Cracking looking car, did you get the car mapped at Star in Glenrothes? Needing to get mine on the rollers as I bought her mapped and want to know what the figures are. Do you know how much it is for a session on the rollers?
Platinum FR - wolf in sheeps clothing
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Hi mate, yeah got it done there along with a lot of other things over the years - great bunch and braw for any info.
Not sure how much for a session as the rolling road was part of the re-map
Not sure how much for a session as the rolling road was part of the re-map
Can recall my dad having a few of his car in there in the past. Is it still Jim that owns the place? Might pop in to see how much it would be.
Aye, Jim is still there but think he only works certain hours but they are all good. Drop them an email
Got a set of these for the high beams
Thought they would be close to my HIDs but they still look a wee bit yellowish but slightly better than the Philips bluevision they replaced
Thought they would be close to my HIDs but they still look a wee bit yellowish but slightly better than the Philips bluevision they replaced
So today I got stuck in about my rear brakes upgrade - doing the 256 vented route
I'll post mor up 2moro
I'll post mor up 2moro
Rear brake upgrade 256mm vented
Having bought the calipers from a guy breaking his LCR, I stripped them as much as I could and had them and the carriers powder coated gloss black
Gave them a good clean up and fitted new oil seal and dust cover - the pistons were in very good condition
I also cleaned and coated the larger stone guards
While the calipers were being coated, I bought the rest of the stuff for upgrade
Discs:
Pads:
Bleed kit:
Also bought 1L of ATE Super Blue dot4
Having bought the calipers from a guy breaking his LCR, I stripped them as much as I could and had them and the carriers powder coated gloss black
Gave them a good clean up and fitted new oil seal and dust cover - the pistons were in very good condition
I also cleaned and coated the larger stone guards
While the calipers were being coated, I bought the rest of the stuff for upgrade
Discs:
Pads:
Bleed kit:
Also bought 1L of ATE Super Blue dot4
Break in the weather yesterday so made a start:
Jacked up car & removed wheel (no pics as this is straight forward)
Started by removing the handbrake cable:
Pulled off the retaining clip then twisted out the cable from caliper:
Removed the old caliper, then hung it up out of the way for now:
Removed pads which still have 12mm of material, so will keep them for my young lads Ibiza
Undone the carrier bolts (these are Allen head bolts 8mm) then removed the carrier.
Removed locating screw from disc then removed the disc.
Next up was to remove the old stone guard, this meant removing a few things first:
Pop out the centre dust cover to reveal hub nut:
Undo and remove the hub nut:
Use a puller to remove hub assembly:
There was a metal ring/cover that I had to pop off to get to the stone guard bolts:
Undone 4off bl**dy tight bolts to remove the stone guard:
Here is a comparison of 232mm & 252mm stone guards:
Jacked up car & removed wheel (no pics as this is straight forward)
Started by removing the handbrake cable:
Pulled off the retaining clip then twisted out the cable from caliper:
Removed the old caliper, then hung it up out of the way for now:
Removed pads which still have 12mm of material, so will keep them for my young lads Ibiza
Undone the carrier bolts (these are Allen head bolts 8mm) then removed the carrier.
Removed locating screw from disc then removed the disc.
Next up was to remove the old stone guard, this meant removing a few things first:
Pop out the centre dust cover to reveal hub nut:
Undo and remove the hub nut:
Use a puller to remove hub assembly:
There was a metal ring/cover that I had to pop off to get to the stone guard bolts:
Undone 4off bl**dy tight bolts to remove the stone guard:
Here is a comparison of 232mm & 252mm stone guards:
Stopped for a quick cuppa………aaaaaahhhhhhh
Took my time and wire brushed all bolts and a wee dab of copper grease.
Cleaned the mating faces of rear axle & stub shaft and applied a wee smear of copper grease.
Installed the new stone guard and tightened the bolts:
Cleaned and refitted the metal ring, this was in line with the bearing race.
Cleaned the bearing race with brake cleaner and smeared with bearing grease, also packed the bearing with grease before installing the hub assembly back onto shaft. Pulled this on with the hub nut then torqued to 300lbsft:
Refitted the centre dust cover.
