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only just seen this Mic - have you sorted it? what was it doing? or not as the case may be?

i use a solar powered trickle charger, £15 from maplins & swap it over depending on which rado i use EDIT: http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/solar-powered-12v-24w-battery-trickle-charger-n59fu?cmpid=ppc&gclid=CLmM9cbJzdACFYdAGwodchEOKA

agree - only in retrospect i wouldnt bother with the jubilee clips & keep the OE constant tension ones

new leads ordered from GSF - code blackfriday for 50% ish off - nice!

when it rains it pours valver let me down on saturday but she did get me to where i was going rather than die on a country lane she just refused to start, seemed to try but wouldnt go. thinking fuel or spark, checked under side & couldnt really hear fuel pump but then the valver's is not as loud as the VR checked under bonnet, ignition lead wobbly in seated position - removed lead & feels like the core has broken in it & it flops around like a weeble GSF saying £39.02 for a new set of electrospark leads - anyone heard of or used them?

hi m8 http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?44751-g0ldf1ng3r-s-VR6-amp-1-8-16V/page7&highlight=g0ldf1ng3r page 7 has links to 2 youtube videos & page 8 has pics of its install, which is rather neat & tidy i absolutely love the system fella!! couldnt be happier with it the balance on it softened up beautifully after a month or 2 use - it sounds fecking mint when you drive hard but then is very quiet when off throttle & motorway cruising

i have a Longlife SS with hiflow cat on my VR - 2.5" all the way from just before the cat back birmingham branch fitted mine, took him 7.5 hours to custom fabricate on the car which is lowered to a 2 finger gap between tire & wheel arch there are pics & videos in my build thread on here if you want to see it i couldnt be happier with it & i got a great price of 400 notes :D

order placed - roll on 3 weeks ish!!

good point lol not sure my mechanic would like it though lol

not sure - i know my gf's storm used to have a CCGB sticker on its windscreen but it wasnt really a decal maybe worth a try there

hi coullstar the discs i believe are 283mm & Alex at Hi-Spec said they use a Volvo 240 pad - Pad Swept Area: 95.7x50.7x10.8mm - not sure how that compares to 280 or 288's the billet 4 are a fixed caliper, rather than floating like the standard, and so should produce a much more effective retardation they are made from billet aluminium i would guess a decent weight saving, specs says 1600g - a bag & half of sugar does not sound very heavy at all. anyone know the 280 or 288 caliper weight? the site does list the actual specifications but i had cut it out of the image i put on the previous post.... Specification: HiSpec brake calipers are available with the following specifications: Disc Width: 6mm up to 32mm Piston Size: 4 x 34.6mm; 4 x 38.6mm; 4 x 41.2mm Piston Material: Hard anodised billet aluminium Colour: Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Silver, anodised silver, anodised black Body Material: 6082T6 billet aluminium Pad Swept Area: 95.7x50.7x10.8mm Weight: 1600g Hydraulic Thread: M10 x 1.0 Radial Mounting: 152.40mm however i am not sure which piston size it is based on but i will ask as for trying something different, i was kind of loathed to spend nearly £400 on a standard setup which was refurbed 'as new' (in terms of cliper). 288 would also likely be as new or need to be refurb'd. i cant afford new wheels on top so needed a solution to fit under 15's. which kind of only left HiSpec i am also very pleased with the 'different' choice of Longlife exhaust & dragon green on here has had HiSpec's on his rado for quite some time & is very pleased with them fingers crossed & i will definitely update on here as it progresses

decision made - only caveat being that my mechanic is ok to place the order for me but im pretty certain he will be im going to make the jump & bin the OE front brake setup for these little beauties... I have always liked the way porsche gave their GT2 cars yellow calipers & think it will look nice against the blackberry body with black speedlines. i also thought despite it being an extra £30 im going to get the colour i want, sod it i am spending enough anyway so that bit extra isnt much difference lol thought process is that i will go for plain discs & base type pads initially, see what the braking performance is like & then can always change to better disc/pad combo in future i am hoping i will see & feel quite a big difference with these 4 pots compared to the OE 280mm setup i am getting hispec to supply the necessary 10mm spacers & also the longer wheel bolts, whilst double checking that the fitment brackets are included - which they are total coming in around £573 but no VAT thanks to the 20% discount for the mechanic placing an order fingers crossed that the setup is worth the additional 180 odd notes EDIT: Tidy!! mechanic ok to order for me - holy moly, not sure to jump with excitement or cry about the expenditure lol

