Decided to paint the brake calipers this weekend, got the local paint shop to mix up a tin of Pantone 348 which is the exact colour the calipers are painted, cost £7 so pretty good really. Anyway a simple job of painting the calipers never happened, ended up with calipers, carriers and disc off, used a wire brush on the grinder to take the rust/corrosion of the calipers and carriers then painted and refitted. The pads also had the rust taken off the back, the edges filed down as they were catching the discs and then regreased and fitted. Result nice green brakes and no more squeaking Pictures to follow

Facelift vRS badges arrived this week, another job to do at the weekend along with painting rear brakes and centre caps and installing black coolant tank.

those from skoda? im been hunting for these part numbers, expensive?

those from skoda? im been hunting for these part numbers, expensive?

Got them off Super Skoda, I posted a thread about them last week.

Think I was about £19 for the pair roughly, cant remember exact ammount though.

Front Grill Badge

Rear Badge

cheers.

car looking nice mate! do those floor knob fings just unscrew? i got a cuple of broken ones that need replacing.

car looking nice mate! do those floor knob fings just unscrew? i got a cuple of broken ones that need replacing.

They unscrew to a point but I ended up using a set of mole grips and pulling them out, was a lot easier that way tbh

cheers m8 just ordered sum so will fit them tomos 22p from tps

cheers m8 just ordered sum so will fit them tomos 22p from tps

Nice one, its good not having floor flats sliding about the place

Looking good!

Need to paint the washer bottle though IMO.

Looking good!

Need to paint the washer bottle though IMO.

That looks minted, yeah im going to decided once i've fitted the coolant tank this week

Might be easier to do before fitting, save having to refill the system again? Meant to say too - theres a small trip in the side near the engine to check the level with - might be something to consider.

Might be easier to do before fitting, save having to refill the system again? Meant to say too - theres a small trip in the side near the engine to check the level with - might be something to consider.

Yeah thats a good point, i've left a small "viewing window" on the coolant tank so I can see what the level's at

Photo's of newly painted brake calipers;

Also rear fabia and vRS badges have been removed, new one will go one tomorrow after the cars been washed.

Front Facelift vRS badge;

Also tomorrow black coolant tank is being fitted and a new badge for the engine bay (If tonights painting goes well)

that looks awesome mate great stuff, quick question, what kind of paint have you used to colour code your stuff

that looks awesome mate great stuff, quick question, what kind of paint have you used to colour code your stuff

Cheers mate, I used a vauxhall colour called stahl grey then laquer

Cheers mate, I used a vauxhall colour called stahl grey then laquer

Cool thanks and what bout the green detailing under the bonnet

Cool thanks and what bout the green detailing under the bonnet

The green is called Piaggio Green (Perfect match to samco lime green) again its from a rattle can then laquered

Some nice progress there. You have done all the engine bits in green I want to do but I am doing mine red. With red wheels.

Some nice progress there. You have done all the engine bits in green I want to do but I am doing mine red. With red wheels.

Cheers mate, is your vRS black aswell? Black with red wheels and red engine dress up will look minted

Yeah it is black pal. Just buyin bits here and their ATM and putting them to one side due to it still been under skoda warranty :( need all my boost pipes for my FMIC powercoating aswell.

Yeah it is black pal. Just buyin bits here and their ATM and putting them to one side due to it still been under skoda warranty :( need all my boost pipes for my FMIC powercoating aswell.

If your going for a FMIC set up why not go for Samco boost pipes, could get them in red and saves you having to paint/powdercoat the original hoses

The green is called Piaggio Green (Perfect match to samco lime green) again its from a rattle can then laquered

Thanks for that matey much appreciated

Coz mine are all hard pipes mate. With blue silicon elbows ATM. Bought a custom made one. What size is the vacuum hose that you have done in green?

Coz mine are all hard pipes mate. With blue silicon elbows ATM. Bought a custom made one. What size is the vacuum hose that you have done in green?

Ah right fair enough, I bought 3m of vacuum hose with ID 4mm