The black knight, Corrado VR6

[brynvr6 1]

This is my Corrado. I bought it after a break from the 'VW scene' and immediately loved it. Its a 1995 Corrado VR6 in metallic black.

Spec is as follows:

Full respray in 2010 in original metallic black

KW V1 coilovers

Refurbished BBS (RJ's?) with Proxes t1-s

Lupo wiper conversion

Rear wiper deleted

Full cream leather storm interior with working electric recaros

Black faux saude headlining with black switches

Audioscape door pods

Custom built sub box and boot false floor

2.9 ABV engine 117,000 miles

Polished inlet manifold and tensioner

Carbonio air intake

Samco hoses

Magnacore HT leads

Eibach strut brace

Milltek exhaust system

Couple of pics with my mk2 16v GTI daily

I recently broke another Rado for spares, from which I kept the suspension and running gear to restore and fit to this car.

Starting with the wishbones. Sand blasted and gold zinc plated, then powdercoated for extra durability

And front uprights

I started stripping the rear floorpan and suspension and restoring parts.

Fuel tank and heat shields removed

Rear beam sand blasted and powdercoated in original black

And the front subframe.

Rear callipers rebuilt

All new rear fixings gold zinc plated to match the original finish.

Brake backing plates restored

Centre exhaust hanger

Front anti roll bar

Rear hubs

Fuel tank straps

[brynvr6 1]

I inspected the floorpan, removed the original sealant in any areas susceptible to corrosion and removed any rust that I found with a big pneumatic wire brush (6) Then primed and painted the bare areas before schutzing the whole floorpan.

Rear beam brackets removed, sand blasted and powder coated and refitted with new bolts.

Rear shocks removed and cleaned

Heat shields blasted and painted with a zinc based paint

I drained the fuel tank and removed the fuel pump

I cleaned the inside of the tank and removed any debris

Fuel pump refitted

Exterior of the tank cleaned up

Thats all for now, the next jobs are to schutz the rear arches and refit the rear shocks. Fit new bushes to the rear beam and fit the beam to the car and build up the rear hubs.

Comments and criticisms welcome.

Cheers. Bryn.

[oldmandon 1]

VEEEERRRRYYY NICE.

You going for a concours car then. Are you going to drive it as a daily or will it be a pure show car.

But some SERIOUS work going on there.

[michael5556 247]

Looks lovely keep it up!

[Lukey. 381]

this is gonna look brand new when you're done

[bungy 2]

Loving your attention to detail. Easy to see you've put some serious work in there...

[BADOIR 2]

awesome work , now thats a passion..

[VR6Pete 1,455]

great work the chap, a close attention to detail if I say so myself

[brynvr6 1]

Thanks for the kind comments guys :-). The car will most likely be kept for summer use only, but I wouldn't mind entering a few concourse competitions, although there will be quite a few unoriginal modifications and improvements to various parts, so it probably wouldn't do brilliantly haha. I just wanted to build a really nice, honest Corrado that drives like new.

Thanks. Bryn.

[Lukey. 381]

Man you're doing in one go what I've been working towards for like 3 years now, make every part brand new, but being my daily it's been when those original parts gave up the ghost

[brynvr6 1]

Small update.

I have had another load of fastenings plated, these are all original, just cleaned, blasted and replated.

I have removed the front to rear brake lines completely, both fuel lines and the exhaust from the manifold backwards (found a broken wire to the lambda which I will need to repair at a later date.)

The rear floor pan section is now fully sealed and I am happy with the finish.

Freshly plated handbrake cable guides.

Offside floor pan stripped, rust repaired and re-sealed

Arches sealed and shocks back on

The rear beam has been removed again so I can fit the new bushes and then it will be refitted and I can build it back up.

Cheers. Bryn

[craig6985 0]

As said before awesome work so far. Top quality. Any pics of the engine. Are you planning on keeping it standard for the time being?

[brynvr6 1]

Cheers bud :-).

The engine will get a freshen up but will stay standard for the minute.

[ashmk3 0]

I can't believe the attention to detail. I think I may do this with the mk3 also what intake is that ?

[brynvr6 1]

Thanks bud

It's well worth doing if you intend on keeping the car for a long time.

It's a carbonio I believe.

[brynvr6 1]

Update time.

New fuel lines made up and fitted, there's a few small bends in the pic which I have now straightened out.

Fuel tank back in, just waiting on the proper bolts to come back from the platers

And the beam is finally back in! I fitted new genuine rubber bushes which turned out to be a bit of a headache, but it's all worth it to see it back in now

Also bolted on the rear spindles, I've just got to modify the new spacer ring that sits behind the disc and fit the bearings and the car could go back on its wheels!

Next jobs:

Modify the rear disc spacer rings

Make the solid brake pipes for the rear callipers and mount them with the abs wiring on the rear beam.

Fit the heat shields for good once the new clips come back from plating

Fit the rear bearings to the new discs and fit to the car

Fit the rear callipers and adjust the handbrake.

Just noticed a shot in the old pictures I can compare before and after :-)

Before

After

Makes it all worth while seeing that haha.

Thanks.

Bryn.

[ashmk3 0]

Bloody el. Lol absolutely brill making me really do this to the mk3. Have you got a bentley manual for all the torque setting on the bolts? Are they braided fuel hoses? If so I like the look of those too.

[cornishvr6 52]

Love the work and attention to detail that is going into this, Keep up the good progress

[brynvr6 1]

Thanks guys. I have indeed got the Bentley manual, it has proved a very useful tool

The fuel hoses are braided steel, I have covered the ends in heat shrink to stop them from fraying and finish them off nicely.

[brynvr6 1]

I've had a really good day today cracking on with the Corrado. Firstly I fitted the new discs and bearings with new genuine pickup rings plated silver.

No pads in yet, because I'm not sure what I'm going to go for and it's going to be a while before the car is on the road again so they would only be sitting around.

Hand brake cables all clipped in and Brake carriers and dampers bolted up and tight.

Brake pipes finished

Quick shots of the underside before I put the car back on its wheels

It's back on the ground! It's only taken 4 months :-s

Then this happened..

I have still got a couple of last jobs to do underneath but I was too excited at the prospect of getting it rolling again I couldn't wait another minute haha. I'm sitting here now trying to suss out recaro seat wiring.

Cheers guys.

Bryn.

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Do you still have this?