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Mikomotor

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Hi,

My brake warning light is now coming on intermittently, tying in with the info. I was given at my last (March) service that brake work would need doing soon. Car is April 03 with 30K on the clock and has not had any brake work carried out to date.

Porsche East London is quoting £1,460 for the job, which breaks down as approx £440 labour and £1,020 for parts.

Just wondered if you guys have generally entrusted this job to Porsche or are there decent savings to be made by going elsewhere? I live just outside Croydon.

I see that there are 16 separate parts listed in the quote - I'm assuming that I should stick to genuine Porsche parts for a job as important as this?

Any tips / advice very welcome.

Cheers,
Mike.
 
ORIGINAL: Mikomotor

Hi,

My brake warning light is now coming on intermittently, tying in with the info. I was given at my last (March) service that brake work would need doing soon. Car is April 03 with 30K on the clock and has not had any brake work carried out to date.

Porsche East London is quoting £1,460 for the job, which breaks down as approx £440 labour and £1,020 for parts.

Just wondered if you guys have generally entrusted this job to Porsche or are there decent savings to be made by going elsewhere? I live just outside Croydon.

I see that there are 16 separate parts listed in the quote - I'm assuming that I should stick to genuine Porsche parts for a job as important as this?

Any tips / advice very welcome.

Cheers,
Mike.
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It's a simple DIY job and you can get OEM quality parts from people like PorscheShop for sensible money.

I'll come to yours and do it for a grand! [:)]
 
Your brakes are probably the most important parts in your car and of course you should entrust the work to someone who is conversant and competant to do the work. So anyone from a good diy'er to independant or your OPC.
Porsche will suggest nay recommend you use Porsche approved parts. This is a matter for debate. Some people report how readily the Porsche discs rust. You may therefore consider that the oem discs may offer better value given that you may likely change them as frequently as you change the Porsche ones or you might consider the Porsche ones the only way to go. I'm sure this will raise some debate. I am not aware of any independant tests on the difference in braking distance between oem and Porsche discs and pads but I would doubt there being significant difference.
One final thought. You might wish to check your pads on a regular basis (say once a month for light use) this is a simple task you simply look at the pads (mirror may be useful) and see how much pad material you have left (not including the metal backing) Less than about 6mm and you are begininning to get low. I don't advice that you wait for the warning light to come on as by this time you have worn the sensors past there limit and you will pay for new sensors that you did'nt really need. They are about a tenner a throw less fitting so a £40 saving for an easy check!
 
As well as Porsche shop and other specialists Eurocarparts and GSF can supply discs, pads for Porsches cheaper than your OPC, check their websites if there isn't a depot near you they deliver. You can choose the components too, from made in Germany/Europe (recommended e.g pads are usually Textar which Porsche fit the boxes have Porsche numbers on them, I know they supply Brembo discs which I have used on loads of cars and found vg) to "Asian" sources, you decide. Any good independent or reputable garage can fit them and they are not difficult DIY jobs and you should get the job done a whole lot cheaper than what John Bond wants for the work!![:D]
 
Just fitted Sebro disks and textar pads on mine.

Most places sell as kits including all the required parts.
 
Anyone know how much wear is tolerable on the discs themselves? Without taking the wheel off an applying a micrometer, I would hope that its possible to judge how much you've lost?
 
I agree with JCB, its a simple job you can do for about £250. You could buy the parts yourself and take them to a reputable garage to do. There's nothing special in the way Porsche discs and pads are replaced that a good garage couldn't do. Just done the rears on my 2000 2.7, took about an hour, and that includes adjusting the hand brake.
 
Normal acceptable limit is 2mm wear on disks. The inner face tends to wear more than the front due mainly to corrosion that builds up when the car is standing.
 
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