Cayman S Discs and Pads plus labour
Discussion
March2008 said:
Hmmmm, a monkey you say? I'd better not try then. Thanks for the quotes, sounds like my OPC is way over the mark. Sounds daft, but can the discs and pads be changed without having to plug the car into a computer to reset any dash lights that might occur by my fiddling.
Nothing needs to be reset if you want to have a go yourself.It's a straight forward job if you are half competant working on cars.
Having fancy porsche brakes actually also makes the job easier, resetting the pistons is easier than a normal floating 1 piston caliper design, especially rear rotating pistons in older cars and more modern hatchbacks.
Guide here for you also (ignore the upgrade parts, this article was for a slightly larger disc size conversion).
http://www.planet-9.com/reviews/cayman-performance...
This is also good to read for beginners and has expanded diagrams so you can see how it all works and goes together before attempting it:
http://www.planet-9.com/reviews/miscellaneous/p235...
Enjoy....
911p said:
Wrightune charge about £700 for the discs, pads, dampening plates and wear sensors fitted all round. They are Textar (who make the OE Porsche ones), so you're getting the same product, just not in a Porsche box.
Iirc the Textar ones even have the same part number embossed on them. The only difference is the cardboard box they come in.How many people that would take on a disc and pad change would have a dial gauge? How many people that would take on a disc and pad change would know what reading was or was not acceptable? The chap on planet 9 did not look to have cleaned the drive flange to an acceptable level. Just because someone posts up a how to on the net does not always make them an expert (not saying the chap on planet 9 is in the bracket) I have to fix some of the screw ups that people make trying to fix there own car sometimes. Get it wrong and it may only cost you a set of disc. Get it very wrong and!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt Seabrook said:
How many people that would take on a disc and pad change would have a dial gauge? How many people that would take on a disc and pad change would know what reading was or was not acceptable? The chap on planet 9 did not look to have cleaned the drive flange to an acceptable level. Just because someone posts up a how to on the net does not always make them an expert (not saying the chap on planet 9 is in the bracket) I have to fix some of the screw ups that people make trying to fix there own car sometimes. Get it wrong and it may only cost you a set of disc. Get it very wrong and!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
appreciate that, but on relatively new cars you will rarely run into many problems when tackling discs and pads. For sure if you get any vibration through the steering when braking then head over to a friendly garage to check for runout etc... but I wouldn't be put off by this on a modern Porsche.Yep less likely but I have had problems on cars of three and four years old before. Not Porsche I may add but we are only talking 0.1mm at the edge of a brake disc. I check run out on every vehicle I fit discs to regardless of how old it is. May be monkeys do it without using a dial gauge professionals would not. 
I was quoted even more than £1600 by an OPC to fit discs & pads, which immediately made me think about fitting them myself. This was for a similar car, a 987 Boxster.
It really IS a monkey job, there's nothing complicated at all about it, straight replacement and no faffing around at all. I did it all in around 2½ hours and that's with a couple of cups of tea.
The ONLY reason I might consider getting someone else to do the job is if I have an extended warranty on the car and even then I'd give it some thought.
It really IS a monkey job, there's nothing complicated at all about it, straight replacement and no faffing around at all. I did it all in around 2½ hours and that's with a couple of cups of tea.
The ONLY reason I might consider getting someone else to do the job is if I have an extended warranty on the car and even then I'd give it some thought.
Matt Seabrook said:
Yep less likely but I have had problems on cars of three and four years old before. Not Porsche I may add but we are only talking 0.1mm at the edge of a brake disc. I check run out on every vehicle I fit discs to regardless of how old it is. May be monkeys do it without using a dial gauge professionals would not.
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