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Old 06-02-2005, 10:36 PM
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not all that technical i know but was interested to see what ppl used to clean up there brakes... just got some cossie stoppers and wanna paint um black so they look nice n clean..

i rekon missis with a dremel
Old 07-02-2005, 11:29 AM
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front or rears you got?




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Old 07-02-2005, 07:15 PM
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fronts 2wd ones....
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wire brush and brake cleaner
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get a wire brush on a drill and a sanding wheel or flappey wheel as some call it and just put it on the drill and clean away just use a face mask if they are bad as the rust gets to much
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cheers for the replys will show the missis what she has to do 2moz nite after work! rekon i got the best missis ever none of me ex's would have hapily sat on me garage floor cleanin me brakes!!!! lmao

just bought some more cossie stoppers anyways 2nite so these wont b goin on now just cleanin up n fukin off lol

cheers ppl
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Whats on it now as i put cossie conversion on her when i built the car??




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Old 08-02-2005, 10:02 PM
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ahhh yeah remember now i just read that...

when Mcpikie had it remember him havein the bigger brakes but think he got rid when he swapped the rims that was on it for standerd rs ones.... not measured the disks but think they only xr3i disks n caplipers at min
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