S brake conversion & caliper rebuild - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

ekam · 06-20-2010, 05:36 PM

So today I finally (finally) put the seals and dust boots in the calipers. Will let a shop install the front pair first to see how it works out.

Sorry, fingers were dirty so I just quickly snapped these with my crappy camera phone.

Pat · 06-20-2010, 06:31 PM

You may want to search for my post regarding rotor weight. I don't remember exactly, but I seem to think the two-piece rotors save about six pounds per corner.

ekam · 06-21-2010, 08:26 AM

Well apparently the rear S calipers will have problem fitting without the adapter/spacer from FVD Germany, of which that part is discontinued.

If I can't locate someone that's selling them, I'm selling the complete rebuilt rear S calipers and swap my base front calipers to the rear.

ekam · 06-29-2010, 05:35 PM

GOLD......

Pat · 06-29-2010, 06:14 PM

Any difference in stopping won't be attributed to the difference in rotors, assuming the pads mate with the rotor surface properly.

ekam · 06-29-2010, 06:22 PM

Too early to tell since the pad is still bedding in to the rotor. Again I think the difference will be most noticed at the track where it'll see severe braking. For now it just looks damn good.

chaudanova · 06-30-2010, 12:49 AM

Very cool! Are those 2 piece rotors pretty costly compared to stock rotors?

ekam · 06-30-2010, 02:50 AM

They're about $1k after refinishing.

ekam · 09-12-2010, 05:17 PM

Just picked up the refinished front base calipers.

Interestingly, the overall size of front base caliper is near identical to the rear S caliper.

Got the rear S pads (Textar marked) & rotors from the local dealer with PCA discounts. They are asking for $25 each(!) for the Brembo-made bleeder valves so I proceed to call Suncoast and ordered thru them instead. They're willing to use USPS for medium to small items which is wonderful for us Canadians.