Cheshire 911 you were right. It was a bit of insomnia after a few weekend beers with mates, but I've come across with the topic after I got home & I wanted to post a link desperately about my really bad experience with BCS of Nottingham last summer, but the link didn't work. Anyway you can find it on BCS's F.book page reviews if you have 5 min spare. This picture is the end result, but not from BCS. Powder coating is the way forward. £60+vat & postage to Pentland Powder Coating LTD & £50 new seals & indy laber. Good luck...
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Brake Caliper Refurb
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Hi uk996. You can do the work yourself if you're handy with spanners, but in my case a good friend of mine who has been working on my car for 8 years done the work because I get a really good deal with him. He runs an independant garage for prestige cars. I think it was about 4-5 hours laber all in. The way I've done it after my terrible experience with BCS, was to take the calipers off again (by my mechanic friend) send them off to Pentland Powder Coating LTD in Scotland £60+vat+postage & they've done the sandblasting & chemical treatment as well before powder coating. They wouldn't do the decals though so you have to order some high temp ones online & put them on yourself if your eyesight is good lol. New piston seals & dust caps from an online supplier for £50 & refit & pronto a nearly brand new set of calipers. If I knew about Pentland Powder Coating before, I could have saved myself £500+loads of agro with BCS. First I just didn't wana go down the total strip down avenue & BCS offers a paint only job, but terrible. Honestly they are a bunch of w....ers. This is the link for the review I've put on their F.book page if it works this time & you're too bored lol. https://m.facebook.com/szilard.lukacs.16/activity/10214818820482207 It's epic poportions. I hope this all helps & good luck...
Wow, that bad ?
I've rebuilt calipers before, changing seals etc, but that was years ago when I had plenty of time. I may just do it again myself, as I got a quote from your fav caliper company which came to £670.
I'd prefer pro-calipers to do it, but they're not able to do the logo anymore. I'll see if pro-calipers to do most of it and I finish it with logo and lacquer, but if I need to get my hands dirty, I may decide to do it all of it as I'm sure the pistons are ok and the nipples are free.
I've rebuilt calipers before, changing seals etc, but that was years ago when I had plenty of time. I may just do it again myself, as I got a quote from your fav caliper company which came to £670.
I'd prefer pro-calipers to do it, but they're not able to do the logo anymore. I'll see if pro-calipers to do most of it and I finish it with logo and lacquer, but if I need to get my hands dirty, I may decide to do it all of it as I'm sure the pistons are ok and the nipples are free.
If you're going for powder coating, it gives a great finish but it can fail if the damp gets under the edges.
Take great care with any fixings, pipe connectors, nipples, pad retainer pins etc. and pistons. Make sure they are removed and masked or blocked off and remove masking carefully to avoid lifting the edges of the new coating.
Take great care with any fixings, pipe connectors, nipples, pad retainer pins etc. and pistons. Make sure they are removed and masked or blocked off and remove masking carefully to avoid lifting the edges of the new coating.
This is how all my calipers looked after a couple of weeks from BCS. The paint can fail as well as you can see if the prep work is not done properly. BCS supposed to be Brembo specialists they claim, but we reckon that they didn't prep it right or rushed the job. I don't think this would have happened to a brand new set of Brembos "even if" a bit of brake fluid was left on a little bit longer...
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When I owned my Golf R, I sent my calipers in for a refurb + ceramic coating. What a waste of £ and time. One of the calipers failed when being refitted. Allegedly they replace and inspect all component parts; they didn't :floor: Paint work was shoddy also. Not impressed and I won't ever be returning back :thumb:
Oh... & this was the back of one of my calipers back from BCS & they supposedly pressure tested them too. Obviously the thread was dodge, so I don't know how it past the test with them. My mechanics had to healey coil it & it's all good now. The worrying thing was that I've hardly had any break fluid left in my reservoir & we only noticed it when I got back from a continental road trip including the Autobahn & I remember having to slam the breaks on a couple of times from about ton fifty mph... 
PS: was your experience with BCS Jake...?
PS: was your experience with BCS Jake...?
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szilard said:
Sorry I was still venting when I was typing my earlier post. Yes it was BCS, I honestly think these guys are negligent and will sooner or later put people at risk. I was so p****** to find that the seals hadn't been changed and that one was actually torn. Looks like your experience/misforturne is akin to my experience. On the Golf Forum there was a group of rather annoyed Golf owners. I think BCS actually shut down for a while or went under the radar as a result.
maldren said:
Is there a particular technique to avoid lifting the edges ?
I can take the pistons and seals out and block off the apertures. I presume I can leave the link pipes in ? Probably leave the old nipples in to protect the threads.
Don't take this the wrong way Jake, because this was very unfortunate for both of us & not just for us by the looks of things regarding BCS, but I'm glad it wasn't just me. They really tried to make me feel that it was only me who complained & had issues with them & they were referring to themselves as if they were the best thing in the world regarding caliper refurbishment. What a bunch of manipulating t.....ers. The thing is that they know very well how far they can push people before they have to offer by low a free of charge rework, but still no fitting cost. But would you trust them with your beloved cars breaks after all this agro with them...? I certainly didn't.
Regarding paint flaking or lifting issues uk996, I think it's all about prep as I said in earlier posts, but I'm not a professional painter, so I can't really give advice on how to do that, but I'd rather go with a trusted refurber & that is not BCS lol. In my opinion powder coating with a professional firm is the way forward...
Ps: I guess this is what these forums are good for, to share experiences amongst us enthusiasts & to weed out the w....ers in the trade lol... :floor:
Regarding paint flaking or lifting issues uk996, I think it's all about prep as I said in earlier posts, but I'm not a professional painter, so I can't really give advice on how to do that, but I'd rather go with a trusted refurber & that is not BCS lol. In my opinion powder coating with a professional firm is the way forward...
Ps: I guess this is what these forums are good for, to share experiences amongst us enthusiasts & to weed out the w....ers in the trade lol... :floor:
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