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

[Andy-H]

Cheers Mate,

I am pretty chuffed with it. Just got to drop it a little on the front (the FK coilies purchase fell through  ) and get the rear arches rolled as there is a little bit of rubbing going on. Engine bay is getting de-greased and steam cleaned on the 23rd of this month and then I will continue with the weekly troubles that you get when you own a Corrado 

I was quite annoyed when about 20mins after the clean a bird managed to splatter the bonnet with a massive sh!te  . Out came the bucket again.

[Andy-H]

I put a request in the Virtual modifications for a possible roof colour change.



I have a contact for doing something like this in vinyl for me but not sure 

[robz]

Lol
always the way ain't it
ya gonna roll em yourself or have em flared professionally?
Not sure about the colour but I see where your coming from? Black maybe??

[Andy-H]

Nah, going to get them rolled by someone who knows what theyre doing  :embarassed:

The rof colour is just a thought at the moment. The sunroof panel is a different shade of Green to the rest of the roof and it's a little annoying  . I've heard that the glass roof out of the oldre Passats will fit so I might go down that route instead 

[Jimp]

Not feeling the cream roof to be honest, seems like a step too far. As it is the cream really stands out against the green. Too much more cream and it wont have the same impact.

[Andy-H]

Yep, I know what you mean Jimp........just a bit of a daydream really.

I'll just leave it as is for the moment and just get the essentials done 

[Andy-H]

Boring update time again.

Having mis-diagnosed a noisy wheel bearing, further investigation into the noise/wheel shake showed that the bushes in the off-side wishbone are completely FUBAR'd  I have bought a complete new wishbone with ball joint which will go on this weekend.

[robz]

Easy enough to do at least mate lol
hope it goes ok!!

[Andy-H]

Well, easyish Robz.

I have been for the last few nights soaking all the bolts in WD to try and make the job go a little smoother.

Then today got the car in the air. First job was to slacken everything to make sure it would all come apart. First up was the anti roll bar bush........snnnnnnnnnnnap!!



Hmmmm,,,,,,,not a good start but what I have come to expect from a Corrado  My brother ordered me another one and I popped along to get them once the motor factors had dropped them off at the garage.

After a lot of WD, breaker bars and the loss of the skin from 3 knuckles it was free. The bushes were in a bit of a state



Then this was taken out of it's package 



and all the original bolts that were left were cleaned up, soaked in copper grease and it was all put back in place 



Sorry for the picture quality....they were taken with me phone.

[robz]

Lol
know how the snapping bolt feels
looks all shiny new now!!
Feel any better to drive?