992 GTS Red For Black Brake Swap

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Morning all,

I've just bought a 2023 911 GTS in Python Green, it's a lovely car, perfect spec, the original owner got the spec spot on, except for the colour of the brakes - I think they should be black, not red.



So before I have them take off and re-coloured, I thought I'd put the offer out on here - is there anyone with a 922 with GTS/Turbo black brakes that wishes they were red ? If so, I'd be more than happy to drive up to your local OPC, pay for the brakes to be swapped over and then be on my way.

Just thought I'd ask before I take them off and send them away.

Kind regards

Pommers

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Well I checked with my OPC before hand and I acutally asked that if I had them recoloured to black would it impact my warranty and they said, it was fine unless one of the calippers developed a fault from painting - it was them that suggested trying to look for someone to swap with.

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Slippydiff said:

Youforreal. said:

I remember asking about changing the colour on a set of calipers once, I was told in no uncertain terms that if I did I wouldn’t be offered another warranty unless it was ‘as left the factory’ including brake calipers colour!

Get in touch with your local OPC and ask, if they say it’s ok…..get it I writing, if they state the above then they would probably do a full swap out which will sting a bit but you could sell the others on and recover some of your monies.

There’s a simple answer to this. Find another OPC.

And for the OP, why make life harder than it needs to be ?
Just get in contact with these guys and do what 99.9999999 % of people do with their Porsches, McLarens, Ferraris, Lamborghinis etc.

It’s hard to believe I know, but the world won’t stop rotating on its axis just because you’ve changed the colour of your brake callipers

https://www.bcs-automotive.co.uk/?gad_source=1&amp...

I was very much thinking the same if I don't find someone to sawp with.

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Youforreal. said:

As I suspected with my initial enquiry and obviously op can do what he wants but I would rather a email saying it was ok (if you can even get one) rather than argue the toss when you need to renew a warranty or you have an issue with your brakes and they try to blame a coat of paint.

Porsche can be so inconsistant from one OPC to another, my GT3 went into OPC Portsmouth with a JRC exahust on it, just the rear box and they block flagged the car as being modified - hence to say, they've not had a penny of my business since. My new OPC, is brilliant and looks after me like a proper customer, happy to advice on the best course of action.

Out of curiosity, what colour did you have them done, something naughty ?

If I went the re-colour route, I'd just go black with white logos, doubt they'd ever know, however, I'm sure i'll find someone with a dark car and black brakes that would rather have s nice splash of red.

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c3m said:

• How did you find out it was block flagged?
• Do you know if the list of modified cars is local to your OPC or shared across the Porsche network?

They told me when I picked it up from them.