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Caliper refurb

Hi mate,

I had Faz at http://www.specialisttyres.co.uk/ in Letchworth Garden City do the callipers on my 993 C2 circa 2 years ago. I supplied the calliper decals (from Type911.co.uk) and these were applied over the painted callipers and then a coat of lacquer was applied.

It's purely a calliper painting service with the wheels taken off and callipers painted in-situ. I was retaining the original colour and brakes are fine so didn't bother me. He also painted the drums.

So four calipers painted, decals applied, lacquered and drums painted silver was £200.00. Bargain. And I am happy to report after 2.5 years all is fine with a small flake of paint peeling off on one of the drums the only niggle.

ATB
 
MattyR,

Do you have any photographs showing the end results - interested in painting in-situ myself, but nervous about the quality.

A
 
cheshire911 said:
Concurs with the feedback from some Porsche guys I met who used BCS.

Do you know if they do it all in house?
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I dropped my Cayenne off with them, they removed the calipers, prepared them, painted them and refitted in two days and painted the hubs too, there was no in depth repair work as the car was only a couple of years old, not cheap either ( circ £800) but very good and with a warranty on the work (5 years I think). They also sent me pictures of every step.

If you are thinking of doing you own in situ, it will be as good as you can do, a lot cheaper but not a patch on the full monty. You won't get them as clean or prepared as they need to be and you will only be able to paint the bits you can see!! Been there done it.

I'll probably do my own removal and refit on the 993 to save a bit of cost but will probably have the seals done while they're off.

Hope this helps

Chris
 
I used BCS a while back to do mine. Whilst the final final result is good. It was a very pained and lengthy transaction with the result of their first attempt being an utter disgrace. Even once given a chance to make good corners were cut. This despite my detailed feedback when returning to them for a second try. Inexcusable things such as using non genuine bleed nipples which I had to replace immediately as being the wrong pitch of seat they leaked!

Quality and pride in a job well done must come from the top. Whilst I'm sure some of the workforce there are capable of good work, the proprietors view of what good looks like for this job is far out of line with my own. Also their approach to managing a complaint leaves a lot to be desired in my experience.

So regardless of my final outcome, I couldn't possibly recommend them as the place to go for a full and thorough refurbishment.

I've said as much and more on their Facebook page reviews but I'm sure it's long since been cleansed.
 
We only use genuine brembo parts rather then aftermarket of which most of other companies using just to keep they costs looks cheaper.

Also whoever will do a job for you please make sure they fully strip the calipers.
Seals on any 993 needs replacing asap as they don't last forever (as most thinks).
Calipers get sticky at they 50k mark or 5 years, specially the rear ones.
Most of you will be shocked to see how the fluid seals looks like on most of 993 calipers if they are there from new.
Also most are shocked by the final costs of a full refurb and thinking that they don't need to spend that much for calipers that works and don't leak, that's just false economy.

Whatever you do do it right with genuine parts, that will be my advise.
 
dommorton said:
. Inexcusable things such as using non genuine bleed nipples which I had to replace immediately as being the wrong pitch of seat they leaked!
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Did you have fitted genuine seals on yours?
Have seen few fitted with aftermarket ones.
 
Yes on the seals. But also on a piston that apparently needed replacement and was charged for over and above a 'full refurbishment service' :frustrated:
 
Sound advice. I'm considering having calipers lacquered and I understand the point about having seals serviced etc.

Couple of questions:
1. Do you put new Porsche-supplied decals?
2. Is all the work (caliper servicing, caliper prep and spray and lacquer) done in-house or sub-contracted? You do not need to say to who, I'm only curious to know if it is all in-house or not. I have concerns with out-sourced services around how you can oversee the quality of the process outside of your own company.
 
Thanks guys for recommendations, much appreciated.

I only subcontract the painting process as setting up the powdercoating factory costs to much and the costs of refurb will needs to be higher to cover the costs.
I do all the prep and finishing by myself and i must say i'm a bit OCD when comes to the finish.
It did happened in the past where i had to send the calipers back for redo as i wasn't happy, not happening much more as the guys know what i want and they put quality control on they side.
To be honest i think you shoul not care if even all the work will be subs to others as long as it's on agreed budget and in time, the finished product quality is what's the most important part here as well as customer service.

I take pride of what i'm doing and so far you can't find any on this forum, any other forum about my work as there is non, not even one unhappy customer.
 
Thank you for this. It is helpful for me to understand how the set up works.
 
Another one here for Thomas at Pro-Calipers. I was really pleased with the results and I'm bloody fussy about things like that.
 
If you have a limited budget, and old brakes, the priority has to be a proper refurbishment, with new pistons and seals, etc. with a decent firm. You can then paint the calipers yourself with UHT paint and lacquer. Take your time and use plenty of thin layers. And then spend the savings on fresh discs, pads and fluid.
 
MaxA said:
If you have a limited budget, and old brakes, the priority has to be a proper refurbishment, with new pistons and seals, etc. with a decent firm. You can then paint the calipers yourself with UHT paint and lacquer. Take your time and use plenty of thin layers. And then spend the savings on fresh discs, pads and fluid.
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True
Pistons needs replacing at extreme cases, where there is a high corrosion, but on the other side if you have that much of a corrosion then you should be glad that you do the full service anyway.
Full strip and new seals it's a must on any 993 and most 996 where calipers never been services before, that's a fact!!!
 
Another recommendation for Thomas, I had the full refurb done a couple of years ago and the work was excellent imho. It's not a cheap excersize though!
 
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