twoseater
Well-known member
Hello - I had a leaking caliper on the front driver side. Attached is an image of the caliper - are these SS lined? Someone posted if its not rusted its SS. It does show some blemishes but I'm thinking the prior owner aready swapped out for SS sleeves. What do you think?
Doing the math - I can save $145.00 if I order a rebuild kit (O-Ring), brakes lines, new pads over ordering a "kit" which has calipers and all parts. If these were not SS lined then the answer would be easy, however, assuming these are I'm trying to justify the additional $145.00 for new calipers and maybe avoid an issue if there is a problem with the existing calipers. For the most part the existing calipers seem OK.
Also, I plan on doing all 4 as I've heard you can end up chasing leak problems around the car. Fix one leak - and a leak starts elsewhere....Trying to avoid that.
What do you think -
Stainless steel sleeved already?
Buy new rebuilt calipers or do these look good enough to rebuild?
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Doing the math - I can save $145.00 if I order a rebuild kit (O-Ring), brakes lines, new pads over ordering a "kit" which has calipers and all parts. If these were not SS lined then the answer would be easy, however, assuming these are I'm trying to justify the additional $145.00 for new calipers and maybe avoid an issue if there is a problem with the existing calipers. For the most part the existing calipers seem OK.
Also, I plan on doing all 4 as I've heard you can end up chasing leak problems around the car. Fix one leak - and a leak starts elsewhere....Trying to avoid that.
What do you think -
Stainless steel sleeved already?
Buy new rebuilt calipers or do these look good enough to rebuild?
View attachment 14612