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NickRStorm

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  1. I bought a set of these and have been very pleased with the quality. Mine have Corrado stitched in white but other than that, they appear to be the same.

     

    Have had some small issues with slipping out of place on the drivers side, but double-sided tape has brought a permanant cure.


  2. A failed coilpack only takes out 2 cylinders IME (I've had 2 go in 6 years on the Golf). The engine still runs but feels very under-powered & generally unhappy.

     

    I'd be inclined to try another ECU if possible. I'm just having the ECU in the wife's Highline Golf replaced due to terminal water damage :( Hers failed at 90 on a dual carriageway with no warning. Car started again when it cooled down & then cut out when it warmed up. It felt like the crank speed sensor, but we couldn't even get VAG-COM to read the ECU.


  3. This may be a stupid question but how do I check if the earth cable is bad, where is it located ?

     

    There are 2 earth cables going to the battery. Thick one is for the starter which we can assume is OK. The thinner one is attached to the body & is the one that may be bad. A jumper cable from a good clean earth on the body to the negative battery terminal will eliminate the thinner cable as a problem.

     

    I'd be more inclined to suspect the battery personally. A new Bosch silver top 63AH battery is only about £50 from GSF.


  4. Bad luck mate. I think my personal count is about 8 assorted animals over 30 years driving, including a dachshund that commited suicide under the wheels of my motorbike!

     

    Reminds me that back in the early 80's, I worked at March Engineering when their designer Adrian Newey (now the McLaren F1 designer) hit a cow at 70+ in his BMW 3 series - THAT was nasty & he was really lucky to survive. The roof was pushed back to the rear of the front doors & sheared off the front A pillars. The cow didn't survive & nor did the BMW.


  5. Can't remember now, but I thought the Golf VRs of that age got the later-style (far superior by all accounts) solid polymer chain tensioner?

    I believe you're right - happened at the same time as the switch-over to OBD2, IIRC.

     

    One other point to look out for on the Golf (I have 2) is the suspension & bushes will be very tired if it's still the original stuff. Putting decent coilovers on will transorm the handling.

     

    The rest of the points are nothing to worry about for that sort of money. I just paid £4200 for a very similar one with Koni's, SS exhaust & 17's, uprated cams & chip.


  6. The GPC is really out of date (last time I was there, they told me it hadn't been updated for over a year!). Best to call them really.

     

    FWIW, I bought the complete set of strips & end caps for both sides for knocking on £90 delivered from GPC only 6 months ago. The new strips are slightly different to the original in that the rubber has been replaced by some kind of synthetic material which looks a bit thicker & more durable.


  7. I'm going for the standard bushes because while I've heard good things about the uprated bushes I want to retain a bit of compliance in the ride and it's harsh enough as things are already if you know what I mean.

     

    Standard is good for the rear - he did my C's rear bushes earlier this year & it made a huge difference to the handling. The problem he ran into with mine was that all the brake pipes were siezed solid in the bias valve & he wound up making all new brake lines :lol:

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