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About to do my brakes, should I bother replacing the calipers?

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RMeadows

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Jan 2, 2007
West Palm Beach, Florida
About to order a brake kit with rotors/pads/lines and wondering if i should do the calipers while im at it. The car DOES have something like 175K on it. Might be a good idea, but money is tight right now and I don't want to just toss money out the window. Opinions?
 
I would just look at the wear on the old pads and if it is equal on both sides of the rotor I would stay with what you have, with dsm's you have to save money where you can and I dont think it will be unsafe to use the older ones etc.
 
See how badly corroded they are from the salt air, look for any signs of leakage, and make sure the parking brakes are working without binding. If you're good to go, and don't plan on showing up at Sebring for tech inspection any time soon, you should be okay. Be aware this isn't really something we can competently diagnose by email.
 
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