Interior/Exterior 1st. Gen. JCW brake upgrade on the cheap
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Pretty easy to fit?
Thanks
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Will order them tonight.
Prepping and cleaning them tonight also, since I'm replacing the dust covers, was gonna rip off the old ones, super clean them, tape off the areas I don't want to get paint on them (rubber and moving parts) and spray them. What ya think?
Prepping and cleaning them tonight also, since I'm replacing the dust covers, was gonna rip off the old ones, super clean them, tape off the areas I don't want to get paint on them (rubber and moving parts) and spray them. What ya think?
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add some stickers $12.52 and red 2-part paint and clear spray ~$35 and I should be good, eh?
CENTRIC 10512040 Brake Pad $ 33.79 CENTRIC 95034007 Hydraulic Hose $ 21.79 x2 $ 43.58 CENTRIC 14134091 Caliper $ 35.79 core $ 75.00 $ 110.79 CENTRIC 14134092 Caliper $ 35.89 core $ 75.00 $ 110.89 RAYBESTOS 980605R Rotor $ 23.79$ x2 $ 47.58 RAYBESTOS EWS78 Brake Pad Wear Sensor $ 14.64 Shipping Expedited $ 32.97 Order Total $ 394.24
CENTRIC 10512040 Brake Pad $ 33.79 CENTRIC 95034007 Hydraulic Hose $ 21.79 x2 $ 43.58 CENTRIC 14134091 Caliper $ 35.79 core $ 75.00 $ 110.79 CENTRIC 14134092 Caliper $ 35.89 core $ 75.00 $ 110.89 RAYBESTOS 980605R Rotor $ 23.79$ x2 $ 47.58 RAYBESTOS EWS78 Brake Pad Wear Sensor $ 14.64 Shipping Expedited $ 32.97 Order Total $ 394.24
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The boots are held in place by a groove in the bore of the caliper. When you get the new boots, you'll see the lip that goes into this groove. You'll need to use a pick of some sort to get all the remainder of the old boots from out of the groove. To install the new boots, use a thin, plastic or wooden shim to carefully slip the boot lip into the groove. It's a lot easier when you're rebuilding the caliper because the piston is out of the bore but it can be done without piston removal.
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Sorry , I just read these two posts before my reply and thought you wondered why go to R56 S/1st gen JCW brakes if only using regular pads.
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Huston, we have a problem.
More of a paint issue, but figgured you guys could help here too. As you can see in the pictures I used Duplicolor black caliper paint as a primer, light first coat, two solid coats, then rust-oleum engine enamel paint over that in green, looked just how I wanted it, waited 15 minutes between primer coats, at least 20 between the rust-oleum coats because it was a little more of a tackey paint. Waited overnight to really dry when done. In the morning put my stickers and got ready to use Duplicolor engine enamel clear. Thought it would be fine because all the paints had ceramic components and rated for the same 500 degrees. Well they didn't play well at all and I made a rookie mestake of not testing the clear first. The cloudy and wrinkled pic is how it looks dry, sticker looks horrible now, not sure what to do.
Found rust-oleum engine enamel clear online, should that be fine?
Was thinking of trying pull the sticker off and sand down the one Caliper (I only cleared one). Respray lightly with green, put another sticker on, use the rust-oleum clear instead?
Don't really want to start completely over (strip all the paint off) if I don't have to.
What do you all think?
More of a paint issue, but figgured you guys could help here too. As you can see in the pictures I used Duplicolor black caliper paint as a primer, light first coat, two solid coats, then rust-oleum engine enamel paint over that in green, looked just how I wanted it, waited 15 minutes between primer coats, at least 20 between the rust-oleum coats because it was a little more of a tackey paint. Waited overnight to really dry when done. In the morning put my stickers and got ready to use Duplicolor engine enamel clear. Thought it would be fine because all the paints had ceramic components and rated for the same 500 degrees. Well they didn't play well at all and I made a rookie mestake of not testing the clear first. The cloudy and wrinkled pic is how it looks dry, sticker looks horrible now, not sure what to do.
Found rust-oleum engine enamel clear online, should that be fine?
Was thinking of trying pull the sticker off and sand down the one Caliper (I only cleared one). Respray lightly with green, put another sticker on, use the rust-oleum clear instead?
Don't really want to start completely over (strip all the paint off) if I don't have to.
What do you all think?
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Well that's not exactly what I was going for. I wanted smooth color and not bumpy. You can see the one that has no clear on it, just imagine clear on that, but not all jacked up.
I guess if I don't want to fix it, I can just do both the same and say, "I meant to do that" ha
I guess if I don't want to fix it, I can just do both the same and say, "I meant to do that" ha