes a good template! I appreciate your comments and will make sure my mate knows that his install was well received. :D

H-reg red 16v parked in the UEA car park yesterday (Friday 1st October). 137k on the clock, standard looking and absolutely mint condition.

It's actually quite a snotter, the pics make it look wayyyyy better than it is! German plates were from http://www.germanplates.com. They're £33 delivered for the pair with the plastic holders at the moment.

few more....

Woof woof.....

Do Magnex make a system for the 1.8 16v? I can't see one listed.

...and there was me thinking this was Milltek-central....

Quality!

Not necessarily the need to compress it right down.....unless you're worried about the peasants on 56k! :lol:

I don't remember that bit either. However, about all I do remember is the bit about it being "proper quick."

The R6 has gone to make way for a 2004 R1. Not bad student transport I'd say!

I find Vortex highly entertaining. However, I don't actually post on there at all, just watch from the sidelines.

Yeah, that's tricky. If I think of anything I'll let you know but I'd say, at this point, the needles from a Mk.4 Golf may be your best bet with some sort of LED lighting from inside the clocks.

Ok! Maybe I'll get one ordered after all.....

I was all ready to order a Milltek but now I think I'll hang on. I hate that popping crap.

People are still using the original wipers? Madness!

A quick resistance test of the gauge heater coil should be enough to confirm that. I don't think the instrumentation gets any simpler than the fuel gauge!

Something like this probably.....

In that case it's exactly the same as the 16v Corrado! I would expect the fuel gauge to have two connections - one will be a live connection to the voltage regulator in the clocks and the other will be to the sender. The second connection on the sender will be connected to ground, i.e. the varying resistance of the sender unit regulates the flow of current in the circuit and, hence, the heating effect of the bi-metallic gauge.

If the gauge is bi-metallic then the sender will be resistive, yes. It will work exactly as you describe but as for getting at it I have no idea. I'm only familiar with the two pump setup as found on the Mk.2 Golfs and 16v Corrado.

I think the phrase that means the most in that particular discussion is "horses for courses."Somedays I want a revvy car and some days I want a relaxed grunt-mobile. Having both a Corrado VR6 and a Civic Type-R in the garage would be pretty special.

I'll be in Los Angeles at a graphics conference in August. Not really your neck of the woods though! BTW, those gauges are sweet. I was happy with my white Lockwood dials until I saw those. I am a little surprised you haven't painted the needles red/orange though as the white on white looks a little hard to read during the day.