Today I set about rebuilding the calipers and a few other jobs.
Started by fitting the piston seal's and then testing fitting the dust boot.
And also the springclip.
Removed both of those as they were fine and fitted the pistons.
I then refitted the dust boot and spring clip with the piston in. Pushed out the piston through the brake fluid entry and fitted the boot around the piston.
Pushed the pistons back in that's them complete.
Next was fitting the calipers slide boots, old vs new. Just shows how much rubber can swell.
Fitted them into the carriers.
Refitted the calipers, fitted new bleed nipples in the rear and bleed all four corners.
Old
New
The wheel nuts had been painted or had overspray from the past so I cleaned them quickly.
I cleaned the boiled paint while I was at it.
These turned up today while I was working so I threw them on too, it's quietened down the low speed road noise quite a bit.
Typical fight put up by these b******s of things.
The hubs were painted and wheels re-fitted.
I moved onto a few rattles I am getting from the boot. I fitted some felt pads for just now, I'll maybe get some grommets drilled into the parcel shelf.
I set about finding why the spoiler was loose and found it, a broken stud.
Removed the stud, unfortunately with the spoiler vibrating it has rubbed through the paint and started to bubble a little, I cleaned and polished everything and treated it with some Kurust.
I'm loving the car without the spoiler, if I cared much for The looks I would get another boot leid without the spoiler holes and run it.
I picked out some better/stronger fixings and refitted the spoiler after putting on some new and thicker sticky back foam to the spoiler.
Refitted the spoiler and the rain came on and stopped proceedings.
I have been trying to find some new centre caps for the wheels but they are worse than rocking horse shite to find having been discontinued years ago. I started to sand one down to see what was possible, I'll probably just buy T-sport stickers, stick them on top and laquer over them.
Quick tip for you.... if you have a squeling fan/alternator belt that is in otherwise good condition but has went a little hard from sitting around. Start the engine up and give it a spray of this stuff for a few days in a row and it will bring some life back into the belt and save you some dolla.
The VVTl-i lift bolts arrived today too, I'm just waiting on the rocker cover gasket and I can get them fitted along with painting the rocker cover. Such a simple thing that can go wrong and have a massive affect on performance.