Pads, lines and brackets are on teh way

qfrog@work · 12-06-2004, 01:19 PM

As per some suggestions I've recieved I'm going to use some Porsche 964 braided lines from europarts direct... $32 each and some PBR/AXXIS ultimate pads for 80ish.

After a minor mixup with the place I got my calipers from I am now going to exchange what was the LEFT rear with the RIGHT front... the place I got em from has been helpful and kept on looking for the caliper on a whim that I was correct... and sure enough they found it and will be sending it to me. Gotta ship this L/REAR boxster caliper back to them in the mean time.

End cost for all of this brake upgrade schenanigans...

pads + lines $145
calipers $265
brackets $175
total $585
I already had the 312mm rotors on the car, also
I expect to get about $150 for the TT carriers when I am done with the upgrade in a week or two.
Which puts my acutal cost of the upgrade at like $435... Cant imagine why I didnt buy a kit for $1200.

TANMAN · 12-06-2004, 01:21 PM

qfrog@work · 12-06-2004, 01:25 PM

I test fitted the one I have at home... and it did clear by 5mm or so.

Liam in Montreal · 12-06-2004, 01:33 PM

the big difference is in the price of the calipers. you got a hell of a dell there.

Mica · 12-06-2004, 01:39 PM

qfrog@work · 12-06-2004, 01:41 PM

they still had the original factory pads in em... with plenty of meat left on em.

Liam in Montreal · 12-06-2004, 08:43 PM

12-06-2004, 01:19 PM	#1
qfrog@work Senior Member Account #: 71421 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,389	Pads, lines and brackets are on teh way As per some suggestions I've recieved I'm going to use some Porsche 964 braided lines from europarts direct... $32 each and some PBR/AXXIS ultimate pads for 80ish. After a minor mixup with the place I got my calipers from I am now going to exchange what was the LEFT rear with the RIGHT front... the place I got em from has been helpful and kept on looking for the caliper on a whim that I was correct... and sure enough they found it and will be sending it to me. Gotta ship this L/REAR boxster caliper back to them in the mean time. End cost for all of this brake upgrade schenanigans... pads + lines $145 calipers $265 brackets $175 total $585 I already had the 312mm rotors on the car, also I expect to get about $150 for the TT carriers when I am done with the upgrade in a week or two. Which puts my acutal cost of the upgrade at like $435... Cant imagine why I didnt buy a kit for $1200.

12-06-2004, 01:21 PM	#2
TANMAN Member Account #: 67044 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,920	Nice buy Phil. __________________ AWOT's People of Color: Soul Brotha numba tree. "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." - 'Thomas Jefferson' 1802

12-06-2004, 01:25 PM	#3
qfrog@work Senior Member Account #: 71421 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,389	oh and I THINK that the MIM wheels will clear the calipers too! I test fitted the one I have at home... and it did clear by 5mm or so.

12-06-2004, 01:33 PM	#4
Liam in Montreal Elder Member Account #: 5497 Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 17,780	very nice :) I should use this post in my ads, lol the big difference is in the price of the calipers. you got a hell of a dell there. __________________

12-06-2004, 01:39 PM	#5
Mica Member Account #: 38087 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 23,148	Dell SUCKS. __________________

12-06-2004, 01:41 PM	#6
qfrog@work Senior Member Account #: 71421 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,389	01 boxster calipers are what I'd call lightly used they still had the original factory pads in em... with plenty of meat left on em.

12-06-2004, 08:43 PM	#7
Liam in Montreal Elder Member Account #: 5497 Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 17,780	typing sucks ;) __________________

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