Had my sport calipers powder coated by Mike

Jeffblue · 10-11-2010, 08:36 PM

OP, how much time did you spend taking off/putting on the calipers, or did you have a shop do it?

Dembflyr · 10-11-2010, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

OP, how much time did you spend taking off/putting on the calipers, or did you have a shop do it?

I removed and reinstalled them myself.
Removal was easy enough. Took about 1 1/2 hours max.
The reinstallation was just as easy. Getting the lines free of air bubbles took a bit. I tried using one of those "one man brake bleeder" kits from autozone. For some reason it still left some air.
I had a friend come over and we bled them the old fashioned way and that did the trick.

Total time for reinstallation was about 4 hours.

Jeffblue · 10-11-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dembflyr

I removed and reinstalled them myself.
Removal was easy enough. Took about 1 1/2 hours max.
The reinstallation was just as easy. Getting the lines free of air bubbles took a bit. I tried using one of those "one man brake bleeder" kits from autozone. For some reason it still left some air.
I had a friend come over and we bled them the old fashioned way and that did the trick.

Total time for reinstallation was about 4 hours.

so you did that twice? or you didn't bother doing the exchange thing.

Dembflyr · 10-11-2010, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

so you did that twice? or you didn't bother doing the exchange thing.

No. I didn't do the exchange. I was concerned with getting calipers that had more miles then my car. I decided to put my car on jack stands until I got them back.
I removed them a few days before I left on a cruise. They showed back up at my house three days after I got back. So my down time was negligible.
If I were to do it again I'd probably do the exchange.

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Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 37 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 38	OP, how much time did you spend taking off/putting on the calipers, or did you have a shop do it?