So next it was onto the brakes.
I'm basically going for the GT3 look with my car. Totally cliched and unoriginal thinking but hey, I like that look.
With that in mind I'd been wanting to change my calipers from black to red, since buying the car.
As I said earlier once we had them off I realised the amount of work involved in prepping them for paint, hence they went to the powder coaters.
Here they are on their return -
Then I fitted the new, correct size decals, 74mm x 5.5mm.
Now the next stage I wish I'd left out. I painted the calipers with VHT lacquer to seal the decals in.
Well for some reason the lacquer didn't go off, despite baking them in the oven.
So when I went to flat it back and buff up it just rolled up. I had to spend hours removing it all. Aarrgghh. Nevermind.
Anyway, onto more reassembly.
I bought a load of generic stainless bolts and washers as the Porsche stuff is over-priced and rubbish.
I also bought a full caliper seal kit from Bigg Red. This includes piston and dust seals -
Along with a set of their titanium bleed nipples -
You also get new caps but the proper Brembo ones are much nicer. -
I've mentioned this on Mistercorns thread but basically they leak. The guys at Bigg Red have said this is very rare. They sell thousands of these but do very rarely get a set that leak on a certain car, for reasons they can't explain.
They've sent me some stainless ones which arrived yesterday but they are exactly the same profile as the Ti ones so I don't hold out much hope.
Difference here -
Anyway, on with the caliper rebuild. I didn't know at this point the nipples leaked obviously.
Stickered up with pistons and seals back in, oh, and all the lacquer removed. Grr! :grin:
They look a bit pink in the pics but they aren't, they're bright red.
I then fitted some 3M clear film to the most vulnerable centre area of the caliper, to protect from stones etc.
I had to touch up the chip in the one below. Some brake fluid must have seeped out during powder-coating and stopped a small area of powder-coat sticking properly.
With that they were ready to go back on the car.
Along with new discs and pads -
Reusing the old shims. It's fine and avoids yet more of the Porsche tax -
New flexi brake lines from Hel. Me old mate Craig got me these so thanks mate. :thumb:
Also bought new spring clips for either end -
Brackets back from powder-coating.
These clips turned up and I had no clue what they were. I have a habit of just ordering everything on the Porsche parts diagram.
Turns out Craig knew what they were for and couldn't actually find them to buy them so I gave him the part number in exchange for him telling me where they went. You see, teamwork. :grin:
They hold the pad warning wires out the way, by the way.
Callipers all reassembled with clean warning wires, retaining pins and spring clips powder-coated silver.
Also back from the powder-coaters were the rear cross beam and diagonals -
New rubbers for the above -
Before I could fit these I wanted to tidy up the jacking points and inner lip of the sills. The body shop had sorted and stone-chipped the outer side when they had the car
So I just scraped off any loose edges to the underseal on the lower edge of the sill lip, then zinc primered it, before brushing the good old fashioned thick black waxoyl on for protection.
Jacking point before. Still solid but the underseal had been worn away.
All done -
Not the prettiest but good to go for another good few years again.
Cross bars on -
I think I'll have to leave it there for tonight. All the finished pics to follow. :thumb: