Spare M brake calipers - A little advice required now !!

STAFFSZ4MC

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 Somewhere in B road bashing heaven
Hi all,

I know a number of fellow members have done uogrades on thier brakes with 4 pots and the like, has anyone still got thier original M calipers availble to swap with a little of the 'folding stuff' ? :D
My front ns caliper seized recently as the the dust boot had parted company with the piston housing nd let all the winter crud and crap in, I had it all stripped down and re-built, but was told if it goes again it'll be a new one :o
As guessed this issue has returned :headbang: and now I'm looking to replace the caliper, as I imagine this is not a regular issue with such an item on a car, I'm willing to save a little wonga and search for 'pre-loved' one :wink: , so if anyone out there has one lying around collecting dust pls PM me, apologies if there is delay in replying, I'm off to Spa on Wednesday for a few days :driving: , but not in the Z'd now :thumbsdown:

DA,

I have tracked down a 'pre-loved' caliper, but have been told the following:

Its off an E46 M3, 2004. It has covered 37,000 miles, is the bare metal type (not painted black like a competition pack brake) and does have an M logo.

Think this a bit of a retorical question, is it worth buying ? :?
 
At least new ones are only £275 for the Z4M.

I had to replace a set of the 4-pot e34 M5 ones, and they were £790 a side - I was VERY close to putting APs on, but had second thoughts when I realised I'd probably have to pay increased insurance too :headbang:
 
playalistic said:
I'll have some for sale in the next couple of weeks. I'll PM you when they're available! :)
Playalistic,
Yeh interested :D , PM me when available :thumbsup:
Oi, you thread jackers :poke:
 
STAFFSZ4MC said:
playalistic said:
I'll have some for sale in the next couple of weeks. I'll PM you when they're available! :)
Playalistic,
Yeh interested :D , PM me when available :thumbsup:
Oi, you thread jackers :poke:


we were not hi-jacking it, just keeping it going :wink:
 
Thanx Taz,

I know, just digging !

Still looking for caliper though, my requirement might a little more urgent than a couple of weeks if there are any further offers out there :)
 
STAFFSZ4MC said:
Thanx Taz,

I know, just digging !

Still looking for caliper though, my requirement might a little more urgent than a couple of weeks if there are any further offers out there :)

Speak to Murketts in Huntingdon - they changed both my fronts under warranty for precisely the same reason that you gave...
 
Cheburator,

Would love to, but 4 years old now and out of warranty :(

Out of curiousty, do you race the 928 in the CSCC Tin Tops series ??
 
STAFFSZ4MC said:
Cheburator,

Would love to, but 4 years old now and out of warranty :(

Out of curiousty, do you race the 928 in the CSCC Tin Tops series ??

Race it in the CSCC Future Classics and will be entering it in the Deutsche Marke series, also hoping to do an RCN and a VLN later on in the year... Hopefully the engine will be back together at the middle of July with lots more BWAAAAH :driving:

As with regards to the warranty - 'tis a shame... It is a very well known problem with the calipers -perhaps try some goodwill from BMW. My car actually spent 5 weeks with Murketts waiting on calipes to arrive from Germany. There were another two CSs and a CSL booked in for the same problem while my car was in there...
 
Cheburator said:
STAFFSZ4MC said:
Cheburator,

Would love to, but 4 years old now and out of warranty :(

Out of curiousty, do you race the 928 in the CSCC Tin Tops series ??

Race it in the CSCC Future Classics and will be entering it in the Deutsche Marke series, also hoping to do an RCN and a VLN later on in the year... Hopefully the engine will be back together at the middle of July with lots more BWAAAAH :driving:

As with regards to the warranty - 'tis a shame... It is a very well known problem with the calipers -perhaps try some goodwill from BMW. My car actually spent 5 weeks with Murketts waiting on calipes to arrive from Germany. There were another two CSs and a CSL booked in for the same problem while my car was in there...
Lol, does that means you were in Spa this weekend then ? I was out there with the PUG 306, I'll have to introduce myself at Cadwell then, see you there !!! :D
I've managed to hunt down a caliper, just need to ask the questions now, hopefully will be sorted soon.
 
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