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Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:27 am
by Giuliettaevo2
The attention to detail and the amount of work gone into the finishing are breathtaking.
Those callipers are better looking now then they ever were.
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:29 pm
by SydneyJules
Mate! You've stepped it up a notch here! Amazing job!
May I ask how you cleaned the calipers?
I'm about to start on my 166 ones and had planned to use oven cleaner and isopropyl alcohol ...
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:42 pm
by shiny_car
I depends what condition the surface of your calipers is.
The calipers I bought were the bare metal version. In Ti cars (ie: 159 Ti), they are of course painted red.
I cleaned mine with wax&grease remover, but isopropyl alcohol would be ideal. On areas of corrosion, I ground them back using a Dremel with a 'wire brush' attachment. If you have areas of corrosion, you can do the same; if not a Dremel, then a brass wire brush attachment on a power drill, like here:
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL166/13 ... 791832.jpg (Bunnings sell them).
Otherwise, just sandpaper the paint (eg: 400 grade wet and dry then 800).
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:53 pm
by Mats
Hang on a minute...
Are you on the 155 board..?
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:43 pm
by shiny_car
Mats wrote:Hang on a minute...
Are you on the 155 board..?
Yes indeed.
And several other Alfa boards!
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:42 am
by Mats
I knew I recognized that attention to detail from somwhere...
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:12 am
by casta28
Re: Some more brake upgrades for the 116.
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:31 pm
by Jose_76
I've just found a couple discs suitable for conversions in addition to the well known GTA 305x28 and 330x32 discs:
Brembo 09.8003.10 (285x28, 5x98) From various models (Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat, etc..)
Brembo 09.7680.20 (310x32, 5x98) From various models (Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat, etc..)
Hope this helps