anshawnga

I'm having a hard time getting the clips to stay on. They keep popping back off when I drive. Some insight would be helpful. Message me or post here...tia

NOR_KNet

Do you have to replace the o-ring and dust covers after you have baked the calipers for 20 minutes?

Regards
Kenneth

mishar

Be sure they click into little slots there.

NOR_KNet

Mishar: not sure if i understand your post or if you have quoted the wrong post hehehe

MP4.2+6.0

Mine assumes full strip of calipers. If just dynamiting it in the car (pardon my French), then maybe some light heat gun fanned back and forth and keeping away from rubber and wires and such.

I gave up finally trying to refinish covers. Too much work and weird issues like hot spots in metal paint would not stick to reliably. You can get jobber ones that are indistinguishable from OE at way cheaper price from places like Rock Auto (at least as of a couple of years ago).

Long term BTW for brakes as these things get older: Change the slider bushing that is at the join point between the bracket pins/studs and the caliper. You push them into caliper, like if you ever do the full strip paint job. I found over the 100K miles they went from quite tight to just starting to feel like there was little resistance when assembling. May result in some play and looser feel as they age. Again, can get as a jobber part that side by side looks same as OE to me.

mishar

You are right. Wrong quote. Should quote this one:

TSHong

When I first got my 09 W12, I had my tech who worked on her powder coat the calipers and carriers black. The covers were rusted but I had previously had S8 covers on my 05 W12 so I reused it. It turned out very well I think. We tried to powder coat the old covers but the powder would not stick to it well.

Now after a year, it has held up with no chips or flaking off. I do remember he used a high temp powder coat I think.