Manford

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Has anyone got a set?

One of mine needs rebuilding but I want to swap them and then rebuild mine, but be able to take my time. Need the car running as its my daily driver

Godspeed Brakes

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If your stuck we offer fully reconditioned 4 pots , powder coated any colour you want , and fitted with stainless steel Pistons , new seals and bleed nipples , and offer them for £235 a pair exchange , we can send a pair out to you , swap them , and send yours back to us so you're not off the road
Cheers Ian

Manford

That's cool, were due a baby this week so moneys tight to say the least, trying to see if i can sort it for less, if not il have to take the plunge and get a set from you guys.

235 for what you get back is a quality price.

You do braided lines?

If I'm going to replace the calipers mite as well change the brake lines at the same time.

Yardz

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Sorry to jump on some one else's thread but is that price all in Ian?

Godspeed Brakes

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Hi
The calipers we offer for £235 a pair inc vat , we take a refundable deposit which you get back when we get your old calipers back , and P&P is £15
Cheers Ian

Manford

Ok I had a bright idea of buying a set of callipers checking them over and then swapping them with mine, at least this way it gave me time to check them over before taking anything off the car............but as ever things just aren't that simple.
They were jammed solid when I got them,move managed to get the Pistons moving but I think they need rebuilding before going on the car. Which is fine and I think I could do.
My big issue is they are red....ish..... They looked better in the pics. I'm not fussed about them being red but they really could do with cleaning up and repainting. Is this one of those jobs I'm going to wish I had never started/results r s@@t and il just wish I had got them done properly? I also have an 11 day old daughter so time and money are a little short

Ian, if I ship the callipers to you, how much would it cost and how long would it take to get them back?

Godspeed Brakes

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We can do them for £235 a pair , if we know you are sending them we will do a pair in whatever colour you want and send them out the day we get yours in so no deposit to pay , we can have a pair ready to go in a day , P&P is £15 to you
Cheers Ian

Manford

Cool, do they come with the pins/rods the pads sit on?

Godspeed Brakes

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No , we can bead blast yours in the price , or supply you a brand new pin and clip kit for £15

Manford

How good are these? Do you do a deal with refurb callipers,discs n pads?

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/impr...ved-discs.html

Godspeed Brakes

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HI
Yes they work the same as original Subaru calipers , they just don't have the wording on the outer face.

We can supply you reconditioned calipers on an exchange basis , our grooved discs and kevlar pads for £325 plus £15 P&P , we could offer better performing pads if needed depending on use
Cheers Ian

Darrell@Scoobyworx

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We can also offer you reconditioned calipers. Ours are £198.88 a pair with stainless pistons and bleed screws and we offer a warranty of 3 years on all our calipers. We also powder coat them a colour of your choosing. Shipping £10.00 and we can do exchange with surcharge also.

http://www.scoobyworx.com/subaru-rec...pers-350-c.asp

Manford

Probably a daft question but are all wrx pro callipers the same?

So no matter where I buy them from I'm getting the same thing?

Godspeed Brakes

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Yes they are

Manford

Do they come with stainless Pistons?

Godspeed Brakes

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No the WRX pro calipers come with mild steel chrome plated Pistons , but we can change them to stainless steel ones for an additional £80
Cheers Ian

boosted

The wrx/subaru four pots are the same as Nissan 300zx/fairlady and skyline four pots.
From my experience it's the caliper that corrodes and causes sticky pistons, so SS pistons aren't always the solution.
To the op:
The cheapest option is to buy a seal kit and some emery and do your calipers on the car.
The first major rule here is make sure you can get the bleed nipple undone first, before doing anything....
Simply remove the pads and pump the brake till the pistons pop out. Obviously you need a brain and common sense and some good mechanical skills to make sure all the pistons are just about ready to pop out before pulling them the last wee bit.
Remove the seals and dust covers, scrape and clean the seal grooves, emery the bores, emery the pistons.
Clean it all with brake cleaner, use rubberlube and re assemble.
Budget several hours to do all this.
If it's not for you then you need to buy calipers, if you can't afford calipers then park the car up! Do not drive about with a newborn and siezed brakes lol.

boosted

Another way to do it just now while you save is pump the pistons as far out as you dare, wrap the emery round and give them a good rub. Clean and rubberlube, push them back in.
That will free them up enough most of the time.

Godspeed Brakes

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The Subaru calipers are NOT the same as the Nissan calipers , they are similar and use the same pistons and seals , similar to EVO and STi Brembo calipers using the same pistons and seals, but the calipers are indeed different.

The pistons do rust , as the chrome comes off , For some reason the first one to go is usually the inside bottom one , then the rest are not far behind.

If the pistons are rusty and pitted you CANNOT just clean them up with emery cloth to get the rust off and expect them to seal when you refit them , if you push the pistons in to fit new pads , the seal will be trying to seal on the area with pitting , and will not seal properly causing the fluid and pressure to be lost , the brakes will fail.

The top lip of the bore is usually rusty , and will need cleaning before rebuilding with new pistons , not cleaning this lip properly can see the calipers sticking even with stainless steel pistons.

In our experience , and its fair to say i've done a few Subaru 4 pots ! the biggest issue with these calipers is rusty pistons

Hope this helps
Cheers Ian

Darrell@Scoobyworx

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Have to agree with Ian.

Anything other than doing them properly is a temporary potentially dangerous fix only

boosted

Excellent when someone reads what you have written and spins their own interpretation on it.
I don't have the time to reply properly to this thread due to having family commitments.
I hope the op finds a cost effective and safe repair

Manford

I've got a spare set i'm going to strip down, sand down, repaint, new seals throughout and take my time. If i'm not 100% happy they wont be going on the car.

If the current pistons look ok they will go back in, if not, its 80quid and I will replace them with stainless.

What size spanner is needed for the bleed nipple? i don't have one that small.

boosted

8mm ring spanner or socket.
Just replace the piston(s) that are damaged/rusty. Only £11 each. It taken 10 or so years to get to the stage it's at.

martinnitram

I got a set of Godspeed WRX PRO calipers discs and pads on mine, really pleased with them.
TBH its not worth mucking about with the old rusty calipers for cost of the Godspeed kit.
I even managed to flog my old discs and calipers on ebay for £80, so just over £200 for new brakes. Bargain.

edit; it now really stops well.