Brake Caliper Restoration Refinishing Paint repair
09-21-2015, 07:21 PM
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Track-use is not something we can guaranty against, we have tracked a couple of our own sets and have had no issues however we all know there are those who may have much higher heat cycles over others who baby their Porsche cars in track-mode...
09-21-2015, 09:06 PM
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Proceed w/ caution,
if you don't remove the spring plates, instead of calling you to tell you they couldn't remove them, they will paint over them. Your pads will not go back in and you'll have to spend another $400 for those parts and more in labor to have the old hardware removed.
if you don't remove the spring plates, instead of calling you to tell you they couldn't remove them, they will paint over them. Your pads will not go back in and you'll have to spend another $400 for those parts and more in labor to have the old hardware removed.
09-22-2015, 02:41 PM
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My confidence in your company was vacated when I went to select my car, when I saw you offered wheels for the 964/965 models. Either it was supposed to show 964/993 (which the 993 is not listed at all) or you are in a very limited market, because there is only one 965 that I know of. . . .
09-22-2015, 03:23 PM
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My confidence in your company was vacated when I went to select my car, when I saw you offered wheels for the 964/965 models. Either it was supposed to show 964/993 (which the 993 is not listed at all) or you are in a very limited market, because there is only one 965 that I know of. . . .
We want to wish you well in your quest for the right set, and if we can help you with a factory set we have some options we can help you with.
We may not have all of four factory sets posted but we will have some posted in the SPECIAL'S page. If you are searching for something in particular please contact us.
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09-22-2015, 04:14 PM
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Proceed w/ caution,
if you don't remove the spring plates, instead of calling you to tell you they couldn't remove them, they will paint over them. Your pads will not go back in and you'll have to spend another $400 for those parts and more in labor to have the old hardware removed.
if you don't remove the spring plates, instead of calling you to tell you they couldn't remove them, they will paint over them. Your pads will not go back in and you'll have to spend another $400 for those parts and more in labor to have the old hardware removed.
We recall your order, we had communicated with the person who was rebuilding your Porsche, he did confirm that your calipers were heavily corrosive and under the plates were so highly corrosive that they lifted the plates up at least 1/8" on each side.
We took the time to speak with your mechanic regarding this issue, we also explained to you that we do not rebuild the calipers, it was your mechanic who verified that the calipers needed to be rebuilt (replacing the plates and hardware) and because those plates that lines the brake pads were now "bowing" from the corrosion also needed to be replaced, your tech also explained that the hardware also should be replaced when removing these.
Sir, we took on the task to refinish the brake calipers, your tech confirmed that the paint on the plates were not the issue (in his words, the paint is not the issue, if it was we would have easily remove the paint from the plates) the issue was that the calipers were corrosive and in need of extended repair. The good part was that the tech I spoke with was so impressed by the work that he told us that he would be sending work or customer our way.
He did confirm that our service had nothing to do with the extensive corrosion your calipers had.
We ask that you please refrain from trying to publicly discredit us on the work that we provide. You might not be happy since we did not want to replace your hardware and plates for you at no-cost since you felt that it was part of our service,.....
09-22-2015, 06:14 PM
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Calipers are stripped down to the core, painted, decal applied, clear coated and hard-bake finished. We use high-temp tape to mask off the mounting points where the calipers are mounted and we also mask off the dust-boots and pistons. If you need other items such as side plates (common on the 993) calipers kept clear we can do at your request (WE DO NOT REMOVE THOSE PLATES NOR DO WE REMOVE CORROSIVE ITEMS FROM UNDER THOSE PLATES, get that done if necessary before shipping them to us)
Calipers are stripped down to the core, painted, decal applied, clear coated and hard-bake finished. We use high-temp tape to mask off the mounting points where the calipers are mounted and we also mask off the dust-boots and pistons. If you need other items such as side plates (common on the 993) calipers kept clear we can do at your request (WE DO NOT REMOVE THOSE PLATES NOR DO WE REMOVE CORROSIVE ITEMS FROM UNDER THOSE PLATES, get that done if necessary before shipping them to us)
- The cost on standard colors and finishing is $150 ea.
If $150/caliper = $300/pair... I was quoted $400/pair of calipers by a well known brake rebuilder to strip, repaint, and rebuild ("restore" they say). The cost of the rebuild kits for the calipers are significant piece of that cost, more than the $100 difference. (Of course I'm talking retail parts cost and not the bulk pricing a rebuilder might get.) And its a one-stop service.
WD, No offense intended, just a price comparison for my RL993 brethren with which to make an informed decision. Yours is the right service for a DIY'er who can rebuild their calipers, but wants the paint done professionally.
09-22-2015, 06:48 PM
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We certainly don't take any offense to others who might be be offering a similar service. We have been performing this service for close to 12-years now and we know that the quality of our finishing is the best.
