I picked up a pair of R56 front calipers and I'm in the process of cleaning them up before I put them on my car. I tore one of the dust boots, and I figured I may as well replace the seal and dust boot on both of them. I've never done it before, but it doesn't seem to complicated. I'm looking at rebuild kits for the calipers though and I'm finding a pretty wide range of prices for the seal and dust boot.

I found them on FCP euro for $25
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/clo...er-34116769277

and on rock auto for between $1.40 and $4.00
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...epair+kit,1720

TRW is the manufacturer of the caliper, but I have a hard time imagining that they're worth $20 more or 6 times more expensive. That said, I'm not looking to cut corners on something as important as the brakes, nor do I really want to have to rebuild these again because a seal fails.

Anybody have any experience with this? any thoughts on if raybestos, ac delco, centric, or doorman make a reasonably reliable seal?

 

Had good luck with Carlson brake parts and they are made in the USA...TRW is made in Europe /Czech Republic; is why they are priced higher...

 

Sweet, I got some carlson slider boots and ac delco seals and dust boots. The parts look like they're decent quality, I guess time will tell.