Seeking advice on replacing suspension and other parts

[marvkaye]

My 2000 base model Boxster needs shocks... I have a complete set of Bilstein B6's I'm going to install and am in the process of getting things prepped for the project... the car is up on jack stands, I've sprayed all the fasteners with penetrant and am planning to start getting things loosened up or taken off today.  Car has 116k+ miles on it, and I don't have the service history... picked it up pretty reasonably, considering. 

 

First, I understand the caliper bolts are single use parts but have heard of people re-using them.  I'd prefer not to, given that they are spec'ed single use, they take a lot of abuse during braking, and for all I know, are25+ years old.  New set is $52 @ Pelican... any logical reason not to spend the money other than to save the $52?

 

Next.. I pressure washed the suspension for all the obvious reasons. Looking at the rubber on some of the easily observable parts, they don't appear to be that bad, maybe that will change once I get them off and can do a better inspection... however, I ordered the suspension kits from Pelican already given the lack of history... I'm wondering if anyone who's trying to do a budget repair would consider pressing used but apparently serviceable parts like these back into service just to get the job done at a considerable discount from new ones... 

 

Finally, somebody painted my the calipers yellow, apparently with some sort of rattle can paint, as lots came off during pressure washing. Personally, I'd prefer to keep them the original black (my car is Arctic Silver.. the yellow peeking out doesn't look that great) with the nice Porsche logo showing.  Any thoughts on how to get the cheap yellow off without harming the original powder coating.  I tried a bit of acetone, didn't do much.

 

Looking forward to hearing anyone's thoughts on these things... thanks in advance for sharing them....

 

marv