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Latest revision as of 06:07, 17 June 2011
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Overview Guide | |
Ford Model: | Mondeo Mk3 |
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Petrol/Diesel: | ???? |
Estimated Cost: | ? |
Difficulty? | ????? |
Source | TalkFord.com |
Due to the length and the amount of photos for this wiki guide, it has been broken down into the following sections:
Part 1 - Stripping Down The Calipers
Part 2 - Cleaning
Part 3 - Rebuilding
Step 18. Now comes the cleaning part, the time you spend cleaning will show when you come to paint them, if your happy with a ok finish then give them a degrease and paint, I wanted to see how good I could get this set, so first I steam cleaned them, soaked them in carb cleaner, this got all dirt and grease off them but they still looked ruff with flaked rust on the calliper, so next I got a like pin hammer and went right round the calliper knocking off all signs of rust, once done I wire brushed down, steam cleaned them at 3000 psi then de greased, again if you want a real good finish take your time and they will look fantastic, they took me 2 days to get them like this:
Step 21. Now it's time to paint, I used bolts and two vices to hold the callipers and carriers while I painted, I just used silver hammerite (smoothrite), then I left them for 3 days gave them a second coat and left for a week to go nice and hard:
Due to the length and the amount of photos for this wiki guide, it has been broken down into the following sections:
Part 1 - Stripping Down The Calipers
Part 2 - Cleaning
Part 3 - Rebuilding