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Old 05-04-2010, 05:10 PM
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I'm looking to replace my front calipers with generic store remanufactured ones. Can anyone give input on which ones are better or worse, or are they all pretty much the same. Thanks.
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They're all the same. Just make sure the pistons are metal and not some weird composite.
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Most of the store brand remanufactured calipers tend to be garbage. They have frozen pistons, stripped bleeder valves (most have been helicoiled), oblong bolt holes, and many are spread quite badly.

Your best bet is to try and get a brand new set from one of the sponsors. You can get powercoated C5 Z06 calipers and just bolt them right on, they are externally the same dimensions.

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rebuild yourself??????




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