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just called up the local bmw dealers to get a caliper refurb kit and he said there was 2 makes of hte calipers, ate or some other make i cant remember the name of.

where will i find out what make they are? is it stamped onto the caliper somewhere? or is it a case of posting a picture so someone can identify them?

it says on them...
at least i've seen it on the ATE ones so i assume the others (whoever makes them) must be the same. i know girling and the like put their name on their parts

Will either be girling or ate.

Girling ones have it written on them iirc

girling thats thats the other name the guy on the phone said.

so if i whip my wheel off it should be stamped on there under the dirt somewhre?

yep

yip.

or stick up a photo and i'll be able to tell you.

if i cant find it on there ill get a pic up.

cheers

the brakes seemed to sort themself out and ive had other problems to deal with, but now ive come back to the brakes. had a look at them yesterday and couldnt find any brand on them so here are a few pics, hopefully somone can identify them.

this is the drivers side





and this is the passenger side

no body know?

This is an old ATE front brake caliper that I have. If you notice the numbers 48/22 and on the left is the marking BMW and on the opposite side it says ATE which is just barely visible.

I can see on your picture a marking but just can't make it out.

Also, Girling and ATE rear calipers are identical. The front are totally different in that the mounting of the carriers will not work.

I'm pretty sure they are ate calipers mate.
The girlings use normal bolts to attach the caliper to the carrier where ate use the 7mm allenkey

my calipers are held on to the strut by 2 17mm(i think) bolts.

Your calipiers are ate.
As bob_s said to remove the ate caliper from the carrier you need to undo two allen bolts and to remove the girling caliper from the carrier you need to undo two 13mm(iirc) bolts
Both ate and girling are held onto the strut by 17mm bolts.

HTH