Morning lads.
Cheers MC, yes it must be something to do with going onto the powder-coating. I didn't scotch-brite it or anything to give it a key either. I chanced going straight on. Luckily it came off ok and they've polished up fine.
Hi Neil, no I haven't sorted the leaky nipples yet. We only got everything finished on Saturday and noticed the problem on Sunday.
The car had to be back at the bodyshop on Monday so I've had to stick the old ones back in, They're covered in red powder-coat as i used them to protect the threads during the shot blasting and coating.
Not fun swapping them over with a full system. Fluid everywhere.
I'm going to try new stainless one and if it leaks, which I expect it will, I'll just buy a full set of genuine Brembo ones.
Sometimes I do wonder whether to bother with these gimmicks, as a lot of the time they turn out to cause more problems than they solve.
Hi Coulstar. Thanks, its nice making things tidy again but there are always issues aren't there. I've dropped a clanger with my timing so summer is half gone. Other things going on in life though so c'est la vie an' all that.
Morning HSC, thanks for the comments, as ever. I hope you're enjoying your car in the nice weather. :thumb:
So a couple of boring items then I'll just post a load of 'after" pics.
My screen wash bottle had been leaking since I bought the car. The dash warning light was always on.
So I removed the old bottle. Stain visible around pump area.
Bought a good used one. Shock horror it's black not white, so not factory spec. :grin:
Fitted -
Brake pipes. Loads of mine were seized so we ended up making a few new sections and also made 4 new short rigid sections that run from the flexi to the caliper.
Rear -
I gave the hubs a coat of silver paint, then fitted the brake pipe brackets with new bolts etc -
A few of the rest -
Starting to look like a car again... sort of -
Rear arch liners cleaned and refitted -
Fronts built up with all new fixings, flaps, etc. -
Fronts. Notice the old bleed nipples back in to spoil things.
Rear -
So that's that then? Well, kind of. The suspension is now tip top functionality wise, however I'd really like to get all the components and sub-frames mint again, Mister Corn style. That's a big undertaking though so it will have to wait a year or two.
Next is get it aligned and see where we are with the front camber.
As ever, huge thanks to Craig. I couldn't have done it without him. He knows the suspension like the back of his hand, having done all this to his, more than once. :thumb:
Next stop, bodywork. Thanks for reading. :thumbs: