AT6 OYEH! Reflex Silver T6 SWB Kombi with added ABT

[John A]

Lights in last evening, the bulb warning was triggered because I had disconnected the foglights…..

Didn’t drive it in the dark because a) I couldn’t be bothered and b) I still had the wheels off as I had to fit a set of brake pads.
There was still a bit of life left in the old ones, I reckon I could have got away with that for at least another 2,000 miles!

I bought a set of these back in March:



For £56 they came with a set of Febi wear sensors. The red anti-squeal plates mean they are just too thick to fit inside the caliper, so I removed them to install.
After slowing from 30 to 0 twice, they felt really strong. I’ve done some light bedding in with some harder breaking, but feel so far is pretty good.

I wouldn’t normally scrimp on a set of pads as they are all about the same price. The Brembo pads that came off produce a LOT of dust.




I’ve read some stuff recently about Kinetix products and they generally get a good write up. Being ceramic, I hope they do actually produce less dust.

I might see what the lights are like in the dark this evening.

I couldn’t even be bothered to take a pic once I’d finished. So here’s one through the window.




I’m sitting in the garden and the gate is open but I can’t be bothered to get up and go and take a photo…

 

[John A]

Oh I had to get up and answer the door.

Mind you, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before is it?

 

[John A]

When I took the bumper off to replace the intercooler, I discovered that when it was put back together after being painted, it had a nut and bolt securing the bumper to the fixing inside the wing, rather than the spreader rivet.
The same spreader rivet is used in the middle of the wheel arch liner, which I discovered was missing on the near side. I sacrificed the rivet in the arch liner on the off side to join the wing and the bumper together, so now they need replacing...

I phoned VW who told me that the part number has been superseded and I have to buy a pack of ten for £22, so I feel like I might as well buy these anyway and keep some spares for (inevitably) the next time I need to pull the bumper.

At least the ones that hold the grille onto the slam panel can be had from Vehicle Clips for a fiver for ten.



Otherwise, all of the recent work seems to have been a success. I have no more boost leaks or whistles, the van felt really strong this morning (possibly as it's a bit cooler) and still returning high 30s mpg.
I'm really impressed with the Kinetix brake pads I bought from eBay. They seem to be the seller's (AtoZ Car Parts, Wakefield) own brand and are presumably some private label, ceramic pad sourced from another factory. I've done maybe 200 miles on them and they feel very good indeed - I've not stamped on them to see if there is any real fade after repeated stops, but that's not real-world realistic. They work so much better than the Brembo pads they replaced, which cost nearly twice as much.

 

[Waynos]

Oh I had to get up and answer the door.

Mind you, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before is it?

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that looks proper mean!