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    Golf Mk3 Vogtland Springs and KONI Adjustable Shocks This is a kit 1130-2908 Vogtland 35mm Lowering Springs KONI Adjustable Twin Tube Shocks Front 8741 1259 SPORT Rear 8040 1062 SPORT Bought these used for my Golf VR6, never fitted them. I had the front shocks refurbished by Raceline Suspension in 2010, which is why they are orange. They were forgotten at the back of a shed Anyone interested, call or message on 07802 380516. In Hartfield, E Sussex
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    VRTrickster - I have no idea if the ECU is still available. My post was on 1st August. I wasn't breaking it. It went to a guy in Bridgend, S Wales complete, still running and rolling, on 5th September. Drove onto the flat bed lorry. He wanted the engine for a Corrado. The ECU may well still be available - from him.
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    OK. Kind of you. 3rd Dibs. See how it goes with the other two guys.
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    Got two who've rung - you may be one of them? Ben in London - first dibs. And Andrew in S Wales - second dibs.
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    Just a bit dusty! The engine is genuinely 75k v well looked after miles - needs transplanting into another VR6 or Corrado. Mulberry interior is also v tidy. Hope someone can rescue it. Only put it on here so far. Where else might be worth a shot?
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    FREE. This is free to anyone who wants it and can collect. This car was rolled (by me, ooops) in 2011. I’ve been away and haven’t been able to sort this before. It has been in open fronted storage since 2011. It is costing to store and need it gone. Collection from Hartfield, E Sussex TN7 4DN. Good access, concreted driveway to storage unit. Bad bits Panel damage, worst being front edge of the roof Windscreen v cracked Mirrors done for, NS missing Good bits - There are some! 2 x keys, alarmed, remote locking Wheels are good, although th
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    Engine has been fine last 20k or so miles. Left it for about 6 weeks, not driven. Battery was flat. Started and it now sort of pulses and hunts, very regular, when cold, kind of vrrooom, vrrooom, vrrooom, regular at about 2 second intervals. Stops once car is warmed to operating temp. Black smokes a bit when sationary and revved whilst cold. Seems to be running too rich. Any ideas what could be causing this. Sensor somewhere?. I have a reasonable knowledge of cars and engines but do not know how VR6 cold enrichment works. On Corrado forum someone said that the ECU needs to 'learn engine a
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    They sound soooo good!!!!
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    Thanks people, much appreciated. Found that you don't need to put a 90 degree bend in it....and the holes in the retaining bracket SPF200K are too small for the tensioner bolt, needs drilling out.
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    Sorry folks, probably a pathetic question. Just got a used BMC CDA85-150 from the Corrado Forum. Have fitted it and it sounds like the doggies doodaas, awesome. shagged my fuel consumption!! Used a 9 inch flower pot to wedge it into a controlled position (so I could use/listen to it), Clearly only a temp arrangement. Sooooo..... Where is the best place/bolt to attach it to stabilse it - onto an engine bolt - one of the serpentine tensioner bolts maybe? Or to a bolt on the body....if so which one? Which bolt. Where? N
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    Have a look on the Corrado Forum. Number of guys have done this and you can see their posts and contact direct.
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    Kev, totally agree. My son fitted a 2 box Jetex to his Corrado VR6 and it was wonderful. Extremely civlised at tickover, low revs, not caning it, magical noise on full chat at upper end of rev range. If you want a smile, fit a BMC CDA. My boy had a green cotton with the Jetex.....hairy, hairy noise when peddle to the metal.
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    Preciate not in Kent, but JMR (John Mitchell Racing) is a seriously knowledgeable and respected engineering shop in Littlehampton. He specialises in Corrados - he has an immaculate and very special G60, but he also is an expert on VR6s. He has a loan car available. He is a good diagnostic guy but tends to want to replace everything that isn't 100% even if it is working fine at 70%, bit of a perfectionist, so you need to be cautious as to what really, really does need replacing. For about £90 he does a full assessment of a car (Rado or Golf) with a detailed written report. Quite useful to kno
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    Thanks peeps - really useful feedback. That is what I thought. Inappropriate recommendation and just taking the Mick and after my money. Shan't be using them for anything any time soon.
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    As subject. Anyone fitted KW Variant 3s to either a Golf or Corrado? They are seriously expensive.....are they worth it? What is the ride like? My standard suspension is a bit knackered and a tuning shop is pushing me this way. I'm a little suspicious that the shop is taking me for a ride - I can afford them but I don't think I need them and I'm thinking they will make a big margin if they supply and fit these. I actually do have a bus pass so I'm beyond 'middle aged', but still enthusiastic and use the car as a daily driver. I'm not going to do track days or what ever, just drive it on the r
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    I don't think so. Go onto sites that sell Milltek, Jetex etc and I think you'll find that the Golf and Corrado ones have diffferent part numbers and probably prices. Not conclusive, but gives you a clue. Or go to a Kwikfit and see if they are different - they'll have an exploded diagram.
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    1997 car with the Scorpion 5000 fitted as OE when originally registered - it was a VAG owned car for first year. The black unit on right in engine bay sometimes makes a faint 'beep, beep, beep' sound after it has been parked for a while. It is very faint. With car parked up, when all's quiet you can hear it from about 2-3 metres away. In day you have to lean down to the rear nearside of closed bonnet to hear it. It has a black cable coming out the top about same size as a high tension cable to the plugs. When I fiddle with this and move it around a little the beeping stops. It is very tedious
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    Have you fitted an upgraded anti-roll bar kit? They hugely increase roll resistance at the rear which apparently on a FWDer greatly reduces understeer and, if you go big and bad enough on the back one you can actually get it so it oversteers and loses the back end (apparently not entirely recommended!). So to max it from under to over, I imagine you'd buy one of the kits with a 25mm rear and don't bother to fit the front one (typically a 22mm upgrade from the standard 18mm, has to be swapped - the rear is a total addition to the puny little piece of wire that is inside the rear beam, so it is
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    They are 55mm across, just had a look at mine. Think you can still get them new from VW parts centres.
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    If the HG has gone (combustion chamber to water jacket) it is likely that you'd be getting bubbles and serious pressurisation in the water system and bubbles in the expansion tank pretty much immediately, as soon as you start the engine, even when it is still cold. It has just happened on a mates Jap car. There is no oil in the water or water in the oil. The pressure in the rad is IMMENSE after about a minute of running (it has a rad cap AND an expansion tank with cap) and the water is streaming bubbles. Top end pipes to rad red hot, bottom pipes still cold, top of rad steaming. VRs do run ble
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    Ben, hmm, I think not. Only because no-one seems to be able to get mulburry mats. But, ignoring that what about setting up the exhaust links I posted as stickies? They are sooo good. And the links to the adjustable shocks and all their issues? Have you read them? If not, can I ask that you do? And that you post them as stickys?
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    If you need mulberry then they are actually crap for new mats? Yes? Maybe?
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    Oh, and Ben why don't you make my post about exhausts from the US and the one about the issues with adjustable shocks a sticky? Both deserve it. And I also suggested a while ago that you set up a seperate area for 'breaking cars' - so far I see not done.
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    Well Ben, if so, that's great news and I've wasted a lot of time! But I don't think so TBH. How does one explain to Just Matz the exact colour one wants? And how come we don't do a group buy for all the folk out there with Mulburries? If they can do the correct colour? Which I doubt.
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    I still have the original Mulberry mats in my 70k Highline, but the drivers mat is knackered. I'm looking to get a set of mats for it that are not just a good fit, but the proper colour, as I'm REALLY picky. VW don't have them any more and Just Matz and all that lot don't do them in the correct colour. You have to go with black and I'm not going to do that. I've found that there is a carpet manufacturer who will match any colour EXACTLY. The minimum quantity is 14 sq meters, which I don't think is too bad, quite small. Sooo, if I get 14 sq meters in the correct colour for a Mulberry, anyone in
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