OEM/Original Porsche

[Kim-M]

Ye I'm buying them as well.
Plus new retaining pin kit and anti-seize paste on the retaining pin.
And new caliper bolts.

I got the info from this guide .

[RandallNeighbour]

Ah yes, new caliper bolts. They must be replaced every time the caliper is removed from the hub. I hope your front ones back out easily. Mine did not and I moaned about that on a separate thread two years ago (search "caliper bolt" for it if you really want to read the whole sad story)

Kim, you could rebuild your calipers if you like, but the parts are not readily available and Porsche only sells the dust covers, not the piston gaskets. And if they're working now, I wouldn't open that can of worms if I were you.

From what I've read, you're doing just about all you should be doing at this point. You'll be very happy when you're all done, and your car will stop on a dime.

One last thought: Use the best brake fluid you can buy when you bleed the brake lines. I use this German stuff with a very high boiling point, even higher than the Porsche fluid. I can't recall the name right now, but I know other members will remember it and post it for you.

[Kim-M]

Thanks Randall, this is what I'm gonna buy at the moment:

Brake Pads Front OEM Textar £ 49,95
Brake Pads Rear OEM Textar £ 49,95

Brake pad wear sensor Front 2 stk £ 18,70
Brake pad wear sensor Rear 2 stk £ 17,98

Brake Disc Rotor Front 2 stk £ 70,00
Brake Disc Rotor Rear 2 stk £ 85,00

Goodridge Stainless steel Brake Hoses £ 39,95
Brake Fluid DOT 4.1Ltr Bottle £ 15,99
Brake Caliper Mounting Bolts 8 stk £ 17,28
Brake Disc Mounting Screws 8 stk £ 3,6
Brake Pad Pin Kit 4 stk £ 128,4

Total £ 496,8

Currently I'm just buying the brake fluid that Porsche uses, untill I've heard another brand that is better

Kim

[RandallNeighbour]

You should buy ATE Super Blue brake fluid instead of the generic dot 4 stuff listed above. It has a much higher boiling point and is well worth the extra money.

[stephen wilson]

If you're not doing any track driving, you'll never need that higher boiling point. If you need it on the street, you deserve a trip straight to jail, do not pass go!

[Kim-M]

Hehe thanks Stephen. I'm just interested to find the best things equal to how much it costs. I don't want to pay overprice

And what if I'm going to vacation to the south, so i take the highway in Germany, it gets REALLY hot down there if you end up in a que.

Doesn't that also have an effect on the brake fluids boiling point?

[stephen wilson]

No, that won't affect the brake fluid temperature much at all. The thing that gets the brake fluid hot enough to exceed it's boiling point, and create air bubbles, is repeated heavy braking without enough "off time" to cool down.

[RandallNeighbour]

Stephen has a point. If you can find it and use it and you want to spend the extra money, go for it. But off the track you really don't need it.

My thought is that if you're spending this much money on your braking system, why not put the best fluid in you can find?

At the end of the day you have to decided what you're most comfortable with and go with that.

[clickman]

If your brake light isn't on you probably don't need to replace the wear sensors.