Discs and pads 981BGTS. How much? Really!

[JensonBGTS]

An informal as in unwritten quote from OPC Reading service dept for front discs and pads on my 981 BGTS. That'll be £1200 - £1300 Sir! I reiterated it was only the front, Yes Sir.
Have previously bought parts from Eurocarparts and fitted myself on 987.2 for £300. Hmm the Porsche warranty trap even so that quote seems to be from the dream factory am I being taken so to speak?

[mr pg]

You don't need to use an OPC for this. You could do it yourself, or use an indy providing you use the appropriate parts. Both will be far cheaper.

[tedblog]

Appropriate parts mean Porsche parts and fitted by a vat registered company to maintain warranty .Outside warranty doesnt matter which parts you use

Edited by tedblog on Tuesday 1st May 14:03

[Twinfan]

Design911 seem to have disks at £160 a side, pads at £150 a set and brake wear sensors at £35 each (all plus VAT). Parts total is therefore £650ish, so an Indy should be able to it for a couple of hours labour on top.

Not cheap, but better than an OPC obviously.

[JensonBGTS]

Thanks for all responses, I didn't realise I could have the job done by other than OPC without potentially voiding a part of the warranty so this is very helpful.

[mr pg]

As an example:
https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/servicing/fixed-price/por...

[n4aat]

Just paid about £900 for front and rear discs and pads fitted at RPM. Genuine Porsche parts, from Porsche Reading as it happens.

[MDT48]

£1,300 just for the front using standard parts?!!

I guess that’s why i started using good independents rather than OPC Reading.

I’m getting discs and pads all round done on my Cayman R next week - genuine Porsche discs and Pagid RS29 pads, and its not costing much more than the quote you got for the just front with standard pads.

[tyred]

I changed out the discs, pads and sensors on the rear of my 987.2 CS this afternoon.

Brembo discs and pads cost £98.50 through Euro Car Parts - though I did hold out for a 'Flash' 50% sale. Sensors cost £15 from CarParts4Less - (They're the same company)

I also had to pick up a T55 Torx bit at £5 from Amazon.

That's a total of £118.50 for parts and the work took a couple of hours, being extra vigilant.

Porsche Centre Glasgow quoted me £914.38 to 'supply and fit rear discs and pads', and my local indy wanted £350.

Whereas I'll happily pay to have the qualified folk service and maintain the car, I look at discs and pads as consumables, and as it's such a straightforward job, it's a no-brainer to DIY.

[DJMC]

tyred said:

I changed out the discs, pads and sensors on the rear of my 987.2 CS this afternoon.

Brembo discs and pads cost £98.50 through Euro Car Parts - though I did hold out for a 'Flash' 50% sale. Sensors cost £15 from CarParts4Less - (They're the same company)

I also had to pick up a T55 Torx bit at £5 from Amazon.

That's a total of £118.50 for parts and the work took a couple of hours, being extra vigilant.

Porsche Centre Glasgow quoted me £914.38 to 'supply and fit rear discs and pads', and my local indy wanted £350.

Whereas I'll happily pay to have the qualified folk service and maintain the car, I look at discs and pads as consumables, and as it's such a straightforward job, it's a no-brainer to DIY.

Are 981 discs/pads a little more complex? In any case I recall watching a Youtube video which set it all out... ah, here you go...

https://youtu.be/M54h5cKPbMQ

[Twinfan]

Yep, more complex on the 981 and the parts are more expensive.

You can't compare a DIY job with pattern parts to an OPC - completely opposite ends of the pricing spectrum and it ignores the warranty implications.

[dreamcar]

Surely no one in their right mind would fit non OEM parts to such a critical safety item as the brakes just to save money!!! Might be acceptable on a Ford Fiesta but never on any high performance car.

[Rob996]

Porsche don't make the parts. They are supplied by a contractor such as Brembo, Sebro and many others. As long as the replacement part is of good quality there should be no issues.

Doing the work yourself gives you a better appreciation of how your car works.

Also will an OPC check the disks to see who made them on inspection for warrantee.

[Twinfan]

Not necessarily, but probably if you have brake issues. You'll also fail a 111-point check when it comes to warranty renewal time.

[Porsche911R]

Porsche don't piss about reusing parts , so on the car you will get £160 consumables, where a DIY you tend to use the same bits and just swap the disks/pads. but yes OPC price are expensive, just paid £1k for a major service where RPM would have been 1/2 that !!!

On my cars the though the stamps will pay me back come sale time due to the nature of the cars.

Brakes yes I do myself :-)

[DJMC]

My local indy, GCR in Leicester, quoted £500 all in for front discs and pads using Porsche OEM parts (981 base). For the extra couple of hundred quid over a DIY fit, and the hassle involved, I'd just get the professionals to do it. When I had my last 111 point check and warranty renewal I discussed GCR doing things like brakes with OPC Leicester and they said GCR were very good. A number of ex-OPC technicians work there.

As it happens I got RPM to check the fronts at a Cayman Club meet they hosted a few months ago and they were fine, loads of meat left at 40k miles. Chap used a mirror to check the inner disc surfaces too.

Both GCR and RPM are well regarded but do your research for other indys.

[JensonBGTS]

Thanks everyone, OPC Silverstone quoted £900 which is better than Reading I feel I need to go with OPC as I have 18 months of used car warranty remaining.

[Tim718]

Has anyone else tried http://www.ramusporscha.co.uk ? I’m new to ownership but already ordered a few bits off them (was around 20% cheaper than the Porsche RRP for the bits I got)

[pete.g]

Twinfan said:

Yep, more complex on the 981 and the parts are more expensive.

You can't compare a DIY job with pattern parts to an OPC - completely opposite ends of the pricing spectrum and it ignores the warranty implications.

It's not really more complex if you are doing discs and pads, though it is more difficult to do just a pad change, which used to be unbelievably easy. As for 'pattern parts' - I have removed the factory fitted pads and found them to exactly the same brand, numbers, markings as the ones I was putting in, only the cost was significantly less. I have yet to see a disc which could be identified as a 'Porsche' disc as opposed to Sebro or Pagid.

There is a cost in replacing caliper bolts, retaining springs, backing plates, but even if you do all that it should still be less than £600 for all 4 corners.

[Twinfan]

I meant on the 981 I think you have to remove the calipers to change the pads, unlike on the 987?