Recon calipers got me out of trouble

Kenta8 · #1 19th September 2012, 07:53 PM

The brakes failed on my D2, 4.2, A8, LWB, recently. It would appear that the nearside caliper was sticking which caused the brake to overheat and after a spirited drive they failed. I managed to bring the car to a halt and had it transported home. Audi looked at the car and said the caliper needed replaced and quoted around £1600 for two new calipers, disks and pads. That seemed a bit steep so I ordered two exchange calipers. When they arrived they were incorrect. I then sent my original calipers to Godspeed Brakes who quoted me around £200 and 3 to 5 days to refurbish them. A month later they returned them to me and said they were unable to source the parts required to refurbish them. Finally I sent them to http www.brake-caliper-painting.com. They quoted me around £200 including return shipping. Four days later my calipers were returned to me reconditioned and painted. I would recommend them and I wish I had found them sooner. Hope this helps someone.

Oli18 · #2 22nd September 2012, 02:57 PM

Thanks for sharing - sounds like a great service.

How did you feel about the caliper paint quality?...worth it? Any pictures you could share?

Thanks,

Oliver

Zip · #3 22nd September 2012, 07:39 PM

Thanks,
Zip

Kenta8 · #4 23rd September 2012, 02:14 PM

Sadly I did not take pictures before I installed the reconditioned calipers. I was really pleased with their service and from what I understand they do work on some high end vehicles. I just had them painted back to silver. The car is pretty original and I want to keep it that way so I did not go for any funky colours.

Kenta8 · #5 23rd September 2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Zip

Thanks,
Zip

Not sure if they would be the same as the S8 or not. How would I tell? I know tracking down exchange parts was almost impossible!!!

MAM · #6 23rd September 2012, 05:43 PM

I had calipers rebuilt for my old Lexus Soarer about a year ago. I don't know whether they do calipers for A8s but they did a stunning job on them, even getting pins machines as they could not get hold of the right ones.

I had a pair of front 4 pots and a pair of rear 2pots done for about £350 from biggred.com and I was over the moon. They did new pistons, seals, pins and coating in Black polymer.

I have good pics if you are interested in seeing before, during and after as my old ones were seized ( a common fault on these high powered pistons). They were very helpful.