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Rear calipers cost for S8?
Morning All,
My rear calipers bleed nipples are seized and I need to flush the brake fluid. What are my options? I'm going to get my fronts refurbished so wanted new or refurbished rears to match. My thoughts: 1. New set of rears from TPS? Anyone know the price for 2 x rears? If so is that on an exchange basis? 2. Refurbished rears - any recommendations? 3. Non original calipers - pattern part? Can you get them and are they any good? Thoughts and comments welcome. Cheers Rich
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Ibis White |
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I had one of mine seized; had to get a whole new caliper. Wasn't that outrageous. Garage did it all so no idea if it was an exchange.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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If you go the refurb route, I would recommend Bigg Red Calipers (nr Worcester). They cost me £198 to fully refurb and paint both rear calipers. There is a cheaper option dependent on required finish.
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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I recently had to change mine. Looked around but actually there aren't any non OEM ones out there that are a decent fit as far as I'm aware. OEM is safest and wasn't too bad - about £380 fitted as I recall.
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2002 S8 Aqua Pearl, entirely original apart from FE 20" OEM wheels and Milltek exhaust. |
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I changed both of my rears in 2014, I used brakeparts.co.uk to buy new calipers. I think I went for TRW Aftermarket New Caliper. It came to £274 for the pair, but re-claimed £60 by sending old calipers back. New calipers still going strong 3 years later.
Last edited by Goran; 18th July 2017 at 03:06 PM. |
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