seanl82

They're 'plus axle' Sean so the correct ones, am I right in that the ones you received were wrong type?

Garden shed like mine! The rest of my car parts are all over the house and she's not happy! haha!

Tell me about it mate, I'm torturing myself at the moment looking at houses with big garages! I need to wait unfortunately unless I'm gonna be a weekend husband/dad for the next 6 years, or I manage to get back down to Plymouth which I've been trying to for ages now. Cant afford all that where we are at the moment.

Just saw your reply on my members gallery so bo, your not standard height! Lol

The only thing I'll say is that with different colour against a diamond cut lip or face, it really accentuated how small these wheels are. Its even more apparent if the car is standard height. Have a look on google images for them and you'll see what I mean. (I haven't looked myself but remember seeing split colours in the past a few times). Food for thought is all mate.

So, 13 months after taking delivery, they're finally on. Well the rears are anyway! I kept getting rained off, so managed to get the rear ones completed and the rear end back on the ground with all bots torqued up, and the front wheels are off and top mount nuts loosened so its just 2 bolts holding them on each side. Should get a break in the weather long enough to change them tomorrow. They're bilstein B12s (Bilstein B8 Dampers & Eibach springs) if anyone hasn't read (20 pages now!) back on this thread. Sorry for the dire pics!

Fingers crossed for you mate.

ISV mate. The 2 I had were both duff, and the cheap new one I got was also faulty. I was lucky to have a fellow owner quite local, so borrowed his to ensure it was actually the ISV at fault, then bought a good used one which has cured my problem.

Just to close my issues here, I got a good second hand one (I'll get a new one when I don't have holiday spending money to think about in a week!), and its now spot on and tested on a couple of good runs. Not had chance to check on VCDS, although idle is rock solid and where it should be so don't envisage any problems. Many thanks to CazzaVR for great service on the replacement.

Here you go dude. These are basically ETKA but not up to date on a couple of parts that have been superseded. By phoning the dealership though ETKA should list both so they'll be able to tell you the new correct part number. With partsbase you don't need to register, with VAGCAT you do. I'm sure it'll help you out in future. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjSvd3a4v_KAhVDsxQKHT65C1cQFggwMAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.partsbase.org%2F&usg=AFQjCNGO8E_JfHTCG14P9I-3E1RFHcP7Jw&sig2=qlUKF-lZGo8_YVcfLUsWEg&bvm=bv.114195076,d.ZWU https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjTkcDD4v_KAhXI6RQKHZiUCG4QjBAIJjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vagcat.com%2Fepc%2F&usg=AFQjCNFDFkzOC3BnJnEVlWMzrokar-zSeQ&sig2=UX20WrJdDd_f6pLCgsGy0w&bvm=bv.114195076,d.ZWU

There are probably far more 16v motors on the road than G60s. (Assuming you're in the UK?). Welcome along to the forum anyway, and I think you should buy one!

I got some from VW last year. 1H0609734C - £2.80 each.

Drove it a bit, and swapped out the ISV for a good one. So much nicer to drive without the random flat spots at low revs and high idle!

Yeah so the arm of the compensator attaches to the spring which attaches to the rear beam. When more load is applied to the rear (passengers in back or a boot full), the valve opens more allowing more flow and more braking bias toward the tear. So instead of 70:30 you get 60:40 etc based on the amount of weight.

Not a bad little run around mate! Must admit I do like these, its like going back to proper little hot hatches as they've all got a bit fat over the years.

5x100 17x7.5 ET35 and bolt straight on. I'm lowered a bit (but not hugely) and have never had one scrubbing issue if it helps. Have a look in the later pages of my members gallery linked in my sig if you need more pics of what they look like on Jim.

When I had my bolsters replaced I got a local place to look through their off cuts to find leather with a similar texture. Its not perfect but as I re coloured the whole lot its not hugely noticeable.

The rear bearing are pressed directly into the disks, so no hub. It's likely it would have trashed the stub axle though so may need to replace that. They are taper bearings too, so shouldn't be too tight as they expand with heat (when running) so would destroy themselves if over tightened. I overdid one a few years back but the bearing disintegrated resulting in a very wobbly wheel. Luckily I wasn't travelling very fast either. I destroyed the stub axle in the process too.

Just looked through my receipts, I got mine from engineersmate.com Product code is 6203-2RS-SKF There is no price on the invoice, but think it was less than a fiver from memory.

Its not bad tbh, although I think I can see a fair bit of rust around the arches, sills and also the doors.

Yeah I replaced my bearing and belt not long after getting the car John. The bearing was less than a fiver and only a few quid for an auxilliary belt from GSF/ECP, so did that too. A little more effort than replacing the entire tensioner, but I like doing things the hard way! lol.

Not sure tbh Jim, never known anyone attempt it. The element is sewn into a pad though, so doubt it'll be a simple job and I'm not sure what the element is made of either.

Have a look in the wiki for the guide on replacing the bearing. Dead cheap and only a little effort required.

Wow, a wash for just £750! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Corrado-VR6-1995-79k-2-owner-Full-VW-SH-/141903676962?hash=item210a1e4622:g:GvwAAOSwe7BWwHh4

Quantum is 10w-40 Semi.................. Personally thats what I'd use to bed it in. Its cheap enough anyway, and running it in for 1k miles before another oil and filter change should be perfectly fine I reckon.