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what have you done to your car today ?

Sparkie

Angling Adict.
Sep 25, 2009
2,541
779
Middlesex
Just changed my front breaks, pads and disk's. Small run and now there smoking a little, this normal? Never done breaks before
Never mind lol. It's stopped and not on fire so all is well.

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My new discs and pads. When bedding in you get smoke. Ds2500s even say they should be smoking after their bedding in process.


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Andrewwright

Turbo lover
Aug 16, 2016
1,567
224
Peterborough
My new discs and pads. When bedding in you get smoke. Ds2500s even say they should be smoking after their bedding in process.


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I figured as much, just at the time I was just a little worried, not done breaks before.

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icestorm81

Active Member
Sep 9, 2008
506
115
Dorset, Dorchester
ECS Stage 1 Rear Big Brake Kit - Drilled and Grooved 306x22mm Rotors, with ds2500 pads and 2 brand new real calipers with the carriers painted red have been ordered. My 2Forge lightweight race wheels in 18x8 arrived today, just got to coat them in gtechniq c5 alloy wheel armour before putting on my ar1's and mounting them myself on the car.
 
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smoggiecupratdi

Active Member
Apr 10, 2018
45
2
ECS Stage 1 Rear Big Brake Kit - Drilled and Grooved 306x22mm Rotors, with ds2500 pads and 2 brand new real calipers with the carriers painted red have been ordered. My 2Forge lightweight race wheels in 18x8 arrived today, just got to coat them in gtechniq c5 alloy wheel armour before putting on my ar1's and mounting them myself on the car.

Where did you get your rear painted calipers ?
 

bruceR

Active Member
Apr 11, 2005
2,558
647
Monifieth, Dundee
Not mine but installed a dash cam into the missus X-Trail, front and rear cameras (quite easy once I sorted the cable routing)


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JBRADY95

Active Member
Jan 8, 2018
177
24
York
Done at local garage using digital wheel alignment, only need 2 wheel alignment as the rears don’t adjust


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The rear axle brackets can move though, they slide back for forth, so it’s adjustable even if it’s slightly? Whether it affects toe or not I’m not sure?
I will string the car (track it with string) when it’s done and check anyway!


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Connorg115

Active Member
Aug 29, 2017
397
66
United Kingdom
Replaced all my coil packs for brand new OEM ones from justgermancarparts.co.uk

£99.96 for 4 inc post and packaging

I’ve also done the N249 delete to my car not because I wanted to because I had to, when trying to get the coils out one of the plastic pipes snapped so didn’t really have a choice

Car is running brilliantly however!
 

Andrewwright

Turbo lover
Aug 16, 2016
1,567
224
Peterborough
Replaced all my coil packs for brand new OEM ones from justgermancarparts.co.uk

£99.96 for 4 inc post and packaging

I’ve also done the N249 delete to my car not because I wanted to because I had to, when trying to get the coils out one of the plastic pipes snapped so didn’t really have a choice

Car is running brilliantly however!

Good price.


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Andrewwright

Turbo lover
Aug 16, 2016
1,567
224
Peterborough
To the mods of this site, can you please update your XML files so this forum can work with Tapatalk. If you don't want to support tapa then tell them this and remove the links in the site. thank you.


Haven't done much with the blue banger except upset people with 30k car's. My mate just got a golf MK4 1.9tdi so it may be time to get the cupra off the road for some much needed work if all works out.
 
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