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Well, 3 months on I've still to do the driver's seat re-colour! 😆 Will be tackling it tomorrow though as unfortunately I need to use the car for work on Monday despite the weather forecast. The daily blew a high pressure Pas pipe today and I can't source the parts and do it myself over the weekend (nearest dealer with stock is Cardiff!). Means I have to leave the Corrado for two weeks in a coastal car park whilst I'm away too. Gutted. 😫 

I did it Hasan. I don't have the furniture clinic code as I sent them my headrest to colour match. The paint is fairly robust, but there are some light marks where it has worn off where my clumsy feet have caught them when getting in the car. If you call furniture clinic they should be able to supply it based on make/model though as a few of us have used them for our beige interiors.

Pantera is definitely up there for me! I get what you're saying about impractical, but surely that's the whole point of a supercar!? You won't be driving it every day anyway, you'd want something big, plush and comfortable like a Roller or Bentley as your day to day car. If I won the Euromillions, I'd have a Pantera, Lamborghini Diablo, Porsche 911 (993) Turbo, Lotus Esprit, Bentley Continental GT Mulliner, and something a bit more subtle like an Alfa Giulia or a Merc C63.

1 hour ago, TomB said:

Thanks for posting that, I'd seen it in my research this morning,  but reading around the topic suggested it was a conversion (driven by broken electric windows...😁)

It must be an error in the door cards I'm looking at, as the passenger one has a hole for the manual winder,  but the driver's one has the square hole for the switches.

Back to the drawing board!

That's a late card fitted with a manual wonder. The early door cards had the switch set within the panel, whereas late cards have the switch in the pocket just behind the speaker grille. You can see a blank has been put in on that picture where it would have been.

I've used Corrado graveyard direct through FB. Really well priced in comparison to some other joker who wanted  £80 for a second hand throttle cable on there! I got a cable & front spoiler bar for about £50 delivered which I thought was really good. He supplied photos before I purchased too. Both items arrive well wrapped and swiftly so I guess it's luck of the draw.

Should have asked that before buying! 😆

Welcome to ownership anyway mate. As mentioned, the Wiki has a buyer's guide and although it's quite dated now, most things still stand. Parts are the difficult one as a lot of items are now obsolete. VW Heritage tend to have quite a few items and can order direct from VW classic parts which will save you cost on shipping if you went direct. Facebook CCGB page (very much worth membership) as well as here,  and eBay are good sources of used parts and to research where to get things too. 

Wow! I was gonna say £2.5k. I wouldn't necessarily bother with the centre caps. It's very rare they become available in this fitment so it's certainly a seller's market and you'll likely have people biting your hand off anyway. It wouldn't make sense financially to do them as you'll probably still achieve the same price regardless.

Get em banded too! They look absolutely superb with a lip. Timeless. 👍

Thanks all for responses btw. I did read that there are certain companies that can clean the ash out with various fluids etc but not seen much by way of evidence that it's actually very effective beyond the short term.

Collected it and the warning is now off. Hope it stays off for at least 24 hours as I'm chopping it in for a Tourneo Custom tomorrow! Lol

Nice one Martin, looks great! Bit of 1200 then 2000 grit sanding, then a good cut & polish and it'll stand up to even close scrutiny though. 👌

No issues with EGR as far as I'm aware and they've not mentioned it, so assume it working correctly. Yeah it's a euro 6 so adblue as well. That's all good as I get a countdown when low and it won't start if empty.

Hi all, does anyone know the intricacies of DPFs and can advise on the following?P

I have a 2015 Pug 308 hdiBlue, and I recently had a 'engine fault - seek assistance' warning come up on the MFD. Not having a diagnostic system, I took it to the dealer who has said the EOLYS fluid needed topping up (£115+VAT) and also that the DPF needs replacing (£1100+VAT!!!!).

Now the car has done 120k due to my 81 mile each way daily commute, and looking online it seems that 150k KM is pretty standard for them to top up with ash and need cleaning/replacing. The soot should have been burned off due to the length of time I spend on the motorway but that leaves the ash. The fact is that with the mileage, that price combined is probably 1/3 the value of the car which seems ludicrous to me. I've instructed them to top up the fluid but not replace the DPF.

