I'm currently restoring a car that's been sat a number of years, or, I would be if I wasn't a 7 hour train journey away from it for university!
I've got most of the bits I need for getting it MOT ready, but as the car's been sat so long, it'll need new disks and pads.
Few quick questions:
I know it's a bit of a no-no, but just how bad is it to simply clean the disks? It's been sat for a few years, at least 4. This is just to get it through MOT, then I can spend the time fitting a set of front and back R33 calipers my brother has up for grabs.
Are the calipers likely to be screwed? Or will they be easy enough to get going with just retracting the piston and bleeding the system?
Where's best to get pads from on the cheap? I'm currently driving a 35 year old Reliant Scimitar with drums on the back, so I doubt it could possibly be much worse. Again, they'll be uprated soon anyway.
If you strongly suggest not just cleaning the disks, same question as above for the disks. Where's cheapest?
Also worth mentioning, there may be a second set of R33 calipers and disks available. If anyone's interested, let me know and I'll pass you on to my brother.
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Originally Posted by croustibat
Not had chance to test fit them yet as I'm still in sunny Wales but the parents say they've got there.
) but rear discs are expensive because they're also a drum for the handbrake.