My mk1 rear brakes refurbishment

Wasnt too sure what to do next to take mk1 to next level so naturaly i turned to the rear wheel arches and in particular the rear drums as hadnt refuebished them yet well pretty please bit of elbow grease all new parts and paint and voile!

Close up before and after




overall of arch well




Some random pics of the new parts/paint

I am very impressed by condition of all items on your pics. Nice job you've done there.

wowsa, very neat!

well impressed.

thats cleaner than my mums underwear! bloody hell mate. top work

Looks spot on, a how to would be good maybe for the less mechanically minded. Me

nice one mate! :y:

i remember spending days trying to remember where all those springs go!

Very very clean.  8O  

only 6 sptrngs hehe

Nice!!!  8)

And am I correct in saying you do 100 miles a day in that mk1???

dubstar74 said

Nice!!!  8)

And am I correct in saying you do 100 miles a day in that mk1???

im not a lier mate its my show car  ops:

gtimadman said

dubstar74 said

Nice!!!  8)

And am I correct in saying you do 100 miles a day in that mk1???

im not a lier mate its my show car  ops:

Hey I'm just feeling jelous fair play to ya!!
I just wish it was possible for me to have my mk1 as a show car  


one day!!?

Very nice  8)  Is that a stainless steel filler neck?? If so where did you get it and for how much if you dont mind me asking??

stainless filler neck had years
bonrath bushes
repainted rear beam
refurbished back plates
new wedges
new drums
new shoes
new wheel bearings
new springs
new handbrake cables
repainted inner arches
new brake cylinders

nice work and the pictures say it all. This mk1 just get better and better. So whats next?! you know it never ends!