Now my question is, is it worth replacing with an aftermarket DPF (Are they reliable?), can it be effectively cleaned? Or are they spinning me a line to fleece me and it'll likely go on for a good while yet? 

I've actually been contemplating getting a transporter or similar recently, so if it'll last a good few miles then I can chop it in, but morally I don't like the thought of that if it could come back on and potentially leave someone stranded in short order....

Any help appreciated. Thanks all! 👍

21 minutes ago, ABV-VR6 said:

The base on my antenna is all dried up I noticed recently and I guess if I want to change it, I'll have to remove that headliner as well... I've done that once long long time ago on a MK2. Kind of intimidated by this one tough with the sunroof and brittle parts... Since you've just done it and it's fresh in your memory, do you think it would be possible to remove just the C pillar, drop the headliner down enough to have access to it? 

Cheers mate! 

Yeah the rear trim and C pillars will give you plenty of room. 👍

1 hour ago, tonedef said:

A few years ago I’d picked up a new roof lining from Chris Ferry and on getting home put it in the garage on the “Too Hard” pile. Walked around it for a year employing all manor of delaying tactics until I bit the bullet one day and got stuck in…it was swapped inside about 20 minutes, no drama!

Yeah it's not difficult really, just need to be careful removing the pillar trims.

It's back in but the sunroof is very stiff now. I can crank it back and forward by hand with a bit of effort as the mechanism is strong, but doubt the motor will be man enough. 😔 May leave it for a little while to 'bed in' so the foam compresses and softens a little.....

7 minutes ago, easypops said:

Thanks mate, trying to get it pushed on a bit now, especially before lockdown ends 😁

👌

Bit more on the interior today. Stripped the seats and door cards etc out ready to be re-coloured again tomorrow. Also took the headliner out as when I did it a few years ago, I didn't use a fabric that was foam lined so there were 2 bits on the edge around sunroof panel where the glue had bled through. (Only about 10mm each but it annoyed me!). The overlap of the sunroof panel wasn't as I'd liked either so it all came out to be re-done. Still a bit to do, but almost there now and done for the evening.

Yeah the handbrake mechanism on the Corrado calipers are what are prone to seizing. In all honesty, refurbishing your current calipers or replacing them for refurbished stock ones and also replacing the handbrake cables would be the best bet imo, and last for many years to come. I'm not sure about the Golf 2 and what manufacturer they use in all honesty. As long as the size is correct, I expect they'll fit. Usually manufacturer changes are due to size/model type so say a 1.3 might use a Lucas with a smaller disk, and the GTI might use Girling with a larger one. Just a guess but thats usually how it is.

5 hours ago, Keyo said:

Sorted it with a bit pf lubricant and a smash with my scaffold spanner.

Could have been either tbh. Where did you spray the lubricant? You wanna be careful it didn't go on the disk/pads, as it'll be absorbed by the pad material and end up useless.

He'll reveal all within the next few days, won't be able to help himself with the excitement! 😜

7 hours ago, easypops said:

So, I’ve been very quiet lately, work has been really busy, which I know is odd in the current climate, anyway, I’m hoping to get back in this ASAP.

However, I did manage to pick up a wee present for the almost forgotten about Storm........ supposedly the last one cast and it’ll need a few of the holes drilling etc, so it’s another project to go on the list. I might just look at it instead of actually using it 🤣

When you say busy Martin, I read checking forum & auction sites like a bloody hawk looking for the next bargain to get your mitts on! 😜

This is absolutely the right one to have mate, I obviously don't need to tell you that though. A little disappointed you only have one mind you! 🤣

36 minutes ago, Cressa said:

🤣🤣 if i could have, I probably would have.. 

 

🤣 Honestly I thought they were acceptable!!! But these test figures make ma feel better. I wont do it again incase I get bad results and then stress 😱 

I wanted to ask what exhaust you have , was it you that purchased one recently?

Not me no. I have a Jetex but I did clean clean it up with some toilet cleaner which made a massive difference. 'stainless hack' in the car care section details. 👍

Great figures there mate! As much as you played it down I would have been worried after the first time around, but those lovely and tight. 👍

Hope it is the gauge misreading, cylinder 1 is pretty low. Iirc, anything between 160-180 is within tolerance.

Worth warming the engine a little beforehand as well. 👍