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Ok chaps. Thanks for the advice. The wheels are such a bargain I gotta have 'em.

I'll get 215's fitted and take it from there.

Less potential problems with 205/40 (and better rolling radius) also you may need to shave a little from your front callipers to fit these rims

Especially since you don't like Corrados much any longer :lol:

Looks like a really clean example, full leather looks far better than the bi coloured alcantara centred seats. You must have drawn up a list of plans by now you can't help yourself

Thanks people, sometimes it just feels like hard work, anxiety and expense but its really reassuring to get a good response. It feels like i'm in too deep to ever consider changing the car now so I hope to simply enjoy it

Hi Shaun, i'm sure you have mixed feelings but its nice to go out on top :salute: Whats the story with the new owner, plans etc is he a VW enthusiast or performance car enthusiast.

I hope you still come on here and keep us updated when you get your new ride 8)

Well my back seats are back now and fitted, if you have been following the thread you will have seen the work on my front Recaros which have been retrimmed to a very high standard and are beyond factory fresh. My rear seats were immaculate, the best i'd seen (due to lack of use) but the leather upholstery in Corrados was never tight enough from the outset infact I have heard comments about the centres being ruffled/pleated such is the sagging that occurs on the stock trim, so the rears have now been done and are now tight as a drum and looking great, I can't take a good picture to save my life but I have posted one to give you an idea.

Once fitted it was time to take a couple of pics for my insurance, the exterior is dirty and dusty at the moment but I thought i'd pop up an engine bay and interior shot. Interior is stock OE except for the period BBS 3 spoke steering wheel and engine bay is pretty much too apart from a couple if minor non cosmetic upgradres such as leads and gruven parts radiator neck. For me I think it shows a clean well spec'd car can look great with its period charm intact

8% out speedo will be out as will performance, should change tyres or stick with Speedlines, mofifications should ideally suit a car and offer improvements not compromised performance

no longer available from VW when I checked recently

15s run 205/50 so on a 16 i'd expect 205/45 or lower still, speedo will be out

Stock Tire - 205/50R15 >Search Tires Tire 1 - 205/55R16 >Search Tires Tire 2 - 205/45R16 >Search Tires

Section Width: 8.07 in 205 mm

Section Width: 8.07 in 205 mm

Section Width: 8.07 in 205 mm

Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm

Rim Diameter: 16 in 406.4 mm

Rim Diameter: 16 in 406.4 mm

Rim Width Range: 5.5 - 7.5 in

Rim Width Range: 5.5 - 7.5 in

Rim Width Range: 6.5 - 7.5 in

Overall Diameter: 23.07 in 585.97 mm

Overall Diameter: 24.87 in 631.69 mm

Overall Diameter: 23.26 in 590.80 mm

Sidewall Height: 4.03 in 102.36 mm

Sidewall Height: 4.43 in 112.52 mm

Sidewall Height: 3.63 in 92.202 mm

Radius: 11.53 in 292.86 mm

Radius: 12.43 in 315.72 mm

Radius: 11.63 in 295.40 mm

Circumference: 72.47 in 1840.7 mm

Circumference: 78.13 in 1984.5 mm

Circumference: 73.07 in 1855.9 mm

Revs per Mile: 901.6

Revs per Mile: 836.3

Revs per Mile: 894.2

Actual Speed: 60 mph 100 km/h

Speedometer1: 55.6 mph 92.7 km/h

Speedometer1: 59.5 mph 99.1 km/h

Speedometer Difference: - Speedometer Difference: 7.808% too slow Speedometer Difference: 0.827% too slow

Diameter Difference: - Diameter Difference: 7.24% Diameter Difference: 0.82

Looks a nice car, but preferred it stock (with a drop)

It probably won't key. Stick to a hit of bright silver, no other colours or polishing, clean and timeless

mate - your car is spot on. And like vaghag, it's pretty much how I want mine to end up like. I know you mentioned the new ride height as being from centre of wheel arch to ground (i think), but would you know what the drop was in mm's?

Was it 40mm?

 

Thanks

 

Hi - found some scribbled notes I made at the time:

 

Was 630mm at the front and 670mm at the back

Aim was to get to 585mm at the front and 600mm at the rear

 

So a 45mm drop at the front and 70mm at the back

 

All this was based on Goldies old Storm cos I thought the stance was bang on.

 

HTH

 

Vaughan

Is 585 and 600 where your ride height finished up? Any side on pics please 8)

No far from it, wouldn't change a single thing about your car :salute: You can't fault a stock car in mint condition some modified cars however leave a lot to be desired.

In fairness its not a monstrousity by any means, its pretty conservative other than the colour change, which will of course divide opinion. Its not for me but theres far tackier cars on here

Its come up really clean, I hope you are going to take a run down to Stanford Hall in it.

from pic looks like its spliced in not part of original loom?

I'm not very knowledgable on this but is it the remnent of an aftermarket addition? Mobile phone maybe?

Looking a lot better but with such good results on the carpet why did you decide to only do one half :norty:

Stunning work, pity i'm not local to you, would love to see mine done like that, i'm sadly still basic hand wax with no real knowledge or products, the difference when you know what you're doing is simply incredible :notworthy:

Quality, enjoy! Be interesting to see how the Compomotives look on it.

:shock: I would love to have found that! More than makes up for your recent bad luck :clap:

You've really struck lucky with this car by the looks of it, looks very clean 8) Looking forward to seeing it, be careful driving it at the moment with the Volcano dust in the atmosphere its very dangerous for aircraft and your car is currently much higher than most aircraft ever reach :shock:

Easily remedied :thumb right: Its such a shame the stock ride height on Corrados isn't more befitting a sports coupe

Coullstar? Oh well, all good things and so on, hope you stay on here and share your new project with us. It must be said you have built a very fine performance Corrado :salute:

Look forward to hearing more, pics looked promising :)

I think thats true, a lot of the uprated brakes are purely for kerb appeal on a road car, they are considerably better without doubt but not really needed.