Hi all,

I've recently had a slight ringing when driving so a mechanic had a look for me and deduced my brake calliper (rear passenger) had siezed.
After some pulling, hammering and pushing, it was temporarily sorted.
But obviously now, I need a calliper refurb kit and can't seem to find one for the stilo. Any ideas?
Trying not to have to fork out for whole new calliper set :s

Also, looking at new pads and disks and wondered if anyone could suggest some good ones that aren't mega expensive?

It's been suggested to me that brake pads and disks from other cars can fit and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if this is true?

Thanks,
Ali

moved to stilo

Rather than waste time on refurbing the caliper, buy one ready done! Autoparts warehouse on ebay supply them at reasonable prices. For new discs try buypartsby (sutton autofactors) or carparts4less - both stock oe quality and offer very quick delivery.
A number of models take the same discs and pads so they are readily available.
Do a search on this forum for brake calipers as there is a right and wrong way to adjust the piston on some of these.

As above, just get a recon unit

I'm currently using EBC Ultimax pads and discs are round and they seem to be pretty good.

If you want a little more performance I can vouch for EBC green stuff but they do wear a bit quicker.

So many choices

I use EBC red stuff, great if your heavy on the brakes and I found they don't cover the wheels with a lot of dust? There about £38 for the front and a little less for the rear? It seems sized calipers are a common thing on stilos as one of mine was the same

gadgemyster said:

I... It seems sized calipers are a common thing on stilos as one of mine was the same

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I think calipers are a weak spot on all cars, probably because they move only very slightly over a period of months so dirt and water takes its toll very easily.

If you can afford it then I really do recommend changing the calipers rather than just changing the seals, it's usually better economy in the long run as properly refurbished calipers will last a long time - it's also usually much easier to fit new calipers than to change the seals (although I've never changed seals on a Stilo).

heraldsteve said:

I think calipers are a weak spot on all cars, probably because they move only very slightly over a period of months so dirt and water takes its toll very easily.

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Any car with rear disk brakes