Andi

It really is. The engine, drive-train, etc, all make it up to be a lot better drive than I'd expected. A friend of mine has driven his Dad's 1.8 20v Passat as well as mine, and remarked on how it's such a different car. It may be a bit of a wallowing barge, but with it's immense grip and low-down torque it more than makes up for it.

Ah-ha, I lied! ;) Found this... With the red illumination, you can't see any red flare anywhere or anything, you just get the needles visible again :) It's really hard to capture it on a camera, but is was a visible difference and was worth doing. And the screens where blue, but come out a bit purpley in the photos.

And yes, 70mph is 3k revs. Nice for cruising! Talking of which, cruise control will be added when my legs are working again.

Some camera phone pics...

Due to the broken ankle, and not able to drive or really go anywhere, had to resort to the local (i.e. very local, about 2 mins walk) gararge for the looming MOT. Having never used them before, I was a little ominous, but they were happy to come pick the car up, as I couldn't drive it myself for its MOT. Just had the call - and all is fine! Sailed through the MOT without a hiccup. I will finally have properly aligned headlights too, as they were a little low since installing the AEs! Happy days. 8)

"One of us, one of us...." (I know, I can talk.. but hey, I run this place. Wanna fight!? ;))

Does the speedo move if you try and accellorate in gear? If yes - driveshafts are moving, therefore CV joint has popped off (and the diff puts power the route of least friction) If no - go down your more expensive clutch route ;)

I can't find any night shots, or even a good day one, sorry!

I pretty much solved the needles problem on mine by not removing the front lighting, and putting dark red filters in the strip across the top. Doesn't affect anything else as the amount of light is quite low in comparison to the black light, but the needles then glow red...

Use the search - there was a group buy a while ago (more than a year) and lots of us have 'em now ;)

Might wanna find some brighter LEDs whilst you're 'in' there then. My B5's AEs you can actually see in daylight... :)

Do you mean the main headlight, or the actual angel eye rings have gone? The headlights are H7 bulbs. The rings... erm.. dunno! Not sure if they're easily replaced :? I never did figure out if they were bulb or LED powered. If bulb, just need to find where it shines into the prism. If LED, it's more likely wiring that's gone than the actual LEDs within a year or so.

Used rubber gromits in my old C too...

Stan 24v, the clocks won't work without the ECU AFAIK - so depends if you're using a hacked Mk4 ECU or some custom jobbie. But essentially the head up display is triggered by a suitable cable which connects between the head unit and the clocks.

If you wanna just fit the double-din unit, that'll go in any car.. If you want the head-up display, you'd need a Mk4 engine, or more importantly, a Mk4 ECU and clocks to make your life a lot easier..

Don't think so... It's like with the wipers - only tested if present! (But in this country, I doubt you can get away without wipers!)

Spare wheel. It's only tested in the MOT if it's present. Can of Tyre Weld should do you ok ;) If you lose the dash, you can lose of the air circulation stuff, blower motors, etc.. Should be a considerable weight save.

Welcome back to the 4wd fold ;)

Phil hasn't done that to his car... it's just a pic ;) But yes, certainly doable!

The actual headunit is 'just' a double-din headunit. You might need to jiggle your dash about a bit, but as Phil's pic shows, if you loose the cubby and move the air controls down it should fit fine. As for the MFA, you'd need Mk4 Golf / Mk5 Passat clocks installed.... It would be easier to install a Mk4 Golf engine and use the clocks than retro-fit them to a Corrado engine ;) Then it's just a cable that goes from the back of the headunit to the speedo cluster.

Been thinking about doing that in the Passat, as you can also get the instructions displayed in the MFA display. You can pick up those headunits for about £300-400 on ebay. Or a little bit more for the new version as fitted in the Mk6 Passat and Mk5 Golf.

Duplicate post, locking this one. http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45059

(which I've always read as "cand renterprises"... ;))

Agreed. Unless you pour crap down the fuel line nossel, the systems are pretty much sealed and crap-free.

Crasher, big difference being Darren has put a lot of his own money into helping run this site and is a sponsor. However, if C&R wish to help me out too..... ;) Play nice, boys! :)