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Wow, they do look top notch! Testament to your hard work stopping them, well done! 👍

😂 Sorry mate. Name noted, I'll just call you Keyo from now on though to avoid any of the issues you mention. You never know the lengths some sticky fingered scumbag will go to, to rob a man that works hard for what he's got. 👍

Thanks Richard. Yeah its not perfect, but it looks tidy now and feels like new.

Little bit of steering wheel refurbishment today. Granted, not a huge difference but it was looking a bit dry and dull before and no amount of 'feeding' would get it back. I've got the Gliptone kit for the seats on the way (was attempted to be delivered yesterday but wasn't in so redelivery scheduled for Monday). I re-coloured them back in 2014 but I went with a satin finish at the time, and have been wishing I stuck with standard Matt since so re-doing them again.

Yeah figured it would have been originally. Looks good imo though, I like the styling - very 'Bertone' like.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/417050712792334/?ref=facebook_story_share Not seen one of these before.....

I'd say a bit down mate, unless it's a AAA motor. Was that with the Schrick fitted as well?

He's given me quotes for a few things at ridiculous prices. Wanted £100 for a throttle cable. Told him they could be bought new for £65 from a Latvian eBay seller and he was trying to have my pants down, and he just said fine, get that then. I ended up buying one and a front splitter bracket from Corrado graveyard for £50 posted and he was great. Higgins fella is a whopper though.

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Could be MAF as well then. If happening whilst accelerating, it's common to stutter/hesitate around the 3k rpm mark.

ISV or MAF maybe....

You can buy them new. I had a couple saved in my eBay watch list a few months back but didn't need it in the end. There was one listed for Corrado (quite expensive) or one listed for MK2 or MK3 Golf iirc which was much cheaper and appeared exactly the same, though it was a pattern part I think.

I tried this method. Unfortunately the threaded bar sheared twice! (It was long enough to begin with to have a second attempt). Had to take it to a VW specialist in the end. The only bit of work I've ever had to pay for aside from MOT & geometry on my car.

Sounds like a decent plan there. The bolts that go through the brackets in to the bushes can foul on the sill lip, so removing with the brackets in place makes sense. Dropping the back where the brakes mount onto some lumber is good, though it doesn't go down all the way to the floor when the rear suspension is removed anyway. Put a jack under the cross section at the front, remove all the bolts then lower it down from there. It's not as heavy as you'd think, so should be easy enough to manoeuvre out.

I think despite it being awfully made and leaking, I doubt you'll see a great deal of difference in temps. As above, oil temp is what you need to monitor really. The thermostat opens at 87 degrees so water temps shouldn't really rise above that unless there are genuine problems or it's really hot weather. You don't really want a standard motor running much lower either - even though some fit lower temp stats - as the oil won't be in the optimum performance range and the map will be compensating to those temps so over fuelling.

Yeah the 205/50 are not a very common size so much more expensive than 195. I have a pair of budget Runway tyres that are about 4 years old now, but have never seen the road. Yours for £20 + postage if you want them?

205 should be ok for 7" wheels. I had 205 on 7.5" which gave a little stretch (necessity rather than choice) so I think they would be perfectly good on 7". 50 is the only profile for 15" wheels, 45 = 16", 40 = 17". You'll mess with the rolling radius and put your Speedo out past 5% iirc which is max difference allowed to remain legal. You should be good with an offset of ET30 as well on that width of wheel.

Didn't last long!

They're an absolute arse to get in! I had to use a load of silicon grease, and I managed to get them in by using a large long screwdriver through the hole (ooh err), with the handle at the bottom and sort of pulled them in. Took a lot of force and rocking/going around in circles whilst pulling but they eventually slipped in. 😉

That Heritage rant has just reminded me. I ordered the foam bonnet filler pieces months ago and I've never received them! I've always had decent service with Heritage previously. Speak to Anna on here, she'll sort it out for you.

Agree with the above, great work! I must admit, I have always loved the modernlines! Not sure about the offset though, I always thought 35 was perfect for 7.5" wheels. Interested to see how they fit though. 👍

If you get the code it can be checked here. http://igorweb.org/equidec.aspx I'm pretty sure it'll be the YU clear. It's rare and I've only seen them a couple of times, but there was a 'mushroom beige' I think was only available for early cars. It's a bit darker and a kind of mix between grey & beige.

They're not structural, they're very light and pretty much just support the radiator. I'd hazard a guess that a carbon one is much stronger, as the OE ones are no more than 1mm thick.

I've had a genuine battery bag fitted to mine for years with no issues either. My relays are stuck with Velcro to the front of the battery and covered by the bag and I've never had an issue with water ingress and the bag getting damp or wet.

That's shocking, even for aftermarket on the alloy rad. Hella rads were the recommended when I replaced mine in 2014. Still looks like new now - though I've only put about 2k miles on the car since then tbf.