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05-29-2009, 10:21 PM
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Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
So I pulled off one of my front calipers the other day and the boots around the pistons were starting to come apart. I was thinking of rebuilding the calipers but then checked Autozone and saw they have reman calipers that feature "100% New Boot, Seal & Bleeder Screw, New Mounting Hardware, Pistons Always Match The Oem Part, Featuring Anti-Seize Components, 100% Tested " for $64 each. Is this something to consider or should I stay away from these?
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1997 Boudreaux LSi 1994 SVX LSi(SOLD) Kool Blue air filter, 4500k HID's, airbox mod, Hella horns, WRX 6 disc stereo, Infinity Reference and Clarion Pro Audio speakers, Infinity basslink sub, ECUtune Stage 1v5, ECUtune TCU, Power mode mod, Mad muffler mod v1.3 
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05-29-2009, 10:27 PM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
Well you may spend about $50 total or so for F/R rebuild kits. But it you see any pitting or rust on the outside wall of the pistons or to much rust on the inside lip of the caliper then I would go rebuilt.
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress
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05-29-2009, 10:48 PM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
I priced out the kits and it came to about $60. The pistons on the caliper I pulled off were pretty rusty on the inside. The car just turned 126k and I've never done any brake work to it since I've owned it(95k). Not sure what the previous owner had done.
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1997 Boudreaux LSi 1994 SVX LSi(SOLD) Kool Blue air filter, 4500k HID's, airbox mod, Hella horns, WRX 6 disc stereo, Infinity Reference and Clarion Pro Audio speakers, Infinity basslink sub, ECUtune Stage 1v5, ECUtune TCU, Power mode mod, Mad muffler mod v1.3
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05-30-2009, 03:00 AM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
I got a pair of loaded front remans from Autozone for $92 plus a $95 core charge. They included ceramic pads as well. Morse part #P1960 on the AZ website.
With a set of remanufactured calipers + pads costing less than $100, it simply doesn't make sense to rebuild original 14 year old calipers with 126k miles on them, IMO. By the time you pay for all of the parts you'll need for the rebuild and a quality set of pads, you'll probably spend more than that - and still have crappy old calipers to show for it. Not to mention all the extra work it takes to rebuild rather than replace. That said, I do wish I'd sent my new ones out to be powdercoated before installing them. They have surface rust already. 
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Ebony/Gray '92 LS-L, @123k - bought 01/17/2010, parked for 10 years. Getting back on the road.
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05-30-2009, 07:18 AM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
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1997 Boudreaux LSi 1994 SVX LSi(SOLD) Kool Blue air filter, 4500k HID's, airbox mod, Hella horns, WRX 6 disc stereo, Infinity Reference and Clarion Pro Audio speakers, Infinity basslink sub, ECUtune Stage 1v5, ECUtune TCU, Power mode mod, Mad muffler mod v1.3
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05-30-2009, 10:03 AM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
Rust on the inside of the piston will not hurt it just rust on the outside.
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress
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05-30-2009, 10:15 AM
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Re: Rebuild brake calipers or buy remans?
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Ebony/Gray '92 LS-L, @123k - bought 01/17/2010, parked for 10 years. Getting back on the road.
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