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1 hour ago, 1xshaunx1 said:

KW V3, aren’t harsh. Depends how you set them up, I’m very happy with mine for the last 5 years 10k mile. 

I can’t see it fetching £24k either. 

ive had my V1's for almost 90k miles now & love them

the ride & performance they give you is great & on proper tarmac surfaces they are super smooth

however, UK roads are terrible, most here know 17's kill the ride quality on a rado & also if your running gear & bushes etc are worn then ride quality can be terrible

23 hours ago, Keyo said:

Guys I know for a fact toad Ai606 have been fazed out and they were the most reliable-  but my man in brum ceds alarms has a few left nos ones - give him a bell. CEDS brum you shall find google. Give him a calli he snapped up the last batch. 

hi keyo - thanks for the info - does that guy fit them as well?

im not far from him hopefully

thanks

im in a similar position, although i believe i need Cat1 for agreed value next year

i had a ring round end of last year & a few places were mentioning Sigma but what they were telling me didnt sit right

when i 1st brought the 16v 20 odd years ago i had a mobile installer come & fit an alarm/immob to it - i remember it well as it was he who showed me how to tell if a car has "closure" capabilities.  the early models only close the windows when lock the door & hold the key in lock position, late models do sunroof as well.

the point of this was he said he only had to attach 1 wire to the Sigma system & it would operate the full closure via the key fob

skip to 20 years later & the last place i spoke to was saying i needed expensive additional controller boxes for a Sigma alarm to give full closure - the guy was even questioning if i knew my car had it built in

as such i shant be using that place but i am hoping to find a solution this month so will post anything i find

6 hours ago, ABV-VR6 said:

I looked at the sticky, all links don't work. Bit of an odd ball. So my heater was working on all 4 speed. Then I removed the dash to do the heater matrix and while I was there I replaced the green resistor "Febi" as a preventative maintenance. Now it only works on speed 4? Weird! Any idea what it could be? Defective, coincidence? Cheers 

hi m8

i have checked the wikky & the links worked for me - the site currently doesnt like some newer web browsers

i have to use MS Edge as Brave wont work properly

try this link for your issue Fan speed thermal fuse repair - THE Corrado Forum Knowledge Base (the-corrado.net)

this was the fix we have stored for the fan speed 4 issue

let me know if you can get it to load ok?

1 hour ago, tonedef said:

And still you come out of the shop and find somebody in the next bay!

it is so annoying isnt it!

we purposely park as far away as possible & someone always end up by you even in an empty car park 

1 hour ago, tonedef said:

Back when we first had it as an only car, we did tip runs, IKEA furniture collections, loaded the roof rack with timber…it was just a car.

Now I think twice about going out if there are clouds!

im the same with both of mine

i used to go & collect wood cut offs for the fire in the 16v & would just pile it in the back 

1 hour ago, Dox said:

Heater flaps falling apart will allow hot / cold to be mixed

absolutely!

hence why i pulled the dash out of the 16v twice as the 1st time i did the matrix but not the heater box relining - big mistake

15 hours ago, Cressa said:

Are you changing the rear brakes for mk4 items too, or is that already done?

hmmm - ive thought about it but apart from a slight hand brake improvement is there any other point?

im more refreshing underneath rather than nut & bolt resto

lots of hardware & solid items & things that are OK to re-use will be used again

ive also got to account for a new Cat1 with full closure - anyone have any ideas on brand & model choices?  im thinking Sigma but the last place i spoke to was saying need extra boxes for the full closure, whereas i recall the guy who fitted the Sigma on my 16v many years ago say he only needed to connect 1 wire to enable full closure

i also need to get the Modena's painted, rebuilt & tyres put on them - oh yeah & bolt on spacers front & rear

thanks everyone

i will have a good read through

thanks MJA - id not found that page on LLL

good shout about the alternator too, mine could definitely do with a refub - do you have a record of how much it cost with them?

i was thinking of new wishbones as not sure how the originals would be after sand blasting - any reason you say to refurb existing than buy new?

yeah im aware it is going to be hunting around for lots of parts, im used to it after all these years with a corrado lol

im sending it to my mechanic for the work, too much for me to do on a driveway

1 hour ago, Crasher said:

Yes KW do rebuild their older units. I am doing a similar job on a 95 S2 Avant over the winter and have made spreadsheets of all the parts I could possibly need using ETKA, right down to the last nut and bolt with the prices and details of where they are coming from and tick things off as they arrive. They are starting to come in now but certain parts are Audi Tradition only and these people are a complete PITA to deal with. Most of the parts you need would be Febi but front and rear back plates  for me even down to the front back plates but the rear back plates would have to come from Heritage or someone like that. One big problem is the rear ABS rings, you have to use Golf 4 and these require matching grease cover rings from a Golf 3 1H0 501 639 and these are difficult to find.

thank you for the input, appreciated

is ETKA online?

spoke to KW & the chap said can send them an email with what currently have & they will send out a reply with the correct parts available 🙂

Should also add, ive tried looking for part numbers on LLL Parts but they have very little info to offer

Hi All

The VR6 is planned to go in for an underside restoration over winter & i am about to embark on buying parts in preparation.

