Chris Wilson Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I now have a stock of front and rear pistons for UK calipers. I also have stainless brake pin kits for the UK calipers. i will sell as either full sets, or just fronts or rears as required. Fronts are £18 per piston and rears are £21 per piston. I also have the special material square section seals that go between the caliper halves when you split them to replace the pistons. These are not even listed, let alone available from Toyota. They are £4.50 each and there are two per caliper. They must be changed... P&P for pistons is £7.80 to UK postcode addresses, sent insured and trackable. Brake pin kits in stainless for all four UK calipers are £38 a set, plus £5.80 insured P&P, or at YOUR RISK, £2.50 by untrackable Royal Mail parcel. I am hoping to offer caliper piston seals and dust / water boots shortly at a saving on Toyota prices, but for now you need to get these from a Toyota main agent. I am happy to rebuild calipers for people, but don't want to get involved painting or powder coating them. Payment by bank transfer or Paypal plus 4%. I do not take credit card payments, sorry. I have started this new thread to keep things tidy. Orders by **E-MAIL** please. I have 32 fronts and 16 rears at the moment. J-Spec pistons coming very soon. By using stainless you will stop further seizure by chrome pitting and flaking and general rust on the standard Toyota pistons. If you don't know what you are doing take your calipers to a professional, the old pistons need to be nearly all the way out BEFORE you remove the calipers from the hydraulic system on the car!!!!! This means pumping them out evenly, with an assistant holding "eager" pistons back with a lever, with no pads in the caliper, one caliper at a time, then wedging the pistons that are almost out whilst you move to the next one, remove the pads and do the same again. Home made wooden wedges work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downimpact Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 How much would it cost for a full refurb with all the new parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 What do you mean by full refurb? Bead blast, strip, new pistons and seals? BTW, DO NOT, EVER, strip the caliper into two halves and then blast the bits. Glass beads or grit gets into the blind threads and damage the piston bores. Blast BEFORE separating the halves. I am having a nightmare with some UK rears that have been blasted after disassembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 hell yes will be getting some on monday please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 What do you mean by full refurb? Bead blast, strip, new pistons and seals? BTW, DO NOT, EVER, strip the caliper into two halves and then blast the bits. Glass beads or grit gets into the blind threads and damage the piston bores. Blast BEFORE separating the halves. I am having a nightmare with some UK rears that have been blasted after disassembly. oops, now what do i do ? ive not had them sand blasted yet tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyh_15 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 oops, now what do i do ? ive not had them sand blasted yet tho I would send them to chris to give them the treatment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 i nearly handed them over to get sand blasted yesterday and sending calipers in the post sounds bloody expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Steve, Chris has just finished fully re-furbing my calipers and the postage from me in Edinburgh to him in Shropshire was suprisingly affordable. Give Chris a ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 job for tomorrow i think its a little late to be bothering people with work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Just two sets left. If people want ME to re piston their calipers I can have a courier collect them for a very reasonable price. They would HAVE to left somewhere where there will DEFINITELY be someone in on a given day, as I get charged for failed collections. The cost would be VERY reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 cheers Chris got my pistons, fast road pads and pins everything was nicely wrapped up tight and harder to get into than one of my granny's xmas pressies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 No worries, bell me if you have any questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 cheers for the support Chris, dont think i would of had the balls to attempt this without your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvteye Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Chris, I ordered the pins last Tuesday and pm'd you with the details of payment but note you don't do pm's. I can't ring as I have no phone until Tuesday ( on hols in Egypt). Can you also send me a full set of pots. Confirm the cost including postage and I'll do another bank transfer. cheers Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 Do you need all the pistons for front and rear UK calipers? Is that what you mean by pots? Just clarify, but prices are in the first post in this thread, a full set of pistons is £228. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Hi Chris, Any of these in stock and how long is turnaround for a full UK caliper refurb front + rear? Thanks, Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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