VW Corrado G60

The first thing I wanted to change was the wheels. The BK racing whees that came on the car didn't look bad but they looked a little too gangley on this car for me and she needed something smaller. I wanted to go for some factory fit wheels to keep the car as original as I could.  The standard factory wheels would have been 16 spoke 4 studs but thankfully VW did offer some factory options which I could consider: BBS RM BBS RZ The RM looks far nicer but the cost was also exponentially more. I couldnt justify £1000 for a clean set of RM's and restoring some of the more affordable options was going to be expensive so I was going to settle for some RZ's when a set of BBS RM copies came up with rubber for not a lot of money. They weren't perfect but they would do the job for now. They were removed from a Golf Mk2 so had the correct spacers and bolts already. I opted for some new bolts anyway and quickly had then fitted to the Corrado once I ...

A pang for a Fireblade and a chance encounter with an old mate saw me sell my VFR80 RC46 . Now I just need to explain how I got from that idea to owning a Volkswagen Corrado G60! Shopping "The devil makes work for idle thumbs" and my thumbs had a phone to play with and the eBay app again. I was looking for a Honda Fireblade having missed my much loved RR2 on the left but frankly I would have taken nearly any shape <1000cc blade so long as it wasn't a jelly mould. Unfortunately, there wasn't much about at the time so the search spread out... Then a mate of mine went and bought an Audi B5 S4. It was quite a way down south and I had offered to help go pick it up with him. It had some nice performance modifications without deviating too far from stock looks wise. The turbo charged V6 sounded aggressive through a rather open exhaust system and a flat shifter made for some noisy gear shifting. It was cool and got me thinking that maybe I could have...