Ceramic brake wear...
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Evening all, I'm looking to pick some brains if I can... I'm looking at a 599 with less than 20,000 miles on the clock and I've just been told the discs are 58% worn. That's seems, in my limited knowledge very high? Does that mean it's been tracked or I should be steering clear or is that normal? Appreciate it depends how you drive but... 58%
Thank you in advance. Any other helpful tips please feel free.
Best,
Mike
Thank you in advance. Any other helpful tips please feel free.
Best,
Mike
cgt2 said:
It's quite a heavy car so that doesn't sound too out of the ordinary if driven as intended. A friend had his 42,000 mile car needing front discs. Replacement disc cost is not the big worry it used to be, do a search for 'Sicom'.
+1 and if you're not intending to track it or similar then they should last you. My Pork has ceramics and they seem indestructible (famous last words - I hope not!)Yes agreed, I want a car that's been used as intended but not abused. The salesperson I have been dealing with at first told me I didn't need a reading on the brakes because they would be so low being ceramic, so when I pushed and then get that answer it may be looks worse.
Thanks all, much appreciated
Thanks all, much appreciated
So I've now been told by the same dealer that the wear may be higher than average because they aren't used enough.... Apparently they decompose sitting in the garage!? Clearly I have lots to learn about ceramics!
In their defence however they did offer something towards replacements so cant ask for more than that.
In their defence however they did offer something towards replacements so cant ask for more than that.
Mike82 said:
So I've now been told by the same dealer that the wear may be higher than average because they aren't used enough.... Apparently they decompose sitting in the garage!? Clearly I have lots to learn about ceramics!
In their defence however they did offer something towards replacements so cant ask for more than that.
Think they're talking utter bo*****s. The wear indicator on the dash is merely an algorithm of how many times the pedal has been pressed, for how long and how hard, also how fast the car was going. It isn't going to change because the car's been sitting for 10 minutes or 1000 Years.In their defence however they did offer something towards replacements so cant ask for more than that.
Did you get the wear rates for both front and rear? they're measured separately, it should also be noted pads should be changed at the same time
Main dealer cost is around £13k for discs, pads and labour, using Sicom can reduce this to nearer £3,500 plus some local labour to remove/ fit
wtdoom said:
Depends on how they are maintained . Cooling them down and blowing the holes free of dust correctly can hugely effect shelf life . You can tear through badly maintained ceramics in surprisingly short time .
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