Corrado Dash Question

[xavsbud at gmail.com (David Winchell)]

John, Tberk,

Thanks for the info. My questions have been answered. I don't want to
get into to much modification to make it work I was hoping for a
relativley easy swap of a long term solution. Here in the south I fear
that replacing my cracked dash with an uncracked unit would only
result with a newer cracked dash as soon as the summer heat here in
Charleston had its way.

Still thinking about the refurbishing that was discussed on the list a
while back. Sounded expensive, but may be worth it for the finished
car if it ever gets that far.

Thanks Again,

Dave

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 04:59:43 -0700, T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> David L. Winchell, II wrote:
> 
> > To all who might know...
> >
> > I have a local friend who has a very clean dash from a Corrado that he is
> > getting rid of. Does this dash fit in a rocc (87 16V) with out modification?
> > Does it look decent in a rocc? Does it match up to the door cards?  Anyone
> > have any pics?  Just curious if this is something I should even consider for
> > future plans.
> >
> > Thank you for your time and responses.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> 
> 
> Dave,
> 
> The general consensus is:
> 
> - It will fit.
> - It will not match the firewall, area under the windshield exactly.
> - It will be wide enough to interfere (a bit) with the door cards on
> each side.
> - It will require some trimming of one thing or another to deal with
> the last two items.
> - It will not mate to the existing brackets on the chassis, requiring
> a bracket (or two modification/fabrication.
> - There will be two other main issues of concern; HVAC and
> instruments. Air vents and such need some working out to have working
> fresh air/ A/C. Your instrument panel will (Hmmm, tell you the truth
> I'm starting to fade at this point.)
> 
> I don't know if the similarities the Mk2 Scirocco has to the later A2
> speedo package will allow it to bolt up as a whole unit.
> 
> Check these resources for more info:
> 
> <http:/www.vwvortex.com>
> Go to the Hybrid & the Scirocco forums and do some searches of the
> archives. It been dealt w/ many times.
> 
> <http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=234182>
> <http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=493451>
> 
> Also, the watercooled newsgroups might help:
> 
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=corrado+dash+into+Scirocco&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8>
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=corrado+dash+into+Scirocco&btnG=Search&meta=group%3Drec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled>
> 
> How's Dat?
> 
> TBerk
> 
> 
> 
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David L. Winchell, II
'87 Scirocco 2.0L 16V
'86 Scirocco
'01 Galant V6
'00 Silverado