Andy's 16v Corrado (finally back in a Golf)

[VR6_Wherry]

That looks really good

I like how it goes with the wheels 

[robz]

love that mate, made me laugh though cos my gf said it looked like my old mini.. did he do it with bathroom tiles too
so i said no, hes not as much of a pikey as me
well done though mate!

[Jimp]

Ooo that's marmite  I'm still undecided 

[DrewGTI]

like the roof mate. . .but then i'm a fan of all things checkered! 


come show it off at the Bristol meet! 

[Andy-H]

Cheers for the comments guys 

Unfortunately, the car wont be going anywhere for a while  :embarassed:. Going up Buxton to book it into the body shop today 

I had some info off the C forum that the rub strips on the side were just resin bonded on  . Right I thinks, I'll set to today and get those things off. I first soaked them for a couple of hours with some label remover to soften the resin.



Then I set up with the heat gun and started taking them off. Started with the small bits on the front wings and they both came off beautifully  . A bit of polish and you'll never think there was anything there 

Then the doors  These had been taken off before  . One was siliconed on which was a nightmare to remove and the other had some sort of plastic resin bonding it  . The true horror of this is that the previous removal person had used a screwdriver to prise the moulding off  which has left me with this............




The rear quarters were the worst, there has been a bit of bodywork there before but not a very good job has been done  . This became more apparent when I removed the strip 



Looks like I'll be carless for a while 

[JC]

 

should have left them on 

[Andy-H]

Too late for "should have's" Chuff 

It has pointed out a couple of things to me that needed doing anyway so not a total disaster 

Are you actually here though Chuff 

[JC]

yes mate - deffo a keeper this car with all the work you have done 

and no, i am not here - its just my shadow 

[Wayne]

  will look better without them, shame they did not remove.

[Andy-H]

Yeah, I think it does Wayne 

I was expecting a bit of difficulty with the car being over 17yrs. old but not quite this much 

I found a bit of bubbling going on behind the rear quarter trim (explians how much came off!) and a scab on the bottom of the passenger door so they will all be dealt with 

I'll see when I can book it in today........he does a really good job and has a quick turn around 

The missus is picking up her new car tonight (Mk4 20vt) so I'll bod around in that until mine's done