987S scoop? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

eslai · 07-14-2005, 08:39 AM

Much like many of the differences between the standard 987 and the 987S, the front scoop is purely decorative.

Rather annoying, really. Between that and the red calipers that are no different than the black calipers, I don't know what to think of Porsche.

I'm told that the 987S scoop houses a tranny cooler if you have the Tiptronic, but I haven't confirmed that one.

wombat7 · 07-14-2005, 08:49 AM

Porsche has done different colors of brake calipers for a while now. The 993 Turbo and the C2S have the same brakes, yet the C2S calipers are black and the Turbo red.

eslai · 07-14-2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by wombat7

PThe 993 Turbo and the C2S have the same brakes, yet the C2S calipers are black and the Turbo red.

I didn't know about that. I just knew that the brakes were different on the 986 versus the 986S so it kind of made sense to have a different color. Seems pretty ridiculous to do that on the 987 though.

I hate when companies do stuff like that. Personally I'd rather just have them black, and I asked if I could get them in black on my 987S but the dealer then mentioned that it wouldn't be good for resale value. Quite true, *sigh*

wombat7 · 07-14-2005, 01:06 PM

Honestly, getting different color calipers is not going to effect resale by that much. Most people who are going to buy a used Box won't even notice the difference in caliper color. I know on the 993 Turbos, black calipers were an option and they obviously haven't hurt resale since the cars are still crazy high priced.

If you want black calipers, go and get some caliper paint and paint them. Its not a tough thing to do. Just make sure you mask off the Porsche letters, the pistons, brake line connection and bleeder nipple.

eslai · 07-14-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wombat7

If you want black calipers, go and get some caliper paint and paint them. Its not a tough thing to do. Just make sure you mask off the Porsche letters, the pistons, brake line connection and bleeder nipple.

Oh thanks, I know how to do that, but that wouldn't be quite the same--the stock calipers are anodized black, not coated.

No big deal, I don't care enough to change it--just one of those things that I thought was silly.

RandallNeighbour · 07-14-2005, 01:55 PM

It is indeed silly from an owner's point of view. It is purely marketing or brand identification.

If I see two Boxsters on the road and one has red calipers and the other doesn't, I don't need to slow down to see the badge (if it has one!) on the back to know it has the 3.2 in it instead of the base 2.7.

I will eventually paint mine red, that's just because I think it looks cool and makes the car look far newer than a 1997

Rail26 · 07-14-2005, 02:43 PM

What kind of paint are you going to use Kemosabe?

tqtran · 07-14-2005, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by wombat7

The 993 Turbo and the C2S have the same brakes, yet the C2S calipers are black and the Turbo red.

And the 993 Turbo S has yellow calipers.

wombat7 · 07-15-2005, 05:33 AM

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And the 993 Turbo S has yellow calipers.

Also a true story... and the RS has crazy mystical color changing calipers lol...

I personally feel that caliper color has NO effect what so ever on resale value. If you want them a different color, paint them or powder coat them, or have then anondized. Hell when I get a Boxster I may have the calipers painted puse.

Adam · 07-15-2005, 05:57 AM

Is it just me, or do the boxster brakes(paricularly box S) look way more finished and just plain better than a C5 or C6 vette. A c5 owner said the other day that he wished his brakes resembled mine.....Of course AC-DELCO VS.BREMBO. What would he have expected?

wombat7 · 07-15-2005, 07:58 AM

Most Porsche brakes look very good when compared with other cars. But a lot of that has to do with the fact that they are Brembos. I mean look at other cars that have Brembos from the factory and they look the same as a Box, for example look at the Lancer Evo 8 and 350Z Track Edition. Both have Brembos from the factory and look sweet sitting there behind the wheels. The Vette doesn't have the big name brake manufacturer supplying for it so they just look like HUGE generic calipers.

Yet another reason why I love Porsche, they don't skimp on anything

... which comes back to rape us all in the end

but oh well... the price for being a part of the Porshe family and owning a car with suck superior engineering

eslai · 07-15-2005, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wombat7

Yet another reason why I love Porsche, they don't skimp on anything

... which comes back to rape us all in the end

but oh well... the price for being a part of the Porshe family and owning a car with suck superior engineering

Gee, I don't know if I can agree with that. I've already had my 987S back at the dealership for the following problems:

1. Headlight misalignment - fixed.
2. Rattling in rear quarter panel - loose clip, replaced.
3. Screwy CD player - new stereo on order.

I'm not sure I can say I'm all that impressed. Especially with the stock stereo.

Don't get me wrong--I love the car, but I'm not sure that Porsche isn't skimping here and there, and there is a heavy premium they're foisting on us consumers. Their parts pricing is exorbitant. I'm not looking forward to the day that the warranty expires.

As for brakes, does the C6 even have monobloc calipers? From what I can tell by looking at my friend's, they look like floating calipers, but maybe it is just the generic design.