Project- 306 2.0 8v Turbo

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This week I took the axle off, came off well apart from yet again the sodding brake lines, the osr line was badly corroded just before the flexi and snapped without any effort (Not that I make an effort to snap brake lines).

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With the axle off I set about painting the rest of the back underside of the car and up inside the wheel arch liners.

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All the axle bushes are in good condition so no need to replace them at the mo, it turns out the axle has been dropped by 20mm already so I decided to leave it as it is. Removed all the rear brakes and gave it a steam clean.

Managed to salvage the rear callipers, thanks to my trusty tap and die set, cleaned up the sliders and wire wheeled the pad carriers, painted them black to match the brembos that are going on the front, fitted the braided rear brake hoses that I got from swampy and to be fair they are a very good fit. Just waiting for a brake line set to come from e-bay. £12 for 25meters of copper brake pipe and fittings including postage.

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Fitted the 20mm Hubcentric spacers and after putting the wheels back on it fills the arches nicely, if I had lowered it the wheels would rub.

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More to follow once pay day comes