well i picked up a set of z32 allum calipers from the yard


today i took em apart, they seemed ok, but ima get a seal kit

anyway, the NISSAN logo is messed up on both of them, im going to shave it, and get them powercoard RED

i want to get NISSAN back on there,

#1 get it painted on, and clearcoat the whole caliper
#2 get a sticker, then clearcoat over it


idk which one to do

 

i'd get it painted on, but it might be easier and cheaper to get a sticker.....if you're going to powedercoat them, I think you need a mylar sticker unless the vinyl is some high-temp variety.

 

ok well now i got a problem


i ordered a new seal set

only thing is, there is a small oring inbetween the caliper peices , where the fluid travles side to side

the dealer has no way of getting it, unless i get a whole caliper


HAS ANYONE got anyof these????





here is a pic

http://surrattracing.com/oring.JPG

i have it sitting over the bolt hole


its not a typical o ring, it has flat edges, also a rugular o ring will get eatten up by the fluid


HELP please i need 4 of these bad

 

i think there was a post about this a while back, some guy had the same inquiry and problem....IIRC, they couldn't be bought by the dealer, as you've discovered and I don't think he had any success getting some. BUT, maybe you can google a few brake remanufacturers out there and see if you can buy some from them. That's the only thing I can think of. Or, just sell those calipers and actually get a better set, esp one with the NISSAN lettering intact.

There is another method but I am in no way condoning this; use your own metric of ethics to sort out if you can and will do this: A friend of mine had a similar problem and ended up buying the caliper from the dealer, opened up the caliper, took the O-ring out and closed the caliper back up...and yes, he returned it to the dealer for a refund, without the dealer knowing any better. I think that's pretty messed up, but hey people find ways around things.

Good luck

 

You wont be able to find the O-ring. Technically you arent supposed to break the calipers in half like that. I would reassemble them and trade them in on new refurbs from autozone.

 

who is doing ur coating...cause ill do it cheaper......to do the sticker under the clear the sticker will have to stand up to oven heat which it should....i would do it under.....pics of calipers in question


and yea u dont need to separate the calipers..

 

they told me $20 a caliper


to late its taken apart

 

for rebuild kit or powdercoating......$20 sounds right for the rebuild....u can get it from rockauto.com

 

powercoat



rebuild kit was like $10 for seals no pistons

 

are u doing all the prep work on the calipers before they are coated

 

as far as cleaning n stuff yes


im not taping it up , just disassemble and clean up

but for now, im working on the o ring, and i need 2 bolts

nissan wont get them, someone at headquaters said whole caliper only