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consul said:
Hi Chaps
Does anyone have a set of the original Ceramics and bells for sale, my car has got steel brakes from a GT3, work perfect but Im keen to keep the car as near to how it came out the factory. I know if there cracked then there fit for the bin, my car is not going to be tracked, I have heard if your not hammering the brakes ie street use they should be fine soooooo
if anyone has a set let me know what the damage is and ill consider.
Cheers !
Does anyone have a set of the original Ceramics and bells for sale, my car has got steel brakes from a GT3, work perfect but Im keen to keep the car as near to how it came out the factory. I know if there cracked then there fit for the bin, my car is not going to be tracked, I have heard if your not hammering the brakes ie street use they should be fine soooooo
if anyone has a set let me know what the damage is and ill consider.
Cheers !
good luck finding a used set - they are like dodo eggs. mind you I recall someone selling a set a few months back but they had 50k+ miles on them
Bearing in mind the original construction of the PCCB discs (the wearing face is only half a millimeter thick) I think it's unlikely that the discs can be refaced (not saying it can't be done, just that I think it's highly unlikely)
If it could be done, I'd have thought SGL (the original manufacturers) would have offered the service as they must realise that most people cease to use the PCCBs and fit steels instead.
Surely it would be a better business plan for them to charge £ ? per disc to reface them, than to lose the business elsewhere when users fit steel disc conversions from the likes of Brembo, Alcon and Performance Friction.
If it could be done, I'd have thought SGL (the original manufacturers) would have offered the service as they must realise that most people cease to use the PCCBs and fit steels instead.
Surely it would be a better business plan for them to charge £ ? per disc to reface them, than to lose the business elsewhere when users fit steel disc conversions from the likes of Brembo, Alcon and Performance Friction.
Spent a full weekend with the GT2 and can conclude that its probably the best car I will ever own, regardless of cost. Drove down to Haslemere, sat in a restaurant and looked at the car from across the road and just thought, Awsome. I know the 996 shape got a bit of a knocking on other models but the GT2 is just one sexy looking bit of kit. Roll on summer !!!!!
sJs said:
Excellent news.
Bought my GT2 in January and it is booked in with Chris in April.
Then I think some instruction.
Si
Instruction is a good idea, I booked a full day with Bernard Aubrey (ex Porsche instructor) a few weeks after I picked up my GT2 in 2008. The laps at Chobham and drifting/correction exercises opened my eyes to how raw the GT2 is, set me up in terms of respecting it.Bought my GT2 in January and it is booked in with Chris in April.
Then I think some instruction.
Si
Also, the geo is vital. Mine was standard for the first year I owned it. It tended to drift sideways on the motorway when dropped into 3rd gear for a blast, also would snap very quickly from understeer to unrecoverable oversteer (practiced many times on Andy Walsh's car limits days). The fast road geo by Parr made it accelerate in a straight line and feel like it was heading in the same direction you wanted it to go. Also made the turn in much crisper, the problem with that is that it turned in too well sometimes and brought the back end round.
Epic epic cars, I'm regretting selling mine again just writing this. I hate all you GT2 owners
996GT2 said:
Instruction is a good idea, I booked a full day with Bernard Aubrey (ex Porsche instructor) a few weeks after I picked up my GT2 in 2008. The laps at Chobham and drifting/correction exercises opened my eyes to how raw the GT2 is, set me up in terms of respecting it.
Also, the geo is vital. Mine was standard for the first year I owned it. It tended to drift sideways on the motorway when dropped into 3rd gear for a blast, also would snap very quickly from understeer to unrecoverable oversteer (practiced many times on Andy Walsh's car limits days). The fast road geo by Parr made it accelerate in a straight line and feel like it was heading in the same direction you wanted it to go. Also made the turn in much crisper, the problem with that is that it turned in too well sometimes and brought the back end round.
Epic epic cars, I'm regretting selling mine again just writing this. I hate all you GT2 owners
Awwww, come on Gavin, no need to be like that !Also, the geo is vital. Mine was standard for the first year I owned it. It tended to drift sideways on the motorway when dropped into 3rd gear for a blast, also would snap very quickly from understeer to unrecoverable oversteer (practiced many times on Andy Walsh's car limits days). The fast road geo by Parr made it accelerate in a straight line and feel like it was heading in the same direction you wanted it to go. Also made the turn in much crisper, the problem with that is that it turned in too well sometimes and brought the back end round.
Epic epic cars, I'm regretting selling mine again just writing this. I hate all you GT2 owners
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