i have a Longlife 2.5" SS with hi-flow cat, from the section just before the cat back it was £400 custom fabricated on the VR, took the guy 7.5 hours & i couldnt be happier with the result. done at the birmingham branch they come with a lifetime guarantee which is on the exhaust itself & thus transfers to a new owner if the car is sold pics on page 8 of my build & 2 videos on page 7 if you want a look http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?44751-g0ldf1ng3r-s-VR6-amp-1-8-16V/page8&highlight=g0ldf1ng3r

ok - update time not good news on the VR brakes :( it seems it was as i suspected, a pad had worn completely down to metal only, it was the inside pad & as such not visible without taking the wheel off. the caliper on drivers side, that side, has a siezed piston. not the news i was hoping for but from my notes i think the EBC USR discs & green pads have done 30K +, which is well over 10K more than the OE ones on it prior hmmm ive only just calculated that mileage & its made me feel a little better lol so, for those interested i think ive now covered all the details with HiSpec - spoke to a very helpful guy called Alex who had lots of useful info other than just product related Alex got his designer to do the template drawings so as to confirm if their Billet4 solution will fit under the 15" speedline - they have calculated they will if use a 10mm spacer they also have more options on discs & pads which we discussed in some depth & tried to ball park the difference in actual braking performance. their kit price can be brought down by using plain discs rather than grooved - a £50 saving - as such the ex-vat price for Billet 4 (anodised) kit would be £453.50 to this would need to be added hoses, pads & the spacers spacers HiSpec can do for £5 each - winner! hoses, again HiSpec can do their braded hoses with the necessary banjo connector for £20.37 a side pads - choice of - EBC ultimax @ £18 - EBC Green @ £45.30 - EBC Blue @ £60 or he said 'we cant supply but i can recommend' Brembo pads from a motor factors (they use a volvo 240 pad) thus if go with plain discs & Ultimax pads the cost is coming in at £523.04 ex vat this would be in comparison to putting 'as new' refurb'd calipers on with EBC green pads & Brembo plain discs at £350 or £390 if EBC USR discs i dont think my mechanic will like a 3-4 weeks lead time though, as hispec manufacture to order hmmm decisions, decisions

sorry m8 - missed your post yes the hi-spec ones are fully dust sealed

really enjoyed the majority of it the audience fight part was too tacky though but loved all the subtle, & not so subtle, digs at the bbc lol

K thanks fella i will let you know soon as i know

no danger fuzz i appreciate you checking but just to let you know that im not sure if they are needed yet - the VR is at the mechanics having a bit of sill repair so i asked him to look at the noise im getting from front brakes (hoping its not a sticky caliper)

KUR2Y looms for me too - the 3 relay setup is a 'light' saver if one goes when you are driving & its dark have one in each rado & id put one in the mrs old storm too i run ring xenon ultima bulbs with them

were they put on the thread as attachments fla? i know some of my early pics on my build thread disappeared, which i was told was due to something when the site was moved between servers

personally, i think the 12v VR lump is the heart & soul of the VR corrado as such i would look at option 2 first

ha ha ha!!!

excellent thanks Mike i have saved the link as a favourite

have a look in the suppliers section for a daves16v door handle repair kit check out if that may fix your issue - it is usually this part which breaks & so as to avoid unmatching keys etc dave produces a kit to fix them ive got them installed on both sides of my VR EDIT - to make it easy for you http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?10426-Door-handle-repair-kit-THEY-ARE-NOW-AVAILABLE

bigger brakes for standard wheels do have an option coullstar - hispec billet 4's ;)