SteinOnkel wrote:You don't have to be rude >:( Which part of "y'all do y'all" do you not understand?
To OP: A set of new rear calipers is $135:
https://autoricambi.us/rear-brake-calip ... e-over-10/
It also comes with the infamous washers and the rubber boot + clamp. All replaceable wear and tear items.
Never heard that expression before since nobody in my association speaks in that regional manner only understood today by some living in parts of the Southern US. I try to refrain from using colloquial or slang expressions only understood in certain parts of the country and if I do for example throw out a Sicilian colloquial expression familiar only to Sicilians or a regional expression only well understood in certain areas North of Boston I spell it out for everyone else.
I only commented on "I don't see why you guys are spending the time, money and effort to try and fix these calipers when new ones can be had for so cheap." because those parts are not cheap to Joe average. Some folks can afford to spend many thousands of dollars on a hobby while others got what was generally understood to be the "Poor Mans Sports Car" because it was something a person could afford even if they were not relatively wealthy. I understand that some view an income of $50,000 to $100,000 a year as barely scraping by and feel the cost of these parts is cheap however many of us make half to less than half that amount and view those parts as very expensive so are therefore extremely happy to put in the extra labor of installing $20 or less in caliper rebuild kits for all 4 calipers instead of paying out 10 to 20 times that amount which could cover a few months of our utility bills or groceries. I was not rude and did not call you names or imply you were stupid, just stated the facts honestly and straight forwardly answering the quandary that you posed as to "why?".
I plainly quoted the price to renew the full set of all 4 calipers using rebuild kits and compared that in an apples for apples comparison to renewing the full set by purchased new ones instead which is indeed around $240 for all 4 from Vicks or AR and around $470 for the set of all 4 from the likes of Mr Fiat as that is truthfully the price range being charged for the standard parts and not the upscale competition versions. I did not include any additional cost for shipping the parts though.
Rebuilding them yourself whenever possible instead of replacing them with new ones purchased over the internet is also more environmentally sound since you are not scrapping all those lbs of aluminum, etc because your are not usually shipping back the old calipers to be rebuilt when you order new ones over the internet so end up disposing of them locally instead. I am making an honest effort to rebuild and renew instead of needlessly replace as a blanket rule, even when it may seem cheaper to throw the old away, just to do my part in ending/offsetting the wastefulness that has become so prevalent in our society.
