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very generous Jim!! & a great example of how good this forum is & how the majority of us are nice people :D forgot to mention.......really pleased you got your motor back dave & good luck making it so that you couldnt tell it had received abuse from the scum!!

Good luck!!!

Ha ha excellent Jim i think your right!! ;) I wasnt sure how much i could or could not divulge lol Im looking forward to it myself too & it should be interesting to see the differences. I dont know if you recall but about a year or 2 ago i put a post on here about one of the presenters of said show seeing my rado when i was at my sisters & i took him for a spin as he had never been in a VR6 flavour rado :D fingers crossed the feature is presented in a similar way to his mindset as he couldnt get enough of it!!

Now that is a great idea!!!! lol A little birdie told me that a popular UK motoring TV show has done some testing on their rado so fingers crossed it gets aired & gives the rado's good exposure & push prices up that way too ;)

great point made! i use the mechanic which my family has used for 20 years if i cant do the job myself - my parents brought the 2ltr 16v rado he had many moons ago james28 - volks wizard is up by the maypole island near birmingham. my gf brought the storm he had up for sale a few weeks ago & it is in superb condition. he was a very nice bloke, has done some great resto work on rado's (lots of details on his site) & has owned many himself. in fact the white vr6 he had when i visited him he said he plans never to sell i have no personal experience of his quality of work or costs but i will definitely consider sending my vr6 to him if need be :)

IIRC there are some threads on here which go into detail regarding the difference between 263 & 268's - i think it had example power gains etc too again, IIRC, the general verdict was that the 263 was a better option Try here http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?42729-vr6-cams

sanky - would it help if i took a picture of where my loom joins the connector behind the head unit? it might help you ID if any of your wiring has been messed with

Ooooo its a 1 dayer & its gona be 20 degress on sunday.....might have to take a look at this!

I have not seen or experienced this issue in my current '95 rado or my old '90 rado & my gf has recently purchased a '95 storm & she did not have this problem either also, when i changed my ignition barrel there was no need to touch any wiring at all - IIRC the old barrel clicked out once drilled in the correct place (to get to the release mechanism) & the new barrel just plugged in. I did have a similar issue in a vauxhall nova i had a long time ago & i think i solved that be getting a standard stereo connector block from halfords & wired it in accordingly......however i remember there were wires for both switched & permanent live already there to connect to as i got them the wrong way round 1st time

its been a very long time but i dont recall having to wire a switchable live into my 1990 16v rado i can have a look in the bentley bible this evening if i can find time & that would be any help to you :)

My apologies sanky - i got the wrong end of the stick

I think jamie meant you may find the switched live is on the yellow wire & the permanent live is on the brown/red I recall having to do similar on a stereo install on my old nova sr many moons ago.....a quick sawp & all was well

i can personally vouch that a standard VR6 can win in a 1 on 1 from standing start with an old shape standard type R!! ;)

K thanks coullstar, much appreciated

Thanks Billcor - are these only on edition38 do you know? i cant view that forum & was pondering yellow hoses 4 my blackberry yesterday.....not sure onthe garish-ness tho lol

Thank you for the thought Ian, much appreciated. Could you post the like to the porsche part for me so i can take a look pls thanks

it might be worth you at least contacting them Jim, make a noise & they might honour the warranty has anyone who got the roose ones from here had time to form an opinion on them?

standard - heated leather in black

Not good at all! i wonder if anyone else on here has had a similar experience with samco's? the samco site says they have lifetime gaurentee as long as you have the original receipt for the purchase - jim did you get that with them? might be worth contacting them & see what they say

for you Kev the guy it is referring to stole some tools after breaking into a yard & then got caught by police.....then he thought it an idea to post his thoughts in a reply on the forum.....copied below for you "well it wont a giant tin opener used it was a recking bar dissconected battery wot a **** alarm system well might of got caught 3 in the morning by the feds but if i dint see the fedi would of been the new snap on tool man in town worth the 2 months prison sentance did it standing on my head best bit about it when the police open up my van doors the tools fell on ther feet" its worth a read once your free from the work internet restrictions ;) lol

"splits after a few years" that doesnt sound good!! I thought samco were the top end of the silicon hose market :s samco have a lifetime gaurentee dont they?

Im not sure about the Roose hoses on this thread. I do know there were a few of us that were interested in http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?79256-Corrado-SAMCO-HOSE-KITS-20-30-anyone/page3&highlight=samco but the person who was organising it couldnt wait i am still keen for some silicon hoses - be it samco or roose Jim - maybe we can organise our own buy.....& hopefully get a good deal?

Hi Does anyone have a plastic handle for the tilt mechanism of the passenger side front seat? I dont really want to buy a complete seat if possible Thanks in advance

do i recall seeing TSW Venom's twice in 1 day!? ;) lol looks nice with the odd exception, welcome to the club!! :D

Sorry for the delay Im good for a set with clips if it is confirmed it is the 9 piece set & we get the 6 needed for the discount :D