Jim Bowen Corrado VR6 - New engine build

[Jim Bowen 1]

Hi guys, after nearly 2yrs of wanting one and deciding whether to get one or not i finally bought one.. Am so chuffed

 

here are some pics

 

 

I'm Jim, from Chelmsford area in Essex, am probably gonna be here quite a bit now, would be nice to get to know some fellow Corrado owners 8)

Edited September 20, 2014 by Jim Bowen

[Andy665 0]

Looks like you've got a nice one there - welcome to the world of ever present grins and empty wallets

[KADVR6 0]

looking very nice mate, welcome to the world of corrado's, what plans ya got for it, and nice seats, i want :lol:

[Jim Bowen 1]

i wanna keep it pretty much standard, i'm not one for changing a car too much.

 

would people advise an aftermarket airfilter? The grill is cracked so gonna replace that.

 

will probably get a 2nd set of rims for it.

 

I'm really impressed with the interior, looks perfect to me, very well cared for.

 

Has a Full service history (every 8-9000miles), 130,000miles on it now, but still feels like new to me. Has had new shocks, top mounts, rear bushes, new discs and pads

 

i paid £4k

[DUB 0]

I'm really impressed with the interior, looks perfect to me, very well cared for.

 

I'm really impressed with the interior to mate if you ever do wanna get rid of it give me a shout yeah :D but lovely looking car mate good work :salute:

[vr6storm 0]

nice find too................Black Recaro Leather is the dogs dangly bits

[CazzaVR 0]

Nice 8)

[mtc R32 0]

Welcome to the forum fella... Not a bad price at all for what you apear to have... Front seat are electric recaro which come few and far between....

 

Keep us posted!!!;)

[Jim Bowen 1]

thanks guys.

 

Am really happy with it, drives like a new car, no odd noises.

 

Are they meant to have a VR6 badge on the front? where can i buy a new grill and badge?

[Rick 0]

Really nice find that mate, all specced up and a nice colour.

 

They have a small VR6 badge on the bottom right of the grill, both the grill and badges crop up on ebay quite often your best bet is to keep looking there for them as VW will rape you for new ones.

 

Enjoy

[Bally 0]

nice & clean.. lovely recaros too..

[ToffeeRado 0]

Thats a very nice interior you have there and very nice car as well.

[Guest]

Lovely car. Congratulations on becoming an owner.

 

Front VR6 badge is no longer available from the dealer. I would almost consider being raped for a new one in return....(note the 'almost!!! :oops: )

[Jim Bowen 1]

few new pics, not changed much, well only the rear badges :lol:

 

[martinb 0]

Very nice mate, love the seats!! 8)

 

i want a vr...... :(

[Jim Bowen 1]

cheers mate :)

 

most people seem impressed with the seats, they deffo want i wanted, i'd check out a few VR's before getting this one, nearly all of them were let down by bad interiors.

[marcus 0]

Looks like a real good buy mate, nice one.

what rims have you got in mind then? 8)

[Jim Bowen 1]

i'm not at all sure tbh, wouldn't mind something with a similar design to the speedlines but a bit larger, am going to lower it first (one day :lol: ) will see how it looks then, i quite like the speedlines now

[khurrado 0]

Nice corrado mate! Itll look so much better with the side repeaters i sent you!

[Jim Bowen 1]

;)

 

i hope so, wasn't sure whether to get smoked or clear

[Jim Bowen 1]

just thought i'd add some of the more recent pics, had jedi-knight from here come and valet it, and also got a VR6 badge for the front

 

[Bally 0]

I so badly need some recaros in my life........

[Jim Bowen 1]

they were one of the main reasons for getting the car over most others i looked at, some were a real mess inside

[khurrado 0]

was pic 3 to rub it in????

[GIXXERUK 0]

lookin "sweet as" mate , and as mentioned before the interior is mmmm

 

oh yeah get a speaker grill on the door ya scruffy sod !! :-)