Road damage GT3 Touring

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05-17-2018, 06:38 PM

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Alan C.

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Originally Posted by STG

Happened to a guy with a GTS and he had to go aftermarket wheels which did have more clearance even though the wheel size was the same. Inside barrel diameter was larger than OEM. Better quality wheels too. But still, some Porsche engineer fuc*ed up here.

Probably money saving design for some reason. Who knows.

Bid Ed's home of discount roofing, siding and wheels was the low bidder.

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05-17-2018, 07:08 PM

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Aside from the guys who think showing off damaged calipers and wheel finishes are a badge of honor, why on earth would they make the clearance so tight that there's no room
for even a small stone? It's idiotic and a design flaw. You've got rotors that run $6K a piece here too!

I got scratches on non-PCCB set up, which is a whole inch smaller. It just takes a bigger rock. But yeah, such a tight clearance makes it more likely. The cost of PCCB rotors is obscene, indeed.

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05-17-2018, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MileHigh911

That body crack where the rocks get stuck was the same for my 2015 GT3. I bought some black foam rubber stripping at Home Depot, cut to length, then used a plastic spatula to squeeze it in there.

YES!....

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Originally Posted by Spyerx

Si. It’s a car. Huge brakes. Less huge wheels. Super sticky tires. Hm.

Maybe pccb stand for: pebble collecting ceramic brakes.

I'll be using that one, thanks for that : )

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Originally Posted by awew911

Look at what happened to my caliper. You should see the inside of the wheel. I cleaned it off and I dont look at it.

it's going to happen.

That's about how all ours look too haha

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I go to the track once a month and thoroughly cover the inside barrels of my wheels with brake dust just to hide those scratches. Too bad ceramics make no dust

Our techs would love to know what witchcraft is being used to keep the ceramics from dusting the wheels on the track, they spend hours cleaning wheels between events...poor guys haha