Ok, a few weeks ago I told yall about me finding a 2004 V6 that I was going to rob the brakes, spindles, etc., MC & BB off of. So today I went and did it. The guy running the yard is from Nigeria, which apparently hindered our communication over the phone...he told me $175 for everything (Cheap!), but when I got there he wanted almost $400! No way I said, and after a few minutes of negotiating, I got everything for $200. So I came out pretty good.
Looks like the car had a brake job not long before being wrecked...it has brand new looking Duralast Gold brake pads all the way around and the rotors apear to be pretty smooth. The bad:
1) They cut the brake lines, so I need new ones. I read somewhere that I can buy braided lines that already have the adapaters made in for the swap. Anyone have any recommendations for lines? Trying to stay relatively cheap here.
2) The rotors are heavily surface rusted. I took a mild wire wheel to the rears when I got home and cleaned them up pretty well, but they definetly don't have that "just turned/machined" surface. Is this a sufficient way to clean them up? Remember, they look like they were recently turned, there is really no wear on them.
3) Someone painted the calipers and brackets, so they look like crap. Can I wire wheel them too? Paint stripper? Any recommendations are welcome.
Thats about it for now. Got to find some 31 spline axles and then wheels before starting the swap. Just going to work on cleaning things up for now.
Thanks in advance!
Joe
Looks like the car had a brake job not long before being wrecked...it has brand new looking Duralast Gold brake pads all the way around and the rotors apear to be pretty smooth. The bad:
1) They cut the brake lines, so I need new ones. I read somewhere that I can buy braided lines that already have the adapaters made in for the swap. Anyone have any recommendations for lines? Trying to stay relatively cheap here.
2) The rotors are heavily surface rusted. I took a mild wire wheel to the rears when I got home and cleaned them up pretty well, but they definetly don't have that "just turned/machined" surface. Is this a sufficient way to clean them up? Remember, they look like they were recently turned, there is really no wear on them.
3) Someone painted the calipers and brackets, so they look like crap. Can I wire wheel them too? Paint stripper? Any recommendations are welcome.
Thats about it for now. Got to find some 31 spline axles and then wheels before starting the swap. Just going to work on cleaning things up for now.
Thanks in advance!
Joe