well after the trip to the nurburgring i decided to upgrade the brakes and after a little bit of digging and reading on here i decided that i would buy some 280mm G60 front brakes (bedankt Alberto)

old poop little 239mm ones (will be fitted to the Mrs' 1.3)



shiney new G60 280mm front set up with painted calipers



old V new



i had a problem fitting these as the left drive shaft was stuck in the hub

so i removed it and pressed it out , as i was at work and had all i needed



this also lead me to find the problem with the wheel wobble

the inner joint's grease was like tar and it didn't move nicely if at all so i stripped it claened it and added some new grease , wobble gone PHEW

painted the rear calipers too



i checked before i fitted it all that the wheels would clear the calipers but i didn't realise how close it was till i saw this



but they look cool behind the wheels



i just need a 22mm master cylinder as the peddle seems to move a long way now

brakes are fantastic though

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