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boooooo!! thats my christmas ruined then :( lol

i checked my blackberry VR at break today, N reg 95, & it has an SK002434 VIN number not sure if that helps the storm ID'ing but thought id contribute i can check the gf's storm once i get home too & post that

Ooooo the SO range! i still remember how good the SO2's were when i used to run them on the valver years ago, they were awesome in the dry & you could barely tell the difference even when in the wet......& the SO3's were damn good too what wheel sizes have you seen the SO01's Kev? (they didnt come up as an option for 15"s)

welcome to the club :)

good info :D

ha ha cool - though im sure someone will pop up here to say you would be better investing in a 288mm or bigger brake upgrade but that means new wheels as dont think they fit behind speedline 15's

sorry to pollute your thread VR6 Gar but Bruntys dad - what light upgrade did you do? ive done a kur2y headlight loom upgrade twice & put in ring xenon ultima bulbs & the difference is awesome

Im thinking of red for a couple of reasons.... firstly, EBC have revised their offerings & whereas red stuff used to be mainly for track use they now have a yellow range which is aimed at track use & have moved the red stuff to 'faster road use'. the EBC page itself recommends red stuff for cars around & above 200 horses also from what i understand & have read the red stuff are also a much harder wearing compound, so should last longer than green, but are still effective when fairly cold as the reds can cope with higher temps than the green i would still have some reservation about running them on standard non grooved discs as previously mentioned the below link is the pad/disc combination guide from thew site i have used to order the items http://www.brakes4u.co.uk/ebcbrakes_recomended_c.asp hope that helps Ian

cool thanks for confirming Ian :)

yup that sounds about right - the noise is there when going backwards without any braking personally i really ike the USR & green combo but i will be moving to USR with red stuff upfront once the current greens have worn im not so sure as to how green pads with standard discs would be as the green pads are meant to operate hotter than a standard pad, so as to improve braking, & the standard disc may not deal with the extra heat well & wouldnt dissipate it as well as a grooved disc - worth a try tho

what kind of noise chuggs? is it like a high pitch whine? if so - i found that when i used genuine VW rear discs & pads they were god damn awful & used to produce the most horrible howling when reversing it was caused by the VW pads not being chamfered on the rear facing edge & that causes the pad to 'sing' on the discs you could remove the pads & manually grind a chamfer onto the pad rear edge as a possible fix however, i decided to grin & bear it until they needed replacing & then i moved away from VW disc/pad combination i also found that the wear rate on the VW standard was awful too, the discs barely lasted as long as the pads on the rear so with all of that in mind i decided to match the rear setup to the front & put EBC USR discs with green stuff pads i know lots of people on here are not so keen on EBC kit but ive found the above combination to be much more effective that standard VW discs/pads & further to that, due to my ABS being intermittent, i used to find the VW kit would lock up extremely easily under medium to heavy braking whereas i cant recall the last time i locked up on the EBC stuff. & yes i know i should fix the damn ABS lol

kur2y made his with 3 relays which IIRC was so that if a single relay failed you would still get dipped beam rather than loosing a light completely does that ring bells with anyone else? i do know that when i had an issue with only having dipped beam a few weeks ago a new relay fixed it so it makes sense

2 options i thing fuzzer..... KUR2Y did post on his thread about making some up again, i have 2 of his currently...though i cant find it anymore or there is someone on here who has an online business making the light looms & heated seat looms etc..... http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=81540

you can buy replacement car alarm fobs that you can reprogram yourself - cheap ish off ebay https://www.google.co.uk/#q=replacement+car+alarm+fob

ahhh poop! looks like the valver may be some time getting back on the road, a whole list of work needed to do

not sure - there may be more room in the G but i know with my VR it was easier to take front bumper off also recall putting the jack under the engine for support when removing the bolts which hold the bumper on as they pass through engine mounts - this was a precautionary measure. im not sure if they are the same on the G, I imagine the mounts are different also - i think i left the passenger headlight in situ as i couldnt remove the awkward rear bolt it was damn scary looking at it with the front off when i was half way through the job lol

i agree mic - doesnt look right at all but WOW £25K euro's!!!!!!

Bramber metallic is the VW term i believe :)

i had an Exide 096 which is 71Ah fitted when my battery died at stealth last year - it was around £50 :)

nice :D what a lovely advert!

ha ha ha good 1 chris lol

:D ive got a fresh pair of bridgestone RE002's going on the rear of the VR on monday (to match the front finally) & a decent £75 nicker each fitted

well it seems that what someone hinted on here may actually be true & potential of happening.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30336569

& i thought my rear offside was bad ;) lol

good info but it needs a price & to be in the 'for sale' section ;)