The "what I did to my Corrado today" thread...

[Supercharged 2]

LOL - please tell me that's not really your wheel!

[Ben-B 0]

WTF happened there?

 

Read below...

 

Guessing you lost the locking wheelnut or it rounded out, and now you're forcibly removing the wheel....? :(

 

Rounded bolt, not my doing though...

 

LOL - please tell me that's not really your wheel!

 

Afraid so... already sold the other three though :)

 

 

 

 

 

Basically, the garage rounded it, then denied it was them and said I had no proof (as I only noticed 2 weeks later and went back as soon as I realised). They said "anybody could have touched it and ****ed that up, won't have been us mate"

 

Here's the more detailed post from my progress thread on the Corsa-C|UK forum

 

So as some of you may have read earlier in the thread... Back in december when i had new front tyres fitted, the garage did the locking wheel nuts up with an airgun... they overtightened it, the nut got to the end of its thread and stopped spinning... the airgun carried on spinning and rounded the head of the bolt off. Since december, I've tried as many ways to get it off as I can, taken it to 7 different garages, nearly 20 mechanics have had a look at it, and none can do anything... so had to go to extreme measures.

 

 

And before you all start saying how stupid I was to destroy the wheel, and should have done this, or tried that... believe me, we tried EVERYTHING...

 

 

 

 

Here are SOME of the many methods tried:

 

- impact wrenching a DYNOMEC onto it (specialist locking wheel nut removing tool GUARANTEED to remove ALL locking wheel nuts). Result: Broke TWO of the £145 tools (one belonged to the AA, the other to an alloy wheel specialist). DIDN'T WORK

 

- braying a socket onto it. Result: Broke several sockets at several garages. Eventually they stopped trying cos they didn't wanna waste all their sockets. DIDN'T WORK

 

- drilling the nut out. Result: Wore out one drill motor. Snapped tens of drill bits, burnt out just as many more. Including a £300 single-piece carbide bit designed to drill through jet engine turbine blades (which are made from titanium). DIDN'T WORK

 

- chiselling the nut. Result: Mashed the already-rounded bolt head even more. DIDN'T WORK

 

- welding a socket onto nut. Result: Wasted one socket and one breaker bar, the weld snapped off immediately. DIDN'T WORK

 

- driving round a carpark really hard with just the locking nut in trying to break it off. Result: Nearly crashed into a shopping trolley. DIDN'T WORK

 

 

 

 

 

No other way to get it off other than cut the wheel to bits. Luckily I sold the other three wheels last week anyway, so didnt' need the 4th anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 hours and £25 after starting the first cut, we finished. Got through 5 cutting discs at £1.00-£1.50 each and nearly burnt out the motor of a £14 angle grinder.

 

 

 

 

Really really big thanks for Solly and TomBar for helping out with that today... was a real Team BodgeIt Motorsport effort

[Toad 0]

Oxy torch down the middle of the bolt, fine nozzle, very steady hand. ;)

 

Is it too late for Bill to give the deposit back? :lol:

[20vtvw 0]

i had to do that^^ b4 when i got my old mk3 vr,,2 wheels not fun,,

 

had to park my rado up 2day until wednesday when i can tax it :(

[Ben-B 0]

Oxy torch down the middle of the bolt, fine nozzle, very steady hand. ;)

 

Is it too late for Bill to give the deposit back? :lol:

 

I didn't know anyone with an oxy torch who was prepared to do that. (I did ask my old DT teacher if I might borrow a torch and canister, he politely told me that he'd rather keep his job)

 

Far too late... I've spent a week getting the rest of the money sorted now :lol:

 

i had to do that^^ b4 when i got my old mk3 vr,,2 wheels not fun,,

 

had to park my rado up 2day until wednesday when i can tax it :(

 

I'm so glad it was just one wheel, 4 hours of grinding was bad enough... my hands and arms are covered in little burns from the sparks, and I've got cuts literally all over my body, even areas that were covered like my feet and legs, from razor-sharp swarf

[TLC-G60 0]

 

 

 

Is this Chris Moyles??? :lol:

[Ben-B 0]

Is this Chris Moyles??? :lol:

 

Haha I'll tell him you said that.

 

That's the legend that is Matthew Vikram Solly, founder of Team Solly y0! and co-founder of BodgeIt Motorsport

[Philmo 0]

 

Is there a regular like monthly meet or anything like that, or does someone just spontaneously post a thread

 

There is a regular meet "Dub Preservation" @ Sherburn in Elmet - Squires Cafe. 1st Thursday of each month - 19.00hrs.

Why did I suddenly think Formaldehyde??

You a pathologist Wullie?

[Philmo 0]

Drove it!!!

Its fun when people looks at it!!!

 

 

I guess that would be with the bonnet then? :shock:

[Philmo 0]

Followed up the rear wiper removal with lubrication of the wing raising mechanism, as per Yan's recommended procedure.

