[Shotimes] steel vs. phenolic brake pistons

[tomw]

One of my 2001 CV PI cars came with one of each on the rear-- Gotta love 
Fords quality control--

                                        Tom W

van Oss wrote:

>Remember the times we've talked about some Tauri having steel brake pistons,
>while others were phenolic plastic?  And how one was theoretically police
>and the other civilian?  And how Ford seems to have been inconsistent about
>which civilian cars got police parts?
>
>Well, I just thought y'all might like to know:  The Taurus is by no means
>peculiar about this.  I'm doing the front pads on our 94 Crown Vicky.  If
>you go in and ask for pads for this car, they'll assume you're civilian, and
>sell you pads for a plastic piston.  Our CV has steel (police) pistons.  So
>there you go.
>
>Joseph van Oss
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