Caliper Refurb Specialists

Jonnio · Jul 21, 2022

Any recommendations for a refurb and paint/coat? Ideally want to choose a custom colour unless they've got the right sort of blue I'm after in their normal range.

Yarp · Jul 21, 2022

I’ve used M.S Custom Engineering in the past and they were excellent. Only heard good things since. If you’re on Facebook have a search and they should pop up. There’s loads of pics of their work on the page

loggyboy · Jul 21, 2022

https://www.biggred.co.uk/remanufacture

Krarl · Jul 21, 2022

Max at M.S Custom Engineering

NickReilly063 · Jul 21, 2022

SSL Horbury have just done a full set for me.

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Crybert · Jul 21, 2022

I love jobs like this. Makes my ocd moist

Daz... · Jul 21, 2022

Blue you say?

Danith · Jul 21, 2022

Brake caliper refurbs up in Rochdale. Done 4 sets for me now.

NickReilly063 · Jul 21, 2022

Danith said:
Brake caliper refurbs up in Rochdale. Done 4 sets for me now.

They look stunning

Danith · Jul 21, 2022

NickReilly063 said:
They look stunning

Lamborghini Candy blue these ones. On my MX5

Also did my Skoda ones white (but they went yellow after a track day!) so re did them black instead.

VenomUK · Jul 25, 2022

Some of you fancy putting prices up too please?

From what I can see SSL are the cheapest and do very good work. It would be nice to see how their price compares to others as there are some good names being thrown about but like BiggRed I got a quote which was a good 35% more than SSL

Jonnio · Jul 25, 2022

I've already been quoted by BCS (Nottingham), £450 Inc VAT for all four single piston calipers in their standard colour range with lifetime warranty.

Premium colours it goes up to £126 per caliper for paint, nearly doubling the quote...guessing custom colours are higher still. Seemed like a big jump when surely the amount of work would be similar? 🤔

Hence the thread. Would just send the front pair in and worry about the rears later if that's what it costs. 😅

Danith · Jul 25, 2022

Pair of Brembos at BCS was £240 in any colour with new seals and bleed screws.

Wilwood 6 pots were about 280 as I needed 2 new pistons.

He quoted me £200 ish I think for redoing my single piston rears.

RustyMojo · Jul 25, 2022

That seems like an awful lot of money to me Jonnio… can’t be much more buying brand new standard callipers.

Jonnio · Jul 25, 2022

Danith said:
Pair of Brembos at BCS was £240 in any colour with new seals and bleed screws.

Wilwood 6 pots were about 280 as I needed 2 new pistons.

He quoted me £200 ish I think for redoing my single piston rears.

Was that recent? Seems a fair bit different different to what I got back. 😅

Or was that the Rochdale place you meant?

Don’t call me Dave said:
That seems like an awful lot of money to me Jonnio… can’t be much more buying brand new standard callipers.

Aye did seem a bit much for some shitty pauper calipers.

Krarl · Jul 25, 2022

Might as well man maths some Brembos into that equation...

You know it makes sense

Darren S · Jul 25, 2022

Jonnio said:
I've already been quoted by BCS (Nottingham), £450 Inc VAT for all four single piston calipers in their standard colour range with lifetime warranty.

Premium colours it goes up to £126 per caliper for paint, nearly doubling the quote...guessing custom colours are higher still. Seemed like a big jump when surely the amount of work would be similar? 🤔

Hence the thread. Would just send the front pair in and worry about the rears later if that's what it costs. 😅

A friend of mine picked up his resprayed Porsche 911 alloys and brake the calipers to go with that for a similar price.

That was just this weekend too. What you've been quoted does seem quite pricey, indeed.

hopgop1 · Jul 25, 2022

I'm also going to have mine done soon-ish. SSL Autoparts on eBay is top of my list, price seems good. Anyone here used them?

Pardon our interruption...

Danith · Jul 25, 2022

Jonnio said:
Was that recent? Seems a fair bit different different to what I got back. 😅

Or was that the Rochdale place you meant?

Aye did seem a bit much for some shitty pauper calipers.

