Refurbished Calipers

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:14 am

Did they change all the boots and clean the pistons, etc?
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Mr Footlong » Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:27 am

R8GXR wrote:Only a cosmetic refurb as all pistons slide perfect and dust boots undamaged.
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by gorwanvfr » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:45 am

Shoppinit wrote:Mmm. Shiny.
Footer's Shoppinit can's see anymore becasue they are Shiny :bash:
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:53 am

*Footers
*can't
*because
*shiny
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by gorwanvfr » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:03 am

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by sweegie » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:43 am

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by R8GXR » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:06 pm

And here they are fitted to the car. Had to use the original brake lines fir now as HEL supplied the wring front ones! :bash:
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:15 pm

Just noticed that your "RS" isn't filled in in white. Odd.
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by R8GXR » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:25 pm

Shoppinit wrote:Just noticed that your "RS" isn't filled in in white. Odd.
OEMs were not either if you look at the irst post.

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:29 pm

That's why it's odd. I'm pretty sure the original calipers were filled in. My C5 and C6 calipers are.
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///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:31 pm

Mine:

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///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by bam_bam » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:00 pm

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by R8GXR » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:39 pm

bam_bam wrote:Image
Thats a bloody good idea using studding to slide the wheel out onto rather than it dropping down and chipping the paint on the wheel or caliper!

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by Imola_Sid » Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:20 pm

Oooh they look really nice! Tempted to have mine done now.

Matching mexico blue calipers too chavvy? Or leave them silver and paint the Lamborghini text in blue?

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Re: Refurbished Calipers

Post by bam_bam » Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:48 pm

Imola_Sid wrote:Oooh they look really nice! Tempted to have mine done now.

Matching mexico blue calipers too chavvy? Or leave them silver and paint the Lamborghini text in blue?
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