. My set up arrived by City Link courier this morning so naturally I set to to have a look and see what I need to do to make them not only presentable but looking good.Could probably get away with a good clean for a year or two as the paint is actually quite good still once I gt teh caked on brakes dust off.
Any way as the project VVC is not going to need it's nearly new 240 mm rotors I set about swapping these onto "Blue 33" whose discs had seen better days especially on the inner face. This also gave me a chance to trial fit a AP caliper and 303 mm disc with oen of my LE Multispoke wheels. As expected without spacers they foul.
However with only 2.7 mm spacing, provided by four thick stainless 12 mm washers they fit and clear the caliper:-
I could not spin the wheel right around due to the stick on weights being in the way but with these removed and the wheel rebalanced with the weights away for the caliper we will have clearance.. I intend to use 4 mm spacers but will have to make them or get them made it seems meanwhile I may buy a pair of cheap 5 mm spacers to trail fit properly on the VVC once we get hubs installed again.
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I have been looking at the access to the front hose connection to the solid brake line and with the ABS module in the way the O/F is a PITA to get at not to mention the N/S with all the electrical gubbins around it and battery 
so have been trying to convince myeslf that the standard hoses are OK ....................................... good even and then you go and spoil it 
that better?
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