Black magic returns home

[Keyo 49]

Worked my way to the the rear now very clean and also had the Kamei sills off- serious clean car - found just one rust spot that I wire wheeled, will need a small weld on the infamous rear arch lip - as you can see the the sill is fine just need a simple lip welding on which I got quoted £80- saved in the nick of time- other side is solid.   gone round the whole car now and used clear bilt hamber UC for a factory look.top up wax.  Its a cracking unrestored car .

Also got myself a GTI tax disc. 

GTI Tax disc.webp

[Keyo 49]

I can see that Corrado grave yard is a complete waste of time- Waited three weeks for a set of tow covers and x2 a pillar grommets - just did a paypal claim as kept getting fobbed off- couldn't get a tracking number out of him and asked twice so gave up in the end . 

[g0ldf1ng3r 17]

On 4/1/2025 at 5:32 PM, Keyo said:

Thanks mate will do - my first job will to be refurb the roof gutter seals as the side d shaped rubbers have perished . 

VR sounds amazing mate will have to meet up at Gilks this summer and show me the fruits of your labour. 

Vince did my wire loom, but you will need a dual pole sender - a vdo unit m10 x 1 thread from memory- which oil pressure gauge do you have 0-10 bar or o-5 bar - 4 cylinder early tend to be 5 bar and later cars like vr have 10 bar, 

One really nice little classic touch the car comes with is some  rubber hybrid carpet votex blue car mats - never seen them before and in mint condition. I collecting 

 

hi fella

shed is tidied so will dig into the boxes for those bumper brackets for you - do you mean the kinda 8 inch slanted plastic things will a locator each end?

i also dug out the facia from the workshop - part number 536858203

part number comes back as a corrado part but i dont recall my early having any locations for the bottom pins - hmmmm - though it did have the tape cassette holder in the console & i didnt think to look when removing to do the matrix

[Keyo 49]

3 hours ago, g0ldf1ng3r said:

hi fella

shed is tidied so will dig into the boxes for those bumper brackets for you - do you mean the kinda 8 inch slanted plastic things will a locator each end?

i also dug out the facia from the workshop - part number 536858203

part number comes back as a corrado part but i dont recall my early having any locations for the bottom pins - hmmmm - though it did have the tape cassette holder in the console & i didnt think to look when removing to do the matrix

Im all good now cheers mate Ferry sorted me out. 

Yes that panel is exactly the same as mine and fits fine in my 1990 car chap. - 536 is rhd car as well. 

[Keyo 49]

Does anyone own 2020 onwards audi S5 diesel - or any modern diesels - Im tempted to buy one and get rid of a 997 - are modern diesels just unreliable now because of the tech and blue crap. 

Thanks