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08-07-2020, 10:16 PM | #1 |
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Stoptech/Centric Reman Caliper Review
My car is hitting 130K miles and I was debating if I should rebuild it or get some BBK. The car is a DD mostly.. So I picked the rebuild route. After putting together the rebuild material list...
Holy cow, it's close to $100 per caliper for new guide pins, rubber, seal and boot etc.. Also, the boot freaking fused to the caliper!! So I kinda start looking around for readily rebuilt ones.... Looks like the GM folks got some good experience with Centric's rebuild vs the other companies. So I pulled the trigger at Rockauto for this whole set... Also somehow they got it really cheap.. like $50 per caliper cheap with core returned.. Anyways.. here's just my finding if anyone wants to go the same route. In general.. I give them 8/10.. decent rebuilt. the bleed screws, boots, rubber and pin all look new (that's already ~$50 without labor cost) The painted, fully loaded looks nicer than the semis.. I'll probably get the rears painted as well to match and prevent rusting. I have concern about them over torquing and potentially damaged guide pins. I will probably see how much torque to actually put on and go from there. Part numbers: Centric RL 14134593 (141.34593) Centric RR 14134594 (141.34594) Centric FL 14234204 (142.34204) Centric FR 14234203 (142.34203) The front ones are loaded with pads. Will include and show later. The rears is pretty much limited to 1 selection. Now the fronts.. (yes, I got the red ones ) Overall (re)build quality seems ok. the other side came with 2 very horribly sat pads The guide pins are actually locktited.. with Red!!.. it is a pita to remove.. also suspect they just impacted them in, with Torx not hex (one of the pin has torx mark) really dirty in there.. mostly grease the pads came with They are 105.09180 >> APC/Stoptech page https://www.apcautotech.com/part-det...e=bmw&model=m3 they are actually ceramic pads (let me know if anyone wants them. I have a set of Akebono to go in already) taken the pin off (some locktite or just paint) the other side looks clean Imperfection for sure. already sctraching The other side Piston area.. some scratches.. probably from removal.. well Bracket slot looks a bit rusty ish The guide pins cleaned up a bit.. looks new.. or at least not in bad shape.. Might still replace them though Banana phone.. the 3 pin looks like torx-ed.. or over impacted. Not sure if I want to take chance with it. Not going to be fun if it strips in place The piston looks really clean though boot gap.. Now we go to the rear... look ok but not painted. a tint of red...hmmmm the other side not bad in general these damn pins also get really tight in there. piston not looking as good as the fronts close up on boots another close up for reference.. this is how much if I was to source and rebuild on my own Front Brakes part# Description cost count sub total Front bleeding valve 34116768018 $3.50 2 $7.00 Front bleeder cover 34111163435 $3.77 2 $7.54 Front Retaining clip 34112283363 $11.70 2 $23.40 Front Piston Repair Kit 34111163647 $11.25 2 $22.50 Guidepin 34111157041 $4.00 2 $8.00 Guidepin2 34116757036 $11.00 2 $22.00 Guide pin rubber set 34116758707 $19.31 2 $38.62 Rear bleeding valve 34116758107 $4.63 2 $9.26 Rear bleeder cover 34111153198 $6.60 2 $13.20 Rear Retaining clip 34212282198 $8.69 2 $17.38 Rear Piston Repair Kit 34216753682 $42.23 2 $84.46 guide pin 34111157041 $4.00 4 $16.00 Guide pin rubber set 34216869617 $8.29 2 $16.58 summing to something like $290 before tax Last edited by romero1990; 08-09-2020 at 03:01 PM.. |
08-08-2020, 05:58 AM | #3 |
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I think they look great and that the price was excellent. I ran a set of centric rebuilds on my E36M3 for about 5 years before changing to Stoptech 4 piston (which I always wanted because they look cool, but they don’t stop any better in non-track use). The centric paint faded pretty fast — it was not a fancy two part high temp ceramic, at least not when I got the rebuild done 10 years ago.
Your shopping list would also have needed paint. And about a day of your time, whatever that is worth. |
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still waiting on the last piece to arrive and we will see how they go into my car and actual feeling I bought a set of steel lines to replace the rubber too |
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