Transparent caliper pricing...

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TaDa

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Why oh why do none of the online parts sellers not tell you the make of the brake caliper they sell?

I need to change the front discs, pads and calipers and I want to choose middling priced components (not too cheap, not too expensive you know how it works)

pads, yes, they often tell you the make, discs less so, but calipers - if its not a genuine part then you're in their hands.

Brookwell has lockheed discs and pads which seemed ok but whoever makes their calipers?

Yes, I know I could ring but its 8:30 and I wanted to get the order in tonight!

hey ho!

Can anyone tell me where I might get an ok-named reasonably priced set of the above (and the little screws that hold the disc on?)
 
I through that replacement brake calipers are just reconditioned and they would have been originally made by the original supplier to Land Rover.
Recon/new calipers are going to be of good quality as they are very simple in there operation and sub standard parts are not made.
You could buy stainless steel pistons and new seals off ebay and recon them your self.
The screws would be cheap enough from Land Rover.

:)
 
I through that replacement brake calipers are just reconditioned and they would have been originally made by the original supplier to Land Rover.
Recon/new calipers are going to be of good quality as they are very simple in there operation and sub standard parts are not made.
You could buy stainless steel pistons and new seals off ebay and recon them your self.
The screws would be cheap enough from Land Rover.

:)

The replacement caliper I got for the back last year did not even have a manufacturer's name on - I fancied something a bit more trustworthy on the front :)
Trust me - these calipers are seriously rusty - they seem to work fine but the outside is more pockmarked than a teenage acne face blessed with chickenpox and a terrible scratching habit :eek:.
 
r means replacement part ie pattern,discs lr £46,oe £26,pattern £15 pads mintex £15 lr £36 ,lockheed £16 ,lh means lockheed cailpers genuine lucas £90 pattern £28,calipers either genuine or pattern no other choice
 
Land Rover spare part prices and also other car manufactures prices are over inflated on the whole and the main point to remember is that they don't made parts like brakes and so on ,they buy them in.
A brake caliper is just a brake caliper and thats it, no name on replacement caliper just means the company that recondition them had to remove the name of Lucas for obvious reasons.
:)
 
r means replacement part ie pattern,discs lr £46,oe £26,pattern £15 pads mintex £15 lr £36 ,lockheed £16 ,lh means lockheed cailpers genuine lucas £90 pattern £28,calipers either genuine or pattern no other choice

Is there really no way of identifying the make on the non-genuine calipers?
I'm confused - wouldn't it be important to know the make of the caliper as much as the pads and discs?
I guess the million dollar question is - should I just buy pattern calipers?

Hmm - Is that £46 for a pair of genuine discs? Watch I don't bite your hand off :)
 
if theyre still heavy then theres still plenty of metal left

i very much dount a brake caliper would lose more than a couple of mm of surface metal even in about 20 years on a land rover. i dont reckon mine have and mine used to be a serious rotter.

take them off and rub them down or ideally get them blasted, when they come back like new you wont be so worried.

new pistons and seals and bobs your mother's brother :)
 
land rover boxed £46 each genuine same make no box £26 ,replacement means pattern part on end of no g means genuine ,if there calipers were alot less than £90 they would be pattern i shouldnt think they would be many parts people that know whats what
 
take them off and rub them down or ideally get them blasted, when they come back like new you wont be so worried.

new pistons and seals and bobs your mother's brother :)

I like the idea - it sounds way cheaper - but I fear my current calipers are already pattern parts so for the same price I could have new pattern parts.

Hmm - do the genuine parts have any identifying features?

Blasting will keep it off the road too long (I probably have to do the work over a weekend and I doubt there're many blasters around Barnstaple open on a Saturday :(
But if I did go that route I assume I leave the old pistons in to protect the inside?
 
Hi mate

If you do decide to blast then yes leave the old pistons in and bleed nipples etc.

Decent blasters know what bead to use for what job etc.

But tbh replacement calipers would probably work out cheaper!! :D

My 200 disco has AP calipers (which is clearly cast on them), not sure what late ones had.

Cheers
 
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