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Old 19th August 2020, 11:21 AM
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The calipers might be available, but the garages suppliers struggled to send the right ones, took them a couple of goes.
Got it back eventually today, freshly MOT'ed as well. They did clarify that advisory was indeed for the rear subframe and it was only surface corrosion.

Not sure how much labour it was as there's no stated hourly rate, but that was £90 plus VAT. The parts, especially the caliper, were more than that as expected, though the pads (Pagid) weren't a lot.
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