Chris's LY 200t.

[Chris]

What likes brakes which are still fine but I'm going to change them anyway lol

 

[Jimmy]

Sorry Jimmy didn't see your question.

ktec black edition with ds2500 I think...

Went through Mot no advisories.

No worries dude sounds like a nice setup you'll have.

Good news on the MOT too mate.

 

[Chris]

New grooved front discs and ds2500s ordered.

 

[Chris]

Going on Friday also with new fluid so let's see what they are like..

 

[Jimmy]

Ooh nice, I like the look of those

Ps, [MENTION=29138]Chris91[/MENTION] and [MENTION=41063]Pav[/MENTION] , GC updated

 

[Pav]

Looks great.when are you having them fitted?

 

[Chris]

Friday Pav

 

[Pav]

yeah stupid me..should have seen it..was in the car to Blackpool with 4 women in the car..couldnt focus..too much talking anic:
report back..im still considering whether to put my DS2500's on or just stick with the mintex 1144's pads for the trip..

 

[Chris]

Will update how they are over the weekend.

 

[sevenfourate]

They do look nice.......


What we really need is anti-rust discs though. Hate the look and mess the surface rust / rust coming off after a wash etc causes sometimes.

I've had a few motorbikes over the years ive fitted stainless discs to. Wonder if / why it hasn't been used on cars ???

 

[Yiannis197]

Nice one Chris, what fluid are you using?

 

[Chris]

Nice one Chris, what fluid are you using?

Just oem stuff.. For what I use the car for it will suffice, tbh the pads a bit of an overkill for what I use the car for but oh well

 

[Chris]

First impressions seem good. Bed the pads in a quiet bit of road and they seem to be decent so far, albeit only done about 15 miles since... Hoping to wash clay, polish and wax the car this weekend if the weather is good. Also have the wheels off, clean the calipers and arches and get it all pristine again, is a bit of a disgrace atm!!

 

[Jimmy]

Glad you're happy with the new pads up to now Chris. They'll get a real test very shortly....!

 

[sevenfourate]

Pics with new brakes / clean calipers, mirror finish paintwork and arches you could eat your dinner from needed.

No pressure :lol:

 

[Chris]

Hah! Well we will see what my motivation feels like

 

[Chris]

Ok so first day on the car...

Managed to get the bodywork cleaned... Snow foamed then washed with 2BM, dried then detarred with autosmart tardis (tip if you like cleaning tar off your car, buy a car in LY)

Then moved onto the next step in which I took each wheel off individually, cleaned with bilberry and sealed with chemical guys wheel sealant (also decontaminated with tardis and iron X). Then cleaned brakes, arch liners, suspension components etc, I used autoglym wheel cleaner as a pre soak for the calipers and arch liners then had a bucket of car shampoo with quite a heavy concentrate and a few selections of brushes to scrub at the rest, see pictures below of before shots and you can see how filthy they were (I've neglected this job!)

 

[Chris]

Now some after shots. I finished them off with chemical guys barebones, which I find really nice stuff to use and it gives decent results...

Overall productive day, tomorrow I intend to clay, polish with DA (mild correction) and wax, also might tackle the interior if I can cba, got a new leather cleaner to try out.

updates tomorrow

 

[Pav]

bloody hell you did a proper job..nice result..curious how long the arches will stay clean..
also the pictures are quite small..which site are you using to upload them??

 

[Chris]

I'm using clio197.net to upload them lol.