Refurbing Your Brembos: For Dummies

[Dyscontinued]

Can't tell at all, only bits that could be better are bits where the paint's been chipped but there's so little of that the jobs good enough.

Basically you need to get the dirt off and the laquer that's started to peel.

 

[rydogg09]

do i need to get heat resistant laquer???

 

[Law.]

Right so just done my first calliper, results look great. Fairly easy job, etc.

However, can anybody tell me HOW THE FCK I GET THE JACK POINT COVER BACK ON? Genuinely has been the most frustrating/difficult part of this whole bloody thing!

Thanks for the guide.

edit. Don't worry, found a thread with loads of people helping how to fit them back on

 

[Dozer360]

Right so just done my first calliper, results look great. Fairly easy job, etc.

However, can anybody tell me HOW THE FCK I GET THE JACK POINT COVER BACK ON? Genuinely has been the most frustrating/difficult part of this whole bloody thing!

Thanks for the guide.

edit. Don't worry, found a thread with loads of people helping how to fit them back on

Mate the first time I tried to get mine back on took me 15mins. Still took me a couple of attempts today lol

It's like the matrix jump program "everybody falls the first time"

 

[Law.]

Well half an hour more of trying and the thing is still ****ed.

What an absolute piece of **** design, was close to kicking the whole side of my car in!

Can't even take the whole side skirt off as my torx screwdriver is too long.

edit: DONE. Flathead screw driver wedges underneath on the flat part of the skirt and it went on OK.

 

[Dozer360]

i thought you already had it done, next time the way i do it is:

1: put the top bit in
2: fold it down to where it should sit
3: use your index and little finger to push the 2 tabs in towards the outside of the car till they clip in
4: push the whole thing towards the middle so the lowermost clip locks in place

 

[Law.]

Ah cheers mate. All finished now anyway. Well pleased with the results!

Finished doing my calipers! Not perfect but 10x better than they were...

 

[GoogleBear]

finally i got round to doing this today, god bless the British weather! mine where really bad but they came up alright

thanks for posting the guide

 

[ben450]

Oh I never knew you could just laquer them. Looks good mate I'm suprised it came out so well.

 

[al20v]

Just got around to doing mine today, and wanted to thank you for the thread....!

 

[sean1980]

brake problems

Any one help,i have a cupra R and have had 2 new sets of disc and pads in the last 2 years but keep geting the same problem of shuddering at speeds of 40mph and above only months after having them done dont drive it hard any ideas ?

 

[UFO Yellow]

Any one help,i have a cupra R and have had 2 new sets of disc and pads in the last 2 years but keep geting the same problem of shuddering at speeds of 40mph and above only months after having them done dont drive it hard any ideas ?

Yes, start a new thread about it then people might be able to help you

 

[R4cup]

Superb guide

 

[dylantuk]

Amazing! So it's not the paint coming off, just the laquer?!

 

[R99AN H]

Amazing! So it's not the paint coming off, just the laquer?!

I was wondering this myself as mine have gone a bit pink and flaky.... but for the price you can do the refurb im probably just going to repaint and laquer them, new brembo stickers too I think...

 

[GJF47]

Does this process work on the exterior door handles and the strips where the roof rack attaches?

 

[diddles]

Would this work for my calipers?

 

[d3m0niTe]

Would this work for my calipers?

Yes

 

[lil3520]

Great guide, well done.

 

[rickcuprar]

Do I need to use high temp laquer or is normal laquer ok?