What parts you replaced in your ownership?!?

[bighands 0]

Just wondering if i have 'one of them' Corrados, or its just em in general.

 

What parts have you replaced in what time span?

 

Lets see who wins!!

 

ME:- in just over 18 months or so

 

4 springs

2 shocks

3 rear wheel bearings

2 new copper brake pipes

1 stub axle

1 clutch

1 set rear discs and pads

1 set front discs and pads

Cam belt

3 or 4 services

Gear linkage cable

Head gasket

Rear bump stops and rear suspension mounts

Front suspension top mounts

Second hand MFA

Oil cooler

2 new sets of front tyres, on 3rd now

Front engine mount, and welding on bracket

HT leads

Distributor cap and rotor arm

Second hand pain in the arse botton coolent pipe

1 ball joint

2 new oil pressure switches

1 water thermo switch

Windscreen

Battery

Alternator + belt

 

Not all of it, and not in order, and doesnt include the stupid amount of hours pottering around doing little things will add as i remember it all!

[G60Jet 1]

youi should turn this thread on its head What HAVEN'T you replaced

[bighands 0]

kinda looking on it now as, theres not much more that CAN go wrong surely!!!

[smarkham 0]

wheels

head

clutch

cam chains

rear lights

head gasket

2 services

2 sets of rubber

v belt tensioner

both door handles

v belt

ht leads

side repeaters

front grille

cat back stainless

sump gasket

front engine mount

rear engine mount

crank seal

spark plugs

bmc cda

battery cover

cam position sensor

headlight switch

 

all in about 9 months

[carpoid 0]

I have to say myC has not been any trouble at all since i bought it in May last year, i've had the charger re-bult and a couple of services, cut the noisy cat heat shield off and thats it. But its only done 53K. Still managed to spend plenty of ££ on Coilovers and Rims though !

[PhatVR6 0]

everything! (some things twice)

[rado-steve 0]

Errrr......

 

Had her nearly a year:

 

On 2nd Set of Front tyres...Toyo Proxes are Shit!

Just Replaced Rears

Drivers Door Handle

Parcel shelf....4 one that had already been butchered for speakers

Front O/S Indicator

Rear Lights for cool M3 stlye Ones

O/S bottom balljoint

Both strut tops

N/S front wheelbearing and drive flange

Sump.....seen how low my car is!

2x Rear flexi brake hoses

2 x rear callipers replaced with pissrat ones

 

Soon to be added:

 

Gas Flowed and Rebuilt Head

Schrick 260 Fast Road Cams

50mm Inlet

Magnex 4-Branch

 

VR6 Chasing here I come :)

[PeterMunns 0]

beeftech,

 

Your car looks the dogz how low is it....?? is it on 15's...?

[24V Renshaw 0]

Everything except the front windscreen! :)

[bighands 0]

God, think im gong to go hang myself, didnt realise how much time and cash its taken. . . .

 

DAM YOU FALLING IN LOVE :)

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Same as the other guys, more than I care to remember!

 

Worth it though.

[vr6storm 0]

since August 2001.........32k miles

 

2 x H/light switches

oil cooler seals

Fuel pump

8 oil and filter changes (synta~gold bar 1)

2 coolant changes

2 brake/clutch fluid changes

1 Gearbox oil change

2 sets of front discs and pads

1 set of rear discs and 2 sets pads

2 CV boots

2 bottom ball-joints

2 top mounts

1 thermostat and housing and pipe

1 coolant temp sensor

1 serpentine belt

2 sets of plugs

1 set of Quantum plug leads

4 tyres 205/50/vr15

1 brake pipe

3 sets wiper blades

1 cam pos sensor

1 pair rear wheel bearings/abs rotor cages

1 driver-side bolster

1 clutch footrest

 

then of course there is the "mods" :twisted:

 

Miltek exhaust(o/e still had 12+ months life left)

AmD re-map

Koni coil-overs

Schrick VGi with Star-Performance re-map(new clutch fitted as a precautionary measure)

VT engine/gearbox mount

K&N panel filter

Aux guages

Kamei grille spoiler

[billinjah 0]

plug leads

dizzy cap

oil twice and filter

plugs

all water hoses for samco's

front strut top mounts

n/s f wheel bearing

headlight switch

stereo & all speakers

wheels

tyres twice all round

rear calipers (mk4)

rear hoses disks and pads

steering wheel & gear knob/ gaitor

door pods

oil pipe to charger

serp belt

pas belt

thermostat

n/s headlight

all bulbs

f grill

rear light to clear

german plates

private reg

 

in 6 months

mix of things that went wrong and mods really

[bighands 0]

2 sets of tyres in 6 months is proper hooning it!!!

Thought i had gone thro some rubber!!

[willwoll100 0]

I'm far to scared to look through my reciepts and even thinking about it!!! :cry:

[Joe M 0]

All engine mounts

All suspension bushes

Suspension changed to coilovers

All top mounts

Anti roll bars

Inlet manifold

Cams

Throttle body

Fuel pump twice, once an old spare then fitted a brand new one.

Exaust

4 new speedlines after hitting a kerb

Ignition leads twice

Spark plugs twice

Oil and filter 3 times

Clutch

New diff and gearbox rebuilt

Throttle cable

Radiator

Coolant twice

Brake fluid twice

All calipers, disks, pads, hoses and copper pipes replaced, then front pads again.

