Experience with parts brokers..

poosemon · 26 Aug 2009 at 16:26

evening...

have just failed an mot because my osr caliper is ****** so need a new one but was quoted £180 for a new one and it was suggested by the garage i find one myself and they will fit it for me.....

looking on ebay and googling etc and come across some part brokers where you enter your details and they send you some quotes back and some of them seem alright, i.e £50 and a 90 guarantee albeit its a used part...whats peoples views on using these companies or does anyone have any other places to look for a caliper? Car in question is a 1998 Nissan Primera GT,

thanks for any help!

GeX · 26 Aug 2009 at 16:49

http://www.biggred.co.uk/

aproctor · 26 Aug 2009 at 19:52

IME for the sake of £100 brakes are not worth skimping on.

You could recon your old one if you want to save a bit, but you have to be careful and take your time.

Lopéz · 26 Aug 2009 at 20:32

Rear calipers for your car are £78 each from www.brakesint.co.uk

kefkef · 26 Aug 2009 at 20:35

I've used www.partsgateway.co.uk before where you put the part details or number into the website and then a few dealers get back in touch with prices.

PhillyDee · 26 Aug 2009 at 20:41

kefkef said:
I've used www.partsgateway.co.uk before where you put the part details or number into the website and then a few dealers get back in touch with prices.

Ive used that too. Had to find an alternator bracket on my old rover 200 as mine sheared off. Got a part from norfolk the next day. Really helps when parts are obsolete / not made anymore!

poosemon · 26 Aug 2009 at 23:21

Lopéz said:
Rear calipers for your car are £78 each from www.brakesint.co.uk

thanks for that....anyone got any experience with them? seems quite cheep for a brand new/remanufactured unit

GeX · 27 Aug 2009 at 06:15

email bigred too.

danza · 27 Aug 2009 at 07:15

poosemon said:
thanks for that....anyone got any experience with them? seems quite cheep for a brand new/remanufactured unit

That's not cheap really. Recon front brake calipers for my CTR were about the same, maybe 10 quid each more from EBC.

Lopéz · 27 Aug 2009 at 07:39

poosemon said:
thanks for that....anyone got any experience with them? seems quite cheep for a brand new/remanufactured unit

Yes, I've used them a number of times in the past and never had an issue with quality.

poosemon · 27 Aug 2009 at 11:02

again, cheers for your help on this guys! big red is £100 all in and i get £30 of that back when i send my old caliper back...

saitrix · 27 Aug 2009 at 17:41

poosemon said:
thanks for that....anyone got any experience with them? seems quite cheep for a brand new/remanufactured unit

I used them for the Dolomite and had quick delivery off them. Was all good dealing with them

Lopéz · 27 Aug 2009 at 17:58

I ordered a pair of new calipers from Brakes Int. for the Manta after reading this thread last night (been meaning to do it for ages) and they are despatched and should arrive tomorrow via UPS.