I purchased a brake repair kit, the rotors and pads from Northern Brake and Clutch in North Melbourne. They were great! Even letting me go home with the pads and repair kits at no cost until I could come back and pick up the new rotors that they ordered in. This was really handy as it meant that I could get started on refurbishing the calipers straight away.
Presentation wise, I sprayed the front of the new rotors with heat proof black paint, to tie it in with the black rims and also gave the calipers another coat of paint as they had a few chips.
Anyway, this afternoon I tackled removal of the old calipers and rotors, which was also pretty easy, aside from the very top bolt on the calipers... My impact wrench didn't fit on there as snugly as I would have liked, but at the end of the day and a few extra minutes of patience, the calipers came off without a hitch.
The rotors were stuck fast, but popped off easily enough with the assistance of a 8mm bolt wound through the face of the rotor.
Anyway, after installing the new RDA 294mm slotted rotors, refurb'd B4 calipers and Bendix pads, I did my best to bleed the new calipers. I bought this cool little 'one man' brake bleeding device. Seemed to work well enough.
Popped the wheels back on and took it out for a test and o bed in the pads/rotors. After a while, the difference was very noticable, the car pulls up mech better than the old setup. Although I think at my next service I will get the dealer to bleed the brakes properly as they are a tiny, tiny bit squishy...
After arriving back home, there was of smoke coming out of the wheels and brake fluid splattered over the inside of the wheels. I though, oh shit, I've got a leak somewhere.... So I checked the levels and it all looked fine, so I wiped of the splatter and took it out again, this time, it looked as though there was no more splatter or smoke, so I guess it was just run off fluid that had spilled onto the rotors when I was reinstalling the lines/bleeding the system.
Anyway, I'd highly recommend this upgrade to anyone out there with an RX. It's not too difficult if you have any sort of mechanical knowledge.
By the way, I didn't do a DIY as there are a heap of DIY's for this floating around the place. The only suggestion I would make is that you don't ry this without the right tools, such as vehicle stands, a compressor/rattle gun and a bit of patience. Oh and research, lots of research if you plan to do it yourself!
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P.S. Bl3k ftmfw
can't wait to do this to mine.
If you don't mind me asking how much did u pay for the repair kit, pads and rotars.
