Don't You Just Love It When You Feel You've Done A Good Job?

[monkee87 2]

Well yesterday, I replaced all my front brakes and I just feel like I've achieved something good. I decided to go for some 266mm brakes and I managed to find some decent calipers on a Citroen Berlingo at the scrappy, got some copper brake pipe and discs and pads from my local motor factor and away I went.

 

Well, anyway, here are the results;

 

 

I just think I did a really tidy job and am quite proud of myself, so I'll share my work with you guys and gals.

 

Also now means I have some good 1.9 calipers, discs and pads for sale.

[shalmaneser 26]

Very nice, although you may as well just hack off those pad sensor wires!

[monkee87 2]

Very nice, although you may as well just hack off those pad sensor wires!

 

For some reason they were on all 4 pads.... So I've already hacked off 2 wires! GTi's are meant to have the brake pads low warning thingy, but I don't know where my connectors have gone! (Hence why I have left 2 on!)

[lukesaddy 0]

look nice and neat mate i see you didnt do the hard ones though (rear ones haha)

 

ive just took mine off my car about an hour ago ready to make up new

[monkee87 2]

look nice and neat mate i see you didnt do the hard ones though (rear ones haha)

 

ive just took mine off my car about an hour ago ready to make up new

 

I will get round to doing them when I put my refurbished rear beam on. I'm lazy you see!!

I know it's such a crap job to do as I've done it before on my old GTi. Mine deffo need doing by the looks of things...

[dcc 855]

do these brakes fit under the 14" 1.6 'pepper pot' wheels?

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

You have "nearly" done a good job, but not quite.

 

My pet hate is missing screws that hold the brake disc on, meaning you struggle to get the wheel and holes all lined up.

 

Its a 5 min job with a drill and an M6 tap to sort it.

 

Get to it!

[monkee87 2]

do these brakes fit under the 14" 1.6 'pepper pot' wheels?

 

I don't think they do. Iirc, you struggle to fit 1.9 calipers under the 14" wheels.

[monkee87 2]

You have "nearly" done a good job, but not quite.

 

My pet hate is missing screws that hold the brake disc on, meaning you struggle to get the wheel and holes all lined up.

 

Its a 5 min job with a drill and an M6 tap to sort it.

 

Get to it!

 

It was the biggest faff to put my wheels back on... All 4 grub screw holes had a broken screw still stuck in them! It annoys me too and I will be drilling them out at some point, so don't worry!!

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

ohhh, weird!

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=129416

[MikeM 5]

They do fit under 14" pepper pots, however the wheel balancing weights catch on the caliper. That was the case on my xs but I have no issues with the 106 rallye wheels and these brakes.

Cheers

[Baz 421]

As do 1.9 calipers fit under 1.6 speedlines.