Brakes, The Sea, and too much FUN!!

[Nigel King]

From a newbie, thanks for the host of advice I've found trawling around this forum. Somehow I feel I am just about to save myself an awful lot of money and end up happier for more than just financial reasons.

First a confession. Not that I drive too fast. I do, but I don't feel guilty, I just feel alive. The confession is that I don't have anywhere to garage my car and it lives permanently beside my beach chalet, 10 metres from the sea. So lots of good healthy salty sea air for my 02 Boxster S (32K mls) to breath in. Somehow I feel ashamed, but there is nothing I can do about it. Or is there? Is there anything particular I should be doing in the form of corrosion prevention (other than drying out the disks a washing and moving it if a tsunami is forcast).

Maybe It's not such a surprise that I developed a shimmy on the brakes above 69.9 mph? I assume that is probably down to corrosion, not getting good advice from the forums a year ago when I purchased, and not always driving like a good Christian on his way to Church. So I have a job on. My respect for my fellow motorists deems that I should always have good brakes on my motor, but not that I should pay OPC prices. If I buy those (front) red stuff pads and suitable discs off the net am I letting myself in for a breeze or a nightmare? Previous forums indicates there are good disks out there that would do the job without the dealer pricetag. What would you recommend?

Many thanks

PS. Newbie is well into 50's, third childhood, never had so much fun driving anything (including motorbikes, helicopters, jets and younger women). CSA ended 12 years ago, mortgage long paid off. What else do you do with your money other than enjoy it on a fantastic car??

 

[Black80XSA]

Try the parts counter first, they might try to price match to an OE independent supply with the club discount (you never know !). Failing that buy them yourself (try to get ones with painted hub sections) - Sebro are, Zimmermann aren't from recollection.

EBC reds are good pads but can squeal at lower speeds

On the subject of squeel - make sure you fit the antisqueal pads on the back of the new pads - any decent parts supplier will know about these (maybe labelled a s brake fitting kit). You should also change the caliper mounting bolts (a few quid each from OPC).


You could try an outdoor fitted car cover to keep the worse of the spray off the car too

 

[Nigel King]

Thanks for that. Sounds like the shopping list will be Sebros, EBC Reds, atnisqueal pads and caliper bolts. I've tracked down a good indi for fitting and basic service, he's got a good reputation and is happy for me to bring the parts in. I popped over to the garage earlier and put the car on their rolling road. Seems it's the rear offside disk that is warped. I would have expected the fronts to be the ones warped, or do they stay cooler being bigger?

Thanks also, thought about a car cover before, but there is so much sand and wind that it would be like rubbing grade 00 sandpaper all over the paintwork. Am I right that Porsches are fairly resitant to corrosion? Or am I deluding myself?

Cheers,

 

[SteveW14]

Having just replaced the whole lot (discs and pads front and rear) I went for Sebro fronts following advice from this forum and they seem to be good quality, definitely comparable with genuine Porsche units.

I couldn't find anywhere to get cross drilled Sebro's for the rear (don't know if they do them?) so went with genuine Porsche parts (had a look at some Eicher ones but was not impressed with the quality).

 

[Nigel King]

Thanks. Found OEM rear disks at http://www.type-911.co.uk/images/general/drilleddisc.jpg Would you rate OEM? Being a newbie I only know what OEM means in computer terms and I don't think its the same here!

Cheers

 

[London987]

Original Equipment Manufacturer....whoever that may have been.

 

[SteveW14]

Not sure what brand they would be, could be Zimmerman's (don't know what these are like quality wise) the pattern of the cross drilling looks different to those I put on the rear. If they are OEM I would presume they meet all the manufacturers quality criteria so should be okay.

If you can't get ones with coated hubs it's fairly easy to spray them yourself.

Agree that if changing them you should change retaining clips and springs, a kit (does 1 axle) was about £24 from eurocarparts (OPC quoted about £10 more), they can also get the dampers for you.