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looks nice that mate. Get a touch up pen from renault for the door edge. Misses did the same thing to mine. The scratch should buff out if (if you run your nail over it and can feel it it probably wont.). Although saying that, a detailer might be able to work wonders with it.
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Not the pad springs fred. Mine had sort of backing plate plate. A piece of metal between the pad backing plate and the piston. This was the same on both pads.
do they fit ok? any benefits you notice?
My car pulls sometimes under braking/acceleration/driving dependant on the road itself. Sometimes feel like its all over the place on really bumpy roads.
just read through the post. What did renault say about the sticking discs? Did they just change the discs or did they look at the callipers? Could have a siezed piston or slider meaning one of the brakes is working overtime. Did the pads that were removed look the same on both corners?
wierd. They didn't put in shims on the back of the pads or something did they? Mine sometimes pulls to one side, but usually due to the road camber. Never manage to get my abs to come on (when it wet it does).
They rust themselves together pretty much. Thats why copper greasing when you put them back on should help next time. Depends how long you leave it between removing the wheels.
it will take you no more than an hour. No complications really. Just make sure they are tight when reattached. That they don't foul on the strut and wheel arch on full lock. Clean round the attachments and make sure no dirt gets into the fixings. ( the part where the line goes through the whole...
it drips. I've been told that you can create a vacuum in the reservoir to stop it from dripping, but i didn't bother. Just put something under it. If you do want to prevent it, remove the reservoir cap, put a rubber glove tight over the hole and put and elastic band round it.