Work Night - Brakes

Friday night, Dan, Doug, and Doug's neighbor Tim met to swap out the brakes and run new brake lines, eliminating the ABS system in the car. The new brakes are from the 2007 WRX with 4 pots in the front, and 2 pots in the rear. The brakes are installed on 3 corners. Unfortunately, we found that the "new" left front nuckle has a bad wheel bearing, and we need to fix that before installing that corner. Also, "someone" forgot to bring the brake-line flaring tool, and so we will need to run the brake lines at a later work party. We had plenty to do, so this isn't a big deal.

Tim was a huge help in installing the brakes. He's a very experienced mechanic and works very fast.


Here, Dan begins to mount the hydraulic hand brake. I don't think the cardboard piece is staying.

Here, Dan adds some blackout paint at the front of the rollcage. This is to reduce glare from all the bright white paint in the drivers eyes.

Here, Dan..... uhhhh... models his halloween costume, made from an unneeded (and heavy) bit of metal removed from the car. I'll send one Hamm's tallboy to anyone who can correctly identify that piece.


We also installed the trunklid with the wing, and replaced the lock cores in the doors (we didn't have a key for the doors before).

Next on the list is to finish mounting the handbrake (requiring some minor cutting and welding) and then running all of the brake lines.