mrbeige

Cheers guys, I'm hoping all will go well tonight! Fingers crossed!

Couldn't get the bolts that hold the caliper off last night! Only had the use of a 17mm cranked ring spanner! 17mm 1/4" socket on the go this evening! Apparently they are durlock bolts = pain in the bum! To change the fluid is it just a case of bleeding them for longer until the fluid runs clean? I also bought an "eazi-bleed" thing from Halfrauds last night, anyone had any experience with these? You pressurize the reservoir using the spare tyre, which means you can do it on your own.

Ok RW1 , thanks. Anyone in the cambridge area want to help me do my brakes this evening?? I'm a bit stuck cos I'm not a local boy! Cheers

PMSL

Thought I'd put up my only inique modification...fitted this at the weekend, took me all day to do :lol:

So did I :lol:

Metallic Green M-reg VR in Shrewsbury on Saturday...anyone?

Sounds like a plan to me!

Now what do I do :? That's two people who say do have the ignition on and one says not.... maybe I should run a tally on this and then do what most people do!

They are still selling Zimmerman, but ordered the brembos this morning as they were the same price as the Zimmerman for standard G60 discs!

Cheers Henny, that could have been very depressing! Dot 5.1 it is then!

So, no ignition, full weight on the rear, and the following sequence 1 - Rear right (offside) caliper 2 - Rear left (nearside) calliper 3 - Front right caliper 4 – Front left caliper using tube and bottle method, and don't let the brake fluid reservoir drop below the midpoint. Just to confirm, that is correct? Can I put Dot 5 in it? (Goodrich braided brake lines are on it)

Good skills dinkus! They do look good in Silver!

Okey dokey! I've just ordered 280mm discs from GSF, to go with the new calipers, and then I'll bleed them with ignition on! Cheers guys!

Bugger! Just did the normal tube and bottle job! Is it easy to remedy air locks in ABS units? Could I just get the system pressure bled now?

I'm going to fit the early VR6 calipers up front this week, so I'll have a look, but is sounds like there is air moving about in the ABS unit. Is that likely?

That does sound phat, Phat 8) Awesome (correct use of the word!) mate, gald you have started to enjoy the car!

I had to replace the rear calipers on my C at the weekend cos it had failed the MOT, due to seized caliper and handbrake with to much travel. Anyway, I fitted the calipers no problems, until I went to bleed the system. Bled the rears no problem, then went to do the fronts and the bleed nipple sheared off in the offsdie front caliper!! Tried a stud extractor, and that then snapped off in the caliper too! Gutted. :( I do have two early VR6 calipers (curtosy of Kev) to go on, so it is not a big problem, but now my ABS light is on and the ABS isn't working! The pedal is really crap too. :( Have I knackered it or what :?:

I don't think its legal to do this conversion in the UK, something to do with where you mount the HUD (The self levelling thing?) unit. Zarman on here has done it with Audi A4 lights, but he is over in Canada IIRC

I've got one...very musical I'm glad I got one !

My thoughts exactly??? Why put them there....go figure :?

One of the guys at work suggested that too. I've booked it into Stealth Racing on the 1st of August. Thought I'd get someone to look at it who knows what they're doing, unlike me!!

Can anyone recommend VW specialists who can look at my 2.0l 16v Corrado? I know Stealth are the guys to use, but I need someone closer to Cambridge if possible! I don’t mind travelling a bit, but its about 1¾ hours to Stealth from Cambridge. Any suggestions? Thanks

Not sure if it is a misfire really, it seems to loose a bit of power, but not all the time! Can't really see what the problem is! :(

I think a visit to Stealth is on the cards......