OEM brake discs, 996 turbo Pagid, Sebro or Textar?

[kazino]

My discs are down to :
front - 33mm (limit 32mm)
rear 27.1mm (limit 26mm)

Should I change them now or when they reach closer to the limits (I don't do much milage a year) and which OEM brake disc do Porsche use?

[cd1957]

Discs are sebro,

Chris

[Vixpy1]

I thought they were Pagid

[anonymous-user]

i didnt think any of the porsche oe discs were sebro? ATE or zimmermann right?

[kazino]

And do they have a few thousand miles left in them before I need to change them as I'm only going to be doing a couple of thousand miles a year so was thinking to had everything done at the next service?

[nickfrog]

Just wait for the pads to be down to 3 or 4 mm I guess.

[kazino]

So is it confirmed they are either Sebro, Pagid, ATE or Zimmermann

[6C4GTS]

Don't they start at 34mm - in which case you have 50% left??

[Vixpy1]

kazino said:

So is it confirmed they are either Sebro, Pagid, ATE or Zimmermann

[kazino]

I'll look into that, OPC wanted me to change them when I went for service, I only do a couple of thousand miles a year for crying out loud.

6C4GTS said:

Don't they start at 34mm - in which case you have 50% left??

[MadMark911]

Porscheshop, Design 911 and Porsche-Apart all seem to list something slightly different on their websites - so it's confusing - but I've seen Pagid, Textar and ATE etc.

Edited by MadMark911 on Wednesday 11th January 10:20

[Slippydiff]

If they're within the manufacturers tolerances (they are) not cracked, warped, corroded and don't have big lips on the edge of the wear faces. Leave well alone. This seems to be fairly standard procedure for OPCs. Disc pads, wear sensors and anti squeal shims are after all, high profit margin parts that are easily and quickly replaced.

Most unsuspecting Porsche owners will say "Just do it" at the mere mention of their OPC saying their brakes are worn, corroded or close to the wear limits. OPCs play on this and make hefty profits from replacing parst that still have plenty of life left in them.

[MadMark911]

Slippydiff said:

If they're within the manufacturers tolerances (they are) not cracked, warped, corroded and don't have big lips on the edge of the wear faces. Leave well alone. This seems to be fairly standard procedure for OPCs. Disc pads, wear sensors and anti squeal shims are after all, high profit margin parts that are easily and quickly replaced.

Most unsuspecting Porsche owners will say "Just do it" at the mere mention of their OPC saying their brakes are worn, corroded or close to the wear limits. OPCs play on this and make hefty profits from replacing parst that still have plenty of life left in them.

Spot on! Porsche Reading did that to me when they were servicing and MOT'ing my Boxster S last year. I knew they were corroding internally - but not that they would fail the MOT on them! £887 just for the discs, pads, brake cleaner, caliper bolts and sensors (on top of the £610 Major Service, £297 for a new PSM / Spoiler switch, £150 Brake Fluid change, £150 Aircon recharge etc)! However, I have to say that once they had bedded in, there was a dramatic improvement in high speed braking ...

I'm going to change them myself on my 997!

[Martian O]

Do people still pay £150 for a brake fluid change and the same for an A/C regas?

[MadMark911]

Martian O said:

Do people still pay £150 for a brake fluid change and the same for an A/C regas?

Not now that I have learnt about "indies" - but that was my first Porsche ....

[kazino]

Thanks slippydiff.

Slippydiff said:

If they're within the manufacturers tolerances (they are) not cracked, warped, corroded and don't have big lips on the edge of the wear faces. Leave well alone. This seems to be fairly standard procedure for OPCs. Disc pads, wear sensors and anti squeal shims are after all, high profit margin parts that are easily and quickly replaced.

Most unsuspecting Porsche owners will say "Just do it" at the mere mention of their OPC saying their brakes are worn, corroded or close to the wear limits. OPCs play on this and make hefty profits from replacing parst that still have plenty of life left in them.