Here's my current affairs with regard to my new st150 brakes, had a serious issue with the powder coaters taking forever and not really doing a good job so here are a few pics of where i am at as of this moment.

what i have at the moment

then heres the 1 caliper fist already blasted

This one hasnt been blasted yet, as you can see theres a little damage to the paint which is why i wanted them re-done

These are my nice new Braided brake lines, fresh from HEL

and heres my mate being super professional while taking the piston out, all wrapped up for the powder coaters


will put pictures up when i get them back from the powdercoaters later this week

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Cool, i cant wait to get st150 brakes, how did they set you back?

They were £110 (iirc) from the stoc from a nice guy with an insane car. Cant wait to fit them now

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the st150 brakes are fantastic and just tiucht the pedal slighlty and ou can feel that your stopping.

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Here's an update of where I'm at with the brakes, they are now back from the powder coaters and looking good and shiny. Ive also got a new seal kit, safety first lol




I've got some better pics but I've done these on my phone

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What servo are you using?

Was just gonna swap the callipers and discs and keep everything else the same oh yeah and also fitting the braided lines. So the standard servo

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Cool, will you be getting rear disc conversion?

Thinking about it, not gonna do it straight away though as money is tight and there are things I want to do before I do the rear conversion. Thinking I'm gonna do it after I do the 2L conversion to give better braking when I have the better power

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yeah, i think it will need a bigger servo like off a mondeo or sumat if you do

If you do the rear brake conversion it needs a bias valve as well right?

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Sorry Percy but could you explain that last bit, will it need a new brake servo, it will need a bias valve or it will be fine with the st150 calipers alone. I'm not to sure which bit is refering to which bit. lol

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You will be fine with the standard servo with the st brakes, you will need a bias for rear discs. The standard servo should still be fine but you can upgrade it if wanted.

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ok cool, now i understand. I wasnt sure about the servo but was told about the bias when i was discussing it with my cousin. either way im not looking to do the conversion for a while anyway.

here are the better pics of the powder coated brakes.


this 1 really shows the colour well.

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To be honest I had the ST150 front setup on my 2.0 and it was more than enough, rear discs aren't needed.

You will know what I mean when you get them on.

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Just had another major hiccup with the brake conversion, I had it all set up ready to go, got the pistons in but for the life of me I couldn't get the new seal on. After almost an hour and a half of prying the thing on to no avail I gave up and my friend has taken them to his work to have a go there. Hopefully have them on early next week. Arghhhh it's taking so long.

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So here we are this afternoon all ready to go, everything in order ready to fit. Discs-check, fists-check, carriers-check, pads-check, seals-check... etc...etc

Nice shot of current set up

old set up ready to come of (this was taken for a before after shot)

same again on the other side

Pistons going in


Duhduhduh... our problems begin. stupid seal wouldnt go on, we reckon the powdert coaters F***ed up by not taping up the lip where the metal ring of the seal fits on to the caliper. the tolerance fit is therefore too much and we couldnt get them on.


so they're going to Gaydon to get some Jag Land-Rover excelence. hopefully he will either get the ring ons with the use of some other tools at work or use something to file the paint back off where the p coaters oversprayed. needless to say im annoyed at the quality of the p coaters work.

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give them a slap lol

good work on the callipers, regarding the piston dust covers,

make sure you have clean hands and that the inside of the caliper is clean and free from dirt, shot blast and powder coat, and remove the bleed nipples and brake pipes

first of all use a light grease like petroleum jelly (vasaline) on the seals and a light smear around the piston

put the dust cover on the piston first but near the bottom not in the reccess, but also so the bottom of the dust cover is hanging off the piston,

then fit the dust cover to the caliper (while the dust cover is around the piston still)

then gentle push the piston down making sure it stays level all the way down