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98 V70 Cardone front calipers - review

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Re: 98 V70 Cardone front calipers - review

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This was the corner that was hit hard when it was hit so perhaps that is the reason.

FCP had one in stock - free replacement and free DOT4 brake fluid!
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abscate wrote: ↑04 Oct 2018, 19:55 I put Cardone’s front on the 99 sourced about 4 years ago from BAP GEON

Still going well.
Did they move or close over on Fuller Rd.?
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closed, I missed when that happened. Pretty recently?
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Just saw it yesterday in my travels. I don't remember a time they weren't there...
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I think it was in the last month or so, i saw them open this summer I’m positive
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