2013 stock Rubicon. Recently my left front caliper stuck and I fried my pads. It was a week prior to a trip so I had to get a replacement locally. After some research, I bought a rebuilt Nuon caplier with bracket at Pep Boys. It supposedly had a coating to prevent rust and corrosion. Looked good, installed it with new pads premium and bled system. Went wheeling the next weekend. 2 weeks later left rear caliper froze and fried those pads. Went back to Pep Boys and replaced remaining 3 calipers and pads. When I went to bleed the system, I noticed the left front caliper and bracket was already almost completely rusted. Will probably need to replace all 4 again. Powerstop has nice red powder coated ones but I believe these are also rebuilt. I am installing a Rock Krawler X-Factor 2.5" lift with 35s. Any recommendations on calipers? Will stock rotors and good ceramic pads be OK? Anyone have any pictures of red Powerstop calipers on your Jeep?
Brake Caliper Recommendations
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kk2010jk
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Had similar issue with sticking frt caliper. I replaced front with stock single piston but they were new Rabestos, not rebuilt. I did new pads and new SS powerstop hoses (frt and back). I did hoses in case my sticking problem was hose issue.
The calipers came with new brackets as well, new crush rings. Went on with minimal effort. The hoses on the other hand have been a PITA. They are slightly longer then stock and I had to adjust where they connect to caliper so hoses stay away from tires. This small adjustment screwed up the crush washers so they seeped. I had to remove the front hoses at the caliper, replace the crush washers that came with the hoses and use the crush washers that came with the calipers. Re-bleed the whole system.
I got them from a very popular online parts company. Not sure what policy is here to mention.
I should have just gone with stock rubber replacement hoses
The calipers came with new brackets as well, new crush rings. Went on with minimal effort. The hoses on the other hand have been a PITA. They are slightly longer then stock and I had to adjust where they connect to caliper so hoses stay away from tires. This small adjustment screwed up the crush washers so they seeped. I had to remove the front hoses at the caliper, replace the crush washers that came with the hoses and use the crush washers that came with the calipers. Re-bleed the whole system.
I got them from a very popular online parts company. Not sure what policy is here to mention.
I should have just gone with stock rubber replacement hoses
kk2010jk
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Too new to know. But they are shiny new silver now. I thought of doing a painting but being cold and not doing both frt/back I'm just going with whatever coating they have on them.
As long as your nice about telling us of a company that does bad business or a bad product it's ok.