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Cardone's parts are just junk. I asked my mechanic about them a while ago and he said he will never use anything they make again after so many parts failures on several different parts for several cars.

Centric is ok but its not OEM quality. (poor rebuilds)

Remember you only get what you pay for and cheaper is never better when it comes to brakes.

 

I have used a couple of reman calipers on my MINI. I think the brand was Don't Work or Can't Stop. Don't remember, but I did throw them in the recycle bin & bought new calipers. I saved no money at all with crappy remans.

 

I have to agree with these two /\

Everything I've read about Cardone stuff has been negative, and not just on import parts. I've read stories on several different forums that say the parts for domestic cars are as bad or worse.

.......something I've tried to teach my students, family, kids and relatives, with varying levels of success - "the cheapest price is not always the best deal"

 

Also the words Cheap and Brakes go together and never end well.

 

centric

I have had the Centric calipers on my 05 for 3 years, no issues whatsoever, responded to your other thread

 

Front or rear? I've sworn off of rebent rear calipers. After 3 bad ones I'm a non-believer.

 

fronts

no reason to mess with the rears beyond a big rotor kit-I put the TCE big rotor kit that retains the stock R53 rear caliper and brake cable setup, works great in conjunction with the R56 front calipers and rotors

 

The reason I asked is it seems that the rebents I have used all failed, because of the park brake mechanism. Seems the rebuilder,s do not know how to correctly deal with that part. Yep no need to replace rears for the R56 swap. Justa trowing out my rebuilt caliper experience.