Plan is to drop everything off, blast & powder coat anything that can be & then buy new where needed - bushes, running gear, front wishbones, brake lines etc

Has anyone here tackled similar & have any info on parts & part numbers & where to go for them?

Randomly off the top of my head in no order 

Front top mounts

front wishbones with bushes (is it worth getting R32 bushes?)

drop links

CV boots 

steering rack boots

front disc back plates

possibly new discs & pads all round

rear top mounts

rear beam bushes

rear disc plates

exhaust hanger rubbers

thats about all i can think of, if anyone can think of other bits pls chip in, it would be appreciated

oh - anybody know if KW offer a refresh service for their coilovers?

thanks in advance

On 8/15/2022 at 4:41 PM, Cippo said:

Hi i am looking for this part and can not find it, my heater motor is so hot that i almost burns my cables. 

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try this search result string vw corrado heater blower motor - Google Search

try to go for the higher powered version as there are 2 types available

52 minutes ago, 1xshaunx1 said:

320 I bet. You’d need new bracket and discs

interesting - yes m8 hence the thought as i may refresh discs & pads in the winter when it goes in for the underside refresh in the winter

why not go bigger disc if possible eh lol

1 minute ago, 1xshaunx1 said:

Yes mate 6 pots with 335 discs 

tasty!  i went for the 4 pots as had to run the speedline but ive finally got the wheels i want for the VR6

i wonder how much of a bigger disc i could fit under the 16" modena's in comparison to the 15" speedlines - may have to call HiSpec for a chat

2 hours ago, 1xshaunx1 said:

This is what I went for

really easy to swap over and much better, but not as neck snapping as I thought, the Brembo discs and ferodo pad combo on my old standard set up was very good though and still a bit more of bedding in to do on the new set up and maybe a full bleed too. 
That photo doesn’t do justice to the look of the thing though, it looks awesome but not be getting my 15” speedines on any more. 

looking good - are they the 6 pots?

ive got the 4 pots from HiSpec & love them 🙂

i did think i could help but id read it wrong, thought it was the actual parcel shelf you needed 

1 hour ago, Cressa said:

Now this is still blowing my mind 🤣🤣 The usb lead has the vcds plug on it, which I plug into my lads laptop.... 

How would I make that faster?

It works fine on my Passat and other vehicles,  but would be nice to look at the Corrado controllers better

i think they are referring to the fact that there are different speeds of USB cable, ideally you want a USB 3 if possible as these can handle a higher data throughput

however, it may be that whatever you are using is not corrado compatible

IIRC you cant read much through the OBD1 port

On 8/6/2022 at 6:32 PM, Laser Mark said:

In need of a bit of help.
Today I’ve had a go at removing the heater matrix without taking the dash out.
Using the step by step guide on vagdrivers, and adding a few of our own, we managed to get it out. 
(Defiantly a 2 man job, and preferably with someone who’s had a dash out before. Cheers Dave16v for the help today)
I would say it is possible to remove and replace, but it is a nightmare, hense the dash came out after.

After looking over the heater matrix the foam covering the flaps has completely perished and 90% has fallen away. Has anyone replaced it, if so, what is the part or where did you source the replacement from?
Also the foam on the duct at the end of the heater box and around the top of the centre ducts has just crumbled away. Is there a suitable replacement? Vw heritage doesn’t show one.

There are now more car bits in the garage, than in the car.
Hopefully once the matrix is sorted I can get it all back together and put the car in the garage.

only just seen this post - ive got a full guide with pics on how to do this job

so much easier with dash fully out

i email it out on request

7 hours ago, 1xshaunx1 said:

17”s aren’t so bad with kw v3 coilovers 

ha ha ha that is one hell of an expensive way to do it but also a very good one!!

i could only afford the V1's but they have seen me perfect for about 75K miles so far

19 hours ago, ChrisL said:

Hi all,

wondered if there would be any interest in some 17” speedlines. These would be identical to the OE corrado speedlines just bigger.

B star wheels who do the bigger BBS wheels and Sebrings would do a limited run if there was enough interest.

chris

hi chris

good idea but in all my years of corrado-ness 17's & upwards kill the ride & handling

there are people that run them & i guess it depends if you are going for look or for performance

IMO, & im sure many of the long term members here would agree from their experience, that 16" is the biggest you want to go 

i have a feeling that you can actually still buy a 16" speedline brand new

i also think that the group buy here many years ago for Compomotive Mo 5's were in a 16" but may have been 15

54 minutes ago, fla said:

How much is a remap at Stealth now?

not sure - it was £400 for the rolling road setup but this was a long time ago

17 hours ago, fla said:

Hmm, I think i need a remap on mine. Ive got a schrick, 264 piper cams, BMC and OBD2. What kind of results could be achievable after a remap? Its been sorn'd for 2 years though so will first need a good run to get back to normal 

when i had my head rebuild at stealth i dropped schrick 263's in there, BMC CDA & then vince mapped it - ended just shy of 210bhp 

this was with OE exhaust as i hadnt yet put the longlife SS on it

the way the new map performs in comparison to OE is superb

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