VR6Pete

It will be all good in the end I got rid of my supercharged syncro 2 yrs ago I luv my new car I have had since selling my Vr but missing a Vr so bad so going to buy another much to my wife's dismay once your hooked there's nothing else once it's fixed you will have that smile back on your face again

Tried my red HT leads on engine, 


Then bought some purple HT leads, they're not the shade of purple I was hoping for, so I'm not sure if I like them. 
I have spare black and red leads, so not sure which to run at the mo. 

 
Few spots of rust around the front passenger window that needed attention. 
(If this was my black VR it would of got cut out and welded, or whole door replaced most probs. But I fancied trying something different on this one as it just my daily) 



Removed  door card, window and mechanisms, window seals, and wing mirror. 
Masked up surrounding area. And sanded the rust back. 
Then started to treat the remaining rust with some rust remover gel. 


cleaned the gel and repeated 3-4 time. Once 98-99% of the rust was gone I treated the remaining 1% with rust nuterlising treatment. Hoping this will be enough to stop the rust returning. But only time will tell. 

After treating the metal I sprayed on some high build primer and left to dry. 


Finally I sand it smooth and sprayed it mulberry.
But I didn't to take a photo. 
 
 
Two things missing from Golf Mk3's as dailies are.... A front Center arm rest and a left (clutch) footrest.
My black VR has a genuine golf mk3 footrest I sourced few years ago. Yes they make a MK3 foot rest. I believe they come from a special edition diesel, but not 100%. I tried to find another one for this car, but I can't seem to find any for sale at the mo. 
So I bought a Golf mk5 footrest.

I'm halfway through custom fitting it. Photos to come soon. 
 
 
As for the arm rest I bought an after market one meant to fit a Golf mk3. Only problem was they are designed to fit a standard center console. Not a highline center console. 
Instead of swapping to a standard center console. As I like the highline one and how it surrounds the handbrake, I had to customise the mount so it would fit. 
 
Mount that came with arm rest designed to fit a standard center console. 



Starting to customising the mount. I didn't get a photo of the finished mount. But this was in the first stages. 


Then got it fitted nicely to the highline center console, and fitted back in to car. 


 
 
 
 
Removed the highline gear knob to restore it. 
A pervious owner had sprayed it black, I guess to trying to hide the few worn areas. 

 
Sanded back with 800 grit, and I'm going to re-stain and spray a few layers of varnish. Still waiting for my varnish to be derived and then I can fishing it. 

 
 
More to come soon....

New sensor to order for me on Tuesday I think....

Gonna price a genuine one, possibly poop my pants and get aftermarket lol....

Mine will start when cold...
Run fine for a while....
Sat idling on the drive today...
Gets warm and just cuts out...

Then cranks over and over and won't start....

Genuine mate
how you finding the polo handles on the vr

Got myself a cheap set of TT comp wheels that will do me over the winter months.



In need of refurb, but all can be done at home, local garage will remove tyres and refit for a box of teabags lol....

Yet again, rain has stopped progress!

Rear bumper removed, found a little more welding to tackle.....



Next issue is the random cutting out when at idle, checked everything out and looking like a crank sensor issue.....

So, do I go genuine or aftermarket?

Trip to the breakers soon for more bits too....
Arch liners,
Glovebox,
Lock set,


Never ending this game!!!!

Couple of pictures to update this abit:
 

 

 
Also a couple of pictures from a UKMK3's meet up in Crieff along with the Wife's black auto VR Highline and the Bro-inlaws VR as well:
 

 

 
There will be a fair bit more work going into this over the winter. VR6 engine there to be rebuilt and put in with a smooth bay. Got plans for the wheels and a few other bodywork related ideas as well.

Rear lights now changed to crystal/red ?

The VR6 is a highly respected car here in South Africa all over on our roads.. As a VR6 owner you are respected especially in the townships.. I'm a White VR6 owner in South Africa. The Nickname for a VR6 is "VURA" here. This music Video is all about the "VURA"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mYvJvoS0GYQ/URL]

SantaPod matey ?

