[JavaBrewer]

Back in college a buddy and I decided to refresh the suspension in our VW "rally" cars with Koni products. His was a '79 Rabbit hailing from somewhere in the MidWest and mine a '80 Scirocco SoCal native. Since he rented the spring compression tool we started in on his Rabbit first. After 3-4 hours of battling rusted/frozen bolts with no success we shifted to my car and had it completed in 2 hrs including a lunch break.

I recently installed new pads and rotors on my wife's '03 LR Discovery. One side was dead easy where the other was a major PITA. After removing the wheel I noticed that the brake caliper guide pin bolts were completely stripped. WTF goes out the my local brake shop... I wrestled them with vice grips to a stalemate so I coated them heavily with PB blaster for the night. The next day with the bolts removed I encountered the exact same situation with the caliper mounting frame bolts. A few more hours of battle is concluded with a rotor set screw that refused the impact driver and insisted on being drilled out. Damn what a mess. I definitely say I earned $350 the hard way that weekend.