w108: Brake Caliper rebuilt or rebuild kits?

[moby dick]

Hi,
Anyone have any experience with the cheap Nugeon rebuilt calipers that are sold for the w108s? How about the caliper rebuild kits? The ATE and FTC kits are about $15 while the MB stuff is >$80. Do the cheaper ATE/FTC kits work?

I am on the verge of a braking system overhaul -new rotors, pads, lines and was thinking of addressing the calipers too.

Thanks,
Narayan

[vandor]

ATE is the manufacturer of the calipers, so their kits should be as good as it gets.

[meltedpanda]

rebuilding them IMHO not worth the time or effort, the reman's are the best way to go. Dont ask me how I know (x10 give or take a few brake rebuilds)

[Adv_rider]

I purchased the remanufactured for my w116 and they where excellent. Installed them in one day.

I had previously purchased the kit to rebuild my W108's ..... Still on the pending things to do!!!!

[joshhol]

I rebuilt the front calipers on my 300D using the non-MB OEM kit. Don't remember which, it was in 2004. Messy job but the front brakes have been leak free.
Bought ATE NEW calipers for the back end a couple years ago. Guess it all depends on how pitted/corroded your calipers are, if you want to gamble a bit on rebuilding. . .

[Coolvibes]

I just bought some rebuilt ones from a local auto parts store for $45 a pop. not sure if they were from China or not, but that was the price.

[moby dick]

Just did the rears with rebuilt ATE calipers from Carpartsking.com -45 minutes per side and they seem to work just fine so far. Going to order the fronts next. I'm thinking of upgrading to the v8 vented rotor setup.

[buch32]

Originally Posted by meltedpanda

rebuilding them IMHO not worth the time or effort, the reman's are the best way to go. Dont ask me how I know (x10 give or take a few brake rebuilds)

x-2 purchased my excellent rebuilds from CARQUEST