Woah! New brakes
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OK so I've been struggling along with some badly mashed up brakes on my 993 for a while now, and booked it in for a thorough overhaul.
Just got it back, OEM discs, red pads, SRF fluid and a good chunk of elbow grease getting corrosion off the calipers / plates.
Bloody hell it is *incredibly* different, the car doesn't just slow down, it's like a cricket bat to the face. There is a little bit of squeal but the pads aren't fully bedded in yet. I know it was poorly beforehand, but it still braked more or less as well as the average cars on the road. It's amazing to get the brakes back to as Porsche intended - the performance is superb for a heavy car.
I will definitely be driving faster now to keep people off my rear bumper - if I was to do a bit of emergency braking I'd be looking at a bent engine
Sorry, not the world's most exciting thread but had to share it. They're really rather good, these ancient iron-age Porsches, aren't they???
Just got it back, OEM discs, red pads, SRF fluid and a good chunk of elbow grease getting corrosion off the calipers / plates.
Bloody hell it is *incredibly* different, the car doesn't just slow down, it's like a cricket bat to the face. There is a little bit of squeal but the pads aren't fully bedded in yet. I know it was poorly beforehand, but it still braked more or less as well as the average cars on the road. It's amazing to get the brakes back to as Porsche intended - the performance is superb for a heavy car.
I will definitely be driving faster now to keep people off my rear bumper - if I was to do a bit of emergency braking I'd be looking at a bent engine
Sorry, not the world's most exciting thread but had to share it. They're really rather good, these ancient iron-age Porsches, aren't they???
Around £74 for 2 litres, so most certainly not more expensive than decent champagne 
Anyway I'm getting back into track days, so on the advice of a few esteemed PHers a good starting point was slightly harder pads, good fluid and OEM everything else.
And VS - I now realise just how bad they were beforehand, sorry if I alarmed you bombing up the A21 with shagged brakes!!!
Anyway I'm getting back into track days, so on the advice of a few esteemed PHers a good starting point was slightly harder pads, good fluid and OEM everything else.
And VS - I now realise just how bad they were beforehand, sorry if I alarmed you bombing up the A21 with shagged brakes!!!
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