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| EmiratesA380 Member Since: 14 Jan 2015 Location: england Posts: 354   
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Brakes overhaul
Calipers taken apart and re painted - new piston seals and brake lines added - forgot to photograph these later
Job done - looks better when you look at alloys 
in case anyone asks - yes I use 4x 10 tonne jacks & 4x axle stands on solid concrete, had to put the car here as it was apart for 6 days while the painted dried and parts arrived. |
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5th May 2015 7:22pm |
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| viper Member Since: 11 Apr 2015 Location: manchester Posts: 271 
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nice, I like the waxoyl on the backing plates, good idea, I painted mt calipers and discs silver and it does look so much better |
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5th May 2015 7:48pm |
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| EmiratesA380 Member Since: 14 Jan 2015 Location: england Posts: 354
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It amazes me that so many folk - keep there cars mint - but forget about the important parts like brakes One word of warning the front calipers are now 3 years old - in the winter they get hose washed every time the Salt mans been around in his little lorry that said - the bleed nipples are  in the calipers and when I started to takes these out to renew - I could see the thread problems - this is caused by the Calipers being alloy and bleed nipples being mild steel
Also wash the salt off the important bits in winter - as they get a hammering Also the brake lines have a 5 inch pipe in various places that join the rubber pipes - the salt attacks these The car pictured - I replaced all 4 lines ( LR only charged �38 + VAT each line ) - easy to fit and I have now wax oiled the tubes mentioned above to give them a little more protection As Tesco's once said - Every little helps x |
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5th May 2015 8:00pm |
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| EmiratesA380 Member Since: 14 Jan 2015 Location: england Posts: 354
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To add to my post
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6th May 2015 8:58am |
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