Given the shaky reputation Cardone has, I was a little hesitant but decided to give it a go.
Got two Cardone reman calipers from their ultra line with the powder coat on it. Box is nice and fancy, when you open it up it has a card facing you that talks about how impressed you'll be with their ultra premium calipers.
First caliper had the piston boot installed incorrectly, not seated on the piston and actually twisted/pinched against the body of the caliper with a rusty looking piston as well. The boots for the guide pins were seated into the bracket but not the pins. Okay. The caliper guide pins were ugly looking too, clearly not new.
Second caliper looked fine from the piston boot and guide pin boot side, the plastic cap on the inlet port that they brag about on their description (they claim it protects the threads) was missing and instead the banjo bolt was threaded in there. Kind of weird since the first one had the plastic cap. Piston looks scratched to [censored] from whatever blasting they did to it but at least there's no rust this time. C-clip for the piston boot was slightly out so I had to push it back in. Pulled the bracket and noticed the guide pins were brand new unlike the first, noticed they put two of the same guide pin when they were supposed to have two different guide pins. The one with the bushing on it was missing.
Had RockAuto cut me a refund for the amount it would cost to replace the guide pins and had them replace the other one. I hope the replacement is not as bad. I have to admit this makes me wonder how the things I can't see like the other side of the piston and the square cut seal are. I find it kind of hard to believe their quality control could be this bad.
Got two Cardone reman calipers from their ultra line with the powder coat on it. Box is nice and fancy, when you open it up it has a card facing you that talks about how impressed you'll be with their ultra premium calipers.
First caliper had the piston boot installed incorrectly, not seated on the piston and actually twisted/pinched against the body of the caliper with a rusty looking piston as well. The boots for the guide pins were seated into the bracket but not the pins. Okay. The caliper guide pins were ugly looking too, clearly not new.
Second caliper looked fine from the piston boot and guide pin boot side, the plastic cap on the inlet port that they brag about on their description (they claim it protects the threads) was missing and instead the banjo bolt was threaded in there. Kind of weird since the first one had the plastic cap. Piston looks scratched to [censored] from whatever blasting they did to it but at least there's no rust this time. C-clip for the piston boot was slightly out so I had to push it back in. Pulled the bracket and noticed the guide pins were brand new unlike the first, noticed they put two of the same guide pin when they were supposed to have two different guide pins. The one with the bushing on it was missing.
Had RockAuto cut me a refund for the amount it would cost to replace the guide pins and had them replace the other one. I hope the replacement is not as bad. I have to admit this makes me wonder how the things I can't see like the other side of the piston and the square cut seal are. I find it kind of hard to believe their quality control could be this bad.