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rear brake backplates

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Anybody know where i can find reasonably priced replacement rear brake backplates. forty quid a piece from JK seems a bit steep!
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VW only part IIRC.. JK are prob cheaper than your local VW dealer...
Brakes.... what price safety???
if you are keeping the van... fit new.. if you are gonna sell it.. find some secondhand ones in reasonable nick!!! :lol: :lol: if you can...
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Thats a precision piece of kit...£40 is cheap :shock:
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Thanks Guys

you were right VW dealer wanted sixty squid ............The Jokers

thank god for JK
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if you havn't already fitted them, and intend on keeping the bus, get yourself a tub of brushable seam sealer, paint it around all the joints where the different pieces are spot welded together (inside and out), it will keep out the water thus stop your new £40 back plates from rotting away :wink:
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