Skoda ones were this year and the mazda ones last year. Brake Caliper Refurbs in Rochdale. He's got a website and Instagram page does absolutely loads

NickReilly063 · Jul 25, 2022

hopgop1 said:
I'm also going to have mine done soon-ish. SSL Autoparts on eBay is top of my list, price seems good. Anyone here used them?

Pardon our interruption...

Hi

Mine have just had a full refurb with them £250 cash as I dropped them off ( Only live 5 minutes away)

hopgop1 · Jul 25, 2022

NickReilly063 said:
Hi

Mine have just had a full refurb with them £250 cash as I dropped them off ( Only live 5 minutes away)

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Looks spot on, I'll be going for silver as well. Thanks.

Robbie Corbett · Jul 25, 2022

@Jonnio calipers are very easy to diy refub, especially single piston calipers.

Buy seals, pistons (if you even need them), clips, slides, slide dust covers, stainless bleed nipples from Bigg red. Normally under £40 pet pair for everything.

Pistons pop out with an airline, pull seals out with a pick/needle pliers.

First set I dipped in citric acid overnight, then used a wire wheel to clean them up before painting. Second set I sand blast then zinc plated.

For £450 I would absolutely be doing them myself.

Yarp · Jul 26, 2022

Touring_Rob said:
@Jonnio calipers are very easy to diy refub, especially single piston calipers.

Buy seals, pistons (if you even need them), clips, slides, slide dust covers, stainless bleed nipples from Bigg red. Normally under £40 pet pair for everything.

Pistons pop out with an airline, pull seals out with a pick/needle pliers.

First set I dipped in citric acid overnight, then used a wire wheel to clean them up before painting. Second set I sand blast then zinc plated.

For £450 I would absolutely be doing them myself.

Totally agree, £450 is absolutely silly sausage money to essentially get a shitty old pair of standard callipers painted and it’s really not a tough job.

For that price, stretch an extra 25 quid and buy a brand new set of Brembos and go wit a big brake kit.

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VenomUK · Jul 26, 2022

hopgop1 said:
I'm also going to have mine done soon-ish. SSL Autoparts on eBay is top of my list, price seems good. Anyone here used them?

Pardon our interruption...

I'll let you into a little secret, these were who I was going to use but got an email from Max at M.S Custom... his price was better

by quite a bit also

Brigsy · Jul 26, 2022

Touring_Rob said:
@Jonnio calipers are very easy to diy refub, especially single piston calipers.

Buy seals, pistons (if you even need them), clips, slides, slide dust covers, stainless bleed nipples from Bigg red. Normally under £40 pet pair for everything.

Pistons pop out with an airline, pull seals out with a pick/needle pliers.

First set I dipped in citric acid overnight, then used a wire wheel to clean them up before painting. Second set I sand blast then zinc plated.

For £450 I would absolutely be doing them myself.

Absolutely this, diy all the way.

I refurbed the wilwood calipers for the trophy with new seals and bleed nipples. Clean clean clean and clean again and rebuild. The mrs put them back together after i showed her how to install one piston, so easy. Rears with handbrake mech can be a patience tester but all doable.

Louis · Jul 26, 2022

Yeah brakes are very very simple! The problems come when there's seized bleed nipples or damaged seats.

Can basically complete a full refurb with new pistons etc on 4 pot brembos for £140.

Contact small local powdercoating companies offering cash and they'll black and powdercoat for £20/caliper

VenomUK · Jul 26, 2022

If you go to the extent of removing the caliper for refurb then before you do anything, get some heat into the nipple and connecting line, get them cracked off before anything to make life easier. Don't worry about heating up the fluid as you'll be bleeding it out at a later date.

Beauvais Motorsport · Jul 26, 2022

TRW BHW241 and TRW BHW242 are the fronts and can be had for 40-50 quid each new. They are exact oem

hopgop1 · Jul 26, 2022

VenomUK said:
I'll let you into a little secret, these were who I was going to use but got an email from Max at M.S Custom... his price was better by quite a bit also

Just dropped Max a message, came back a fair bit over SSL on eBay. Mind PMing me how much you paid?

VenomUK · Jul 26, 2022

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