seanl82

I concur with the VW international guy. I recently bought a set of drive shaft spacer plates and they're a different shape now (rounded rather than square at the ends), so questioned it. He replied that they most certainly are genuine and have recently changed bit in quite a shirty manner.

Found two Martin. One is part of the front ABS sensor loom, and the other I think is interior somewhere as it has some splicing in on the cables so imagine it was from the god awful stereo install that was in my car when I got it. Send me your address mate, and I'll get them in the post early in the week. 👍

I've got a bunch of plugs with tails Martin, I'll have a look tomorrow to see if I have what you need mate

You can replace the whole handbrake with a MK4 Golf with minor mods iirc. I had one a few years ago but decided against it in the end after finding a decent beige trim.

Seller was probably quite relieved going by previous posts

Have you tried Heritage? Pretty sure they have the scuttle clips and grommets, or can order them for you. They might have boot seal too. I bought mine a few years ago from ARZ tuning in Germany. Cost a fortune for shipping but I got a ton of NLA bits so offset it against that.

Matt (Sexy bourbon) had Scooby wheels iirc so he would know more. Pretty sure they're 5x100 though, just different centre bore and offset

They would be smaller than 57.1 if thick paint was on them......

If you could find out the centre bore size that may help, pretty sure the Scooby ones are larger

Indeed. I count myself extremely lucky in that my salary is unaffected by all this, which isn't the case for a huge number and I imagine it's quite a distressing time

They arrived the other day and are correct! 😁 They did only come with caliper bolts for one side though, although I've ordered a full set of slider pins front and back which come with boots and bolts anyway. 👍

Wow, no never heard that before. They are interference fit so can only imagine the ring gear has a crack which has loosened it off, or someone that didn't know what the feck they were doing has "lightened" it in the wrong place.......

The late MK3 Golf block was notoriously underreported for power output, but that was mostly down to OBD2 management using figures up toward 190 instead of the reported 175. The biggest gain though is apparently through the inlet, so putting a Corrado intake with the much larger plenum on a 2.8 block 'apparently' releases good gains and are very comparable with the 2.9 block. I can't comment from experience or do I have any RR figures to show you, bit it has been done numerous times without issue. A remap will likely wipe out any difference also between the two, so if your hand is forced, I wouldn't be too worried about a drop in performance.

Without reading back, isn't the MK4 sump shallower meaning you'll need the MK4 pickup too...

Chris, have you put it on the CCGB Facebook page? I only know Ron White who's the merch man, but don't have any contact details I'm afraid.

I'd say so. I got mine 5 years ago now so not sure if they're still available.

I've gone back to original 280s and stock rears too. Had all the original calipers refurbished and electroplated silver by Bigg Red. The description was correct for the pads, so we'll see!

Ordered a set of front Pagid pads from ECP for £4.39 delivered. Bargain!

PMd mate

Ha, you've got so many spare parts now you can't find them! Lol. In fairness, I bought a set of rear ABS sensors and handbrake cables, forgetting I'd already bought them a couple of years ago! DOH!

Satin silver, the car is pretty much flawless! Recaros have been recovered with Napa leather, again flawless! And the VSR was bought from a car that he and easypops bought together a couple of years ago that had been fire damaged.

I was thinking you'd been quiet after seeing your mug in Martin's post! Hopefully see you at some point this year mate. And get the Nothelles back on! 😁

I think with the recent weather, and the fact that the show is seen as 'scene' and very much a celebration of modifications which most have probably moved away from now in favour of preservation of factory spec, it'll always be difficult to pull people to this one. I know most shows have a concourse or show and shine with 'original' classes, but again the weather has probably put a dampener (excuse the pun) on that too. There just aren't that many around anymore in good enough condition yet with owners willing to drive them in all weathers, for a lot of shows to be attractive.

Yeah I've bought one or two bits from them recently. Postage is a bit of a killer for small parts and takes an age to get here. Still waiting actually! Thanks for posting links, I'll keep my eye out.

Saw this and thought, I'd better check mine. Guess what, I've lost my splitter iron! I've no idea where its gone, it was quite distorted and only pushed in place when I transported the car so can only conclude its come off in transport. The splitter is just held on by the outer two bolts that don't go through the iron.... bugger!