fully rebuilt 20vt

[Craig 0]

Cant believe ive missed this thread, just read through all the pages and as already said fantastic work, there are a lot of skilled individuals on this forum who can turn their hand to installing an engine or audio install but then getting a professional to finish other aspects, but you're in a league of your own doing the paint, re-trim, engine install and complete rebuild yourself!

 

Congratulations on the wedding and hopefully will get to see it at some shows this year

[Redfox 10]

That's a serious piece of work. Exceptionally well done!

 

Cheers,

Redfox.

[tim20vt 0]

cheers all been doing a bit of finishing/trim work in the boot,i was going to tint the rear lights red but keep changing my mind so i left them as is.

as this car is far from original and pretty finished i realy want another aswell but just have no where to put it at moment and i couldnt sell this one to make room.

so i think this years main job will be find a couple of doors to work on as these arnt 100% perfect.

its tyres are rubbing the rear arch so i might need some 195/45/16s instead of the 205s or look at some 17 inch wheels instead.

 

Edited April 1, 2012 by tim20vt

[tim20vt 0]

had a run to elsecar despite the bad weather and wet feet a good little show,a great turn out of corrados roll on some better weather.

just on the hunt for a standard grill as myns all stained from the buffing compound when i painted it and a few more bits of the underside to work on.

[20vtvw 0]

boot looks great !!

 

congrats on getting wed.

[tim20vt 0]

as the years have gone on a big part of me wishes the car was oem but its far down the road of no return,i also am attatched to it so selling its not an option.

so i decided to get a second one so with a big thanks to andy as this car is a real credit to his hard work i now have two corrados.

 

this will remain oem any further work will be on refurbing the underside and continuing andys great work..so a big thanks to him! and all the best.

 

 

Edited April 20, 2012 by tim20vt

[BILLCOR 1]

Two cracking Rado's you have there :shades:

[Jim 1]

Swine :)

[dragon green 4]

Back on the forum

good buy

[daves16v 1]

Well done, nice to see it go to a Forum member.

[robo22sri 10]

well done bud :)

 

I was so tempted myself to buy it

[C5 OEM 0]

Nice one mate,can`t wait to see it go to the next level...

[KIPVW 0]

Swine :)

 

You had the chance Jim :lol:

 

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Tim, glad you took it on, a fine example as you well know. how did you get on with insurance?

[Portent 0]

Nice :)

[20vtvw 0]

you lucky lucky man!!

[lilfuzzer 1]

Well done mate good buy there enjow it buddy and looking forward to seeing how you get on with it :)

[northG60 0]

amazing build mate you lucky bugger lol ..... but seriously i dont think either car could have gone to a better owner.

[VAG-hag 0]

nice purchase Tim!

[James. 7]

Yay. It's gone to an enthusiast. Had this horrible feeling it may end up in the hands of a hacker. The new chapter begins. Enjoy

[tim20vt 0]

thanks all

managed to finaly find an undamaged grill for the brown one

 

 

and the first job for oem is to swap the wheel bearings,hubs and discs that came with it so i may aswell change the following at the same time,front pads,ball joints and and abs sensors.

i fancy refitting a set of side strips but thats all to the exterior.

i may well do the remaining powder coating and rebushing of the underside over winter as the underside is pretty clean anyway as is the whole car it seems a bit of a waste to have it laid up over the summer so i will just start gathering all the parts.

 

 

 

 

You had the chance Jim :lol:

 

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Tim, glad you took it on, a fine example as you well know. how did you get on with insurance?

 

hi mate hic were the cheapest and handy as they insure the other,they did it on a classic policy.

[bristolbaron 10]

great work on getting hold of c5 oem. first dibs if you sell it!

[G60MAT 0]

Nice work! ;)

[C5 OEM 0]

great work on getting hold of c5 oem. first dibs if you sell it!

 

 

Sorry mate written into the deal....first dibs to me...lol

[OSV 0]

Well done, great news that the car has found a new home with a forum member. Its a truly stunning car and it really is a credit to all the hard work and dedication Andy put into it, i'm not sure he ever truly realised what a beautiful car it has become, i'm sure you'll enjoy it:thumbleft: I hope you do put the side mouldings back on

[tim20vt 0]

with the parts arrived i made a start,easy bit first new grill on

 

 

then oem in the garage for some action.

 

new parts ready to go on,later discoverd the brake shields dont seem to fit a vr6,these are the same as my 4 stud rado so may have to see if theres another version still available and these will be handy spares for the other.

old discs ready for the off

and let the fun begin

cv removal proved intresting along with the anti roll bar link.

fresh hubs/bearings that came with the car

bit of fresh paint

 

and i think this shows whats needed next so a visit to vw on monday for a pair of recon calipers, threw a piston in i had spare for now as i couldnt wind it back.

 

brakes are much better and the bearing groan is no more :-)

 

 

so brake lines and some new refurb calipers next on the cards.

Edited April 27, 2012 by tim20vt