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Old 07-07-2011, 07:55 PM
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Default GT3 Brake ducts for $36 on EBAY?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSC...item33591aa5b1


Sounds too good to be true. Anyone bought any of these?
Old 07-07-2011, 08:08 PM
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Yes, I bought them earlier this season and put them on. I think I got mine from Suncoast parts. the price on fleabay seems pretty reasonable.
Old 07-07-2011, 09:07 PM
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Whoops. My mistake. The GT2 or Cup ducts are a couple of hundred dollars so I thought $36 was a great deal, but I didn't realize the GT3 ducts are only 30 bucks at Suncoast. What's up with that?
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We sell them on eBay for slightly cheaper. If you need a set PM me and I will give you a better deal outside of eBay.
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Originally Posted by sandersd
Whoops. My mistake. The GT2 or Cup ducts are a couple of hundred dollars so I thought $36 was a great deal, but I didn't realize the GT3 ducts are only 30 bucks at Suncoast. What's up with that?
its plastic.... buy 2, in a few more years it will go up to like $50.
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Originally Posted by redridge
its plastic.... buy 2, in a few more years it will go up to like $50.
The $30 is reasonable. It's the $250 for essentially the same part that I don't get.
Old 07-08-2011, 10:10 AM
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The $250 is worth it as the brake cooling difference between the street GT3 ducts that are $30 and the GT3 cup ducts that are $250 is immense. If you track you need the cooling. The life of my pads and rotors increased when I put them on my last two 996's (GT3 and Turbo).
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yup... def worth the money if you are tracking....

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Oh I'm sure they're worth it. I just don't get the $30 for this piece of plastic and $250 for this a bit larger piece of plastic. The huge difference seems odd. Just a curious observation.

Besides, really good drivers don't use brakes - they drive flat out, that's how they drive, flat out...



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