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I've had good luck with a Porsche dealer in Oregon, Sunset Imports. They sell Porsche OEM parts at 10% over cost. Call em.
http://sunset.porschedealer.com/parts/index.html
http://sunset.porschedealer.com/parts/index.html
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Suncoast Porsche is Florida is a good parts source also.
Rotors will be heavy and expensive to ship so you might do just as well with your local dealer, if you have one.
Edit: I like Suncoast because they only charge for the exact shipping costs.
Rotors will be heavy and expensive to ship so you might do just as well with your local dealer, if you have one.
Edit: I like Suncoast because they only charge for the exact shipping costs.
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Yup, I just ordered a set of front rotors from Sunset Porsche (800-346-0182) and spoke to Phil. Rotors were $106 each. Seemed like a pretty good price to me, but I only checked one other non-dealer vendor who was charging $150 per front rotor.
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Funny thing is that the rears on the non-S models were REALLY cheap as they are small and non directional. I was selling Porsche factory ones for $80 a couple of months ago. Now they are more expensive than the fronts with the latest round of price increases.. They carry a list price of $154, so expect to pay around $110 each now. The rear brake pads also have had this type of "price adjsutment". Be glad that you do not have an S model. The front rotors now list for $225 each (at least when they changed the price, they made the left and right the same price).
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www.thepartsbin.com and www.europeanautomotive.com have free shipping on orders over $50 and their prices are excellent.
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Just be careful and know what you are getting with these places. Many of their parts are non-factory. Rotors for example in the case of this thread with European are Zimmerman. These are not quite the same as Porsche factory and also do not have the coating on the outside of the hats, so they will rust and be seen inside your wheels. You should be able to get Zimmermans for $15-20 less per rotor than a factory rotor. European has them for $10 more than Mark paid for factory ones. Guess how they do the free shipping?
Zimmerman are not bad rotors. They are just not the same as factory. If you can find a good deal on them, and you are aware of what you are getting then that is fine. Other replacement parts are similar. There are not Chevy parts equivalent suppliers in the Porsche market....
Zimmerman are not bad rotors. They are just not the same as factory. If you can find a good deal on them, and you are aware of what you are getting then that is fine. Other replacement parts are similar. There are not Chevy parts equivalent suppliers in the Porsche market....