I starting working on the car yesterday, with the goal being to replace all four brake discs with new ones, and to install brand-spanking-new pads as well.

However, when I lifted the car with my trusty floor jack, this happened:



But it still lifted fine, so I threw jackstands under the car, and went to work. It took me a while to figure out how exactly to take the caliper apart and support it so that I did not have to take the brake hoses off. Then I discovered that the durn rotor was stuck on, so it took me a lot of WD40, pounding, hammering, malleting, pushing, and cursing to get the blasted thing off.



Here's how I supported the caliper:



And when I finally got it off, I compared the old and the new discs side-by-side:



And here's a shot of the whole operation. I started on tire number 2 today, but I still haven't got the rotor off. I think it's stuck worse than the one on the other side.