Would these sell?

DANNY8 · #1 16-09-2007, 10:49 PM

I've got a few sets of brake calipers out the back off of a VH and VK (which would also suit VC-VB I guess). I was just thinkin if I could sell them. I realise being in their current state which is what all other 23 year old brakes look like, they wouldn't be much use to anyone.

So I thought maybe if I clean them up, paint them, and put new rubbers and seals in them and sell them for a bit extra.

I've done this to mine, basically cleaned them up until 99% of all crap was removed (using the wire wheel on the drill, and a wire brush), leaving a clean finish. I then clean the surface with prepsol and use proper VHT brake paint to spray the two pieces of the caliper. The rubbers come in kits from PBR (overhaul kits).

As brakes are one of the most important factors in a car, I'll include the overhaul kit with the calipers NOT installed so then I can't be held responsible for the brakes failing.

The overall package would include...
- 2x clean and painted up calipers (in any VHT colour)
- 2x PBR caliper overhaul kit (with instructions)
- And possibly a small tube of PBR rubber grease (depends how small I can get tubes, coz a big tube of it would be pointless)

Mine aren't on my wagz yet so I put them in the smallest box which they fit in, weighed them up and it comes to about 5.5kg. Postage through Auspost varies from about $15 to about $30. Out of the capital cities, Adelaide was the cheapest, Darwin was the most expensve, and Perth, Syndey, Brisbane and Melbourne were around the $20-$25 mark.

So what I wanna know, is ur opinions on it. Do u think people would be interested in buying them? I didn't wanna go to the effort of spending a few hours cleaning them up if yous thought it was a crap idea.

Including postage I wanted to keep the overall price under $100. That includes the brakes themselves, labour to clean them, cost of paint, cost of the overhaul kits and cost of packaging and postage. Do u think that's reasonable?

I clean lots of gear up and paint it, mainly for our cars. I enjoy doing it coz I like turning nothing into something, or make "sh*t shine" as someone has called it lol. I could also clean up other parts as well.

Anyways, I really wanna hear people's feedback on this, so please reply.

Cheers,
Danny.

PS: Here's some pics which show mine.

badaz · #2 17-09-2007, 08:17 AM

I would think there are people out there that would buy them ebay would be the way to go. good luck you should be able to make some extra cash

Julie · #3 17-09-2007, 10:01 AM

I dunno hey, it couldn't hurt to try ebay it would only cost you a couple of bucks in listing fees if they didn't sell or try selling them on forums for free. But I'm not sure how they would go, I honestly think people would be more inclined to upgrade their brakes rather than just putting on a set of tarted up ones

dijm8 · #4 17-09-2007, 11:46 AM

i reckon its a good idea, for ppl like me who r too lazy to do it them selves :P

pow3rslave · #5 17-09-2007, 05:38 PM

yellow on black looks rad mate

DANNY8 · #6 17-09-2007, 07:02 PM

Cheers for the feedback guys. I might clean up a set and paint them white and black, then if someone wants to buy them in a diff colour the new colour should go over the white pretty good.

Julie I know wat u mean, coz if I had some extra coin I would of went the VT upgrade package, but instead just cleaned up my calipers and bought new DBA gold rotors. I guess the type of people this would mainly interest would be the younger people who haven't got heaps of cash saved up for a big brake upgrade...like myself

Thx again for ur feedback. I rekon I might clean up and paint a set within the next few days. Or I guess I could chuck them on ebay and use my pics, then if they sell I'll clean up a set and send them off.

xlr8_87 · #7 17-09-2007, 08:19 PM

give at least one set a shot on eBay, hell if they go well, you could look into buying a few sets from wreckers (I don't expect they'd be very expensive) and make yourself some extra money

DANNY8 · #8 17-09-2007, 11:59 PM

Yeah I just chucked them up on ebay. Just using the pics of my own brakes, and I said it can take up to 7 days b4 they'll be posted if I don't have any ready. I guess I may as well chuck them in the for sale section on here.