Well did a bit more work on the car today, got my new Mtec drilled and grooved discs with Mintex pads for the rear. Couldn't find the lead for my camera so some crap phone pictures will have to do, it's pretty dark where I've been working but you get the idea!
Started on the back brakes, I painted the disc centres, backplates and calipers with black engine enamel to keep them looking good for a bit longer:
So then I jacked the car up and wire brushed the calipers and backplates before giving them a first coat of paint. Getting the old brakes off:
Then I stripped the caliper sliders, re greased everything and got the new disc on:
Then all assembled back together with the pads in:
Did the same the other side, the finished result:
Really pleased, it's amazing the difference it makes having nice clean shiny brakes behind the wheels, has transformed the back of the car when you look at it from the side! I've still got old calipers and discs on the front which lets the car down a bit, but hopefully I'll be going Brembo four pots on the front soon so they'll be even better. That's why I decided to go for black caliper paint and not red.
I put two coats of engine enamel on, so inbetween spraying rather than sit there with my thumb up my arse I decided to have a look at the exhaust. If you look at the pics in the first post the backbox sticks out a good four inches, and it really annoyed me so while the car was jacked up I decided I'd do something about it while waiting for the paint to dry.
I got underneath with the angle grinder and cut down the centre section by about two inches. This meant the backbox could slide in a bit more, with the clamp done back up and on all its hangers nice and straight it looks a lot better:
You can still see the last couple of letters of the Magnex badge:
Much tidier and less in your face now, love it.
Few pictures of what I spent the rest of the day doing, balancing carbs on my bike:
And my other car, a 1991 Defender 90 just back from a weekends off roading. A pheasant knocked the spotlight out!
So next plans are, unless some Brembos come up cheap in the meantime, to sort out the floppy gearstick. I've been to Citroen and got prices on a new control arm and the main selector arm underneath, so those coupled with some Kam gear rods and a GMC/Compbrake quickshift should tighten it up nicely. I'll post some pictures up when I get all the bits together and get round to fitting them.
