seanl82

Great car, hope you got to the bottom of your high rev conundrum. I changed the rocker gasket when I had it, torqued up correctly too (20nm iirc). Strange how its leaking again, although it was an aftermarket one but it stopped the leak at the time. Best of luck with it though, sounds like its finally fallen into the right hands. :thumbleft:

Damn you hit the jackpot with that one!

Those Magnums were ummmm, interesting! Great collection though. :thumbleft:

100% fit. I have them on mine, as do many others. Have a look in the wiki for part numbers of the calipers etc. Think you may need carrier adaptors for the mk4 setup but not totally sure. I have mk3 Golf 288mm calipers on mine with braided hoses and its a good step up from the standard 280mm. It not so much the disks than the pads, I remember reading there is around a 25% increase in friction coverage. The pads are noticeably much bigger.

Yep, 288mm from a mk3 or 4 Golf fits under. Bit snug, but fills the inner rim nicely.

I got a premium one from GSF a couple of years back and that was a Behr/Hella one. Fitted perfectly and came with a new foam gasket too.

A few of us on here have done it, either with a Furniture Clinic kit, or a Gliptone kit iirc. I used the FC kit, and its really quite good. Just send something off for them to colour match (I used a headrest) and it comes back within a couple of days. Really easy to use, but I'd recommend getting a couple of extra compressed air cans as thats the only thing I thought more of them could have been included. There are video tutorials on their website and the instructions are good enough. End results can be seen somewhere in my members gallery, I'll try to link it in later!

Unless you get a space bubble, theres not much hope I'm afraid. I was without a drive or garage for about 4 weeks up until about a month back, and it caused me no end of stress for that exact reason! I ding in the door almost sent me into fits of rage, and the kids playing in the cul de sac had me biting my nails and shouting out the door constantly! Good luck with whatever you decide, but as said a space bubble may be your only real hope, and they're not exactly cheap!!!!

Golf V5 ones fit too Hasan. Have a higher output load too so theyre like little turbines when cranking. :thumbleft:

These ones come with an adhesive backing so no glue needed!

Love you too Matt! In fairness, I didn't think the rear made much difference anyway. The front I can understand, but I don't see how it can make a lot of difference on a car with a rear axle. Happy to be told otherwise though. :thumbleft:

Unless its being used for track use, absolutely not.

I managed to get one in the end, so have a re-covered one if you need it. The cutting/fit isn't great on the bottom where it folds up, and the colour is more kind of stone, but it looks pretty good from the top. http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?79984-Seanl82-s-uuuuumm-Storm&p=1103253&viewfull=1#post1103253 Yours if you want it for a good price mate.

Thats a shame mate. They're not very good fitting either so most are probably missing by now too.

The splines are more than likely different, but I'm sure you'd be able to get an adapter made up.

I did the same but with grey, as they were still available from the dealer when I got them about 18 months ago. I can't get the part number for you I'm afraid as I'm away from home for a while, but its on ETKA.

Jim, I think as long as you don't go mad with a flap disk or anything you should be fine. They're balanced to some extent I believe, though some even have a big chunk of rubber to act as a damper so as long as you don't take too much metal off it shouldn't be a problem. Inner ones should be fine for a cheaper alternative also as they don't have the sideways load the outer ones do.

Quite a few of us have tried them, and feedback is pretty positive. The driveshafts themselves aren't painted/powdercoated though so I'd recommend doing that before fitting, and the O/S shaft doesn't have the girth (oh er) of the original, but overall they're pretty good. Already a few threads on them on this forum if you do a search mate.

Martin you've got enough! Give someone else a go! :lol:

I'll add my interest if in South West. :thumbleft:

A cheap babies bottle brush and bend it to get inside of the glass will probably work. Just be careful on the reflective part as they have a nasty habit of peeling off!

Wow, thats a pretty epic read! Thanks very much for the comment, means a lot! I'm nearing the point I'll be happy with the car, but I'm sure I'll find something else that'll need sorting as is usually the case! :thumbleft:

Do you not have windscreen cover on your insurance? Worth paying the windscreen excess of usually around £70 than having to fork out somewhere in the region of about £250-300 iirc.

Welcome to the forum! :thumbleft:

Having gone from 280mm standard to 288mm - admittedly with braided hoses too, I can say there is a big difference in stopping power. Its not so much the disk size difference as to the pad. Its in the region of 25% addional friction surface that makes the difference in this, and really does help. :thumbright: