Member Profile - jay.ritchie - 3RB to Golf R

[Kody.B]

Brb changing pants.

Also pretty emotional that your H6 gets better mileage than my 2.5...

Looking absolutely frothtastic Jay!

[jay.ritchie]

Brb changing pants.

Also pretty emotional that your H6 gets better mileage than my 2.5...

Looking absolutely frothtastic Jay!

Thanks Kody,
Yeah the old H6 goes alright. just ticked over 99,000 too

[bosc0]

Tight!
Whats your camber specs? And does your sunroof ever close? And did you do a skid when leaving?

[chubbs]

Looks Awesome jay! Rims look much better that colour. what are the specs of them rims?

[jay.ritchie]

Tight!
Whats your camber specs? And does your sunroof ever close? And did you do a skid when leaving?

Haha only when its raining.
Camber specs are -3 front, -2 rear, but after i get rear camber bushes, i'll bring the rears back to -1.5.
Any less on the front and i think i'd have guard issues. It handles well though so i like it!
The last time i did a skid on bitumen i thought my gear box was going to fall out.

:shock: Looks Awesome jay! Rims look much better that colour. what are the specs of them rims?

Thanks mate! rims are 18 x 8.5 +38 with 235/40/18 rubber

[jay.ritchie]

Callipers painted gloss black with grey decals, and installed a Polk Audio DB840 sub!

[alessandro132]

[ferret89]

Callipers painted gloss black with grey decals, and installed a Polk Audio DB840 sub!

Calipers are looking slick, I need to do that

[jay.ritchie]

Calipers are looking slick, I need to do that

Tis a bitch of a job.
including cleaning them with a wire brush, it probably took 3-4 "slow" hours

[Kekotic]

Calipers are looking slick, I need to do that

Tis a bitch of a job.
including cleaning them with a wire brush, it probably took 3-4 "slow" hours

Worth taking your time doing it though. I think I had my car up on jacks for about 3-4 days to do mine. I didn't take them off the car though because I wasn't sure how to bleed the brakes etc, but they aren't brembos so no big deal.

[jay.ritchie]

Calipers are looking slick, I need to do that

Tis a bitch of a job.
including cleaning them with a wire brush, it probably took 3-4 "slow" hours

Worth taking your time doing it though. I think I had my car up on jacks for about 3-4 days to do mine. I didn't take them off the car though because I wasn't sure how to bleed the brakes etc, but they aren't brembos so no big deal.

3-4 days haha! My process was pretty smooth, i took the pads off, cleaned the callipers with a wire brush drill bit (worked well) then masked up and painted. The only bit i didn't paint was the backside, but no ones ever going to know!

Its one of those jobs that is annoying, but worth it at the end.

[Boostaddict]

Jay, said it before and I'll say it again......porn wagon man!!

Has to be the nicest 3.0 wagon !!

That colour combo with the rims and black ....MUCH better then black.!!

[Kekotic]

3-4 days haha! My process was pretty smooth, i took the pads off, cleaned the callipers with a wire brush drill bit (worked well) then masked up and painted. The only bit i didn't paint was the backside, but no ones ever going to know!

Its one of those jobs that is annoying, but worth it at the end.

I painted as much of the back as I could, and I did 2 coats which required about 12 hours drying time. Did rear first then front after, that's why it took 3-4 days. I wasn't using the car though so wasn't a hassle.

I notice you didn't mention anything about sanding? That's what took most of my actual work time, getting them nice and smooth. They still look perfect 2 years later

[jay.ritchie]

I painted as much of the rear as I could, and I did 2 coats which required about 12 hours drying time. Did rear first then front after, that's why it took 3-4 days. I wasn't using the car though so wasn't a hassle.

I notice you didn't mention anything about sanding? That's what took most of my actual work time, getting them nice and smooth. They still look perfect 2 years later

What paint did you use? VHT has to have 1 light, then 2 medium coats within an hour. And the paint is basically set a few hours later.
Nah i wasn't keen on the sanding idea (too lazy). I've painted brakes using VHT before, and noticed a nice finish can be achieved depending on how you spray them, so mine ended up pretty smooth. Again- not immaculate, but pretty good.

Jay, said it before and I'll say it again......porn wagon man!!

Has to be the nicest 3.0 wagon !!

That colour combo with the rims and black ....MUCH better then black.!!

Haha thanks man. Im enjoying the new colour combo too!

[Kekotic]

What paint did you use? VHT has to have 1 light, then 2 medium coats within an hour. And the paint is basically set a few hours later.
Nah i wasn't keen on the sanding idea (too lazy). I've painted brakes using VHT before, and noticed a nice finish can be achieved depending on how you spray them, so mine ended up pretty smooth. Again- not immaculate, but pretty good.

I used Killrust, and I hand painted them to get a better finish. No spray cans here.
Killrust is self priming so nothing needed other than do a coat and let it dry, then do the next one. Although generally a lighter coat with the first one is recommended.



First coat