OEM/Original Porsche

[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.

[Kim-M]

Well, the light is on that i need to change my pads.
So while I'm at it, I'm just going to change everything.

Because the cheapest is to buy the things off the internet. From UK.
And its not day-to-day service from the mail firm in Denmark

So instead of waiting for parts, I'm just ordering everything. Cause maybe I'm selling the car in the summer. I want the 987 from 2005 with sat nav.
Though i like my currently interior, its giving me a feel of a racecar.

The interior in the 987 is like comfort and design.

[gunmetalgrey]

My brake light came on Friday night on the way home from work. Can I just change the Pads? (And check the disks of course, but they look fine.)

Thanks!

gunmetalgrey
'02 Porsche Boxster
'07 Mustang