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I'd totally disagree with anything hammerite these days. Years ago it used to be excellent stuff, but the modern stuff has been reworked and is watery rubbish which does nothing to stave off corrosion and takes at least 2 if not 3 coats to get decent coverage without monsterous drippage. Personally I'd steer clear of the stuff. When I painted my estoril scallops I used Halfords 'Volkswagen (volcano?) black' gloss with a clear laquer top. Very successful it was too.

I asked this question to a few companies a couple of years ago.... responses were: AP specify a minimum of 3mm. Wilwood recommend a minimum of 0.100". Bremsport recommend a minimum of 0.125". Pic below shows the porsche caliper where it touched the wheel. Other owners had insisted there was sufficient clearance. Looked too close to me so kept a close eve over the first few miles. A bit of flex in the components/wheels brought about touching. Its not always so easy to gauge how close the calipers are as you say because of curved surfaces etc.... HTH

yes. You use the unlocking output signal to do the unlocking side of things. But for the locking you don't use the locking output on the alarm (duration isn't long enough & you get windows only half closed). Instead you use the timed output with a relay. It operates a second or so after the locking output does its stuff, but the duration is programmable to give you enough time to use it for full closure. Only complication is if you hit the lock button then remember you've left something inside. If you try to unlock as it is still doing its closure thing it gets a bit confused! HTH I've fitted Ai606 alarms to my last four cars (inc 2 corrados) & not had any problems at all. Great alarms with very well designed fobs. I like a good fob.

Yeah - great tools though shame about the random sizing - if you get both sets you even get a couple that are almost identical! Bought mine on promo at the local builders merchant -all in one pack for about £16 Used 'em several times in anger and its alwars got at least the head off the bolt!

Well - if anyone wants one of these I've got one sat here brand new, boxed & never used. Genuine VW part. Half price??

TomTom every step of the way. Very simple & intuitive to use. Very well designed (solid main unit with minimal 'plastic' guff on the mounting system). Had Tomtom first on a PDA years ago then moved to an all in one unit 520? a couple of years ago. Perfect in every sense. Money very well spent. Exceptionally good support too - after 7/8 yrs the GPS receiver battery went & they still took back the old one and replaced it!

Use the search luke..... http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=56978&p=708313&hilit=spec#p708313 Don't know whether they've got any better recently but AFAIK they're not dust sealed for road use anyway..... let alone the disatisfied comments linked above.....

I've always drawn parallels between the corrado and Audi coupe of similar vintage. Turns out the S2 coupes were almost always fitted with fixed rear windows but there was a super expensive option to have electric pop-out windows from new. Parts are very rare especially in the UK but make a top mod. http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25307

Have the full installation guide here on pdf for that alarm. (courtesy of eBay several years ago!) If you want a copy just PM me your e-mail address. Cheers

yeah sometimes they're not a perfect fit. I've got both sets and also got quite confused over the sizes as some sizes overlap and there are gaps elsewhere in the size range. Just round it off some more and bang on the next size down! Having said that, they are excellent bits of kit. Has removed several rounded nuts successfully for me. It does help if you can hammer them on. Snap on also do a set. But at £20something quid these are a great bit of kit.

Lots of previous discussions about S2s. I've had two corrados and two S2s. One a late 1995 ABY and one an early 1991 3B. Bought the first for about 5K in 2003 and the latter for about 3K in 2005. Prices seem to have held steady for a long time now so 4K is nothing new. Just be very careful when buying. My first was swesome - well looked after and 100% reliable. The second was a nightmare with bodge jobs galore after having an engine rebuild. Can be very costly to run..... but then again so can any car with 'history'.

Personally I'd avoid like the plague things like rad weld. Its not a clean nor a long term fix and *could* do more harm than good. For examples (mixed feedback re causing sludge ETC) http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=43334 My A3 has a coolant leak too and needs top ups every few weeks to stop the bottle sensor detecting 'low fluid'. Mine stems from a leaking end cap on the radiator. Should really get a new one but coolant is cheaper than radiators and I really can't be bothered with the strip down right now! Has been leaking for over 12 months now!

I'd doubt you'll find anyone who can do it. Many years ago, alarm remotes sent out a single code by radio frequency. Thieves used to rig up scanners to pickup, record and replay the codes to get into cars. Since then (early 90's?) alarms have moved on and are now pretty much all 'rolling code' transmitters meaning the code changes each time it is used & both alarm & remote know the sequence of code changes. As a result, thieves were thwarted. But since they all now seem to have 'rolling codes' I'd be very surprised if anyone still offered a service to copy a static code - there is just no business there. If you can still get a new fob you should just be able to get the alarm to accept its code... but you'll still have to get the installers instructions etc.

Looks like defferent branches stock different things. I've been buying the genuine branded G12+ from my local (worthing) branch of GSF for a couple of years now. After a non-genuine mix up (where everything went hideously wrong) in my old audi I wouldn't trust anything else. Last purchase was priced £4.95 +VAT a bottle.

From the Audi S2? Only one I know of from previous experience http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8743 two downsides: 1- curve of rear window means shroud would need trimming to suit corrado's flat window 2-price of parts from VAG - you won't find one at the scrapper as they're rare parts as std fit positives: 1-easy & professional looking retro fit 2-no LED glare reflections with fitted shroud