edinlexusV8 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 They are reconditioned exchange parts then. I thought so aswell but when I received them they are brand new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I've been waiting on back order from them for over 4 years lol. Every single time without fail I have checked their website they've not had any front calipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I set up a discount for IMOC with Brakes International a fair few years back, I can't remember the specifics now but I bought full new brakes from my MR2 and was impressed with their service, think it was 10% or something like that. Might be worth seeing if we can get something in place but they are fairly cheap anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 They are reconditioned exchange parts then. Yes, the surcharge on front calipers is huge, in fact they'll probably only re condition your cores 99% of the time as they rarely have any in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 I've been waiting on back order from them for over 4 years lol. Every single time without fail I have checked their website they've not had any front calipers. They order budweg calipers from denmark and if they ran out of stock they can always put ina new order. Or atleast this what I heard from them. I got all my calipers from them and they are all brand new not even a single scratch or chip or rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) Yes, the surcharge on front calipers is huge, in fact they'll probably only re condition your cores 99% of the time as they rarely have any in stock. Hmm.. The surcharge is £50 for each front and £25 for the each rear caliper. Edited October 6, 2009 by edinlexusV8 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Just rung them. No rears, only RH fronts in stock. Indefinite waiting time on these without an exchange as cores are a problem, as one might suspect, as more people want to upgrade from J-Spec rather than re condition existing UK calipers, they'll get back to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopgunTT Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Nice job. When i had mine done i had a few people say they were the wrong way round, They were wrong but i could see where they were coming from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 They order budweg calipers from denmark and if they ran out of stock they can always put ina new order. Or atleast this what I heard from them. I got all my calipers from them and they are all brand new not even a single scratch or chip or rust. Like I said in four years I have yet to see the fronts come up as available. A bit like CW said the RH fronts are the only ones I have ever seen in stock. Don't get me wrong they are awesomely cheap and their discs are exceedingly good value for money, but the holy grail of 4 pots replacements for 2 pots they definitely are not. Refurbed means they PMS them to bare metal and re-instate the factory surface finish so I would highly doubt that a set of re-furbed calipers would look anything other than spanking new fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Anybody looking for this upgrade, the total cost I incurred is Every thing including postage for the following: goodridge brake lines, dust covers, 4 X rear brake shoes, front and rear shim kit, Front and rear anti rattle kit, Front and rear fitting kit, new front and rear calipers, Bremtec front drilled and grooved dics, EBD dimpled and grooved rear discs, EBC yellow stuff race brake pads front and rear all in all costed me £1440 + £80 (labour) to put these on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Nice job. When i had mine done i had a few people say they were the wrong way round, They were wrong but i could see where they were coming from From memory the rears are handed, so they will only fit on one way around. The grooves should point in the same direction as the front though each side. The grooves should point to the rear of the car, basically as Chris says you need to swap left to right. Oh man it only gets ever more confusing. Some say I got it right and others contradict this. Also I heard that the curved grooves are different from the straight grooves. The curved groves go against the direction of the internal vanes. So the final question comes down to this, does the internal vanes (not the curved grooves) on the outside edge of a right side rotor should point upwards or downwards w.r.t the centre? The internal vanes seems to be in opposite direction in these two pics above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Have your discs actually GOT curved internal vanes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Have your discs actually GOT curved internal vanes? Ooops no idea, thought all vented discs come with curved vanes Dont they?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Ok guys thanks for all your time. Got it! If the internal vanes are pillared (not curved) then I got the whole thing wrong and I need to swap the discs. But if the internal wanes are curved then my fitment is right. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Glad I stuck to my plain discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 No, I think you'll find yours are straight vaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) No, I think you'll find yours are straight vaned. Ok Chris, the mechanic came around today to swap the discs over but we found that the internal vanes are curved inwards towards the rears as in the above pic from APRacing, so no need to swap as they are fitted right in the first place This is a big relief for me! Thanks for all you help folks Edited October 8, 2009 by edinlexusV8 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 hi huys when fitted bigger brake and disc, do you normaly do front and rear, or just front is ok? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefgroover Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Going to take quite a while to bed the yellowstuff in, and if you decide to be last of the late breakers, you risk hot spots and warping so take your time for a few hundred miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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