Hi folks,
There are a lot of topics on how to swap 986 base brakes to 986S and the information seems to vary drastically from one to the other.
Some say it's a whole ordeal
requiring swapping rear carriers and e-brakes, others
seem to indicate similarly. While yet others say it's just the
special rotor required for the rear.
The other threads are all littered with "but why would you do this, spec boxster runs base calipers blah blah".
I'm in need of brakes. While I'm in there, I want them to be pretty too (call me a ricer, but I'm anal about the aesthetics of my vehicle) and the base brakes look pretty tiny with my Carerra ii wheels. I was going to powdercoat all four points, but the cost + cost/pain of rebuilding them makes the S brakes look like a comparably priced option. So why not? Do it once, and nicely, and go all out while I'm in there.
Can anyone definitively speak to the entire parts list required to make this happen?