R1 Concepts Drilled/Slotted & Painted Calipers
Greetings!
Well, I was able to turn some wrenches last night / today and add some paint!
I also repacked the wheel bearings, rotated the tires, replaced the cracked serpintine as well as recharged the AC. Got to do some good crawling around under the Dragon finally. Although it's rusty, everything looks good. No evidence of prior off road abuse. Crawling under the Dragon's rear, it looks like we have a 5 link suspension?
I did have to replace the lower radiatior clamps on the front exhaust O2 sensor heat shields. I noticed the rear O2 sensors did not have shields? It actually looks like there used to be one on the driver's side (rusty weld points right below the O2 sensor) but it is gone. The passenger side rear O2 has no evidence of shield, but interestingly enough, there was a broken radiator clamp rattling around there. Wierd.
Anyway, had alot of fun digging around the Dragon's guts.
Here is a straight on shot of the R1 rotors & painted calipers, front & rear:
3/4 view:
And front / rear wheel installed:
I did not have time (or dough) to get the OEM pads from Merlin...
I found OEM replacement Raybestos Professionals for 80 bucks front & back. They seem to grab really well, but I am basing this on previous driving with rear pads pretty much gone...
The fronts did look like they had been replaced recently, but the previous owner neglected to mention that to me a few months ago. I can't imagine why he did not do all 4 at the same time. Probably tired of spending dough on the Dragon, that's why he sold it to me!
I am sure he never wrenched on it himself, so I probably just saved 600 bucks with all the work I did myself!
Thanks to all here for the help and guidence.
Best,
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