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    Raybestos E3 rotors rusting earlier than expected

    Thanks. I used to use the black coated rotors on all the cars. I thought to be explorative this time around and try a fully coated one to help reduce the rust lip where the pads doesn't get to. Next time I'll go back to the black ones.
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    Raybestos E3 rotors rusting earlier than expected

    Not heated and I actually only did 2-3 drives in snow last year with this car as I was still recovering from medical reasons.
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    Raybestos E3 rotors rusting earlier than expected

    The car is old and has over 330k km. That's why the other hardware are old, but those parts shouldn't affect the rotor.
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    Raybestos E3 rotors rusting earlier than expected

    I put raybestos E3 pads and rotors last year end of fall while swapping on winter tires. This year while swapping tires the front rotors looked like this. I logged down the mileage when I put them on. The car is garaged and it accumulated 3k km since first installed. It's rusting faster than...
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    New-to-me Subaru, what oil to go with?

    A little off topic but about the HG and EJ. Ppl say to change the coolant, but do you suggest putting in the OEM conditioner bottle? I hear it's a debate.
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    Spark Plug Replacement After 18 years.

    I did our 2001 v6 with 170k miles in 2020. The plugs are plated. Only 1 out of 6 gave some resistance when loosening. So I just slightly tightened it back up and worked it out. Didn't need any penetrating oil. You should be fine.
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    Seized caliper did I do enough test to verify?

    There were really no washers in between unless they somehow fused and was flush with bolt and on the caliper. The banjo bolt and that side of the hose inlet was clean and smooth so I didn't put a washer there. The other side with, Napa had this silver paint around the hole and it was not the...
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    Recent experience with reman calipers?

    I'm in Canada and the car is required for work so there's no time to wait for rebuild. I don't think shipping cost will be cheap.
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    Seized caliper did I do enough test to verify?

    That's weird. Toyota caliper didn't have any washers on either side.
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    Recent experience with reman calipers?

    As there are 2 versions of caliper for my model year, I really had even more slim picking and couldn't gamble ordering from rockauto for cheaper price. I also wanted to fix it this weekend so got Napa Adaptive One(supposedly lifetime warranty), but when I opened box it's just total eclipse part...
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    Seized caliper did I do enough test to verify?

    Replaced caliper, but had to go mix route and used old bracket. The painted bracket from Napa made the pads bind even more than old bracket. It's old car, I don't care much about the how it looks as long as it functions. I also reused my old 14mm banjo bolt for consistency. As the caliper side...
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    Seized caliper did I do enough test to verify?

    I got NAPA adaptive one reman caliper. It's probably the same as the total eclipse since it's painted black and has that part number. I also tested further by taking out the bleeder screw and it's not plugged. I pinched lightly on the brake hose and tried to push the piston in with wind down...
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    Seized caliper did I do enough test to verify?

    I grind down the rust on the bracket, used new clips and one side of the pad ear was still a little binding. These are Raybestos EHT3. So I filed down a bit to have more uniform movement.
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    Recent experience with reman calipers?

    No new caliper I can see from rockauto even if I pay for shipping and foregoing the core return. Lexus wants $490 CAD to order a new one from US that takes 10 days. I now realized there are 2 versions of the caliper.
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    Recent experience with reman calipers?

    Thanks everyone. I now have issue with which caliper revision to get. The only one that's local and in stock is Napa profromer line(1 yr warranty). It might be different up in Canada vs the names in US. https://www.napacanada.com/en/p/PQC24261478?ref=MA== The product code SE2525C goes to NAPA...
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