Yega 10 Posted February 24, 2013 As of this afternoon I am a proud owner of a Corrado G60! Drove up 160 miles to Sheffield to pick it up and had a great drive back home - didn't want to get out of it when I arrived! The car will be a weekend car mainly, using my Golf as a daily. I'll get some pics up tomorrow when its day time but here is a quick status of the car: 1991 H reg 148k miles Slightly lowered on FK shocks and springs Engine has been serviced and looked after well Supercharger rebuild 6k miles ago Body in good general condition, with no signs of rust, and only one minor dent to fix on passenger rear wheel arch Paint work is OK - lacquer peal and few stone chips here and there, but thats to be expected Leather interior in good general condition Sunroof lining needs work as it gets caught when it slides back, ripping the lining So plan for it so far is: VW service Full clean inside and outside to get it nice and shiny Fix the sunroof lining Remove the G60 badge off the front Shorten the shifter (gear changes are taking me too long, cant get used to it yet) Change the steering wheel to a smaller one of some sort Replace the door speakers to a 2-way system, purely for nice sound quality Replace the spare BBS wheel with a space saver, get new boot carpet - so I can have a flat boot Future work: Paint job New wheels Possibly get a new custom exhaust without the catalytic converter Here are some pics of the car from the previous owner: http://s206.beta.photobucket.com/user/mattupnorth/library/Corrado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted February 24, 2013 So you got one then? Looks nice that mate well done :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 24, 2013 Yeah, took about a month of searching but finally found one. I believe it belonged to a member on here (here is the for sale ad: http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?61226-Corrado-G60-Aqua-Blue-2575-00-GBP&highlight=aqua+blue) So you can see the other work that has been done on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted February 24, 2013 Hahaha a month? I registered in 2006 and my first post was when I bought my car last year :D Looks lovely in that for sale ad mate. If its as good in the flesh (metal) as it looks in the pics, it looks like you've done alright there... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 24, 2013 I'm kind of impatient, especially when I set my mind on something :D There are minor bits wrong with it as mentioned but ye, so far it seems to be all good. Most important to me is that the engine runs well, which my mechanic friend tells it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billzeebub 1 Posted February 24, 2013 welcome to the very exclusive Club, your Rado looks very nice, I always fancied a G60 but have always ended up buying the VR6. May have to get looking for one myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 24, 2013 Thank you Billzeebub. I always fancied a VR6, love the noise, but was very tempted by the G60 after doing quite a lot of research online. I am convinced that I will own a car with a V6 engine at some point in my life though :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60radoboi 10 Posted February 25, 2013 Congrats mate!!! That does look good and seems to be only small stuff that needs doing to get it looking pristine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted February 25, 2013 Good to see it's had a G-Werks rebuild on the charger :) Looks like a pretty nice honest example! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 25, 2013 The guy was very honest and good about the whole thing, with tons of receipts to back up everything. I just hope that I can look after it well and do it justice. I think I'll be taking the charger to Jabba Motorsports when it needs a rebuild, seeing as G-Werks is no more :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted February 25, 2013 The guy was very honest and good about the whole thing, with tons of receipts to back up everything. I just hope that I can look after it well and do it justice. I think I'll be taking the charger to Jabba Motorsports when it needs a rebuild, seeing as G-Werks is no more :( You need to get in touch with John Mitchell - username is 16VG60 - for G-Lader rebuilds :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 25, 2013 Thanks for the tip :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60 CS 0 Posted February 25, 2013 Hi Yega and welcome to the club, agree with Jim re John Mitchell 110 % Oh and if you're looking for an exhaust I have a full Scorpion stainless steel exhaust system from a G60 £150 plus shipping ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 25, 2013 Thanks G60 CS. I'll keep that in mind. Is the term "rebuilding the G-Ladder" the same as saying "rebuilding the supercharger"? I know that G-Ladder is the type of supercharger, just not sure if the terms used mean the same thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 26, 2013 Took a quick sneaky photo of the car this morning with Instagram app (had to be done, sorry). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bully 10 Posted February 26, 2013 looking forward to seeing this tonite bro! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 26, 2013 You talking about Ace Cafe? I won't make it there tonight, got stuff I need to sort out at home. It'll come out to play on Sunday :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 28, 2013 The car went in for a service yesterday at VW and came back with a bunch of issues, mostly small but some a bit scary. Here is a quick list: Crank bolt rusted One of the front wheel bearings is a bit rough Both front bushes need replacing Front disks and pads need changing They tried to change the crank bolt but the washer is out of stock everywhere (apart from Liverpool - see my other thread in General section) so I have the bolt for now. So today I ordered: Front wheel bearing Both front suspension arms Upgraded Aero front window wipers Pagid front discs and pads (came with the car from previous owner :D) Also going to change the accelerator cable soon as the current one isn't lubricated well. Going to be a fun week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bully 10 Posted February 28, 2013 how much was the vw service? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 28, 2013 £75. Basic service. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bully 10 Posted February 28, 2013 incl vat and parts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted February 28, 2013 Ye that was the final price. I'll tell you who to talk to about it on Sunday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbaz 10 Posted March 1, 2013 hi mate looks like i have the sister to your car check out the reg[ATTACH=CONFIG]72621[/ATTACH] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yega 10 Posted March 1, 2013 Hahahah that's awesome! Had same thing with my first car, a P reg Fiesta, bloke down the road had same reg just 5 numbers up. What model is yours? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
