brake calipers - rebuilt units

[Kieran Lavin]

DOABLE, yes.... but my time is worth more to me than the minimal cost difference.  I got rear calipers recently for my FX for something like $20 each side!!!  I didn't research the costs or brands so can't answer your question David but I don't think there's much difference amongst the brands.  Personally, for a 20-30 year old car, I'd be happy to find ANY manufacturer still making rear calipers and wouldn't cry about one manufacturer or another.  I'd snatch up whatever I could find in a heartbeat




kieran


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Subject: Re: brake calipers - rebuilt units


I rebuilt mine after getting the calipers powder coated. Used Nissan kits and the directions were in Japanese but the pictures were good. It was so long ago I don't remember the process, but it's doable.

On Mar 17, 2016 3:11 PM, "David Pertuz" <d.pertuz at gmail.com<mailto:d.pertuz at gmail.com>> wrote:
Whittling away at the project list on my SE-R - one of them is new rear brakes. I've got a caliper rebuild kit and even a spare set of calipers (I've had them so long I don't remember whether or not they're good) but I've always understood that rebuilding rear calipers is kind of a PITA due to the handbrake mechanism, and it's easier to just buy rebuilt units. So, that leads me to my question - are any particular aftermarket remans better than the others? I do not take for granted that I can just walk into my FLAPS and whatever they offer will be good enough.

David

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