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manofaus
 Post subject: metro calipers
PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:01 pm 
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should I junk the camira calipers and just get some metro calipers? they seem cheap enough (ebay UK)
The main reason that I went with the camira option is because I don't want the hassle of alignment and bump steer that you will get from the metro hubs.
But I really like the idea of 4 pots.
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Don't think metros will be cheap. They weigh a ****** tonne too, so postage will be expensive from the UK. If you get crap ones, you'll need new seal sets ($70) and possibly new pistons (20 somethin each).
My metros get painted tomorrow, and I've already got all new seals, pistons, bleeders,
I need the fittings to get to the master cylinder too.
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yeah I thought that they were cast steel.
Well that has put it to rest. I don't have the cash for the alloy jobs
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They are actually cast iron, not steel. But just as `light'.... :lol:

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there are some on ebay??? for $550 i think will go and find the link

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find the right people and postage from the uk isnt that much when u put it in perspective to what u pay for discs here. and harley 20 bucks for pistons??? whered u get them, my cooper s ones cost me heaps!

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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MINI-DISC-BRAKES ... dZViewItem

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Meeni, metro pistons are smaller than S ones, and since there's 8 of them,
they don't really work out cheaper in total. :roll:
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meeni wrote:
find the right people and postage from the uk isnt that much when u put it in perspective to what u pay for discs here. and harley 20 bucks for pistons??? whered u get them, my cooper s ones cost me heaps!

You can get either standard S ones (hardchrome) or S/S.
Personally I like the standards- they are $16 vs $24, chrome is harder than SS, and they'll take another 25 years to rust anyhow.:)

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