Brake Caliper refurb advice..

[PHOENIXUK]

The calipers on my GT2 are looking pretty sorry for themselves.
Never done this before any recomendations on which company to send them to for refurbishment?
Thanks

[Trev450]

Ian at Godspeed is worth a call - http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/content/8-recondit...

[EGTE]

Stainless Steel pistons sounds like a good idea.

[ontheloop]

http://pro-calipers.co.uk

These guys did my GT3 calipers last year and did a great job.

[aceparts]

Check price of new from Porsche. Probably not as expensive as you might think. My 993 Big reds were refurbed at a cost of around £800 by the time they had seals and bits. New calipers were £1250+vat for all four! Sold old ones for £700.

[aceparts]

Oh, and refurbished ones looked st in about a year

[Bieldside]

I had my 993 calipers done 18 months ago via Porsche Brooklands
Still look 100%

[Orangecurry]

Trev450 said:

Ian at Godspeed is worth a call - http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/content/8-recondit...

This - they did my Impreza calipers with stainless inserts years ago, and look just as good now.

[aceparts]

Those who had them refurbished; can you post prices for comparison?

[Slippydiff]

aceparts said:

Check price of new from Porsche. Probably not as expensive as you might think. My 993 Big reds were refurbed at a cost of around £800 by the time they had seals and bits. New calipers were £1250+vat for all four! Sold old ones for £700.

The 6 pot front calipers have been subject to a massive price increase in the last couple of years, they alone are £800 each now, but if you can get me a complete set of new OE front and rear calipers for £1250 + vat, I'll take five sets please.
As for refurbed calipers not standing up to proper use and looking decidedly secondhand after 12 months, that would depend on who refurbished them......

Use these guys :

http://www.brakecaliperspecialists.uk/brake-calipe...

Not cheap, but with the front calipers alone costing £800 each new, there's now plenty of headroom left for the cost of a decent refurb.

[nomank]

Slippydiff said:

The 6 pot front calipers have been subject to a massive price increase in the last couple of years, they alone are £800 each now, but if you can get me a complete set of new OE front and rear calipers for £1250 + vat, I'll take five sets please.
As for refurbed calipers not standing up to proper use and looking decidedly secondhand after 12 months, that would depend on who refurbished them......

Use these guys :

http://www.brakecaliperspecialists.uk/brake-calipe...

Not cheap, but with the front calipers alone costing £800 each new, there's now plenty of headroom left for the cost of a decent refurb.

+1 for these guys. I had my Cayenne done by them. Also had the colour changed while there too. Top guys. Check out their FB page or the Cayenne thread to see the results of mine.

[PHOENIXUK]

Thanks for the posts;
Got a quote from both companies mentioned, prices within 15% of each other, one of the companies quote stated that the calipers were all 4 pots, on that basis I will go with the other guy who didnt need me to correct him. Will post pics (before and after) when I get the buggers off.