Does anyone have any experience in completely changing out their brake system on a Boxster?
Background: things can get out of hand pretty quickly. It all started when my brake light came on and I realized I would be in need of new rotors at the front. I started to shop around for upgrade kit options and discovered they were outrageously more expensive than I could afford. Not to be deterred, I bought some slightly used 996 TT brakes through eBay. Rotors, pads, calipers, all in perfect condition. Now I have 80% of the Twin Turbo braking kit available through
www.********************************************.com. Surely the Porsche wheel carriers required to fit the calipers to the fornt end won't be tto diffcult to find? How wrong I was. They are on back order from Porsche Germany - wait time of 10 months minimum. Not to mention the pretty pricey too. So, being fairly handy, I will attempt to manufacture my own wheel carriers. If I can get the important dimensions, I will design the items in CAD and have them CNC machined from billet of even machine them myself. In order to jump start the project, I am now trying to reesearch all there is to know about actually changing out the rotors/calipers on a Boxster or 996 or that matter. Brave or Stupid? You decide. But the box of parts in the garage has me committed.
ps, I am doing the brake upgrade in part for aesthetics, and in part in anticipation of some serious additional HP via a supercharger or a 996 motor conversion.