Cheeky. Loved the hella twins on my old mk3. Nice colour too!

What you got planned for it mate

Right, update time!!!
 
I decided to take the car off the road for a couple of weeks as one of the shocks was leaking.
 
I started by stripping off the suspension and wheels. I sent the shocks to GAZ to get serviced with new rods and seals and decided to send the wheels to the powder coaters as they were looking a little tired and I fancied a colour change!
 

 
Whilst the car was up on stands doing nothing I thought I would spend the time rebuilding the gearbox as it was getting a little noisy and I didn't like the look of the oil that came out of the last gearbox change. So I set about removing the gearbox without pulling the whole engine. Just a not to anyone attempting to remove a gearbox without removing the engine, it is an utter ballache but if you remove the drive flanges and the gearbox mount it can be done. Here is a pic of me removing the box
 

 
Once I had removed the gearbox I started to strip it down to see what condition it was in. There was a lot of metallic sludge in the gearbox so I decided it would be best to build a different set of gear in to the box. Luckily I had a spare gearbox kicking about so i commenced stripping the gear sets out of the spare one.
 


 
After stripping both gearboxes I now just needed to fit all the new bearings to the spare gear sets clean everything up and put them back together. I made a bit of a cleaning area and commenced cleaning everything and fitting the new bearings
 


 
After fitting all the bearings and making sure everything was clean, it was then on to the task of completing all the preload checks on each shaft. Using the correct specs and a DTI I was able to measure what preload each shaft was under. Its not exactly done how the VW manual states but it still worked out the same.
 

 
Prebuild checks completed, it was time to put the gearbox back together for the final time.
 




 
All rebuilt I then just had the small task of refitting it. Luckily not too much bad language was said as I managed to get it in to place without too much difficulty.
 
The next major tasks was to upgrade the brakes. I had been sitting on a set of wilwwod superlites for a few years but I had never got around to fitting them. i started by stripping the old paint off the calipers
 

 
Next I painted them and then remade new link pipes for them.
 

 
I thought it would be a nice touch to make the writing stand out a bit more so i painted in the letters white. This took me a very long time as it turns out I dont have a very steady hand and I kept getting white over run in the red and then when I would touch up the red I would end up getting it in the white!!!! but after about 5 attempts I finally managed to get something that looked like it actually said wilwood 
 

 
Once completed I then commenced fitting them on to the car. i had already worked out what offsets I needed to make them mount up properly. I ended up using a 312mm disc originally of an audi tt or golf mk4. I spent a little extra and got some brembo drilled discs that I think look pretty decent. I also machining the caliper carrier 8mm to try and get the disc to sit central within the caliper. heres the final result
 

 
My suspension arrived back from Gaz, so i decided to do what I always do. I covered the threads in graphite sspray and the wrapped them in cling film to stop them corroding.
 


 
I received my wheels back from the powder coaters and im very happy with how they came out
 



 
And i'm afraid that's all for now. 'Im hoping to get some track days done and a couple of sessions down at santa pod so I wont be doing anything other than maintenance probably for a little while. i hope you like the progress anyway
 
 

Hi Natasha, I have posted this weekend, I was waiting on stickers, thanks Helen 

94 Corrado VR6 for sale
 Blackberry160k5 former keepers current owner since 2008Mot until 08/16 and all MOT's since 99Full service history with loads of receiptsAutomatic transmissionFull black heated leatherTiming chains replaced at 110k in 09/09 by DG AutotechHead gasket and top end rebuild done at 138k in 03/13FK Konigsport coilovers with the front Koni shocks rebuilt around 3k miles ago.Full Magnex stainless steel exhaustMk4 rear calipersTT wipersRecent Toad A1606 alarm fitted 09/15New radiator 11/14New ht leads and coil pack 05/15Aircon which does work but doesn’t get very cold so could do with a regassDelocked door handles Bad bitsAs is usual with a car of this age there are a few faultsThe temp guage goes up to 90 degrees as soon as the ignition is turned onThere is a chip on the rear bumper from a parking dingThe car has a water leak, I think this is coming from the radiator elbow.The heater direction controls don’t work properly (go to windscreen and feet), if you undo the bowden cables the controls still function but the bowden cables need adjusting at the heater box end. Apart from the above the spoiler, sunroof etc all work as they should. We have owned this car since 2008 and still love driving it but its time to move on. The car is located in Rotherham not far from junction 33/34/35 of the M1. £2500 

Where are you based? I am sure I have one.

