C488ADO 0 Posted January 4, 2010 WELL..im back new motor and new project.... this one is a keeper i have always liked vw's and i really cant be arsed to buy / sell any more cars.... so this one is here to stay, i do have some long term projects in mind for it , it wont be totally mint like concours but it will be tidy daily driver standard, not sure if it will be good enough to show but il like it all the same.... as with any project i undertake time and money hold them up so i will update this as much as i can along the way.... i have gone for a volkswagen corrado vr6 colour is blackberry 2.9 12v v6 AUTO!!!!!! (ahem this will change in the future..) it is quite special really as it has electric heated leather recaro's from new...optional extra im lead to believe at the time i have also heard storys of insurance claims writing the cars off due to them being £4000 each to replace!! lol it has the same spec as the storm model but it is a nicer colour and has the nicer interior... so in my opinion a better and nicer buy than a storm... its just coverd 107,000 miles and has full anally retentive service history with a box binder abosolutly bursting with recipts etc etc the body is quite tidy for the year and mileage and the interior again is tidy , i would like to spend some time on this later in the project getting it how i like it... il post some pics up later on so you can see what its like cheers nate anyways here are a few pics of the sale adverts... so that was the sale pics not great but you get the idea..... i guess at this point i could tell you the difference between my car and the storm. as i believe it the storm was a limited edition run of 500 cars, 250 were blue and 250 were green... the blue storm had black leather while the green had beige leather both cars were heated leather seats and that is the main difference... the only other spec difference is the strom badge on the rear of the car and a storm badge on the centre console.....the vr6 badge on the fornt and rear were chrome. that is the complete difference between the corrados standard models and the storm...so it is possible to get a better specced corrado than a storm!! weird huh? anyway..... i like the way the standard car looks it has unusual lines and i think it is quite definitive in its age, there arnt too many around now and you really dont see them very often on the road, it is said that the corrado never really took off and was a vw flop but many many people disagree it handles superbly and the quality of the doors shutting and bonnet the interior really is very good, esp for a car of this age, the dissapointing factor of these cars is the performance... ok they are old they are fairly quick nothing like most cars of todays standards, they have a 2.9 12v v6 engine you would expect more horse power.... these only push out 190 bhp????? crap really, they should of had a (schrick) vsr inlet manifold from the factory but volkswagen moved to opt out of this due to manufacturing costs so they sold the rights to schrick hence the name... this is basically variable valve timing for the vw!! similar to hondas version... this improves horse power and torque across the rev range and makes a very nice difference on all models air con and headlight washers were optional.... i bought these wheels before i picked the car up and i still think they are old but kinda cool looking.... retro cool.... these are also supposed to be quite rare as they are 5 stud fitment for vw. Borbet A's fronts are 16 x 7.5 rears are 16 x 9 so along with the coilovers i had just purchased and the wheels... i have this car p.c to fit... this car p.c has a 8" touch screen an 80G Hdd cd/dvd re-writer gps camera engine diagnostics etc etc it is full windows xp operating system and runs street deck software... i had this installed in my previous car and it really is awesome.... this is the screen.. here are a couple of pics of the day i drove it back... the interior is pretty grubby and needs desperatly a deep clean...carpets door cards everything etc etc etc i set out straight away cleaning this is how far i got lol you can just see a clean/dirty line just above the interior door pull... got bored real quick of doing this and thought as everything is going to get dirty anyway due to all the work ive got planned i couldnt wait and started stripping the dash etc so i could see how im going to fit this centre console... dash stripped of switches with the centre console removed i started to cut and file it so i could get the screen in as you can see in this i have stripped a lot of the plastic out i have removed the original radio slot and most of the ashtray plastics the heater controls have been removed and need to be re-located further down. this is the look i was trying to go for the screen and heater controls are just rested into position with this knocked up i opted for a dummy run pretty excited at this stage just want to get it in and up and running, now starts the headache of trying to work out how this is actually going to fit together and have some sort of permant fixture in the car..... after all of about 5 min of thinking about this out came the filler............ as you can see in this pic i have tried to mask out the illumination controls so i dont loose them with all the filler etc etc as you can see i have come across a problem already...in order to get it all to sit right and be original looking as possible i am going to loose the heater control illuminations............AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH REALLY DIDNT WANT TO DO THIS BUT THINKING ABOUT IT THE HEATER CONTROL ILLUMINATION IS REALLY CRAP on the corrado as is all the interior illumination so i guess il just roll with it and see how it goes il loose the illumination and sort something out later... after lots of wet and dry in the bath it now looks like this... this is the last time i prepped the console i got it as smooth as i possibly could and as im no body work specialist i thought it was ok butr needed perfecting... i then took it to PPI in milber and got them to textur paint it and colour it so it looked original here is how it turned out. with the screen and heater controls in position so after getting this back and taking all these pics i decided i wasnt very happy with the way it has turned out...... i do not like the buldgey line that goes around the out side of the screen i think it looks ASSSSS so i gave it back and see what they could do... unfortunatly here is where we got our wires crossed and the next version of it i do not have any pics as it didnt leave the shop... the slanted edges that tilt intowards the screen they filled flat!!!!! :shock: i have to say i was gutted due to all the work that had gone into it so i have left it with them to sort... i did go in and file the edges back down and i have left it to them to sort out the corners as i really want the edges to slant into the screen as it looks so much better than just being a rectangle hole being cut out.... while all this is going on i turned my attention the something else as i had the dash already stripped out i thought i just as well try and sort the switches out a quick trawl around various forums etc and Maplins in Exeter i got hold of some LED's... out came the shit green led's and in went the super bright red led's a pic of the inside of the switch this is a comparison between the red and green led's... as you can see the green is really shit. i do have a small probel with the heated seat switch as i cant get it to illuminate very brightly at all no matter what i try... standard led's are 20 micro candles... super bright led's are 100 micro candles... the red led's cost .39 pence each.... so a very cheap but effective mod... i thought id continue it thoughout the car... righteo got my wheels back this morn thought id share that with yall, car has had some neglect recently lost the love massivly..... but getting it back somehow.. i hate corrados they do it to you somehow........ anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_G60_Fanatic 0 Posted January 4, 2010 hmm shiny :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozowen 2 Posted January 4, 2010 Very nice, do like the borbets. Does that mean you are now keeping the car. :confused4: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted January 4, 2010 Very nice mate! Though, the dog doesnt look too impressed? :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 4, 2010 lol the dog is never impressed unless your making a fuss of her!!! im really really split on the car as you can see i want to make it nice etc etc there is a guy who wants the car....ish i think he wants it anyway he has offerd £4200 for it last night but im not sure....its good money for a 16 year old car and good money as its an auto! but........the time effort and now the summer is only a few months away i think il miss it but hankering for something new etc my partner hates the car with a passion absolutly hates it! il update today as and when im working on it i think! give you guys at work something to do eh! cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted January 4, 2010 is that a professional job? lots of buffing trails there, what do you do with the bits that hard to get to? paint them black? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 4, 2010 Yes I'm please with them though the camera makes them look pretty awful in the flesh they look very very good there are some imperfections in the metal though and that cannot be avoided il take some better pics later when I've had them fitted up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adski 0 Posted January 4, 2010 Hmmm... I weant some shiney Borbets now!! :censored: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Dude 0 Posted January 4, 2010 and here was me expecting a pic of your shiny ass. this is one of the times i'm glad my expectations were not met. :D i take it your partner has not driven the car then, just seen it in pieces? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 4, 2010 lol no my missus hasnt driven the car (she cant drive) no really she cant............. her opinion of my car is its chavvy its too low its not a very nice colour it reminds her of christmas , its a christmas colour it attracts too much attention its too loud its too hard , its too square, but she likes the wheels ....why because she boughtthem for me last christmas and she told me to polish them to make them look better , but apart form that she hates it. got it polishe dtoday in the end and fitted the wheels back up ..left camera in the car thought and i cant be arsed to get it out il check me phone for some pics and put them up if i have them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted January 5, 2010 lookin nice nate have to agree lottie dont look that impressed :lol: mines in spray shop soon can i count you in for puttin back together party :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 lol no problem rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wompa 0 Posted January 5, 2010 ME LOVE BORBET A!!!!!! Great set of wheels dude! :notworthy: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
red-valve 0 Posted January 5, 2010 Sounds like we'v got the same missus!! Difference is that she persuaded me to sell my Borbet A's......I'd forgotten why I hated her! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 riiiiiiggghhhhhttt so it started like this , this is how it looked 3 days after it was last cleaned :shock: , pretty god damn filthy as said before lost the love but getting it back not getting it back getting it , you get the idea, this is how it looked after the forst wash asa laways the 2 bucket method.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 lol just re reading some of this im sat at home watching the first startwars digitally remasterd i love it, upping the hen right now so feeling a bit pissshed!! no one likes a dirty end piece i use a wash mitt and i love it you can pick them up from asda for £1.99 so i bought 3!! you can get them in all the lush colours of the 80's flourescent green , orange, blue, yellow...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 my pictures are just as shite as bens they were taken in johns garage so shite light shite photographer etc etc i will get some in daylight ,.....just when is the problem... lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted January 5, 2010 WOW!! :shock: Its amazing what a nice set of alloys and a good clean can do. Nice one Nathan :D Get some better pics up mate :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Langdon 0 Posted January 5, 2010 nice wheels mate but they would look loads better on a moonlightblue VR lol only joking mate, good choice of rims suit the car really well. 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wompa 0 Posted January 5, 2010 nice wheels mate but they would look loads better on a moonlightblue VR Yes... Mine ;) HAHA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 lol cheers guys better pics arfe a must really need to get that nailed as i dont have one even worth putting up how bad is that! langers your jealousy for the blackberry runs deep theres is not much you can do for that im afraid just sell the doom blue vr and buy a better colour!! lol only joking you knows it lol cutting it fine i havent maile the guy back whos offerd on the car really dont know what to do any suggestions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted January 5, 2010 Whaaaaaaa'!? You're not getting rid of it are you mate? Or have i got the wrong end of the stick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C488ADO 0 Posted January 5, 2010 erm yeah well i had this idea of putting it up for sale ....(well the missus idea) something newer something just more modern little more refined etc , but there is something about it i like dont get me wrong i hate it as its so god dman impractible but i like it i just want it to look right im nearly there i need to play with the ride height and sort a few interior niggles out and itl look respectable.... i did have plans of polishing the engine bay etc etc but time money etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted January 5, 2010 Corrado isnt as impractical as people think. What makes it impractical for you? Oh and the car already looks respectable. :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
