How much of a pain was it to remove the dash? I have been thinking of ditching my wifes stock black and tan one also and putting in the all black stitched one.
First things first, remove old parts (I left the stock calipers still hooked up and pushed aside until im ready to bleed the strange brakes with the new lines that im still waiting for)
Both spindles and hubs out
The purrrrty light weight parts
Marking where I have to cut the old caliper ears off
Cutting time
Both finally done...
Some black paint on the bar metal.. at this point the holes were re drilled and re tapped for the new strange tappered 3/8 allen key bolts
Back together she goes
Just incase you guys were wondering, the abs sensor still clears (eventually my abs will be gone)
The rear usually only comes with the centre black and a polished lip but I got the lip black aswell. No pics on there site but I will post some up as soon as they arrive
Matt,
It looks like the spindle modifications can be done without removing the spindles. Is there that much room or am I looking at it wrong and they really need to come off?
Matt,
It looks like the spindle modifications can be done without removing the spindles. Is there that much room or am I looking at it wrong and they really need to come off?
They have to come off... no way in hell can you cut the ears off on the car. I will take a close up pic behind the caliper so you can see why they need to be cut
SD I didn't read your question right lol.... I guess you could cut them on the car but it would be such a hassle... because you have to re thread the old dust shield holes into the new caliper bracket ones... possible yea, worth it to do on car? for sure not. Im so use to pulling everything apart I had it done in like 30 mins made it alot nicer to cut on a bench then on the a-arm. All about the cutting angles lol
