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sounds like a potential fuse issue if all 3 have gone suddenly

corrado with a roof rack spotted whilst watching Trailer Park Boys - season 11

thanks cressa

hi sean - thank you kindly for the input! that is the stuff i had in mind, i will have a search & get some 🙂

yeah if im honest shaun i did think that too about the order im doing things but i will be giving the polishing a final once over & then lime powder finishing to remove any lingering grease before they go off to the powder coaters sticky not tacky is the one - i will have a look about & thanks, i am starting to get excited about finishing them now & cant wait to see them on 😄

finally finished all the edge polishing this morning next step get them booked in the machine shop for redrill i am thinking of taping over the polished edges so they dont get marked during the redrill but want tape which wont leave a residue when removed - i was thinking electrical tape but does anyone have any other ideas or maybe a car body tape like that a paint shop would use when taping off complex paint jobs, however ive no idea what to google for it

that reminds me, i must weigh the modena's as when i had stripped them down it became apparent that they are aluminium barrels & are super light all the weight is in the faces & id like to know how they compare to the 7kg of the OE speedlines (IIRC)

TBF to get a mirror finish you have to use an extremely light abrasive so it would remove hardly any material at all i went through 4 stages of different polishing wheels, each having its own grade of compound - which is in addition to starting with foam backed polishing pads of 600, 1000, 2000, 3000

nice video Doc it has definitely taken me a lot longer than an hour per wheel lol

thanks Fla - polishing takes so much time but the final result will be well worth it plan is to have the centre faces bead blasted & then powder coated white, then have the entire face clear powder coated to preserve the polished edges im also going to have the barrels clear powder coated & am hoping they can retain the original autostrada stickers on the inside of the barrels they will then be finished with white centre covers, black hex nut, white centres with gold modena writing & stainless split pins oh & oil slick bolts & valve caps

i put a couple up a few weeks ago but yeah here you go....

im still polishing, hours & hours of polishing lol still, am on the last face finally & then they are off for a redrill

ive not seen any others, what went & for what m8?

WOW!! SOLD! Very well preserved is Lot 661, the 1983 Volkswagen Golf GTi 1.8 Cabriolet which has sold above top estimate at The Classic - Silverstone for £31,500 (inc. buyers premium).

great work & congratulations on the end result 😄

lol thanks keyo

hi & welcome to the corrado world covers are a little double edged sword in my opinion - i say this after having used covers for both of my rado's a couple of years ago yes they do protect from the rain, hail, snow etc but sadly at a cost i found that no matter how strapped down i managed to get the cover there was still lots of movement due to the wind, all of the rubbing sadly had a very negative effect on the paintwork on both the VR6 & the 16v i tried 2 different makes of cover, a halfords medium all weather & another branded all weather, both being fleece lined, breathable & as snug a fit as possible but after several months of use the damage they had done was clearly visible personally i think that as long as you dont have any water ingress then it is better to just leave the cars in the elements, after all they are designed to be outdoors i dont have a garage either sadly & my drive is sloping both front to back & side to side, if it was flat i would be investing in one of those semi permanent tent like garages

ha ha they are great m8!!! 😄

it shouldnt affect us as corrado's should be ran on higher octane super unleaded, preferably 99 ron so either tesco or vpower

thanks Ben - i will wait for Fla to respond but i may be interested if he isnt

where abouts are you chap? are they new or used?

what wheels are you running graham? im still on the 15" speedlines & also run 10mm spacers on the front to clear my 4 pots - my running height is fine 99% of the time, it is only those small sharp rise bumps that cause a slight rub as the weight shifts downwards have your Koni's got bound & rebound adjustment? i guess another possible route would be to get a higher spring weight on the coilover springs but obviously that is an expensive option

nice work fender 😄 there really is no place quite like sat behind the steering wheel of a corrado!!

without driver my KW's are V1's so no adjustments other than height unfortunately if the OP's got that ability i would play around with bound & rebound settings to try & firm it up or just jack the coilovers up a touch id be hesitant to remove the arch liners due to all the crap off the road getting up into the engine bay but that would also depend on how many miles it covers each year, if minimal then i guess you could keep on top of the bay cleaning