Smooth as silk now - cheers Yan! :D

3in1 white Lithium grease spray can still available from Halfords for £4.

[Wullie 1]

 

There is a regular meet "Dub Preservation" @ Sherburn in Elmet - Squires Cafe. 1st Thursday of each month - 19.00hrs.

Why did I suddenly think Formaldehyde??

You a pathologist Wullie?

 

Wish I was, they earn more than minimum wage! I'm an ex fireman retired, slightly blown up, ex IT manager, redundant after American takeover now working in a specialist dementia centre cos no one seems to want a 63 year old IT guy.

[Laser Mark 0]

Took the rocker cover off today ready to take to work for a bit of a clean. On the way home swung past the garage to check if the seals and gaskets I ordered last week had arrived.

 

Parts not in yet but was given 2 gaskets for the 5th injector. Bonus! :clap:

 

Hopefully putting it all back together on Saturday.

[Ben-B 0]

Insured it... £1389 for the basic policy, added some extra cover efforts to take it to just over £1435

 

Not bad for a 20 year old driving a modified 2.9 VR6

[stretch. 0]

Damn you... I pay 1700 tpft for my valver :(

 

Anyways, replaced passenger side door handle and reminded my friends the car was older than them so to treat it with some respect!

 

Then I made them help me give it a decent wash... shame it's in need of a fair chunk of bodywork!

[Ben-B 0]

Damn you... I pay 1700 tpft for my valver :(

 

Anyways, replaced passenger side door handle and reminded my friends the car was older than them so to treat it with some respect!

 

Then I made them help me give it a decent wash... shame it's in need of a fair chunk of bodywork!

 

On the website TP/TPFT were both more expensive than I'm now paying fully comp :lol:

 

I have a fairly high voluntary excess, but also I managed to get them to come down on price a fair bit by saying "X company did this" or "Y company have quoted me £300 less than that" etc

 

 

They're also letting me use 2 NCB, even though my 1 NCB is on my other policy at the moment, and I won't have got 2 NCB until that policy ends in September. Can normally only use NCB on one policy at a time, but if they say it's ok and I've got that in writing, who am I to argue

[Philuk 0]

washed/polished/waxed the car yesterday. then it rained most of the afternoon and on the way to dub pres :)

[dan 0]

washed/polished/waxed the car yesterday. then it rained most of the afternoon and on the way to dub pres :)

:lol: hate it when that happens

[stretch. 0]

Damn you... I pay 1700 tpft for my valver :(

 

Anyways, replaced passenger side door handle and reminded my friends the car was older than them so to treat it with some respect!

 

Then I made them help me give it a decent wash... shame it's in need of a fair chunk of bodywork!

 

On the website TP/TPFT were both more expensive than I'm now paying fully comp :lol:

 

I have a fairly high voluntary excess, but also I managed to get them to come down on price a fair bit by saying "X company did this" or "Y company have quoted me £300 less than that" etc

 

 

They're also letting me use 2 NCB, even though my 1 NCB is on my other policy at the moment, and I won't have got 2 NCB until that policy ends in September. Can normally only use NCB on one policy at a time, but if they say it's ok and I've got that in writing, who am I to argue[/quote:2b6pd4wb]

 

Hah I would've tried that but swapped the corrado over onto the policy mid term after my focus got written off. My total excess is only £150 though, and I live in an F rated postcode... We'll see if it's still insurable come my renewal with 0ncb!

[johnnyfication 0]

After about a year and a half sat gathering a thick layer of dust in my lock-up, I fixed it and got it running.

Few more bits to do then MOT, and use :D

[onzlouk 0]

Started the timing chain job......Its a big ass job isnt it! and were at the Ring in two weeks!

 

Got rear discs/pads and bearings to do too, all good fun!

[aide 0]

polish. drive. magic :)

[4eyes2wheels 0]

Chased my bother around in his Scirocco

[coullstar 0]

Went for a 100mile blast, got it dirty, passed a few motorbikes then kerbed a wheel. Great day.

[Ben-B 0]

Paid for it and drove it home :D

 

Keep an eye out for the progress thread in the Members Gallery

[Bullfinch 0]

Painted the bonnet stay (this was the first time I've ever painted something on a car that didn't just involve a touch-up stick!).

Gliptoned the front seats - both cleaner and conditioner. Good at removing the black marks where the seat belt holder rubs when you tilt the seats.

Cleaned some stuff in the engine bay very carefully - god knows how you reach some areas :roll: .

Cleaned the door hinge area - combination of fairy liquid followed up by some Autoglym polish means there's more green to see now than black

Tried to fit a new plastic cover over one of the tailgate hinges but I got a right hand side part not a left hand side one that I need :( . Call to dealer tomorrow for part no 535 853 719.