DenverB

Replaced my front calipers today. Advance Auto has a zinc coated, plastic piston replacement that works good and looks great. It also has a $35 core charge for $33 part! They paid me $2 to upgrade and change my calipers today...SMH pays to shop around

Ricthewrench

Nice price! Looking for that deal in Michigan today

lawsoncl

Huh? Check your receipt again. The core charge is usually added to the purchase price, and refunded when you return the old parts.

awg

I have read reports of "new" XJ calipers, presumably made in China, which cause problems very soon after fitting

They may not be made to the same tolerance as the OEM ?

RockyMtn96XJ

Plastic piston....... that's why its $33.
I'll stick with all metal parts when it comes to my brake system. I'm enjoying my life right now so I dont exactly want a caliper failing and I end up in a guard rail or the back of another vehicle.
I'm replacing all my front parts with a kit from Powerstop, the slotted and drilled ones ( havent heard anything bad about them) since I'll be lifted and bigger tires in a couple weeks, plus its time for a brake change.

fb97xj1

That "plastic" is phenolic, which i think is a composite resin. Its supposed to transfer less heat to the brake fluid compared to a steel piston. Which is better (steel vs. phenolic) depends who you ask, but i never had an issue using phenolic.

DenverB

Your are correct, I couldn't remember the word, phenolic. Which everything I read said to absolutely go that way over steel because after 4 wheeling and mudding they will cause a lot less problems in the long run. And as far checking me receipt, it's a fact, check on Advanced Auto website. I know because I had the left front lock up first and had to replace it. Then 6 days later, the right front seized. I actually didn't have the cash to fix it at that time so I actually pulled the caliper off and took it to the parts store. $35 core charge on $32.99 part, the clerk told me he didn't care what order it went as long they got the core part

psf4x4

I wish I had a idiot running core charges on parts where I lived. Find a bad optima and turn in for a replacement. I’d get his work schedule so when you know when to show up and buy parts. Does he take empty cans of brake cleaner on return?