Are you sure it is the callipers that are knackered and not the calliper carrier and slide pins. No point buying callipers if it's the pins siezed in the carriers?
 
Usually when they say caliper is seized, they mean the piston is not moving which would imply that the seals would have perished too. You can easily check this out by lifting the wheel and pressing the brakes and see if it's holding. At least, this was the case with mine and I just replaced the pistons and the seals. I suggest you don't use BritPart here - I had bought Bearmach seals and foolishly BritPart pistons - it's just a metal tube, so nothing can go wrong or so I thought ! Well, they wouldn't fit in the caliper chamber and had to get them replaced with Bearmach. As for the flexi pipes, I personally don't like clamping them. Instead I stop the flow with a few layers of cling film wrapped around the neck of the reservoir and secured with elastic bands. It never fails to seal.
 
Being garaged on Thursday for welding.

This will cost money but needs to be done.

Done lots of other jobs myself
 
I am pretty nervy about repairing as I only have one car and nearest spares place is 3 miles away
 
Tried to replace my disks and pads yesterday,
Couldnt loosen the caliper bolts to get the disk out, sending it to garage as they are seized so not such an easy job!!!

Andy
 
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