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Corrado 1.8 G60

Manufacture Date: 1991
Owner: Redfox from Denmark, Sjælland
Colorcode: LP3G (Flash Red was delivered from 1991 till 1995)



Information / Adjustments :
Got my Corrado on the 15'th of July 2011. It's a Flashred G60 Jet model, and was completely original. Full servicebook, imported from Germany four years earlier. It was completely burned by the sun to be something between pinkish red and grey/white. It had many small broken things like all frontlights, foglights, frontspoiler, lower front grille, rear numberplate holder, seat tilt handles, roof guides, exhaust rubbers, motormounts, 0,3 bar in pressure, no glovebox light, broken shift gaitor, handbrakehandle and surround, missing Karmann sign, rusty bolts all over, slightly bent wheels and much more.
I am slowly making this into a Corrado how I want it: that is original+. That is original plus some sensible mods, to keep it's original looks and making the mechanical things better. Also I want to maximize the driving potential and handleing.
I started by washing it really much, 26 hours of hand polishing, and on and on with new parts. This I will continue untill I am satisfied (almost never).

I am crazy about the Corrado. It's flashred and exactly the clour I wanted it in. The mirrors for example, are so well shaped. I think they are amongst the nicest ever made on a car. Wouldn't want to swap them for anything else.
The flowing swooping line from front to rear is also another major point of the Corrado. Great design. Therefore it is important for me to keep the original touch, which is a tribute to VW and Karmann Coachwork.
VW's only real sportscar - the Corrado.

New parts:
Eibach strut tower bar front upper,
Wiechers strut tower bar rear upper,
Eibach anti roll bars front and rear (thicker than standard),
Powerflex bushes all over except rearaxle,
new suspension bearings,
KW Inox Line V1 coilovers,
BBS RC323 Ball polished wheels in 7,5" * 17" with Goodyear Eagle F1 tires,
Lot's of new bit's and bobs all over,
stainless bolts as I go by,
VR6 extra clocks inside,
thick black tailormade floormats,
boots pressure valve (still returning, to keep lubing G-ladder),
some small hoses renewed so I have now 0,8 bar pressure,
frontspoiler,
numberplateholder rear,
foglight,
frontlight,
black VW sign front and rear,
gearknob Momo Race Airleather,
leather geargaitor,
handbrakehandle and surround,
all liquids changed,
out goes K&N filter and in comes original paperfilter,
seat handles,
roofguides,
sunroof sealing,
front windscreen,
clips and small stuff all over,
Golf Mk II waterdeflector over scuttle panel,
Passat wiper motor cover,
Audi R8 oilcap,
waterexpansion tank and cover,
other covers,
cleaned up the original Jet seats in black cloth with red stitching and red seat backs, plus everything else inside,
exhaustrubbers,
track arms,
bearings, ball joints etc,
viperarm bolt covers,
stainless brackets for watercooler
Stainless bracket for centertunnel plastic (keeps it from ever rattleing),
G12 cover for watertank,
bootlight,
gloveboxlight,
middle silencer,
battery,
battery cover,
battery isolaton bag,
battery bracket,
Battery vent tube to avoid acid damages,
clear film under battery to avoid rubbing the paint,
door interior light schwitches and sealings,
left side doorframeseal,
electric window switches,
front tow hook cover right side (still miss left side),
bar meter to see pressure,
right side side mirror,
clips and fasteners for 3-piece lower front screen trim,
Black original plastic covers for door locks,

and much more...

new Oct. 2011:
Momo Competetion Airleather steeringwheel,
Sparco steering wheel adapter,
Black Momo horn button, instead of yellow,
Bushings for the gearcables in the enginecompartment,
Left door loudspeaker grille,
right side fog lamp.

new Nov. 2011:
gearshift bushes on gearstick,
gaskets and fasteners for the powersteering,
servo oiltubes cleaned,
servo oil changed,
all seat runners and back rest tilt bushes changed,
gearbox oil,
Preventive dash fire fuse and insulation in dash, glovebox and luggagecompartment,
rubberbands for holding airfilterbox
VW key with light
plastic to park the hood holder
two door strikers,
door sealing on right side of body (the large one),
door sill clips,
bolts for the track arms,
mirror rubber feet for the two sidemirrors,
plastic buttons for the rear hatch load protection,
plastic buttons for the passenger footwell (were missing).

New Deceember 2011:
Left headlight motordriven,
Left sidemirror,
Wiechers front lower aluminium track arm support bar,
More Powerflex bushes,
Rear seat belt holders and fittings,
all clips for doorcards.

Winterproject 2011:
Light grey original Corrado Recaro electric adjusted and heated leather interrior. Must be restored and made like new if I can. A few pics added.

January 2012:
All fittings and bolts, brackets etc for gearchange in the enginecompartment,
Stainless nuts and washers for the gearchange for the above,
Changed the bulb for high beam in the instrument cluster,
All new fittings and covers for the electric Recaro leather seats,
Working on the interrior to be black leather. Added a few pics.

February 2012:
Working on Recaro leather seats,
Getting new trim, knobs, covers, fasteners etc. for seats,
New bulbs for rear plate light plinth,
New Blaupunkt Head Unit Malaga CD36 all black and nog ugly bling bling. Just nice sound ;)
Added some pics,
New reg. plate rear lamp plinth, wirenet etc,

March 2012:
New original oil feed line for G-lader,
New original spring whatever for belt tensioner (the little shock)
New original plastic water inlet bend on top of the radiator, plus gasket
4 new Osram Nightbreaker H4 and H3 bulbs = lot's more light !!!
More bits for renovation of the Recaro seats,
More chemicals to renovate seats,
2 sets of press pins for Recaro seats, so nearly finished ;)
Finally got all the parts I had collected for the front end installed, and a 4 wheel alingment made. Really sharpened up the steering which is now superb in corners. Better acceleration too. Worth doing.
I also installed some new front tires and a wiechers lower front end bar in alu to stiffen up the new track arms,
New rubbervalve on the top cover,
new fuelfilter and fittings.

April 2012:
New oem rear lights made red.
New rear light bulbs,
new fuel injectorseals and bracketry,
new fuellines and sealings and fittings,
Got it rolled, and it have completely standard: 177 Hp and 228 Nm ;)
New fuelline special fasteners,
New special fasteners to pressure hoses,
New oil and filter,
Emptied and flushed cooling system, and new G12 coolant and water,
New oildrainplug,
New BBS RC hub caps in black,
New set of BBS hub caps in crome (obsolete),
new set of earth wires, as one broke,
New set of VW belts (all 4) and tensioners,
Set of bolts and nuts for belts,
set of sill protectors with "Corrado" writing (obsolete).

May 2012:
Complete Simons stainless steel cat back system 2,5" plus my own mods on that, like for example bigger outlet from cat, and connecting tube in stainless steel,
New original wireing for the elctric Recaros installed into the car as per factory,
New screwcaps for the 6 screwcaps that holds the doorcards,
New triangular plastic covers for inside the cabin covering the front most part of the windows,
New loudspeaker grilles in both sides,
BBS RS forged 3 piece 7*16" 4*100mm wheels,
New mirror adjuster contact.

June 2012:
bigger bolsters for the Recaro seats (new project),
New short shift gear stick and mech,
New and more felt on the hatch door trim, to avoid rattleing.

July 2012:
New VDO late style center console extra gauges in my early style console,
New bmw Recaro inflatable backrest lumbar supports in both frontseats.
Cut up my Recaro's today and rebuilding them to be even better.

New:
January 2013:
New original old style Main light switch,
New original old style front seats heating switch,
New original front grille G60 badge,
New original leather hand brake handle.
Video added: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TkptNh9xiE(0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBgLGFP87U(0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpN_AANYdlI&feature=youtu.be(0)

Feruary 2013:
New original set of rear hatch hydraulic dampers,
New original hood hook,
New original rubber seal along body to door,
New original rear susprension strut tower rubbers,
New original Bosch W6DP0 spark plugs,
New original set of Karmann Recaro Black leathers and cushions,
New original set of door card holders,
New original JettaGTD badge (to be modded into a "Jet" badge, since my Corrado is a Jet-model.

March 2013:
New black leather for bigger frontseats Edition One back-sidesupport,
New ball joints and fittings for luggage compartment door hydraulic struts,
New igition rotor and rotorcover plus gaskets.

April 2013:
new drivers side door frame rubber sealing.

May 2013:
New complete mech for sunroof. Repaired sunroof with complete 6 sets of mechs. Now slides and tilts beautifully.
Finished my Recaro seat project, finally! Bigger and better sidesupport and inflatable lumbar support. Very tight now.

June 2013:
New big belt for g-lader and generator,
New big belt hydraulic tensioner damper,
New servo belt,
New little internal g-lader belt, wider 9mm.

July 2013:
New 400 cell sports cat with 3" connectors in each end,
Remade all of the Jetex exhaust system by cutting it open and reweld it,
new remade exhaust hangers,
new exhaust rubbers,
stainless hardware.
all of this made by a friend who is very good at it.
Result: more power, a bit deeper note and better pull.
Going to roll it again later.

March 2014:
New rear calipers,
New brakediscs,
New fittings,
New brakepads,
New hand brake cables and fittings.

March 2015:
New original leather door handles, old type door.

May 2015:
New Water temp sensor,
New Water temp sensor for instrumentation.

June 2015:
New clutch slave cylinder,
New clutch master cylinder,
New exhaust rubbers,
Greased gearshift parts,
New front engine Mount,
New gasket under cabin air intake plastic,
New left side outer drive axle joint and rubber etc,
new rear engine Mount,
new original sound deadening under bonnet,
new gearbox Mount.

April 2016:
New powerflex polyurethane exhaust mountings.

May 2016:
4 new tires - Toyo Proxes T1-R 205/40-17.

More later ;)





Wishlist :
I have some parts lyeing around like a 70mm g-ladder wheel and chip, and will get much more to optimise it, but not overtune it. I want to keep it running, not exploding. In the same time I go for maximum driving capabilities, so I can make good use of whatever bhp it have, with maximum precision.
Big or just better brakes,
braided oil, fuel and brakefluid lines,
hard seats, pref. Recaro A8 in black leather.
better flow,
stainless banana manifold,
camshaft,
actually too much to list ;)

More sooner or later ;)

Cheers,
Redfox.

Need:
- left side front grille tow hook cover.
If anyone got this, please PM me asap, please.



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