Brake Caliper Refurbishment
We refurbish brake calipers for owners, garages and main dealers across the UK. Every caliper is stripped, shot blasted to bare metal, rebuilt with new seals and pressure tested at up to 2,500 psi before it comes back to you.
Brake caliper refurbs from £65 per caliper
- Est. 2010, brake calipers are all we do
- Lifetime warranty on function with every full refurb
- Almost one million parts in stock, so no waiting on suppliers
- Collection anywhere in the UK, worldwide mail order
- On this page:
- Services
- How It Works
- Prices
- Turnaround
- Makes
- FAQs
Brake Caliper Refurbs: Choose Your Service
Not every caliper needs the full treatment. Pick the level that suits your car and budget, and we'll confirm the work and price with you before anything starts.
Un-Seize & Repair
The budget option when a caliper has seized and you just need it working again.
- Seized pistons freed, however bad
- Stripped, ultrasonically cleaned and rebuilt
- Fluid seals replaced
- Carriers cleaned and re-greased free
- No shot blasting or painting
Full Refurbishment
Our complete remanufacture. Your calipers come back working, and looking, like new.
- Fully stripped and degreased
- Shot blasted to bare metal and de-rusted
- Recoated in hard-wearing gunmetal grey
- All rubber parts replaced
- Pressure tested, 800 to 2,500 psi by caliper type
Refurbishment With Paint
A full refurb, finished in the colour of your choice.
- Everything in a full refurbishment
- Standard paint in red, silver, gunmetal or black
- Or high-end paint in any colour code
- Logos and stencilling available
How We Refurbish Brake Calipers
Measure twice, cut once. It's the most common saying in our workshop, and every full refurbishment follows the same ten steps.
- Strip downYour calipers are fully dismantled.
- DegreaseCleaned on our degreasing machine, then air dried for inspection.
- InspectEvery part is checked and a parts list goes to our parts team.
- Confirm with youWe call to confirm the work, any extras and the final price before going further.
- Shot blastTaken back to bare metal, unless you ask us to keep the original finish.
- De-rustSteel parts soak in a de-rusting solution to remove anything left behind.
- CoatOur standard gunmetal coating, or the paint upgrade you've chosen.
- RebuildNew seals, dust boots and rubber parts fitted, and pistons replaced where needed.
- Pressure testTested on our rig at 800 to 2,500 psi depending on the caliper type. Some cars exceed 2,000 psi in an emergency stop.
- Check and dispatchQuality checked by management, packed, and sent with tracking by email and text.
See Brake Caliper Refurbishment in 90 Seconds
Our brake caliper refurbishment service, from arrival to dispatch.
Before and After
Mercedes-Benz 711D brake calipers, as they arrived and as they left.
Brake caliper refurbs start from £65 per caliper, carriers included, and from £85 for prestige makes. Pistons are only replaced if they fail inspection. Full tiers, what's included and what changes the price are on the brake caliper refurbishment prices page, where you can also get your exact price in about a minute.
Coating Options
Every full refurb comes back in our standard gunmetal grey coating. If you'd rather have a colour, add it to the same job: standard paint in red, silver, gunmetal or black, or our high-end paint in any colour code, with logos and stencils if you want them. Add painting to a refurb and the lifetime warranty covers the paint as well as the function.
Just tell us the finish you'd like on the quote form and it's priced in with the refurb.
Typical Turnaround Times
| Service | Typical Working Days |
|---|---|
| Un-seize and repair | 1 |
| Re-manufacture (full refurbishment) | 1 |
| Standard painting | +1 |
| High-end painting | +1 |
| Logos, candy paint or cast smoothing | +1 each |
| Thread repairs, helicoils or inserts | +1 to 5 |
| Custom stainless steel pistons | +2 to 3 |
Typical times in working days, counted from when your calipers arrive with us, and not a promise. Add the times together when combining services. Rare and classic parts can take longer. A priority service is available on request. Full turnaround terms
Refurbish Your Own Calipers or Buy Exchange Units?
