warning to all with dual piston big brakes (93+)

[Jason Swan]

just hope that you don't need a rebuild kit for your brakes - cuz there are none in Canada.  Your only option is rebuilts, if you can find any, or ordering from the states.  I can't frakking believe it.

Lordco, NAPA, T&T, Murphy-Wakefield, Mopac - all the same thing.  Discontinued, end of lifed, not in warehouse, not being restocked, not in our system, unavailable.  Mopac refused to even look, just said nope.

Mitsu dealership - $55 each for caliper rebuild kit, full payment up front, no returns, 10 business days from Cali and no guarantee it's actually the right part.

Frak me.  Guess I have to hold my nose and cross the border.

[Chad Giffen]

Theres lots of cheap rebuilt front calipers online through the states.

Try finding 93 rears. Ive been looking for a year and will have to bite the bullet at $185 a pop.

[Remi Raymond]

55 $ per caliper doesn't strike me as expensive... am I missing something?
Plus the OTS rebuilds are usually pretty good

[Jason Swan]

55 $ per caliper doesn't strike me as expensive... am I missing something?
Plus the OTS rebuilds are usually pretty good

that's not for rebuilts.  That's for the rebuild or repair kit - which has two caliper seals, two steel rings for the caliper seals and boots for the bolts.

I can get rebuilts in the states for $60 plus core.

[daniel Dee]

Unless yours are leaking.....I just hone the cylinders,,,polish the pistons....
Cost nothing but time....
If you don't have a hone use a SOS pad on a drill...

[Jason Swan]

Unless yours are leaking.....I just hone the cylinders,,,polish the pistons....
Cost nothing but time....
If you don't have a hone use a SOS pad on a drill...

One seal is ripped on each brake *sigh*

[Jason Harwood]

upgrade to 2g

[Lowell Foo]

upgrade to 2g

Those are 2g AWD brakes. 

My vote would be upgrade to these: http://www.maperformance.com/baer-brakes/

Or if cost is no object: http://www.maperformance.com/rotora-front-2pc-14in-brake-kit-6pot-1g-dsm.html

[Remi Raymond]

Ziggy has some good options too, but the rotors in the basic kit will probably not be as nice as the baer kit

https://www.rtmracing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16634&cat=1289&page=1

Didn't someone just buy the stoptech 1g kit? That would get my vote.

[Jason Swan]

cost is an object.  I'm into this thing 2-3000 so far and the engine isn't even in the car yet.

[kevin derhouson]

the baer kit is the exact same calipers as ziggys cobra kit, can use the powerslots and you're gtg for about 600

[Lowell Foo]

RTM's kit looks to be C$809 with lines and slotted rotors. 

[Remi Raymond]

Yeah it works out the same if you assume that the baer kit is using something of about the same quality as the powerslots

[kevin derhouson]

the baer kit is the exact same calipers as ziggys cobra kit, can use the powerslots and you're gtg for about 600

just in case you didn't notice ;(

but i suppose it would be more accurate to say that baer makes the brakes for the 05-09 (iirc) cobra which are the donors.

[John Hartman]

I personally wouldn't frack around with rebuilding brake calipers unless its a last resort, and on something that really IS out of production like a '62 Lotus Cortina or something.

Don't buy the kit, just the calipers, those will be in stock somewhere as its all 93-99 AWD cars and Stealth/3kGT non turbo cars, plus 91-92 VR4 Galants.

Or that kit that Ziggy sells, or the one Lowell pointed out.