Vented Rotor Upgrade Complete

[ccphares]

Here are some pictures from my vented rotor upgrade project:

Junkyard Calipers From a Later 318 or 325:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bmw/cal_pre_blast.jpg

After Glassbead Blasting:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bm...post_blast.jpg

New Zimmerman Vented and Drilled Rotors:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bm..._pre_paint.jpg

New UUC SS Brake Lines:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bm...rake_lines.jpg
One note here, these lines have fittings that don't seem to be metric. I had to use an adjustable wrench on the upper end, and the brake end is a tight fit with an 11mm wrench. Also, there is not enough clearance to use a flare-nut wrench, which is generally used for brake lines.

Caliper ad Disc After Coating, New Seal, New Dust Boot, New Slides, Rubber Bushings, and Brake Pads
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bm..._installed.jpg

Bigger Picture Showing Line:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccphares/bm..._installed.jpg

After install, I bled the system using a pressure bleeder (as per Bently manual instructions) and new ATE Super Blue brake fluid. Also bled out the clutch slave too.

Braking action is fantastic. Clutch also feels better - there were actually some bubbles in the slave surprisingly.

I had also replaced the rear control arm bushings a few months back. The combination of the two now gives the car excellent control under braking.

ccp

[anthonyl]

nice work. way to do a job the right way.

[naustin]

So now your setup has 325 fronts and ti rears? Looks real nice, good work

[Mad-Machine]

I like how you painted everything up black. Looks very nice! I upgraded mine to the 328 brakes (pretty much the same) with the oddly vented ATE discs.. I still need to add braided lines to both the calipers and clutch