two_OH_five wrote:
One thing I would say is make 150% sure that the rebuild kits are genuine Toyota as advertised. I got some Brakes Intl kits and they were shi er substandard
I will. You wouldn't believe some of the brakes I have seen over the years, jimmyGs ST205 was one of the worst, when we came to check his brakes and replace the master cylinder we just couldn't get the brakes working very well. So after a bit of head scratching we removed a newly refurbished brake calliper to find that when it had been refurbished, instead of using new pistons, they had made their own, and quite badly too, not smooth at all, it's a wonder the brakes worked at all. From that day on I have never trusted anyone but myself to refurbish brakes callipers (apart from MKautos as I know they do a good job) I can never understand why people say leave brakes to the professionals as in my experience they do a worse job than anyone, as above, cross threaded bolts, badly fitted pads incorrectly fitted etc etc the list goes on.