ive just recieved from ebay a new pair of rear calipers for 2010 l322 which I intend to fit at the weekend together with new disks and pads. however, the calipers currently on the car are aluminium whereas these new ones are cast iron. anyone with experience of this or know the reason why some would be aluminium and some iron? do they fit ok etc?

these are branded NTY and the box clearly states

"Land Rover lll/lV 02 - Range Rover lll 02-12 - Range Rover Sport 05-13"

cheap enough at £75 a pair delivered & the reason I'm changing them is because the last time I bled the brakes about 3 years ago the rear caliper bleed screws were extremely tight and felt like they were about shear if i tried any harder to undo - they will likeley be worse now. I'm told that the cause of that tightness is steel bleed screws corroding in aluminium calipers?

so... job done, calipers identical to originals except no land rover logo and made of iron.

wheels off, replace disks, pads, calipers, flush new fluid through and then wheels back on, about 2 hours all in

i wonder why the material is different.. ... - .- -.




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