VW Atlas Cross Sport

[GXPWeasel]

I finally got around to doing a little work on the wife's new ride. She told me when she bought her new Atlas Cross Sport in June that she wanted the calipers painted. I had some free time last Saturday night, and a fresh bottle of bourbon to keep me company.
This is the first time that I've used the brush on "kit" for painting calipers, and I'll admit that it worked very well, but I don't think it is worth the price over just buying some high temp rattle can paint. Oh well, at least I know how to do this with a brush now, LOL. All of my previous jobs over the past 20 years have been with a rattle can, and removing the calipers from the vehicle, and using a lot of tape and paper to ensure paint only ended up where I wanted it.

She wanted the caliper brackets to stay factory silver, so I cleaned them up and sprayed them with some clear to keep them looking nice.

After 3 coats of color, and a good clean and wax on the inside and outside of the wheels, I'm happy with the result. I think the R-Line edition Cross Sport should have come from the factory with painted calipers, but I guess I'm glad they didn't now since this will set ours apart.
There isn't a single other Pure Gray Cross Sport in the city we live in, so it's a pretty unique vehicle around here.

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[Goldie Driver]

Pretty cool ! Crying shame, though, that ALL the dam wheel studs broke …


Seems like it sure would make it hard to put the wheels back on.

Any advantage to that design ?

 

[GXPWeasel]

Pretty cool ! Crying shame, though, that ALL the dam wheel studs broke …


Seems like it sure would make it hard to put the wheels back on.

Any advantage to that design ?

LOL. I'll admit, I was worried about how big of a PITA that was going to be going into the job. I knew they had lug bolts, and not lug nuts w/ studs. The wheels are all hub centric, and they hub sticks out at least a 1/4" so the wheels went back on really easy. Then I just had to spin them a little to line up the bolts, and it wasn't bad at all. Now I can imagine after a few years, when that hub has some corrosion on it, this may be a tougher job, but that's why I wax my wheels inside and out at least every spring and fall. I'll make sure the corrosion is kept to a minimum, I hope. Time will tell though. This is the first foreign car I've ever had so who knows what I'm getting into.

 

[77 K20]

Pretty cool ! Crying shame, though, that ALL the dam wheel studs broke …


Seems like it sure would make it hard to put the wheels back on.

Any advantage to that design ?

In the spare tire kit they have a plastic threaded insert that when you remove the first lug bolt from the top part of the wheel you thread that in. It then becomes a hanger for the wheel to hang off of. Plastic isn't the worlds strongest, so a few companies make metal ones. I keep 2 metal ones in my toolbox in the garage.

The nice thing is if your lug nut threads get banged up, throw it out and get another one.

The rear wheel lugs on my K20 were in pretty bad shape. You don't just spend 2 minutes replacing those.

 

[77 K20]

LOL. I'll admit, I was worried about how big of a PITA that was going to be going into the job. I knew they had lug bolts, and not lug nuts w/ studs. The wheels are all hub centric, and they hub sticks out at least a 1/4" so the wheels went back on really easy. Then I just had to spin them a little to line up the bolts, and it wasn't bad at all. Now I can imagine after a few years, when that hub has some corrosion on it, this may be a tougher job, but that's why I wax my wheels inside and out at least every spring and fall. I'll make sure the corrosion is kept to a minimum, I hope. Time will tell though. This is the first foreign car I've ever had so who knows what I'm getting into.

I've had a lot of Audis and VW. Currently have 2 of the Touaregs. On my older 07 touareg the front wheels like to hold onto the center hub- so I cleaned the hubs up and put just a little bit of anti-seize on the hub. The wheels do not stick anymore.

 

[GXPWeasel]

I've had a lot of Audis and VW. Currently have 2 of the Touaregs. On my older 07 touareg the front wheels like to hold onto the center hub- so I cleaned the hubs up and put just a little bit of anti-seize on the hub. The wheels do not stick anymore.

Good to know.
Also, good to know about the faux wheel stud in the tire maintenance kit. I'll have to look through it again this morning. We're on our way to the great state of TX for Thanksgiving to visit my brother, and we're taking the Atlas. I'll look it over before we leave, and before I pack up the portable air pump and other misc. goodies that go along with a 3 lady road trip.

Appreciate the info.

 

[MrPink]

LOL. I'll admit, I was worried about how big of a PITA that was going to be going into the job. I knew they had lug bolts, and not lug nuts w/ studs. The wheels are all hub centric, and they hub sticks out at least a 1/4" so the wheels went back on really easy. Then I just had to spin them a little to line up the bolts, and it wasn't bad at all. Now I can imagine after a few years, when that hub has some corrosion on it, this may be a tougher job, but that's why I wax my wheels inside and out at least every spring and fall. I'll make sure the corrosion is kept to a minimum, I hope. Time will tell though. This is the first foreign car I've ever had so who knows what I'm getting into.

buy a stud conversion kit you will be happy that you did, i had them on every vw i have owned even my mini had a stud conversion.

Edit: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-parts/ball-seat-stud-conversion-kit/001467ecs01kt/