Brake caliper refurb

[JRP]

Im after getting 2 front and 2 rear brake calipers refurbished, this is on my 5 gt turbo.

After speaking with mike he advised me of a place but ive forgotten...

I thought id see if anybody knows any firms ?

[Hoolio]

www.biggred.co.uk (http://www.biggred.co.uk) pretty expensive though.

[clee]

Would be as cheap to buy some new/refurbed ones ?
Brakes International will do them .

[JRP]

New o.e are rediculas price.

Buy refurbed ones is around 250 mark i think going on what ive seen.

Just under 200 for refurb i think....

thanks for name clee :)

[tiff_lee]

Bigred looks like it will be about £200 for front and rear calipers in the budger gold/silver finish.

Do your calipers actually need refurbishing or could you get away with just cleaning/repainting them?

Edit:too slow!

[JRP]

Unfortuatley all the nipples have snapped off. to drill etc im afraid of getting swarf and crap in the caliper and then contaminate the lines etc...

If i can get it all done for around 200 quid i'd be happy :)

one of the last things i need to do :)

[Kenobi]

Slightly off topic. Can you service you own calipers? If so what do you need to do?

[tiff_lee]

Unfortuatley all the nipples have snapped off. to drill etc im afraid of getting swarf and crap in the caliper and then contaminate the lines etc...

If i can get it all done for around 200 quid i'd be happy :)

one of the last things i need to do :)
Ah yeah in that case best having it done properly.

Kenobi if you buy all new seals pistons etc its just case of replacement I think but the cost of all the parts puts you near refurb territory anyway

[clee]

You can buy kits to overhaul the rubbers and sliders etc and pistons and nipples as well .
I do my own rears on the GTA as the calipers themselves are no longer listed .But the front's are cheap and cheerful to get refurbed so it it not worth the hassle .
I've also got the proper tools to do the handbrake mechanism as that is a bitch without it .

[Kenobi]

Ah yeah in that case best having it done properly.

Kenobi if you buy all new seals pistons etc its just case of replacement I think but the cost of all the parts puts you near refurb territory anyway


What are the kind of costs involved?

Ive got 2 calipers in the garden, can i test them in some way without pluming them all in.

[tiff_lee]

Well I never attempted it myself perhaps clee could offer some advice from his experience?

I know when looking into refurbishing some cossie calipers a couple of years ago the price of all the bits was not far off purchasing a refurbished pair and they were already repainted!

I believe you need them plumbed in as you need to get the old piston out unless there is another way?

[tiff_lee]

Actually perhaps it wouldn't be that expensive on a 5, the main cost I found was replacement pistons on the cossie brakes.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Renault-5-Brake-Caliper-piston-234823-front_W0QQitemZ270465250101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_C arsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ef8fc3335

http://www.biggred.co.uk/renaultshop.html

Edit: Not sure if thats the right piston never actually had my 5 brakes off to have a look

[clee]

I fully rebuilt a pair of GTA rears for about £95 .That was with new pistons and sliders as well I think .
You could probably buy a pair of re-conned ones for the 5 for that though so not worth the effort .

[Alex]

Do GSF or Euro car parts not still do callipers? I bought some about a year ago, the fronts were about £30 each and the rears were nearer the £100 mark I think..... :)