As u know from a previous thread i have fitted my newly painted hi-spec monsters. I was washing the car on Friday night ready for GTI when i spotted the paint is bubbling and starting to peel of cos of the heat. I have been assured these calipers were painted in high temp paint. I have noticed my calipers do get extremely hot is this normal? Would fluid have an affect? Thanks
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3'' Longlife Exhaust, Koni Adjustables, H&R Springs, Full RS2 Setup with Mr Nugents RS2 Chips
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This is a sign of a binding calliper, unless you checked the temperature after a prolonged blast such as a track event. Jack that corner up and see how tight the wheel is to rotate it should turn freely with only a slight noise as the disc runs through the pads.Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.--:Albert Einstein -
I had brand new green stuff pads on to start off with a think they were binding a bit to start off with. I would get a squeaking sometimes like the pad was still rubbing the disc when i first started off. Should the paint be able to cope with the heat that this would produce?3'' Longlife Exhaust, Koni Adjustables, H&R Springs, Full RS2 Setup with Mr Nugents RS2 Chips (just need the RS2 Airbox)Comment
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i would say the paint should be fine, how ever if they had say grease or water under the paint, this would boil at say "hypertheticly if there was any" 100 - 120+
really got to change mine, i had lots of smoke today :mischeif:
but thats not good because they fade really badly
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As will the boxster calipers you are bidding on
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they are gone now..... lol.ChefComment
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If the paint on the pads has burnt off then not a problem, but if the callipers are getting hot then something is a miss, also be careful with greenstuffs, they melt on a heavy car such as the S2 with severe abuse ( I use heavy in a loose way as in OZ anything under 2500Kg is lightOriginally posted by stevieyid
), redstuffs are crap also for day to day running, excellent for track use as they bite like hell when hot, but cold braking is well poor, and as most of the time your pads will be stone cold you will be wrenching the steering column out of the dash trying to haul her up. I had reds and had this problem, and now running on ferrodo DS 2500's and theyre mint, cold bite, excellent when baking hot.
Sorry going off topic there wasnt i
Check theyre not binding as this can, in bad cases, cause brake failure through boiling the fluid off. See if the pads are wearing even or tapered, see how tight the pad is in the slide ways in the calliper, i had a problem with one of my old callipers where the pads were tighter inboard than outboard and the outside edge wore more causing the pads to wear tapered.
HTH
GrahamEverything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.--:Albert EinsteinComment
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