Whenwillilearn

Cross drilled discs look nice through the wheels if that floats your boat. I paired them with pagid pads. Good braking performance and quiet. The originals that i removed were always a little noisy, probably due to them rusting on the inside disc face.

Good comments. When the motors were re-attached and the handbrake engaged the park brake was engaging and disengaging multiple times before finally engaging. This was the moment the car adjusted its memory for the new pads and set its new piston on and off position. The rear brake motor will always be learning. The pads will wear over time, hence the motors have to account for this by stroking the piston further as the pads wear. In your case as described the ECU will always monitor the current until the pistons dead head and motor current increases as a result. The dead head current will not change fundamentally unless the motor is failing (perhaps a ground fault), its the same motor, the same load, the same power supply. The difference is the motor run time for a change in piston stroke.

During my summer holiday this year the sunshade mechanism dislodged off its rails. I was unaware of this at the time especially when i opened the sunroof. The sunshade is now needing some serious repair as parts of it were damaged. Thankfully i was able to close the sunroof which has not been damaged. Can anyone point me in the direction of any assembly diagrams for the sunroof assembly? I would rather fix this myself than let dealer techs anywhere near it. Its a tilt and slide roof, superb hatch. Thanks in advance.

Hi I just recently replaced my front pads and discs to cross drilled brembos. Bought a piston wind back tool from euro carparts and utilised the old pad as a spacer to make up the gap when the piston was being pushed back in. I would recommend a push back tool, after a few years of use and road grime the piston will not push back in easy without some direct constant force applied. Changed the discs on the front also. Easy tap off with a copper mallet. MOT advisory due to rust on the inside face of the discs. Now i have quiet braking again. Changed the rear pads. The rear piston will not retract enough to replace pads when park brake is 'off'. As you are all aware its electronic thus i removed the small electrical actuator from the caliper. Then would the piston back in by turning the shaft now exposed by removing the actuator. A simple job and £££ saved by avoiding dealer prices. VCDS or ODB needed to wind in those rear calipers and put into service mode. 😂 Not needed.

Has anyone fitted a rear bumper diffuser to their mk3 hatch or estate.? If so where did they purchase from? Easy to fit? Colour matched or carbon finish?