got sick of my old calipers draging

[MikeHardy]

so finally bought some nice gold new ones. hopefully should stop the draging on the front left causing vibration. so pimp

http://www.mikeandminniehardy.co.uk/volvo244/newcaliper.jpg

[Homer]

Sweet, I assume they came that color. Where did you get them from?

[MikeHardy]

yeah they did, got them from an online parts supplier, www.gsfcarparts.com £10 core charge

[Morley]

Looks nicer than the OEM Volvo ones I got this fall. They had very rough quality.

[MikeHardy]

inc the core charge it was £146 so 1711NOK

[blu92in99]

BLING BLING! :-D


-Justin

[Morley]

inc the core charge it was £146 so 1711NOK

One or both? I paid ~5500NOK for everything new on the 245.

[MikeHardy]

that was for both

[JW240]

nice!
I'm glad everything si stil fine on my 240, we only replaced the discs, pads and 4 hoses. the casr hadn't run for almost 4 years.... in the begining the brakes dragged a little bit.

[olov]

i can dig it

[MikeHardy]

fitted them today and put the black diamond discs back on..... bleed it through twice and fluid coming out was clean and bubble free. made a little mistake due underestimated just how easy the pistons are to push out. in the past with the old calipers many a time i've bleed them using a pressure bleeder with the pads out
well forgot to put the pads in before giving the bleeder pressure so all the pistons cameout, but i gentle pushed them back in and all was well.

wheels feel drag free with no high spots now. so i'm just waiting for my febi Diesel engine mounts to come from the US and i'll the car out again.

http://www.mikeandminniehardy.co.uk/volvo244/newcalipers.jpg

[Vol242vo]

The whole set up looks great now wash your wheels!!!

[MikeHardy]

they are washed, thats paint and clear coat flaking.

[Stereophile33]

time to refinish

[MikeHardy]

should be getting some hydra soon. might just do that to these by hand and resell.

[Vol242vo]

Do not sell those wheels over hydras. No offense to the hydra guys but those a 10X better than hydras!

**Unless your sayin you'll run hydras while you refinish these wheels and then re-sell the hydras....right???

[MikeHardy]

Do not sell those wheels over hydras. No offense to the hydra guys but those a 10X better than hydras!

**Unless your sayin you'll run hydras while you refinish these wheels and then re-sell the hydras....right???

doubtfull, but to be honest 16" tyres are getting easier to find and nearly cheaper then good 15's.

[RedFridge]

Those look great IMHO.
I painted my steely grey ones bright red with IPD caliper paint but I must say...I like the gold.

Stencil 24K on em.

[MikeHardy]

it's how they came, i'm told it doesn't last.