My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[jc43089]

Just make sure any braided line is DOT approved, some of them aren't.  Brakes are no place to cut corners.

[jc43089]

REKIII said:

can you find out who makes the cheaper units?  They might be an off brand with lower quality standards.  Sort of like when you buy from pelican, they have OEM, OEM supplier, but not branded, then offbrand 1 and usually offbrand 2.  Gets cheaper each time, but, depending on the part, sometimes it's not worht the money saved on the off brand.  This is especially true when looking at suspension, drivetrain, and braking components.

^This, I don't like doing stuff over because of crap parts.  Not saying RA is bad, just in general.  I bought a cheap replacement radiator support for out Maxima because it was rusted out and not only was the fitment terrible but it was so much thinner than the OEM part that It couldn't even support the engine cradle.  I had to make a reinforcement from angle iron and weld in to hold it all together.

[Earl]

Centric makes the parts. They are one of the brands people usually recommend for caliper rebuild kits. CaTuned lines should be DOT approved. They are a very legit shop in California=)

[jc43089]

I have used Centric brake parts before and they seem good.  The rotors I have gotten were from Canada in fact.

[RamRod E28]

jc43089 said:

I have used Centric brake parts before and they seem good.  The rotors I have gotten were from Canada in fact.

Canadia parts on a German what has this world come to????!!!!!

[jc43089]

^ on my Nissan.

[Earl]

It is better than using chinese parts=)

I got the piston faces sandblasted and will be getting rubber plugs tonight so that I can sandblast the caliper bodies tomorrow.

[RamRod E28]

its just any time you get on the brakes the car probably asks "you sure you wanna stop eh?"

[Earl]

I started yesterday by rounding up a rubber tipped air nozzle. I got the pistons to pop right out.

I saw how nasty the face of the pistons were so I figured they could use some cleaning up.

Only one has a good bit of corrosion.

I think it should be fine since I wasn't having any issues with it before rebuilding these.

I dropped the caliper bodies in the parts cleaner yesterday to get all of the brake fluid out of the bore. I then stopped by the hardware store last night and grabbed some rubber plugs to block off the holes for the piston and brake line while they get sandblasted/powdercoated. I should be able to get them nice and clean by the end of today=)

[B C]

Keep up the good work.
You are pretty much obligated to keep this car in a climate controlled garage with a de-humidifier, never drive it in rain or snow, or on days with 80% relative humidity.

[Earl]

Why is that? haha

[Bassboy3313]

Because show car!!

[Earl]

It won't see snow anymore, but rain or shine I will be driving it when it is done=)

[Earl]

I managed to finish cleaning up the calipers today.

I can't wait to see them satin black

I will be out at the shop Saturday if anyone wants to stop in. My buddy Kyle will be making it out and I am hoping to accomplish something.

[Derflaminflitzer]

Earl said:

I will be out at the shop Saturday if anyone wants to stop in. My buddy Kyle will be making it out and I am hoping to accomplish something.

If there is an e30 318is trunk spoiler in said shop this guy will be there with smiles. If no spoiler there will only be dirty looks....

[DrLeadFoot]

What company did you go with for the rebuild kit? 

I need to rebuild my rear calipers soon.

[Earl]

Derflaminflitzer said:

If there is an e30 318is trunk spoiler in said shop this guy will be there with smiles. If no spoiler there will only be dirty looks....

It'll be there=)

DrLeadFoot said:

What company did you go with for the rebuild kit?

I need to rebuild my rear calipers soon.

I will most likely get the Centric parts. If they don't fit I will bite the bullet on the OEM kits.

[Earl]

My buddy Kyle had to work again this weekend so no progress was made on the bay.

I got out to the shop on Sunday.

The calipers, carriers, and knuckles where picked up to get powdercoated.

I also traded a set of Style 5 barrels I had laying around for the battery cables from an e36. This makes moving my battery to the hatch basically plug and play.

I started off by removing my hood latches so that I can clean them up and paint them.

My friend John then told me to get back to work on the trunk setup. I got the base for the compressors and manifold cut. This fits right inside of the tool compartment under the floor.

I will be mounting the compressors and manifold once I decide what orientation I should put them. After that I will cover the board in fabric to finish it off. You won't see it once I make the false floor, but I still want it to be aesthetically pleasing.

I was hoping to work on the motor but realized that I need the cam locking tool still. I will be borrowing one next weekend. That will let me get the timing chain back on and then I can button up the timing covers and get the valve cover on as well.

This week my rotors should be showing up too=) I got my taxes done on Saturday so I will have a good chunk of money to splurge on more parts

[B C]

ROTATE

ZOOM

REFINE

[REKIII]

I think your refinement is off.  There looks to be a little dog in there too.