09-22-2015, 08:10 PM
#25
Sir,
We recall your order, we had communicated with the person who was rebuilding your Porsche, he did confirm that your calipers were heavily corrosive and under the plates were so highly corrosive that they lifted the plates up at least 1/8" on each side.
We took the time to speak with your mechanic regarding this issue, we also explained to you that we do not rebuild the calipers, it was your mechanic who verified that the calipers needed to be rebuilt (replacing the plates and hardware) and because those plates that lines the brake pads were now "bowing" from the corrosion also needed to be replaced, your tech also explained that the hardware also should be replaced when removing these.
Sir, we took on the task to refinish the brake calipers, your tech confirmed that the paint on the plates were not the issue (in his words, the paint is not the issue, if it was we would have easily remove the paint from the plates) the issue was that the calipers were corrosive and in need of extended repair. The good part was that the tech I spoke with was so impressed by the work that he told us that he would be sending work or customer our way.
He did confirm that our service had nothing to do with the extensive corrosion your calipers had.
We ask that you please refrain from trying to publicly discredit us on the work that we provide. You might not be happy since we did not want to replace your hardware and plates for you at no-cost since you felt that it was part of our service,.....
We recall your order, we had communicated with the person who was rebuilding your Porsche, he did confirm that your calipers were heavily corrosive and under the plates were so highly corrosive that they lifted the plates up at least 1/8" on each side.
We took the time to speak with your mechanic regarding this issue, we also explained to you that we do not rebuild the calipers, it was your mechanic who verified that the calipers needed to be rebuilt (replacing the plates and hardware) and because those plates that lines the brake pads were now "bowing" from the corrosion also needed to be replaced, your tech also explained that the hardware also should be replaced when removing these.
Sir, we took on the task to refinish the brake calipers, your tech confirmed that the paint on the plates were not the issue (in his words, the paint is not the issue, if it was we would have easily remove the paint from the plates) the issue was that the calipers were corrosive and in need of extended repair. The good part was that the tech I spoke with was so impressed by the work that he told us that he would be sending work or customer our way.
He did confirm that our service had nothing to do with the extensive corrosion your calipers had.
We ask that you please refrain from trying to publicly discredit us on the work that we provide. You might not be happy since we did not want to replace your hardware and plates for you at no-cost since you felt that it was part of our service,.....
09-23-2015, 03:30 PM
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We work very hard to maintain our quality and reputation on these forums, not only this one and of course we are not happy when a customer wants to use the forums as a means to try and discredit our work based a detail that has nothing to do with our services.
Simply put when we questioned the mechanic who was physically working on this car as to the over-all condition he admitted that there was corrosion consistent with the brake calipers. The tech explained to us that when he called the customer to explain the corrosion issue that the customer did not want to pay him to restore them and he insisted that it has to do with our service.
We do not remove those plates since they are a monster to remove at times, they are angled in there so hard that you will more than likely require new hardware. The plates were damaged from the corrosion (bowed up from corrosion underneath the plates) he needed to have those plates replaced regardless if he ever expected to have correct size pads installed in these calipers.
Sort of like bringing us your engine block to be painted and then telling us that we are responsible for a leaking head-gasket. We are 100% sure that this customer was simply looking to have some free work performed if not from his mechanic (who quoted him $400 on the job) or was hoping that we would offer to cover this cost.
We took extra time to make calls with his tech to fully understand the situation in order to confirm what we already expected. This is not our first set of calipers, we have been refinishing calipers now for about 12-years.
Simply put when we questioned the mechanic who was physically working on this car as to the over-all condition he admitted that there was corrosion consistent with the brake calipers. The tech explained to us that when he called the customer to explain the corrosion issue that the customer did not want to pay him to restore them and he insisted that it has to do with our service.
We do not remove those plates since they are a monster to remove at times, they are angled in there so hard that you will more than likely require new hardware. The plates were damaged from the corrosion (bowed up from corrosion underneath the plates) he needed to have those plates replaced regardless if he ever expected to have correct size pads installed in these calipers.
Sort of like bringing us your engine block to be painted and then telling us that we are responsible for a leaking head-gasket. We are 100% sure that this customer was simply looking to have some free work performed if not from his mechanic (who quoted him $400 on the job) or was hoping that we would offer to cover this cost.
We took extra time to make calls with his tech to fully understand the situation in order to confirm what we already expected. This is not our first set of calipers, we have been refinishing calipers now for about 12-years.
09-23-2015, 05:21 PM
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09-23-2015, 05:29 PM
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If you are local come on by and we will show you how our finishing comes out better than the factory finish. We will be happy to make you a believer when you have something to send out way if you are not local.