ardandy 0 Posted January 16, 2006 Well, went in for its first service and check up (owned it a week). This is what needs doing. HT Leads Replacing Shock Top Mounts (both front) Fanbelt Exhaust to manifold gasket (hopefully its not the manifold thats blowing) Both Rear Wheel Bearings Front drivers brake pipe Front to rear brake pipe "Other than that" he said, "its in good shape". £100 from GSF (inc discount) for the parts. Around £200 for labour, this is including the full service (gearbox oil, coolant, usual service stuff) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
double-6s 0 Posted January 16, 2006 doesn't sound too bad at all mate. all just general wear stuff, and nothing major :) happy with that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veeDuB_Rado 0 Posted January 16, 2006 ardandy, Welcome to the world of Corrado ownership :-P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted January 16, 2006 doesn't sound too bad at all mate. all just general wear stuff, and nothing major :) happy with that? Could have been a lot worse. That means that apart from a little bit of rust at the back (which is next job) I'll have a mechanically mint VR6 with black leather heated interior for a combined total of £3700. Thats including the 4 new tyres and Cat 1 alarm I've just fitted! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60Jet 1 Posted January 16, 2006 The HT leads you can do yourself, just only take one off at a time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
double-6s 0 Posted January 17, 2006 doesn't sound too bad at all mate. all just general wear stuff, and nothing major :) happy with that? Could have been a lot worse. That means that apart from a little bit of rust at the back (which is next job) I'll have a mechanically mint VR6 with black leather heated interior for a combined total of £3700. Thats including the 4 new tyres and Cat 1 alarm I've just fitted! good job mate. a tasty car for a good price. i reckon i'm pretty much level with you - i paid 3k and have spent a few hundred only. fingers crossed! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted January 17, 2006 £200 for the labour really isn't bad :-). I wish we had those low low (Asda) prices here in Coventry, where we have to pay at least twice that, and get a bodge-job, too. That's why we're forced to do everything ourselves. Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 17, 2006 Yep, thats a good price. Quite a bit of small jobs there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted January 17, 2006 Guy's I don't think the price above included those jobs - that was just for the service, those job are going to cost about a grand at garage prices! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted January 17, 2006 Don't buy the GSF bog standard ht leads .. get some decent ones. OE or similar at least..! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 17, 2006 If its £200 for a service then there off there heads! It cant be! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted January 17, 2006 If its £200 for a service then there off there heads! It cant be! damn right ! you dont pay that for a service at the stealers cai = camera hogger :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 17, 2006 cai = camera hogger :-) :?: :?: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted January 17, 2006 CaiosG60 PWR, you walk in front of the camera twice on the dvd :-) like you didnt know ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 17, 2006 I havent seen it yet, I do remember doing it though. woops :lol: :lol: Didnt think that'd make it into the final cut. I'll see it when Ben's arrives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIXXERUK 0 Posted January 17, 2006 http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic. ... 463#407463 its arrived :-) you didnt take a car and you're in it more than jay renshaw lol you should have wore your http://www.shacktools.com t shirt :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 17, 2006 Cool. I'll go see it at Ben tonight then. Don’t worry, next time I go I'll have ShackTools.com stickers everywhere on my car and person, maybe even a tattoo! (Sorry for post hijack) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted January 17, 2006 Guy's I don't think the price above included those jobs - that was just for the service, those job are going to cost about a grand at garage prices! He said £200 to £300 for the labour inc the service, that was airing on the more expensive side. He didn't know which bolts my snap for example when removing/replacing various parts. I bought all the parts myself. Incuding all service stuff (oil, plugs filters etc from VW) and all these jobs it came to about £190.Going in Thurs morn for all the work! The service was only £45 (£30 an hour). This isn't VW by the way, but he rebuilds Imprezas in his spare time and is very good with performance cars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaiosG60 PWR 0 Posted January 18, 2006 When replacing the rubber brake lines the metal lines and bolts they attach to can snap if you’re unlucky. If anything does snap the job gets a lot more time consuming. Think that’s what he means by the bolts snapping. If you got all that work on the previous page done, then your onto a sorted garage. As long has his works up to standard. ;-) :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ardandy 0 Posted January 18, 2006 Never let me down before. He builds his own rally cars and imprezas, really knows his fast cars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
