I've recently purchased some brake calipers and vented discs from @gookah at ZedFest. The calipers and discs are removed from a 2.8 and from what I've read its a good upgrade to the stock brakes on a 1.9
The plan is to repaint these (although they do look brand spanking new), I'd like to have them a light blue possibly. But I'd be interested to know what others would suggest in terms of colour. Silver or black is a bit too plain for me and ideally I'd like some colour.
So first question is, what paint should I use - any particular brand that anyone recommends? Ideally it would be from an aerosol as that's a lot more fun than painting with a brush!
As I'll only be doing the job once, I may as well get a good set of discs. The ones that I got from Pete with the calipers are in good shape but I do like the look of drilled and grooved or dimpled and grooved discs.
Will something like this work for me?
From these two which is better in terms of pure performance? I personally prefer the look of the drilled discs but are there any disadvantages to the drilled discs compared to the dimpled ones?
I'll also be getting a good old decal to put onto the caliper and I've seen quite a few with the letter "M" on it, the decals do look lovely and I think it finishes the caliper off nicely but I won't stop hearing about it from the M Police
For pads I'll be going with the Red Stuff as I've heard great things about them but again I'm open to suggestions. Reason I chose Red Stuff is because of the reduced brake dust.
Also I'll be tackling the fronts first and will probably move on to the rear after a month or so, having a different setup (different pads and discs) at the front won't affect braking overall will it?
I'll be tackling the job in a couple of weeks once I have all the bits ready, I'll do my best to document it should anyone else want to upgrade the brakes on their 1.9.
Thanks.
The plan is to repaint these (although they do look brand spanking new), I'd like to have them a light blue possibly. But I'd be interested to know what others would suggest in terms of colour. Silver or black is a bit too plain for me and ideally I'd like some colour.
So first question is, what paint should I use - any particular brand that anyone recommends? Ideally it would be from an aerosol as that's a lot more fun than painting with a brush!
As I'll only be doing the job once, I may as well get a good set of discs. The ones that I got from Pete with the calipers are in good shape but I do like the look of drilled and grooved or dimpled and grooved discs.
Will something like this work for me?
From these two which is better in terms of pure performance? I personally prefer the look of the drilled discs but are there any disadvantages to the drilled discs compared to the dimpled ones?
I'll also be getting a good old decal to put onto the caliper and I've seen quite a few with the letter "M" on it, the decals do look lovely and I think it finishes the caliper off nicely but I won't stop hearing about it from the M Police
For pads I'll be going with the Red Stuff as I've heard great things about them but again I'm open to suggestions. Reason I chose Red Stuff is because of the reduced brake dust.
Also I'll be tackling the fronts first and will probably move on to the rear after a month or so, having a different setup (different pads and discs) at the front won't affect braking overall will it?
I'll be tackling the job in a couple of weeks once I have all the bits ready, I'll do my best to document it should anyone else want to upgrade the brakes on their 1.9.
Thanks.
