Brake calipers.

My right front caliper kept seizing on me after i drove it for a few miles.  It was pissing me off so i bought a replacement one.

You can see the hyper extended piston.. it refused to retract, even on the vice!

2 days of driving 2 miles round trip to and from work.  I had to limp the car and used engine braking to stop.

New vs old.












This is what the left side looked like.. all shitted up. The new one was a grey color.

I cleaned them both off with brake cleaner and got all the crud off them.

Painted them red, because red brakes stop faster.

I never took a picture but the paint around the sumitomo was covered up in the end.. i didn't like the silver showing through, it was to small to notice.

So much brake dust.

Funny enough after i replaced all of this, including the hardlines it seized up again.

i was mad.

it ended up being a 10$ soft brake line hose, no problems ever since. But i guess it was still a good idea to replace everything anyways for peace of mind.