Cleaned the hub face and fitted new disc, secured with locating screw:
The disc was cleaned with brake cleaner before fitting
Next up was installing the new caliper, new bolts were fitted as I had rounded off the Allen hex
Fitted new shims and pads:
Fitted the 256mm caliper and secured with new bolts:
Then reconnected the handbrake cable and retaining clip:
I then swapped the brake line from the old caliper (which was tied up) onto the new caliper, this was to prevent the loss of a lot of brake fluid.
Refitted the wheel, lowered off the jack then tightened the wheel bolts. One side done, I decided to do the other side the next morning.
Took my time and wire brushed all bolts and a wee dab of copper grease.
Cleaned the mating faces of rear axle & stub shaft and applied a wee smear of copper grease.
Installed the new stone guard and tightened the bolts:
Cleaned and refitted the metal ring, this was in line with the bearing race.
Cleaned the bearing race with brake cleaner and smeared with bearing grease, also packed the bearing with grease before installing the hub assembly back onto shaft. Pulled this on with the hub nut then torqued to 300lbsft:
Refitted the centre dust cover.
Cleaned the hub face and fitted new disc, secured with locating screw:
The disc was cleaned with brake cleaner before fitting
Next up was installing the new caliper, new bolts were fitted as I had rounded off the Allen hex
Fitted new shims and pads:
Fitted the 256mm caliper and secured with new bolts:
Then reconnected the handbrake cable and retaining clip:
I then swapped the brake line from the old caliper (which was tied up) onto the new caliper, this was to prevent the loss of a lot of brake fluid.
Refitted the wheel, lowered off the jack then tightened the wheel bolts. One side done, I decided to do the other side the next morning.
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Well imagine my horror when I went out to replace the other side rear brake and found a pool of brake fluid under the first caliper I changed
At first I thought I hadn't tightened the brake line properly but it turns out that the caliper internal seal is passing so I will have to remove it and strip it right down to replace these !!!!!
Decided to replace the other rear brake so now have both sides with 256mm upgrade.
Have just bought a set of circling pliers to allow me to strip down the faulty rear caliper (lucky for me that a full set of seals came with the repair kit for the caliper.
Will get this done before I bleed the brakes. Will update with more when I get to it
Hope this has helped some that want to do the same
At first I thought I hadn't tightened the brake line properly but it turns out that the caliper internal seal is passing so I will have to remove it and strip it right down to replace these !!!!!
Decided to replace the other rear brake so now have both sides with 256mm upgrade.
Have just bought a set of circling pliers to allow me to strip down the faulty rear caliper (lucky for me that a full set of seals came with the repair kit for the caliper.
Will get this done before I bleed the brakes. Will update with more when I get to it
Hope this has helped some that want to do the same
So today I took delivery of my caliper circlip pliers Ito allow strip down of leaking caliper:
Removed the piston & dust seal by unscrewing with pipe-grip pliers:
Removed the circlip which holds in the handbrake ratchet assembly using my.new pliers:
Part of the circlip snapped so hope I don't have to take it out again
Undone & removed the handbrake cable bracket retaining screw:
T27 Torx
Then undone & removed the handbrake ratchet assembly nut:
Tapped out the ratchet assembly and removed the inner o-ring seal:
Removed the old outer seal (note the tear in the seal):
Lubed the new seals in clean Dot4 brake fluid:
Cleaned everything with clean Dot4 before reassembling.
Note the locating hole in the ratchet assembly and the locating pin in the caliper:
Slipped new inner seal onto ratchet shaft then installed - lining up the pin & hole:
Had to compress the ratchet assembly using 3 penny washers and the nut to allow the circlip to be reinstated.
Removed the nut & penny washers and fitted new outer seal. Fitted the handbrake cable bracket, done up Torx screw finger tight. Lined up the ratchet arm and tightened the centre nut:
The ratchet arm is splined similar to windscreen wiper arms.
