W3STY's Progress Thread

[Westy]

Red is not **** you ****** homos

Red matches the ming blue well, plus I like to see the big shiney brakes I dont want to hide them.

 

[Dane]

I like the red dude!

 

[Westy]

I like the red dude!

Thank you Dano

I've got some white Porsche stickers at home to go on them, bling bling baby.

 

[superkarl]

Now thats deffo gay now!

 

[Westy]

Now thats deffo gay now!

I dont care what you think you have pants 1 pison ATE sh!te

 

[Syvo]

go on westy give karl some s**t lol

you coming down on sunday karl btw

 

[IrishDave]

Dam Westy. Did'nt you know red is the new pink/purple. Very **** Indeed.

 

[Westy]

Dam Westy. Did'nt you know red is the new pink/purple. Very **** Indeed.

You lot do make me laugh.

 

[Westy]

1 caliper has been completed:

New seals and dust boots:

 

[badger5]

pink calipers - nice

 

[MUSH]

They do look a bit pink, suppose thats just the light? Lol

 

[Westy]

They do look a bit pink, suppose thats just the light? Lol

Light and camera, they're postbox red you buggers

 

[Westy]

Oh no! I think the powder coating place got the wrong postbox red!

 

[Reesy]

Have to agree mate, I think they must've let the colour blind apprentice pick out what he thought was red

 

[superkarl]

go on westy give karl some s**t lol

you coming down on sunday karl btw

no mate I'm going ten of the best in York on sunday

 

[s3 Hoggy]

They do look great Westy! they look brand new

 

[ScottD3]

Look great, has he powder coated the threads though?

They was taped up.
There is a small bit of paint on the threads but I've cleaned them up the best I can.
The hole thing been cleaned out with air, brake fluid, magnets (the shot blast is is magnetic) and by me going phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh in the holes. lol

Scott said they need a bit of cleaning up as there are some shot balls inside that will require washing out. He's in charge of cleaning them and refitting the pistons with the new dust boots and seals so fingers crossed everything is fine. They're going to be like brand new calipers.

I ordered braided hoses, Motul RBF660, and ferodo DS3000s from Bill this morning.

All done mate. They look really good but so did the titanic.

You want some finished pics or do you want to wait till AITP?

 

[Westy]

They was taped up.
There is a small bit of paint on the threads but I've cleaned them up the best I can.
The hole thing been cleaned out with air, brake fluid, magnets (the shot blast is is magnetic) and by me going phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh in the holes. lol



All done mate. They look really good but so did the titanic.

You want some finished pics or do you want to wait till AITP?

Go one my son get some pics up

Thanks again for all your efforts Scott. You're the man.

 

[ScottD3]

 

[Westy]

Do you see that people! RED

 

[ScottD3]

Do you see that people! RED

Did I tell you that the white balance is off on my camera?
They are actually Pink.
I'll try and correct the wb. 1min.

EDIT:=- Thats better. More true to life.

 

[Westy]

*******! Lol

 

[s3dave]

Great work Scott.......our in house brake overhauler!!

 

[Westy]

Great work Scott.......our in house brake overhauler!!

He won't want to do another set after these now

 

[S3 AUO]

Did I tell you that the white balance is off on my camera?
They are actually Pink.
I'll try and correct the wb. 1min.

EDIT:=- Thats better. More true to life.

Certainly different... actually like them

 

[ScottD3]

He won't want to do another set after these now

After a nights sleep and some thinking I would happly do another one but I feel some wood working would be involved to help make the next set easier.

 

[Westy]

After a nights sleep and some thinking I would happly do another one but I feel some wood working would be involved to help make the next set easier.

You'll need to set up a price list too mate. I think a fair few people will want them done.

 

[ScottD3]

You'll need to set up a price list too mate. I think a fair few people will want them done.

I hate prices and generally hate money but since its a needed part of life and we can't live on favours and an exchange in skills/services, I'll take what you think its worth.
Unless you have a skill or offer a service that I can use.

 

[Westy]

Carriers turned up today, just waiting on pads, fluid and hoses

 

[Sam_]

Are you doing a full flush? How easy is that on the S3?

 

[Westy]

Are you doing a full flush? How easy is that on the S3?

I wasn't going to do a full flush as the fluid in there is only a year old and only covered about 6k miles. I'm hoping to be able to swap the front calipers then just do a quick top up/bleed but not sure yet. I'm attempting it at AITP so I'll see what my mechanical minded friends suggest.

 

[Westy]

Started on a 3 day clean today to get the car looking half decent for AITP. Spent all night tonight cleaning up my leather as it's never been done properly. The pics are pants as per usual as they're from my iPhone and it was getting dark but you can still see the difference between the dirty drivers seat and the clean passenger seat.:

 

[superkarl]

what you using to clean them mate? My cleaning starts tomoro.

 

[Dani_B19]

Yeh what you using mate? The seats seem to be more plush too.

 

[Westy]

Just using auto glym leather cleaner butivebeen really scrubbing the seats hard with a nail brush. The amount of dirt coming off them was unreal!

Tomorrow I'll be doing a wash, clay, polish, and first wax.

Thursday I will apply a 2nd layer of wax and I'll be ready.

 

[Dane]

Nice dude! I want to get a bit of hydration into my leathers soon!Epic cleaning regime too I'm going to spend a few hours cleaning it and do a few coats of egp on Saturday morning lol

 

[Prawn]

Looking lovely dude!

I wish I had a car that actually worked! Then I might actually get along to some shows, rather than being sat at home wondering if everyone else is having a good time, whilst I fix mine again

 

[Westy]

Looking lovely dude!

I wish I had a car that actually worked! Then I might actually get along to some shows, rather than being sat at home wondering if everyone else is having a good time, whilst I fix mine again

It's ok mate. The best meet of the year is in 4 weeks at Dover, just concentrate on that

 

[Prawn]

exactly,

All Prawns Eggs ---> one basket!

 

[Westy]

exactly,

All Prawns Eggs ---> one basket!

We'd best make sure we have an array of different toeing equipment