[Supras] Frozen calipers - best options?

[Koll]

Find another retailer.  "A-1 Cardone" is probably the biggest supplier of 
rebuilt parts in the country.  Very reputable.  They have loaded (with pads, 
hardware, etc, ready-to-go) calipers for $30-40 each.  The core charge is 
$40 per unit.  That $90 must be with a core, no?

www.rockauto.com

I have also rebuilt Toyota calipers with their kits.  If you're strapped for 
time, rebuilt units are a very good option.  If you have the time try 
rebuilding them yourself.  Ironically, it'll cost you more money, but you'll 
know the job is done right and you can go without cutting any corners. 
Using OEM Toyota parts and cerimacoating them to make them pretty, etc. will 
cost double.

Although you can do it and everybody and their mother has a kit to rebuild 
yota calipers, just go factory.  Aftermarket stuff doesn't work as well as 
the factory for noise, etc.  Once you've seen the difference between 
"universal shims" and factory designed units, you'll know.

Replace the hoses while you're down there.

If you go the OEM Toyota route, www.1sttoyotaparts.com

  K o l l
  No Supra   :(

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Suprarossa at aol.com>
To: <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: [Supras] Frozen calipers - best options?


> All four calipers on my "new" 1989 Turbo are frozen, which shouldn't  be a
> surprise considering how many years it had been sitting before being 
> rescued
> and brought into my stable. What are the Supra Gurus suggestions to get
> reliable calipers at a decent price? Repair, replace (and with rebuilt or 
> new)?  All
> I've found so far in searching is a company named Cardona (or something 
> close
> to that) with rebuilt calipers for $90 each. But they only have the fronts
> available. Why not the rears?