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Topic: Rebuilding rear brakes
Posted By: DannyCanuck
Subject: Rebuilding rear brakes
Date Posted: 26 October 2012 at 5:04pm
My rear brake calipers are in need of a rebuild, does anyone know of a local supplier of rebuilt calipers/rebuild
kits for the 88 calipers?

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88 duke, bog standard



Replies:
Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 26 October 2012 at 6:07pm
Go to Lordco and use the club discount.  They should have rebuilt ones.  No one sells kits anymore it seems.  The kit ends up being about the same as a finished caliper.  So why bother.

Dawg


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You dream it up....I'll make it


Posted By: Rob N.
Date Posted: 27 October 2012 at 6:51pm

I agree, I rebuilt the one's on my 87 silver coup with the  kit just to see if it could be done, but on my blue GT i got them from Lordco. I think about 120 - 150 for the pair.



Posted By: DannyCanuck
Date Posted: 28 October 2012 at 8:51am
got 'em at lordco for about $160. I looked at the 88 SM
and am glad I didn't try to rebuild them, the fronts maybe,
but not the rears.

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88 duke, bog standard


Posted By: InfernoFiero
Date Posted: 29 October 2012 at 11:41am
With my VIP discount at North Shore Auto Parts, I was able to purchase two rear calipers -- rebuilt -- for my 84 Fiero at 60 dollars each including ($10 deposit) so the net cost was in fact $100. Seems like NSAP is much cheaper.


Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 29 October 2012 at 1:08pm

It's been discussed here many times what an absolute ripoff that Lordco is.

It's the last place I would ever buy automotive parts.

 



Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 12:58am
Unless someone has the time to wait and shop around all over town,
the club price at Lordco is still way better than retail.

Many of these places that quote super low prices simply can't afford to
keep anything odd in stock anymore. Unless you have special
connections or rock bottom price is everything, Lordco still has it's
place I think.

Dawg

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You dream it up....I'll make it


Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 9:10am

Originally posted by Dawg Dawg wrote:

Unless someone has the time to wait and shop around all over town, the club price at Lordco is still way better than retail.

I'm not suggesting "retail" such as Canadian Tire, but it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to make a few phone calls to various auto part vendors.

Or if there's a chance to plan ahead, order online from a vendor such as http://www.rockauto.com/ - RockAuto . Huge savings over any place local.

It's not just me who's been displeased with Lordco. From http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2933&PN=1&TPN=1 - This thread ...

Originally posted by Capt Fiero Capt Fiero wrote:

I just could not believe it, we have a club account at Lordco and recommend all of our club guys go to them, and I find out in 10 mins of calling around that they are gouging the heck out of us. I don’t mind paying an extra 10 or 20% to have my parts locally and quickly, but double, that just seems NUTS.

So that's just my story, when pricing out parts, it's always a good idea to shop around.

 




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