Battery

Wipers

Grill

Parcel shelf

Rear lights

On my 4th set of tyres

3 Wheel alignments

 

All in 19 months and 12 thousand miles and the car is currently in need of a new bottom end. :roll:

[Neil VR6 0]

JMR front engine mount

Rear suspension bushes

Clutch slave cylinder

Miltek exhaust + decat

JMR Mocal oil cooler kit

Rear brake bias adjuster

Oil change with filter

Rocker cover gasket

Rad top 90 degree bend

Coolant hose

1 x hydraulic flush and pressure bleed

2 x coolant flush

K&N panel filter

Handbrake gaiter

3x interior trims parts for A pillar

H100VW headlight loom

Lupo wipers front and rear

2 x guages for centre pod (boost and volts)

ICE install (DEi 8 inch mid bass drivers, Diamond Audio CM3 12" sub, Genesis components, stealth shelf, 4 x rolls of Dynamat Extreme, Alpine MRD M500 and MRV T420 amps)

4 x original BBS wheels with Toyo shoes (to replace silly 17 inch wheels that ruined the ride)

2 x Mk 3 GTi rear calipers

Fuel hose from fuel rail

 

Soon....

 

Front discs and pads and JMR precautionary G-Lader rebuild following Jabba "stage 4" in 2001

 

By the way I paid £3450 for a J reg G60 with 112,000 miles on the clock and I've probably done about 1500 miles since October when I bought it!

[Dan_Storm 0]

Looks like i've done well compared to some!

 

In 18 Months:

Battery

Front Top Mounts

Oil/filter

Thermostat

Coolant flush

Coolant hose

Set of refurbished solitudes

 

Mods:

AMD remap

Lupo wipers

Gavin's headlight loom

Head unit & speakers

 

I'm going to Stealth soon for Koni TA's & H&R springs along with new bushes, top mounts etc.

[mrbeige 0]

In 18 months:

Passenger Door handle

Ignition module

Distributer

Dizzy Cap

Rotor Arm

Plugs

Front & rear discs and pads

T-piece water hose

Water pump (and Coolant three times Doh!)

2x Oil /filter

1x set of tyres

Cam belt and tensioner

2x rear wheel bearings

Front Engine Mount

Alternator belt

Thermostat

Fan/Rad switch

 

Modifications:

See my signature, athough the exhaust started blowing and needed replacing and the dampers were knackered

 

Things to do

VR6 front calipers discs and MK4 Golf rear calipers and goodridge lines (waiting for rear calipers and front discs)

Rebuilt Head with new stem seals, polishing (in progress)

JOM front spring caps (bought but not on yet)

Focal 27V2 (bought but not in yet)

 

Bought the C for £2850 with 88k on the clock and a stamped log book, but no receipts at all. I'm guessing it hasn't been looked after, and wish I'd taken more time to look at other C's before buying.

[Jim 2]

In 12 months or so...

 

Front / side of the block coolant flanges & gaskets

Black and blue temp senders

2 sets of tyres (Eagle F1 GSD3's and Toyo Proxes T1-S)

1 set of alloy wheels

2x oil and filter changes

2x lots of spark plugs

Coolant flush / replace

Gearbox oil flush / replace

Cam belt

Aux belts

Tensioner

Replaced the dodgy VW crank bolt (feel a bit safer too! :))

Driver side (outer?) CV joint

Fuel hose that goes into the fuel rail

Infinity basslink to replace dead one

Front VT engine mount insert

All the sunroof bits and pieces to make it work again

Wiper arms and blades (Lupo arms.. yaay)

Throttle cable ordered.. but not yet fitted :)

 

So not as much as some people, but enough! :)

[Danr 0]

in about 4 month

 

Full service

2x front tyres

Drivers door handle

passenger side outer cv boot

 

needs

 

charger rebuild

2x rear bump stops

handbrake cable

2x front top mounts

bonnet respray

 

then hopefully done :D

[coolrado 0]

in a couple of years

 

front and rear brake disks

all 3 engine mounts

clutch kit

charger oil feed/drain

charger re-built

small charger belt

cambelt

serpentine belt

both bottom wishbones

all front suspension bushes

topmounts

front and rear shock absorbers

bottom ball joints

lupo wiper conversion

complete boot (due to f***wit glass fitter chipping the paint and causing rust)

dizzy cap, rotor arm, leads, and platinum plugs

1metre vacum pipe to ecu

blue and black temp senders

fuel filter

thermostat and housing

2 cv boots

3 sets of tyres :oops:

3 sets of brake pads :oops: :oops:

passat rear handles

supercharged badge

several oil/ filter changes

k&n filter

gearbox oil

all exhaust hangers

knock sensor

cambelt tensioner

rear boot trim (killed by loose sub)

brake fluid

headlight loom

bbs rm's (instead of the crap tsw evo r's)

boost return

 

scary when i look back at it all but i wouldnt change it for anything (well maybee a gt40) :lol:

[Neil VR6 0]

And VW's are supposed to be reliable! I swapped a perfectly servicable 26,000 mile economical car with adequate performance for a thirsty and troublesome car who's parts are very expensive. Again, wouldn't change it for anything (apart from a TVR Sagaris)

[coolrado 0]

if you think parts for the corrado are expensive try re-building a mk1 mr2 most of the parts are double the price of vw and for a similar age car are nowhere near as reliable as a corrado.

i think its just most corrado owners want the best for their cars and the corrado does seem to make minor faults more obvious, on most cars worn rear axle bushes are not so noticeable but on the corrado they seriously effect the handling