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That looks good, think I might have a go at my old one and see how it goes. The early cars had them colour matched and I preferred that to the chrome.

A/C was never standard fitment in UK Corrados, the Diavia was retrofitted, some better than others even when originally done! I like a few others have fitted the full Climatronic climate control from various VW variants, mine for example came from a Passat, although they’re all old cars now so finding a breaker with all the bits can be quite difficult. It is however well worth the pain if you’re successful. Good luck with it though, look forward to the updates!

If mine are anything to go by you’ll not be disappointed, look forward to seeing them behind those VWMS rims 👍

There should be a locking bar slides across the back of the fuse box to latch all the plugs in and stop anything like this happening. Is it missing?

I think they ask you to remove all loose parts before you send them anyway. So yes 👍

Big Redd send them back looking like new, seals, pistons, guides, sliders, the lot! The only piece they didn’t replace apart from the obvious calliper body was the spring.

I got mine out while leaving the screen in...I cracked the screen and probably wouldn’t try it again!

I’d never considered dropping the cross member although it’s probably something I would have tried. I wouldn’t expect it to make the exhaust any lower, the height of that is more likely governed by the two rear mounts. However, as somebody who once rubbed a hole in his sump driving too fast through a dip (and still have a plate welded over the hole), I’d probably not be rushing to lower my motor!

Until I got to the part where you said ignition switch, that was what I was thinking. Have you investigated the imobiliser reader coil? Fifteen or so years ago I had intermittent cutting out issues with mine that seemed to be cured when I messed with the coil contacts.

I cut mine with the die grinder...I’ve got the grinder but the compressor croaked and I haven’t replaced it yet or I’d offer that. I’m promising to tax mine 1st June so I’ll be commuting in it if there are any good days, could probably shoot over to yours from the office if you’re around.

I love the look of the Schrick in there, wish I’d held out for an OBD2 elbow at the time instead of flogging mine! Mine also sat quite high on the left, I always thought it was the length of the Jay Renshaw rear mount but maybe it’s normal. My cutout looks like this:

That gap looks huge, I had to tap the sensor ring slightly to straighten it as a small kink was making it rub on the sensor. Maybe a 1mm gap on mine.

No idea what I’ll be doing august bank holiday but I’ll try and make one 👍

I don’t know if anyone else has had the same as I did. The lamp on at cold and off if restarted when warm along with reading wheel speed and valve faults was much the same as I’ve read countless times. If however I’d warmed up and reset the lamp, it would come back on without fail at 74mph, something I’ve never seen mentioned elsewhere? It’s all been stripped out though now as I gave it up for Teves 20, I can’t recommend that enough as it appears to just work without any drama. It is a bit of a faff to install mind!

Looks stunning, great attention to detail!

I’d never have thought of Calver Crossroads...bet Duckmanton’s more than that then!

I normally fill the TT and Corrado up at the Ollerton Shell station and didn’t really notice the price, then I was at the Red House a couple of weeks ago and it was 13p a litre cheaper!!! I bet at £1.44 you were at Euro Garages in Duckmanton?

Unless they’ve specifically asked you to leave it while they collect fingerprints, I think I’d just get on and have it fixed. Are you supposed to wait without a car? Crossmember bushes shouldn’t be too big of a job Hasan, unless you have plans to do a paint job while you’re in there. They are some of the easier bushes. Could always use it as an excuse for a decat pipe!!!

I got mine spot on last year, Teves 20, 288s and Mk4 rears. Had the callipers at Bigg Red over the winter and can’t bleed them up for trying now! It’s not the first time I’ve been frustrated by Corrado brakes in the last 26 years, they’ll come good given a bit of time!

Sorry to hear this Hasan, there are some real scrotes out there for sure. Police won’t give a flying f**k about it, hardly worth picking the phone up, in fact they’re more likely to come and nick you for daring suggest that pikeys have been hanging around and might have been involved. Sad indication of where we’ve got to that people feel they’re ok to do this.

My first Corrado had manual windows as standard and I’m fairly sure it didn’t have switch blanks. I’ll take a look for any photos of it that might have caught the door cards when I’m home later in the week but probably won’t have anything, I traded it for the current one over twenty years ago so I was from a time when photos were taken on film and had to be developed!

Lancia Delta Integrale…I almost bought one twenty years ago, immaculate for 10K, would be worth at least three times that now, or I would have sold it nineteen years ago for 5K in desperation. I’m realistic too!!!

This is the only photo I have on my phone, it isn’t great but it might help.

I don’t have a picture Hasan and would you believe that after it’s been in the air on axle stands all winter I put it on the floor Wednesday so maybe a bit difficult to squeeze the phone in for a photo! I made a plate similar to the one Keyo has made although shorter, and whilst I can’t remember exactly how, it uses the same fixing as the horn bracket to bolt it to the chassis leg. I seem to remember there’s a stud fixed to the leg there or something similar. I had the controller fixed to the front of the fan controller bracket.

Not for the Schrick any more as I sold it when I went OBD2 but I still have the reservoir for the climate control. It’s fitted inside the bumper to the front of the left arch liner with the horns, there was loads of space going unused!