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[nicollow]

From memory a refurb was £20 less than a new set of rears via robin on here when i looked into it. Not sure where he got them from but most people i spoke to (inc local friendly lotus dealer) said it wasnt worth the bother refurbing the rears.

 

 

That same dealer said that about the fronts  

[LazyDonkey]

From memory a refurb was £20 less than a new set of rears via robin on here when i looked into it. Not sure where he got them from but most people i spoke to (inc local friendly lotus dealer) said it wasnt worth the bother refurbing the rears.

That same dealer said that about the fronts

Well he sent my fronts off to be refurb'd

[JamesC]

I used the company mentioned in the 2nd post as they were the only firm I could find who would take on the caliper refurb.  However I would strongly recommend that no one else uses them based on the experience I had.  See the following link:

 

http://www.vx220.org...dvice-required/

 

In short, the calipers returned and looked great, freshly painted with new seals etc.  I rebuilt the car and delivered it to my local specialist to set the geo and look at the handbrake that I couldnt get right.  He did his best but both calipers were flagged up as a fail come MOT time.  There was an issue with the handbrake adjuster on both of them and pointed towards incorrect re-assembly.  I complained and returned the calipers.  6months later several threats of the small claims court I was refunded after they told me they were on the brink of going out of business. 

 

Maybe I just had a bad experience, but just my 2p.

Edited by jamesclarkson, 18 October 2013 - 08:29 AM.

[navx]

Blimey!! Good to know. I wonder how those that have had theirs refurbed recently have faired.

 

 

I used the company mentioned in the 2nd post as they were the only firm I could find who would take on the caliper refurb.  However I would strongly recommend that no one else uses them based on the experience I had.  See the following link:

 

http://www.vx220.org...dvice-required/

 

In short, the calipers returned and looked great, freshly painted with new seals etc.  I rebuilt the car and delivered it to my local specialist to set the geo and look at the handbrake that I couldnt get right.  He did his best but both calipers were flagged up as a fail come MOT time.  There was an issue with the handbrake adjuster on both of them and pointed towards incorrect re-assembly.  I complained and returned the calipers.  6months later several threats of the small claims court I was refunded after they told me they were on the brink of going out of business. 

 

Maybe I just had a bad experience, but just my 2p.

 

[peteslag]

I've just used this lot, I'll post  the results when I get my caliper back in a few days.

 

They are very reasonable.

 

http://www.brake-caliper-painting.com/

 

 

 

A few people have expressed an interest in this, here are the results.  The caliper is on the car and working perfectly, I stress that it isn't the company mentioned in the second post. They only charged me £30 plus postage to rebuild the caliper. The original problem was that the auto handbrake mechanism wasn't working properly so they must know their stuff.  Big thumbs up from me.

 

*EDIT* I just double checked the link in the second post and is the same company.  Mixed reviews for this company then.

Edited by peteslag, 24 October 2013 - 12:17 PM.

[BlueVX52]

Excellent news. ill uave to get mine sent off in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the update Dan