I'm looking for code block VR6 AAA

Early OBD1 VR6s had 280mm same as GTI I think. Later VR6s with OBD2 had the 288mm on the front.

Measure the disc ?

So just recently found out my head gasket has gone , hence the brown water in my header (that I previously posted about before)
While they are doing that they are replacing my stem seals ....is there an uprated version available or can I get stem seal retainers for a vr6 ? - I know they are available for my other halfs vxr- but want to know if it's an option on mine and are they worth it ? If so are they available on their own without having to buy a whole kit ? And if possible can you attach links for me please
Im also having the timing chains replaced and uprated clutch fitted at same time
Tia

The mk1 won best engine bay at Retro Rides Gathering yesterday well chuffed



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Golf VR6 Auto
An ebay purchase in August 2013.
 
I always wanted one so when I saw it for £1200 I could not resist.
Had been resprayed properly in the past and had low miles....probably due to the gearbox problem.
 
Ran it for 2 years as the primary car and did 20K miles.
 
Have changed hopeless angle eye lights for Mk3.5 crystals.
Used Koni dampers with H&R springs replaced dangerous lowered setup
Cone filter (previous one was too small)
Headlamp switch
Crack pipe etc
New aux belt and pulleys (failure of the these caused it's only breakdown).
New front wheel bearing
New rear wheel bearings
Regassed air con (climatronic)
Fixed gearbox (wiring x 2)
Removed aftermarket alarm after malfunction.
Cleaned up earths in engine bay to fix instruments and improve charging
Reinstated rear wiper with a Mk4 one.
New lower front wishbones
New engine mounts
Steering wheel cable band
 
..plus normal servicing.
 
Currently SORN in the garage, but will be back on the road in 2017 with classic insurance. Needs a bit of bodywork love (bennyk hopefully) as has a few rust spots on the rear arches, front windscreen surround, rear hatch (body not tailgate), sills (probably will replace) and a dent on the door. But otherwise all good with great performance and fantastic sound.

2 years and so far it's been a beautiful albeit costly affair

Put me down for this mate. I'll do both.

Hey it's not just a man cave ya know us ladies have garages too

The manufacturer of the car is Volkswagen
The model of the car is a Corrado Storm
The engine is a 2.9 VR6
The car has travelled approximately 105,000 miles; 10k since the engine rebuild (give or take a few miles).
It has electric windows, both of these work.
It has an electric sunroof, this also works.
It has a speed sensitive spoiler with manual override, this works as it should.
 
The paint is storm blue. It has stone chips and a few rust spots. Overall it is in good condition and looks nice when cleaned. I am certain that the paint is original.
The interior is black leather. It is in good condition for the age. I find myself applying Raceglaze Leather care products to it to ensure it is both supple and fresh.
The headlining is a bit ropey. Could do with replacing if I am being honest.
The car lacks a stereo so I find myself listening to the engine soundtrack. It is more then adequate.
There seems to be a problem with the electric mirrors. I am investigating and will work out what is wrong...hopefully.
The car has been modified with the list of parts mentioned in my original post.
 
The car has 3 map settings.
Baby Map = 330BHP
Obsolete Map = 380BHP
Beast Mode = 540BHP
 
If you would like to know anything in particular feel free to ask.

How many cars can you identify from just the rear tail lights?

Winner gets a punch in the arm

Hi, are there any images of the car? Do you know if the paintwork is original factory or resprayed?
 
Thanks Rich