Cayman brake discs - OEM or porsche originals?
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What does PH think? looking at refreshing my brakes at some point, and pondering options. Looking at design911 there's 2 variants for discs - "OEM Brand" or Porsche original with a substantial difference in price. (code 99635140, £50 vs £150).
I dont track the car, just daily (subdued by A14 traffic) driving. Are the Porsche more expensive discs a must?
I dont track the car, just daily (subdued by A14 traffic) driving. Are the Porsche more expensive discs a must?
I wouldn't worry about Porsche specific items just go for a well known brand. I would fit Pagid personally and they are about that price. Have a look on ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=cayman+brak...
http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/pt66_911_-cma81-cmo1...
I bought one of the packages from this mob a year ago, saved in the region of £400 on parts prices alone. Can't fault the company either, used them a couple of times since as well.
I bought one of the packages from this mob a year ago, saved in the region of £400 on parts prices alone. Can't fault the company either, used them a couple of times since as well.
cvega said:
one small question - do wear sensors need to be replaced with pads each time ?
As Winston said, but to be more specific, if you have worn the pads down till the light goes on, then you need to replace them, if not, then not.Remove carefully, fragile plastic bits, you may need to use adhesive to keep them in place and consider them for replacement next time round.
I have just taken my Boxster S 3000 miles around the Alps and the brakes had a very hard work out but were very strong. I used the Design 911 package as it was the best value for what I wanted. It came with Pagid discs and Textar pads. The only problem seemed to be melting the pad wear sensors.
TheBob said:
Just to confirm; OEM brand rear brake discs and Porsche rear brake discs are the same then, correct? (being that OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer)
Not necessarily.OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer which to state the obvious refers to the company that made the hardware (brake discs/pads in this case) that was originally fitted to the vehicle.
But the hardware does not have to be "OE" or original equipment. While the OEM hardware physically fits like the OE hardware it does not have to be the same have the same properties.
You can buy OEM hardware from a number of places. You can only buy OE hardware from a Porsche parts department.
I have found there to be a significant difference in the life of brake hardware (rotors mainly) between OE and OEM. I have gone with OEM a few times and the brake life, rotor life, was considerably shorter than with OE hardware. The last brake job I went back to OE and the brakes lasted for by my rough estimate 4 years and mileage per year given my usage works to around 20K (or more) per year.
You do the math: 2002 bought in Jan 2002 and now with 272K miles. Here I'll do it for you. This works out to around 1942 miles per month average or 23.3K miles per year. I did the brakes around 4 years ago so the brakes have roughly 80K or more miles on them.
Rockster said:
TheBob said:
Just to confirm; OEM brand rear brake discs and Porsche rear brake discs are the same then, correct? (being that OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer)
Not necessarily.OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer which to state the obvious refers to the company that made the hardware (brake discs/pads in this case) that was originally fitted to the vehicle.
But the hardware does not have to be "OE" or original equipment. While the OEM hardware physically fits like the OE hardware it does not have to be the same have the same properties.
You can buy OEM hardware from a number of places. You can only buy OE hardware from a Porsche parts department.
I have found there to be a significant difference in the life of brake hardware (rotors mainly) between OE and OEM. I have gone with OEM a few times and the brake life, rotor life, was considerably shorter than with OE hardware. The last brake job I went back to OE and the brakes lasted for by my rough estimate 4 years and mileage per year given my usage works to around 20K (or more) per year.
You do the math: 2002 bought in Jan 2002 and now with 272K miles. Here I'll do it for you. This works out to around 1942 miles per month average or 23.3K miles per year. I did the brakes around 4 years ago so the brakes have roughly 80K or more miles on them.
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