Lude Generation

Rear brake overhaul today @ 88,200km
o/s/r handbrake binding mentioned at MOT
findings: o/s/r pads worn - outer pad very worn. piston out quite far and very stiff at first when winding it back in. discs - some life left but corrosion on back of n/s/r disc, handbrake set too tight - out of spec.

fitted blueprint discs and oem honda pads. cleaned up calipers and wound pistons back in. reset handbrake.
time taken 3 hours with help from Merlin.

worthwhile job imo and no binding so car is more responsive & better fuel economy to boot.

It's funny how much fight the rear discs put up when trying to get them off, all it took was a wee squirt of penetrating fluid

no problem next time as i have found this:

the rear caliper started binding again so i had to replace it with a new one. (o/s/r) - mileage at 88,209 km
it didnt need a handbrake cable but it was the handbrake mechanism inside the caliper that was sticking on.
also had wheels rotated front to back - so should get more wear out of this set of tyres

Some pics of the BB6 after I had redone the clear underseal on the sills and rear arches this weekend......
List of work done to the car since i bought it a couple of years ago:
Underseal chassis
Underseal rear arches and sills - twice
Steering rack gaiter osf
New power steering pump
Types S air intake
New rear discs and pads (Blueprint and Honda)
New osr caliper
Carbon fibre wrap centre console and door card switches
Carbon fibre wrap outer door trim
Oil and filter change - twice
Remove roof moulding trims and clean
Remove rear fog light and fit led light into osr cluster and fit new fog light switch
New stereo















Its running really sweet

After a long time in the planning i finally got the 5th gen 17" Motegi alloys on the car.
They were powder coated in white and i rattle canned the centres myself.
Fitted with new tyres and valves (Thanks to Steve&Merlin)
Im keeping the old wheels and tyres for winter months.

I had a few issues with the powdercoater and they said they painted the spare alloy at a different time from the other 4 alloys and it looks to me to be a different shade of white Fortunately all the alloys on the car are the same shade of white so at least that is something. This is the first time i have used a powder coating company to do any work and its ok but not to the standard I would expect and the service was lousy to say the least. Rant over.

I'm a bit biased as i have them, but I always think the motegi alloys look awesome. Looking mint.

That 5th spare montego wheel is definitely whiter.
Sounds like the powerdercoaters coated it when they were doing another set of wheels to save costs.

Still, Montego wheels suit the 5th gen well.

The car looks much better with the new wheels.