nigels vr6

[niggelvr6 0]

Ok all i have a post about the tragic death of my corrado

 

some tart drove into the back of it causing 4500quids worth of damage

 

the cars a write off and have been offered 1700 quid and the car

 

now the good news all the damage is cosmetic and i have decided to keep the car and make into the car i wanted to make it

 

so some advise needed

 

1st some new wheels im liking the look of a set of these

 

They are replica Audi rs4 alloys

 

also im going with a full respray in a metallic black

 

some in.pro angel eye lights

 

and rear smoked / black lights

 

any guys suggest some more good mods i can include see my profile for past pics of the car i have already done allot to it but now its going to the next level

[niggelvr6 0]

ok peps got some progress

 

the work has started rear wing is nearly done as is the rear panel

 

got a nice bargain bumper from ebay for 50 quid yes that

[niggelvr6 0]

Ok latest updates

 

Rear quarter is nearly done just final work when rest of the car is prepped

 

Engine bay is also nearly finished just some chrome letters for the newly painted cover done in vw perlesent black and a polished oil cap to get

 

Breaks getting a fresh coat of paint

 

Also knocked up some one off door pins on the lathe.

[niggelvr6 0]

just a pic of the door pins and breaks !!!

[antonio_b12 0]

good work, rebuilding the 6 pot is always respected :wink:

[niggelvr6 0]

hi thare some more updates

 

new gauges fitted and wired

 

break calipers now been changed to red

 

and custom corrado logos made but still waiting for them

 

more to follow

[jenks 0]

Excellent work mate!!

 

Loving the engine bay work 8)

[niggelvr6 0]

ok lots more done to date

 

all breaks now painted coilovers have been cleaned and re painted with new adjuster rings

 

front inpro lights and new rear smoked and red rears ordered and delivered this week

 

new wheels have been bought

 

all interior trim cleaned

 

new leather hand break gator sorced

 

new porsche 911 seat relese levers fitted to replace long broken corrado items

 

new momo trek r steering wheels purchased

 

its all coming together now just to get it resrayed and put it all back together

 

i took a few picks of the wheels and stering wheel ill post some more of the lights and stuff when i test fit them

[anndy 0]

jUST WONDERED what size those wheels are, are they BBs in the first photos.

 

cheers

[Philuk 0]

car looks mint, really liking the ddi dials, just out of curiosity are they bought like that or are they from another car??

[niggelvr6 0]

hi all thanks for the comments

 

the new wheels are 17 inch and the old wheels are bbs and also 17 inch

 

the ddi dials come as a kit for the corrado vr6 from awsome gti

 

some more work is underway i have stared on the body work

 

i have decided the on the colour i am thinking about metalic black base with a thin wash of purlessent purple like from the storm

 

also got a few pics of the lights

[peanut 0]

good work, looking forward to more pics

[niggelvr6 0]

hi all bit more work done

 

i have refitted all the interior trim and finnished the engine dress up also done some more body work

 

nearly ready for paint i have also done a test fit on the front lights and grill

 

the lights fit well and look great just need a set of matching inpro fog lights i think

 

more to follow soon

[Bojmobile 0]

Looks great - what did you use to paint VR6-DOHC?

 

Looks really chromey!

[niggelvr6 0]

hi there thanks for the comment the letters are actualy a sticker set

available fro arz tuning in germany

 

the link to them is as follows and they do a gold set to

 

http://www.corrado-teile.de/shop/produc ... mblem.html

[fla 9]

Looks good. What paint did you use for the engine?

[niggelvr6 0]

the paint is just the halfords engine heat resistant paint its not to bad covers realy well and the covers are sprayed in vw metalic black i sprayed all the cover pannels so they all mach no more dull matt plastic

[fla 9]

is it a gloss finish? I used some high temp paint on the engine cover (plastic) and it shows up marks far too easily, i wonder if yours is the same stuff?

[niggelvr6 0]

the paint is a gloss finish but is quite thick

i only used it on the manifold and the paint on the covers is from arasol i wet and dried the covers to smooth them off to get a flat serface

[niggelvr6 0]

ok all not much has been done to the car over the chilly xmas months

 

for one not much cash as its end of tax year time (all you other self employed people know what i mean ) and xmas and also its to dam cold brrrrrrr

 

anyway i have one little bit of exitment with the project today i did a 300 mile trip to pick up these bad boys01022008256.jpg[/attachment:1bmrir3v]

 

full set rear and front and some door card with the bose upgrades all though im not to sure what to do with them yet

 

seats are a1 condition no rips or ware a bargain at the handsome sum of £250 + van hire to go to yovel to get them but hey

 

so the next few weeks will be spent jigging things about to get them in and then its off to paint :-)

 

i have been loking for guides on here on fitment but there is no difinitive guide also am trying to work out the heated part to if anyone has achived this let us know

[niggelvr6 0]

ok all

 

some progress being made now bit more body work done and its nearly ready for paint

 

also have test fitted the seats and they all seem to be ok just need to decide what to do for mounting the rears

 

some more pics to post

[niggelvr6 0]

well i have had a weekend off from work s i thought id tackle the interior for the car

 

i know how the front seats will fit so turned my attention to the rears

 

we found it not to be to difficault

 

we used the arms at the side of the seats to mount to the original mount points and fabricated a plate for the centre to mount from one of the audi plates

 

its more clear with pictures now they are all fitted and look ok just need to sort out a fitment to hold the tops in and something to fill in the gap at the top corners

 

and i still have the ability to fold the seats down

[niggelvr6 0]

ok all its been a while since some work done but its finaly getting there it is now in paint

 

i have gone a bit of shedule with the colour its now going to be a non vw colour

 

its ford damson blue metalic

 

its a bit different i know but i hope ists going to look fearce when its done

 

hopfuly it will be out of the shop by friday so weather permitting i can start putting it all together ill post some more pics when its back

[niggelvr6 0]

hi all its back and looks fantastic

 

the purple in the colour is just right

 

so now a big weekend if the weather holds out

 

wheels to fit seats to finish and trims and stuff to refit

 

so hopefull by nex week it will be all finished

 

ill take some photoes on my digital cam of it in the sun over the weekend as long as there is some to show of the colour better

[CorradoVR6-Turbo 0]

love the colour mate 8)