Edition 30 Rear Bumper Removal

[SteveP]

Hi 08Micsta,
Apologies for my ignorance, but can you let me know where these manuals are? I'd like to take my brake disks off and give them some treatment as even after being replaced once I'm fed up looking at rust on a 5 month old car!?

Sorry to hijack the threat, but my rear disc's are really starting to turn very rusty now  , will the dealer do anything about this?

I had them swapped out under warranty, all 4, but 2 months later and they are even worse than before. I'm going to try and find some good heat proof paint if anyone has any recommendations, and post a guide including masking templates you can print off and cut out for the disks.

Thanks NewGolf. That sounds like a more sensible plan.

Does anyone know if you need a special tool for the rear brakes to turn the piston when pushing it back in before reassembly?

[NewGolf]

Hi 08Micsta,
Apologies for my ignorance, but can you let me know where these manuals are? I'd like to take my brake disks off and give them some treatment as even after being replaced once I'm fed up looking at rust on a 5 month old car!?

Sorry to hijack the threat, but my rear disc's are really starting to turn very rusty now  , will the dealer do anything about this?

I had them swapped out under warranty, all 4, but 2 months later and they are even worse than before. I'm going to try and find some good heat proof paint if anyone has any recommendations, and post a guide including masking templates you can print off and cut out for the disks.

Thanks NewGolf. That sounds like a more sensible plan.

Does anyone know if you need a special tool for the rear brakes to turn the piston when pushing it back in before reassembly?

I dont think you need it to just remove/replace the brake disks, just undo the caliper and the 2 torx screws. But I believe this would do the job if you did need one

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/store/product.php?xProd=6809&xSec=150

HTH

[Hurdy]

A lot of the links in the MKV maintenance section do not work anymore

Anyone who downloaded them, could they re-insert them for us all. Ta.

[bacillus]

I'm going to try and find some good heat proof paint if anyone has any recommendations

Hammerite paint should do that job.

[NewGolf]

I'm going to try and find some good heat proof paint if anyone has any recommendations

Hammerite paint should do that job.

Can you get it smoothh, and as a spray as I dont want to see any brushmarks?

[SteveP]

What about something like a High Temp Spray? (example - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120286340312).

[RedRobin]

....Important to use a high temperature proof paint - I've read stories of aftermarket paint surface breaking down under the heat from brakes. You may be surprised by the high temperatures (when driving with lots of brake use).

[08micsta]

I may have missed it... But dont VW dealers have the obligatory duty to respray when rust forms?

I didnt download the manuals but if you want a link to the one you are looking for I can find it I think.

Mike

[Greenouse]

I may have missed it... But dont VW dealers have the obligatory duty to respray when rust forms?

I didnt download the manuals but if you want a link to the one you are looking for I can find it I think.

Mike

Again, aplologies for hijacking your thread Illyun, but didn't someone on here have there 'bells' painted by a VW dealer a few months back? I Know MarkyMark had a VW dealer refuse to paint his recently 

That was me Greenouse!!. i have pics somewhere

[08micsta]

There was someone. I tried running a search but not much came up.

Didnt he get a replacement set of Monza's too?