STI Brembos

I am thinking about buying these. The guy is willing to drop on price if I buy them as a set. They appear to be in great condition. Threads are all intact. Current price is 1449 so I would be negotiating down from there.

 

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f65/2015-sti-brembo-calipers-front-rear-746977/

 

Thoughts?

What price do you think I should talk him down to before I buy or walk?

man that forum is LOADED with ADS

 

nice calipers though

Good to hear, thanks for the reference on that. I know GTEASER sold a very similar nice set for 1300 recently so I would prefer to be under that before shipping at the very least.

I paid 1500 for my set of calipers off of a 2014 with 5k miles of use on them. Anything you can knock it down to is gravy I think.

Awesome! The guy said they pulled them off an STI along with the rest of the drive train to do an LS swap. Full matching set from a single car and all threads are intact. I offered him 1200. Let's hope he counters with 1300.

The guy just offered 1250 shipped!! Looks like I'm getting new calipers boys!

The guy just offered 1250 shipped!! Looks like I'm getting new calipers boys!

Welcome to the club!!!

I have the older golds on the front from the previous owner and I picked up a set of golds for the rear but I didn't want to pay 250 for brackets. I also want to have black calipers so I'd have to take of my fronts somehow and powder coat and rebuild both. I figure it's just easier to skip the bracket and rebuilding. Plus I can now sell a set of golds front and rear to reclaim some cash. Next stop rotors and pads.

I have the older golds on the front from the previous owner and I picked up a set of golds for the rear but I didn't want to pay 250 for brackets. I also want to have black calipers so I'd have to take of my fronts somehow and powder coat and rebuild both. I figure it's just easier to skip the bracket and rebuilding. Plus I can now sell a set of golds front and rear to reclaim some cash. Next stop rotors and pads.

I would still rebuild them. Seal kit costs $100 and about 30min of your time.

 

Do you have a compressor at your disposal?

If you do pull them apart, be aware that Brembo doesn't powder coat their calipers. They're painted. They actually recommend not power coating since you'll strip the anodizing from the aluminum when you sandblast them.

If you do pull them apart, be aware that Brembo doesn't powder coat their calipers. They're painted. They actually recommend not power coating since you'll strip the anodizing from the aluminum when you sandblast them.

If sandblasted and then powder coated, it wouldnt really matter about the anodizing . The powder coat is on there protecting it now.

 

Plus you aren't sandblasting the working parts.

 

Maybe I'm wrong ?

If you do pull them apart, be aware that Brembo doesn't powder coat their calipers. They're painted. They actually recommend not power coating since you'll strip the anodizing from the aluminum when you sandblast them.

Either way . I'll let you know how long mine last. I'm getting them back from the powder coaters tomorrow .

I actually submitted this very question through Brembo's "contact us" link on their site a few years ago. I posted their response here:

 

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/refinishing-brembo-calipers-254391.html

Are you talking about an air compressor or some other tool?

Are you talking about an air compressor or some other tool?

Air compressor

Air compressor

Yes I can get ahold of one of those.

 

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Yes I can get ahold of one of those.

 

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If sandblasted and then powder coated, it wouldnt really matter about the anodizing . The powder coat is on there protecting it now.

 

Plus you aren't sandblasting the working parts.

 

Maybe I'm wrong ?

 

The information above is coming from Brembo themselves. If the powder coat gets chipped or flakes off then the exposed Aluminum will start to oxidize. Additionally Brembo advises not splitting the calipers apart or to remove some specific seals as they are nearly impossible to find and replace.

 

According to Brembo you should clean the calipers with mild brake cleaner, sanding the painted areas, and then repainting with a class 2 or 3 auto paint if I remember correctly.

 

There's a full description somewhere on NASIOC.

Not surprised - it's basically, well, like any other aluminum part. It would be odd for them to anodize if they are going to paint - maybe they'd do a conversion coating as a base for the paint, then prime and topcoat, but that's about it. If they were anodized, you could media blast using plastigrit or walnut shells and that would remove the paint but the anodization would remain intact.

 

So they are saying to basically scuff the paint to give it an anchor pattern, then repaint essentially using the original paint as a primer.

The information above is coming from Brembo themselves. If the powder coat gets chipped or flakes off then the exposed Aluminum will start to oxidize. Additionally Brembo advises not splitting the calipers apart or to remove some specific seals as they are nearly impossible to find and replace.

 

According to Brembo you should clean the calipers with mild brake cleaner, sanding the painted areas, and then repainting with a class 2 or 3 auto paint if I remember correctly.

 

There's a full description somewhere on NASIOC.

I'm not worried about it.

 

Thousands of Brembo calipers have been sandblasted and powerdercoated . For the cost of powder coating I'll just get them done every couple/few years.

 

I didn't split them. I wouldn't go that far. Pointless.

 

Cool video, informative. That guy has some coke nails though haha.