Page 1 of 1

Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 12:33 pm
by Rascal69
The owner of this GTI brought us the car on Saturday morning for a Brake Service along with the parts which he had purchased from goldwagon Delaray .

We got the car on the lift
ImageImageImage

The new parts
Image

Stripped the The old brakes. Looks like they Seen some heated situations.
ImageImageImageImage

Prepped the new pads with anti squeal spray.
ImageImageImageImageImage

Old vs new disc
Image

Image

time to start cleaning before fitting the new parts.
Before
Image

During
ImageImageImageImage

After cleaning
Image

Other side before and after
ImageImage

Carrier bracket , slider pins and hubs all cleaned and coated before install.
ImageImageImageImageImage

Some pics of installation
ImageImageImageImageImage

Flushed and bled brake fluid reservoir and lines
Image
ImageImageImageImageImage

All done , ready for collection Image
Image

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:03 pm
by Belix
Good to see some pride and thoroughness going into some mundane work.

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:14 pm
by Rascal69
Belix wrote:Good to see some pride and thoroughness going into some mundane work.
Thanks buddy . Image

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:23 pm
by JayGtiVII
Excellent attention to detail. Would love to bring my GTi to you. Drop me a PM so we can get in touch, please

Sent from my SM-J810F using Tapatalk


Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:32 pm
by AvesshenG
Thanks for the amazing service bud.
Brakes feel amazing, knowing that you did steps that dealerships usually skip, puts my mind at peace especially since it's brakes.
see you soon, when the rear brakes need changing.

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:47 pm
by Greenz
Holy shite,your level of workmanship is mind blowing!

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:41 pm
by Rascal69
Thanks for the kind words gents

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:43 pm
by Rascal69
AvesshenG wrote:Thanks for the amazing service bud.
Brakes feel amazing, knowing that you did steps that dealerships usually skip, puts my mind at peace especially since it's brakes.
see you soon, when the rear brakes need changing.
Glad to hear you now have peace of mind buddy. Image

Re: Mk7 GTI brake service

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:59 am
by Unobeat
Always love your posts and captures.
Great work guys