Refitted the piston/dust seal and wound this in using proper tool:
That's it for tonight, will refit and hopefully bleed the system tomorrow
Removed the piston & dust seal by unscrewing with pipe-grip pliers:
Removed the circlip which holds in the handbrake ratchet assembly using my.new pliers:
Part of the circlip snapped
so hope I don't have to take it out againUndone & removed the handbrake cable bracket retaining screw:
T27 Torx
Then undone & removed the handbrake ratchet assembly nut:
Tapped out the ratchet assembly and removed the inner o-ring seal:
Removed the old outer seal (note the tear in the seal):
Lubed the new seals in clean Dot4 brake fluid:
Cleaned everything with clean Dot4 before reassembling.
Note the locating hole in the ratchet assembly and the locating pin in the caliper:
Slipped new inner seal onto ratchet shaft then installed - lining up the pin & hole:
Had to compress the ratchet assembly using 3 penny washers and the nut to allow the circlip to be reinstated.
Removed the nut & penny washers and fitted new outer seal. Fitted the handbrake cable bracket, done up Torx screw finger tight. Lined up the ratchet arm and tightened the centre nut:
The ratchet arm is splined similar to windscreen wiper arms.
Refitted the piston/dust seal and wound this in using proper tool:
That's it for tonight, will refit and hopefully bleed the system tomorrow
Nice work on the brakes, great write up for a strip down and rebuild
One thing - did you actually do the rear hub nut up to 300lbft?? It's supposed to be 175Nm or 129lbft going by ElsaWin.
One thing - did you actually do the rear hub nut up to 300lbft?? It's supposed to be 175Nm or 129lbft going by ElsaWin.
Nice work on the brakes, great write up for a strip down and rebuild
One thing - did you actually do the rear hub nut up to 300lbft?? It's supposed to be 175Nm or 129lbft going by ElsaWin.
Doh!!!!! yes you are right and my mistake as I was thinking about the front hub nut - well spotted matey
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Well I'm gutted...........after bleeding the brakes I found out the rear caliper is damaged within the bleed nipple area and as such will not seal
I have tried changing bleed nipples and even slightly over tightening but nothing sorted it
I've now bought a new replacement for £90 off the Bay (maybe I should have done this the first time)
I have tried changing bleed nipples and even slightly over tightening but nothing sorted it
I've now bought a new replacement for £90 off the Bay (maybe I should have done this the first time)
Took delivery of 2 new rear calipers today:
Will wait for the paint to arrive before fitting them
Will wait for the paint to arrive before fitting them
Well I'm gutted...........after bleeding the brakes I found out the rear caliper is damaged within the bleed nipple area and as such will not seal
Ballache!!
At least the two nice new ones won't have that problem
Car has just passed MOT with no problems
Had her serviced and picked up a fault with the coolant sensor, so had it replaced with a new green type and all is well. This would probably explain the intermitent fault I was having last week with the water temp gauge - some days the needle would rise gradually to 90deg, other days it would sit at zero then all of a sudden it would jump up to 50deg then slowly rise to 90deg 
- seems to be playing ball now tho
Had her serviced and picked up a fault with the coolant sensor, so had it replaced with a new green type and all is well. This would probably explain the intermitent fault I was having last week with the water temp gauge - some days the needle would rise gradually to 90deg
, other days it would sit at zero then all of a sudden it would jump up to 50deg then slowly rise to 90deg - seems to be playing ball now tho Still loving your motor mate, I went and bought a Platinum Grey FR in the end, and I absolutely love it. Really needs a slight drop now though.
How do you find the ride on the Eibach springs? I had a set on my Focus ST and thought it rode as it did on OEM springs, just looked better and lessened the body roll.
How do you find the ride on the Eibach springs? I had a set on my Focus ST and thought it rode as it did on OEM springs, just looked better and lessened the body roll.
Cheers Nick, yeah bias towards that colou.
As for the ride, it's pretty much as you mention - standard but sits nicer, although I do notice it a wee bit harder
As for the ride, it's pretty much as you mention - standard but sits nicer, although I do notice it a wee bit harder
Took delivery of a couple of things today:
New hybrid shallow sump, oil pick-up tube, sealant and rocker cover gasket.
New hybrid shallow sump, oil pick-up tube, sealant and rocker cover gasket.
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