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Top of my bucket list for a long time has been to drive around Spa. Me and a friend decided to take a trip to the Nurburgring and then head over to Spa. 95F_3474 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_3422 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_3421 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_3046 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2960 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2959 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2879 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2661 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2660 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2112 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_2111 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_1704 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_1681 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_1680 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_1491 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr 95F_1490 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180717_202022 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

After nearly 2 years of being sat in the garage, nice to get her out for a wash, polish & wax ready for the 30th Anniversary at Stanford Hall IMG_20180505_153534 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180505_153639 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180505_153845 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr FB_IMG_1525722239306 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr FB_IMG_1525722267215 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr FB_IMG_1525722298977 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

While getting the fuel tank straps done, I had my rear caliper carries shot blasted and coated, ready for the MK4 Golf rear calipers IMG_20180303_130139 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Gloss red to match the Porsche Brembo calipers IMG_20180310_110000 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180422_101259 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180422_131649 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Brembos are a tight squeeze under the 16" BBS IMG_20180422_151822 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Busy time working on the car recently. Unfortunately I had a issue driving 1 day, when the front near side wheel felt like it was going to fall off. A few mechanics told me the gearbox was causing the issue, which was worrying after not long having the gearbox rebuilt. After refurbishing my dirveshafts and fitting new inner and outer cv joints and doing both front wheel bearings, the issue has gone. While the car was on axle stands in my garage, I decided to tackle a few jobs First up, rusty fuel tank straps. IMG_20180210_112540 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Looking a lot better after being shot blasted and then treated with a zinc coating to help stop rust. IMG_20180303_125957 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20180303_130053 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Sprayed black with chassis spray IMG_20180310_110213 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Thanks for the comments guys, she's a labour of love! rado20vT what intercooler do you use on your 1.8T?

On the dyno at work (Evolve Automotive) corrado evolve dyno by Paul Taylor, on Flickr corrado 18t by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Bedford Autodrome XSP_0201 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr XSP_0401 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr XSP_0400 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr XSP_0969 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr XSP_0970 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr XSP_0863 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Sadly no photos on track at Zandvoort, but got a couple of good pics in the pits IMG-20151110-WA0001 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20151012_132418 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

On the way to the ferry for DMPD 2015, I managed to get put a rather large hole in my Forge sump by catching a speed bump. corrado_broken by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Thankfully one of the guys at Auto Finesse had a sump on one of his cars at home and with minutes to spare we made he ferry. Screenshot_2015-09-23-18-59-04 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG-20150914-WA0000 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20150912_180040 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG-20150914-WA0002 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20150912_135941 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

A friend didn't like a set of BBS he bought, promptly snapped up for the Corrado. 8.5x16" 3 Piece with magnesium barrels. ET30 front & ET25 rear with 215/40/16 Kumho KU31 tyres IMG_20150227_220044 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20150227_214842 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr image by Paul Taylor, on Flickr image(2) by Paul Taylor, on Flickr image(1) by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Next job on the weekend is to see how low I can go :)

rado-steve, what happened to your Nugget?

Wanted to make the most of the new refurb gearbox, so bought a GEMA short shifter and will be installing the Gruven short shift for reduced side to side. arz_short_shifter by Paul Taylor, on Flickr My rear number plate holder was broken, so the Corrado got treated to a carbon one from LWS Design corrado_carbon_number_plate by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Hi guys, after a fully working rear spoiler module - part number 535 919 845 A Many thanks Paul

Whilst the gearbox was out, I decided to fit a Forge baffled sump as the car does a lot of track days. _20141118_153114 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20141207_134353 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

IMG_1710 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_0739 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr After doing a few track days at Silverstone and Bedford Autodrome, I managed to strip 3rd gear of some of its teeth IMG-20141215-WA0003 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG-20141215-WA0004 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr I can highly recommend Abbey Transmission Services in Nazing. The gearbox was fully rebuilt with new diesel gears, Peloquin limited slip diff and uprated clutch fork IMG-20141215-WA0001 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20141217_133946 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20141217_133934 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20141201_092047 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20141201_092036 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Also fitted a Epytec clutch release lever before the gearbox went in IMG_20150115_192812 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr IMG_20150115_192921 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr