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  5. Heated Seat question.

    in Interior

    Posted

    I assume you've already checked the fuse. Buy a new heated seat relay, then...

    1) Park the car somewhere quiet.

    2) Turn on the ignition (but don't start the engine)

    3) Starting in the OFF position, SLOWLY turn up the dial for the driver's seat. At some point, you should hear a click from the relay under the seat.

    If you hear no click, replace the under-seat relay and re-try the test. If you still get no click, it's a wiring problem.

    If you do hear a click, but the seats don't noticably heat up within 2 minutes on maxiumum setting, replace the relay and re-try the test. If they still don't heat up (or the backrest heats up and the seat base doesn't) then it's a problem with the elements.

    Then repeat all the above for the passenger seat.

    Good luck!

  6. Headlamps are rubbish

    in I.C.E, Security an Electrical

    Posted

    I assume you're on the stock setup at the moment. You're quite right - the lighting provided by the standard lights and bulbs is feeble. If it makes you feel any better, the standard lights on a mk4 are just as bad!

    Get a set of brand new aftermarket headlamps (mk4-look, Inpro, hella quads, or whatever you fancy), then fit a Solarglow 6000K HID kit. All your lighting problems will then be over! And it will look a lot smarter too!

  9. corrado to vr6 conversion

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Same applies as for installing a VR6 into a mk3 GTi - unless you have already spent a fortune on non-removable body mods and a respray, the easiest and cheapest option is to sell your current car and buy a VR6.

    On the Corrado 16v, a 1.8T swap is worth looking into though.

  10. Should I be shot?

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I know how you're feeling - you do get used to the power of the VR after a while and start wanting for more. Then you look into the costs of extracting more power and it's hard to justify the expense. Schricks, cams, exhausts etc. just don't give enough of an increase and superchargers can be major hassle, taking your car off the road for ages and hitting you with a lot of unexpected costs.

    The Audi TT was the Corrado's successor in all but name, so it is a logical upgrade, but be warned - the 1.8T engine sounds and feels positively soul-less after a howling VR. And 225BHP ain't that much more than what you've got already. They can be chipped to 270-280BHP, but above that you are once again talking about major expense...

    If I was you, I'd hold on to your 'rado for another couple of years, save up and get the TT 3.2 . This is THE engine to have, and 3.2s are the only TTs with any rarity value.

    The A3 3.2 is worth a look as well. And the Golf R32, obviously!

  23. The R36 3.6 vr6 in my MK3 :-)

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I've researched the R32-into-mk3 conversion thoroughly and here's the deal:

    Physically fitting the R32 lump into a mk3 VR is not difficult - the engine is a straight swap for the VR6 lump as long as you re-use your existing gearbox, clutch, flywheel & engine mounts. Some minor modification is needed to the underbonnet pipework, but it's not much harder than a like-for-like swap with another VR6 lump.

    As is the case with all the mk4 power plants, things start to get tricky when you come to the wiring & electronics. Unless you plan to fit the mk4 dash as well, you will need to have the immobiliser programmed out of the R32 ECU to avoid having to use the mk4 clocks, transponder & key. Both AMD and most Revo dealers can do this.

    Next, the R32 is drive-by-wire, so you need to remove the mk3 accelerator pedal and weld the mk4 DBW one in. Then you have to remove all the braiding from the mk4 engine wiring loom, cut out all the wiring you don't need (e.g. ABS, Climatronic etc) and then wrap it back up. Like I say, tricky, but if you're OK at reading wiring diagrams, it's perfectly do-able.

    The final barrier between you and your 260BHP-with-factory-reliability mk3 is the downpipe & cats. Yes - catS, plural. The R32 has two - one for each bank of cylinders. The R32 also has 4 lambda probes - one before and one after each cat and these have to be incorporated too if you want it to run like factory. As long as you have the stock R32 downpipe, cats & lambdas, an exhaust fabricator should be able to knock together a custom setup for you using the mk4 cats, the top half of the mk4 downpipe and making up the rest from scratch. You can retain your existing cat-back exhaust system, but you may as well get the fabricator to do the whole lot, to be honest.

    The fabricator will need the whole car with R32 engine already fitted to do this. The whole car therefore has to be trailered to their premises for the work to be done. But assuming all the electrical stuff is sorted first, you should be able to drive it home!!!

    Fitting the Haldex 4wd system to a mk3 is possible, but it's a HUGE job, even for an expert welder. If you really want 4wd, buying a VR6 Syncro as the base car and retaining the stock gearbox & 4wd is by far the easiest option.

    As for the 3.6 engine - transplanting this into a mk3 has never been attempted as far as I know. It does have a totally different engine block to the 3.2, so I couldn't say if the VR6 engine mounts, gearbox etc would fit it. It would be a case of "try it and see".

    Hope this helps.

  25. The rules

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Following on from the "how to make a woman happy" thread, here are the rules from the guys' side of the story. You gotta read thses, they are SO true.....

    1. Men are NOT mind readers.

    2. Learn to work the toilet seat.

    You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.

    We need it up, you need it down.

    You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

    3. Sports on Sunday. It's like the full moon and the changing of the tides.

    Let it be.

    4. Shopping is NOT a sport.

    And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

    5. Crying is blackmail.

    5. Ask for what you want.

    Let us be clear on this one:

    Subtle hints do not work!

    Strong hints do not work!

    Obvious hints do not work!

    Just say it!!!

    6. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

    7. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.

    Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

    8. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a Problem.

    See a doctor.

    9. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.

    In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.

    10. If you think you're fat, you probably are.

    Don't ask us.

    11. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

    12. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done.

    Not both.

    If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

    13. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

    14. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

    15. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings.

    Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

    16. If it itches, it will be scratched.

    That's what we do.

    17. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.

    We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

    18. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

    19. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.

    Really.

    20. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as football, rugby, boxing or cars.

    21. You have enough clothes.

    22. You have too many shoes.

    23. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

    24. ! Thank you for reading this.

    Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;

    But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

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