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Been searching for 911.1 for awhile and found the perfect car at a reasonable price.
However the car has ceramic brakes, I’m not a track guy and put on 3-5k miles a year.
ive read some positives and some negatives which scare the hell out of me.
I could use some advice on this one, Really like this car.
PCCB's are a positive for most. No brake dust. No rusty rotors after washing. Downside is cost to replace, which is unlikely if rotor is not chipped and car is not tracked.
If you're concerned, I'd recommend putting the PCCB's on a shelf, and putting these on your car in place of them.
Go with the PCCB's, It is the high heat of repeatedly hard braking on a track that shortens their life.
As a street car, they will last a very long time ( especially at only 5000 miles a year).
Really, really happy with mine. 2018 911 GTS with 11k miles so far. Love the feel, love the look, love the lack of brake dust. I do not track my car so I expect that they will last a very, very long time.
Thanks for the feedback.
My only worries were having to replace a bad rotor because of the cost.
Definitely sounds like way more of a positive.
Now I just have to get used to yellow calipers on a Guards Red car- Not the best color combo but I can deal with that👍
Calipers can be painted! I love my PCCBs…and when I eventually track will swap the rotors out as mentioned above. There are so many advantages I wouldn’t buy a new-er Porsche without them! The ONLY negative I found was the calipers are huge. I ended up getting a rock stuck between the caliper and rim and messed up the rim a bit. There’s not much room between the rim and caliper due to the size of PCCB system. Just bad luck in my opinion and it still wouldn’t change preference.
ive read some positives and some negatives which scare the hell out of me.
When I bought the car I was told they squeal. That was 3 years ago and they have never done that.
Take care of them and if anyone is doing work on your car where they remove a wheel, let the shop confirm the discs are chip-free in writing and let them take responsibility if they chip a disc after you get the car back.
And get yourself one of these and keep it in the car.
Never had PCCB before and when I picked up my car I was worried like you they may be very expensive to maintain. Breaking power on PCCB is phenomenal, you'll definitely feel the difference when you drive the car, even when not on the track. As long as you don't chip them you'll be fine.
I see zero downside to ceramics in this situation (although the mcdonald's livery with the yellow on red is... interesting).
It may affect resale when the car gets up into higher mileage (~50000k+) as a prospective buyer would have to weigh the cost of replacement, but that doesn't seem like a concern anytime in the near future.
07-17-2021, 03:51 PM
Ceramic Brakes?
