MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: evvo on January 27, 2011, 03:20:36 pm
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Anyone know were i can get my R32 brakes refurbished? They need stripping powder coating and rebuilding.
Any advice greatly appreciated :)
Chris
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Anyone know were i can get my R32 brakes refurbished? They need stripping powder coating and rebuilding.
Any advice greatly appreciated :)
Chris
Just give them to me, you dont need them on that dirty old soot chucker! :P
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:P get your own :P there to go behind these
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcheapest-books.co.uk%2Faudi%2Fupdate1%2F003.jpg&hash=0487eb0ca4de50d7eca32d7d1d21bdb40b908a53)
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You tart! :booty:
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:star: :happy2:
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DaveB is the resident brake guru, might be worth asking him where is best to send them. :happy2:
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cheers Mark i'll drop him a pm tonight :)
Chris
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Alloys look fab :drool: What are they?
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the 19" x 9" ET41 Audi A8 BBS splits I've had them split and powder coated black :)
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They do look nice. :happy2: Will they not scrub with that offset and width?
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No mate there the same setup as bentley rims. I'm going to be running 215 35 19 tyre and I'm lowered on kw v3's
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Hi,
Where are you based? I refurbed my own R32 calipers they are pretty easy to do. Split them in half by removing the 4 bolts, you can clean the aluminium block and piston by hand and with mild cleaners.
I had a friend shot blast the blue section with fine blast, i then cleaned with alcohol based panel wipe and handed them over to the powder coaters, the colour looked almost day glow pink but once baked they turned out a lovely signal red. Most powder coaters will also shot blast and the total job wont cost the earth if you do the prep work i.e splitting them.
Rebuilding is slightly harder, you need a vice and something to prevent marking i.e softwood block, the trick is to secure the painted section and bolt the alu caliper back on, a good pinch with a breaker bar is enough torque to hold them together, you dont want to strip the threads.
dont forget new stretch bolts for mounting them to the car. simples :happy2:
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i have got some r32 calipers to put on mine next week..mine had been refurbed already
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fcc20%2Fmaxitrol%2FB4tkLWQBGkKGrHqZhQE72kkjrKBMq4nM0EsQ_12.jpg&hash=2199e6a3515eaddd0a3d3ad09ffe21c9fee054fc)
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Not wanting to burst any bubbles but that pic just looks like the whole caliper has been painted, the pad gallerys in the carriers should be blasted and etch primed and masked off to give good operation without corrosion.
I would say if you are going to split your own calipers then ANY machined surface needs masking up - just like OEM.
I would be also suspicious of any piston housing thats been sat at 180-200 degrees in the powder coaters oven for 20-30 mins.
Thats a dry prolonged heat, on a fairly skinny rubber seal thats designed to get hot but whilst immersed in oil, indeed prior to fitting the seals should be immersed in a wetting agent prior to fitting and then reassembled with lithium grease.
You cant really say "well it should be ok" when it comes to brakes....
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Dave you have a PM buddy!
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I am picking up my r32 front brakes in. 2 weeks time. They have been sprayed with 2 or 3 coats of proper redpOnt for brakes but I was wondering what the difference is between this and powdercoating?
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Hi powder coating is very durable and when applied properly is a bitch to remove , ie soaked in some acid then neutralised before blasting ,from my experiance it goes on quite thick around 80 microns .I think this is why Dave suggests to mask all the same areas as VW OEM .if you get paint on the machined faces it could lead to issues .
I think Daveb will explain all this better when he seas the post.
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Not wanting to burst any bubbles but that pic just looks like the whole caliper has been painted, the pad gallerys in the carriers should be blasted and etch primed and masked off to give good operation without corrosion.
I would say if you are going to split your own calipers then ANY machined surface needs masking up - just like OEM.
I would be also suspicious of any piston housing thats been sat at 180-200 degrees in the powder coaters oven for 20-30 mins.
Thats a dry prolonged heat, on a fairly skinny rubber seal thats designed to get hot but whilst immersed in oil, indeed prior to fitting the seals should be immersed in a wetting agent prior to fitting and then reassembled with lithium grease.
You cant really say "well it should be ok" when it comes to brakes....
they have just been painted and not power coated and the seals put in as far as i was told of the seller...the carrier are getting redone now :happy2:
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Good point dave, forgot to add that. I masked all bolt holes but forgot to mask the machine faces, ended up bringing them back with various grades of wet/dry.
Id also advise against painting the whole caliper, besides you cant actually see the rear alu section once they are fitted.
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^^^ Cheers, I have just been looking for someone to powder coat some brakes, I will give them a try :happy2: