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My Day Of Brake Fitting. VERY Pic Heavy ;-)


a98pmalcolm
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Hay all ok. Spent the day today fitting my Brembo brakes I bought from Jamie P. We also fitted 5mm spacers with new Studs.

 

While we were at at it I thought we may well replace the hand brake shoes as the disks are off.

 

So a load of pics for you pic lovers:

 

Arrived at my mates garage AKS Tuning (Only 2 minute drive from home)

 

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Before the work I took some shots of what the old brakes were like:

 

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H&R 5mm Spacers with longer studs and some new Brembo pins:

 

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Ok while Alex was answering all the calls under the sun and tidying up I was left with the 1st job. Remove wheels, old Calipers, brakes covers studs and disks:

 

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As we had the disk off I thought I mite aswell change the handbrakes shoes (wow what fun that was)

 

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Old hand brake shoes

 

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Alex cleaning he disk inners and rusty hubs :)

 

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While I was busy with the hand brake Alex fitted the new rotors to the inners

 

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Alex did a great job of cutting away the rear brake covers as they cant be unbolted like the fronts

 

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While Alex was busy with cutting tools I got my cleaning skills on the go

 

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Its all starting to piece together

 

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After a visit from Guigsy dropping of a BOV flange for me and while Alex was stuck with a customer I was busy fitting the brake lines

 

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All lines on time for putting the wheels on and touch up the calipers with black snap on paint

 

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Calipers JUST miss by a couple of mm

 

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And were done ready for a test drive :D Bearing in mine my wheels are 19" So there a decent sized brake ;)

 

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Was a great day and I learnt a few things on the way. Next week we have Big turbo with a custom dash 2 display that the carbon fans will enjoy ;)

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Hay all. Thanks for the polite comments. The blue which is Bayside Blue always gets commented on, it really is a great colour..

 

Haven't properly tested them as I'm letting the brakes bed in. But for what I have felt there pretty powerful, and I know what you mean nige it does give an aggressive look "If he has spent the money on the brakes, it must be spent under the hood" and in this case it is correct, as next week I will be a cheeky 600BHP

 

I will try and make a similar thread when fitting the turbo and custom dash display .. Makes it a little more fun for you lot :D

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lol Its surprising how small the J-Specs are when you compare them to the modern car thats 350BHP out the factory, they will also come with some crazy brake set up..

 

Thanks Abz. The pictures don't do the colour justice. When you see in it in person with the sun on it its really does show nicely.

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Thanks Abz. The pictures don't do the colour justice. When you see in it in person with the sun on it its really does show nicely.

 

Without a doubt, I didn't think the colour suited in the pictures so much but it was a different sight in person! I spotted you from miles away the colour really does stand out. Shame I was too busy going up and down the strip or I would have came in for a closer look. Most likely next Pod will get a better look. You'll be running a lot more power than too!

 

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