Most replacement calipers from garages and parts suppliers are exchange units, remanufactured by the million. At those volumes, saving £1 a caliper on cheaper seals is worth £1 million a year to the remanufacturer, which tells you where the pressure on quality sits. Your own calipers, refurbished properly, are the better part.
Brake Caliper Refurbishment by the Numbers
- 87%
- of jobs completed within 24 hours of arriving
- 0.6%
- lifetime warranty returns in 16 years
- 16 years
- refurbishing brake calipers, and nothing else, since 2010
- 100%
- of full refurbs carry a lifetime warranty on function
- 13%
- of pistons fail our inspection. Only those are replaced, and only those are charged for
- 800 to 2,500 psi
- pressure test on our rig, set by caliper type, before anything leaves
- Almost 1 million
- pistons, seals, boots and bleed screws in stock, so no waiting on suppliers
- In-house
- stainless steel pistons made where good ones can't be bought, with a lifetime warranty
Calipers and Makes We Refurbish
From everyday hatchbacks to supercars, including performance calipers from:
- Brembo
- Alcon
- AP Racing
- ATE
- Caliper engineering and repairs
Popular makes:
- Alfa Romeo
- Aston Martin
- Audi
- Bentley
- BMW
- Ferrari
- Ford
- Honda
- Jaguar
- Lamborghini
- Land Rover
- Lotus
- Mazda
- Mercedes-Benz
- MG
- Mini
- Mitsubishi
- Nissan
- Porsche
- Subaru
- Tesla
- Toyota
- Triumph
- Vauxhall
- Volkswagen
- Volvo
Not listed? We can still refurbish them. Ask us.
Brake Caliper Refurbishment FAQs
How long does a brake caliper refurb take?
Typical turnaround for a full refurbishment is 1 working day once your calipers arrive, or 2 working days with painting. Extras such as logos, thread repairs or custom pistons add time. These are typical times rather than a promise, and rare or classic parts can take longer.
Is it worth refurbishing brake calipers instead of buying new?
Usually, yes. Many new calipers from garages and parts suppliers are exchange units remanufactured in huge volumes. We refurbish your own calipers with quality parts, pressure test every one, and back full refurbishments with a lifetime function warranty. For classic and rare cars, refurbishing is often the only option.
Can you refurbish seized brake calipers?
Yes. We can free off any seized piston, however bad. If the caliper just needs to work again, our un-seize and repair service is the cheaper option.
Do I need to bring my car to you?
No. Send just the calipers. We arrange collection anywhere in the UK and ship them back when they're finished, and we work with customers worldwide by mail order.
Should I send the carriers too?
Yes, send them with your calipers. We clean and re-grease them free of charge.
Can I refurbish brake calipers myself?
We don't recommend it on a road car. Seized pistons are hard to remove without the right equipment, and the step you can't do at home is a proper pressure test. We test at 800 to 2,500 psi depending on the caliper, while most home compressors manage 60 to 100 psi, which won't reveal a poor seal until you brake hard.
What warranty do I get?
Full refurbishments come with a lifetime warranty on function, with no time or mileage limit. High-end paint is also covered for life, and standard paint for 1 year. Un-seize and repair carries a 3 month warranty. After 14 months the warranty relies on the car having been serviced, and race and track cars are not covered, though light, occasional track use of a road car is at our discretion. Read the full terms.
Why do my brakes squeak?
Usually vibration between the pads and discs, or between the pads and pistons, often in the first 1,000 miles after new pads. Use a heatproof silicone grease on the piston faces rather than copper grease, which can perish the dust boots, and bed new pads in with some firm braking. If older brakes squeak, perished piston seals are a common cause, and a refurb will cure it.
Full turnaround, parts, payment and warranty details are on our Turnaround Times and Terms page.
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