Brakes - stay stock or upgrade?

[ekam]

Dude, listen.

You can find cheaper OEM rotors & pads here.

http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=P&Category_Code=98625brakes

$627 for front & rear rotors and pads, plus shipping of course.

[23109VC]

ekam-

thanks. wow. that is a lot cheaper.

so now I can buy the OEM stuff for about $650 plus shipping.

$650 vs $1300. hmmmmmmmmm. now that's not a very hard one is it....

[Paul]

Here's another Porsche dealer that sells parts almost at cost:

http://www.****************************************************.com/team.php?tid=1

email or call Jeff Clark with your parts list.

[23109VC]

i ended up payin to get it done.

call me lazy.

guy did new pads/sensors all the way around, and only needed new front rotors. excpet i'm not 100% sure they were OEM rotors. they are stamped made in germany, but he hats are not dark like the rears..they are more the same color as the rotor surface and now that they got wet they are slightly rusting.

car stops and works great. guy also did ATE blue fluid and price was fair.

i had to take the car in for a bad vacuum leak so figured i might as well get it done all at once.

[MarkOfZero]

Since this thread has been talking about brake work and rotor hat rust, I thought this would be an appropriate question:

My rotor hats are rusty
Can someone suggest the best/easiest method to remove the rust before I paint them?

Thanks,
Mark

[ekam]

Use a wire brush and tons of elbow grease. You can never get rid of it 100%, so just spray over them.

[Steve Tinker]

On my original rusting rotor top hats (I've just recently installed new ones), I kept the rotors on the car & used a strip of emery cloth looped over the hat section, while turning the hub - & saving my knuckles. That removed 90% of the rust, I then finished the job with wet & dry before painting with heat proof engine enamel - no primer required.
Of course, if you want to do a proper job, you need to remove the rotors completely because the rust on the inside is 10 times as bad as what you can see - its that hidden rust that drops and stains the inside of the wheels every time you wash the car....