Camber

I am considering the purchase of an '04 GT3 with PCCB. It appears the cost of retrofit to steel/iron calipers, pads and rotors is $5,200 for all corners. The parts department of my dealer believes (without first hand experience) that the switch is pretty basic. I suspect some of you have gone through the process before.

If you've done this retrofit, would you please let me know if it was a simple and successful process? I am on short timeline.

Thanks everyone.

Jim

roberga

go to a indi shop. It is easy for someone that has done it in the past. There are a few different solutions. Wrightwood racing has a great replacement. They only go through shops. He does have a rear replacement that you keep your rear calipers.

Some folks just replace the fronts since the rears do not work hard.
Someone also put 997 cup car rear rotors and I heard it worked fine.

PogueMoHone

Just put steel rotors (correct size, of course, on the front and you should be good to go, with very little worry)

$500 at most.

Larry Herman

Just get the replacement rotors from Wrightwood and keep your calipers. There is no difference between the reds & the yellows EXCEPT that the yellow rears are spaced out 10mm farther to accommodate the 350 mm PCCB rotors.

multi21

I was looking at a GT3 with PCCB vs. Iron and understand from another member that the fronts change out from PCCB to iron without a problem, but the rears need a conversion kit.

Bob Rouleau

thw fronts are a direct rotor swap for gt3 iron rotors. in back the 997 gt3 iron rotors are a direct swap. no caliper change needed.

NJ-GT

Back: 997 GT3 Cup rotors - around $500/pair
Front: 996 350mm 02+ GT3 Cup rotors - around $500/pair

Unless, you're willing to pay $4,000 for labor (I will do the conversion for you for half that), that $5,200 is a bit off.

Blacksport350

Where are you getting your Cup rotors for $500pr? The best that I can do is $630pr and would love to save....$130 and $130 there adds up after a while!

Camber

Thanks guys.

My $5,200 cost was for parts to replace calipers, rotors, and pads all around - no labor in that number. Not having to replace calipers sounds great.

So as long as we're talking, what has been your track experience with PCCBs? If you've got GEN 1 PCCBs (all 2004 GT3s are Gen 1 right?), and you upgrade to Gen 2 (not sure how you do this), is that just buying new rotors and now your set for life?

Once you've replaced the rotors with iron, what do you do with Pads? Are they Cup pads, standard GT3 pads (e.g. Pagid blacks), or the original pads used with ceramic rotors?

I could use a shop to do the work, but since I will track this car, I'd prefer to do the rotor work myself. Is there a good online source for Wrightwood or Cup rotors?

Thanks again for your help.


Jim

AW

On my car I only have steel in the front and the bias is just fine. So I'm with Colm. Get 2 cup car rotors for $500. You will probably also have to buy new pads. So expect $1k + labor.

AW

frayed

My understanding is that this works on the GT3:

http://www.carnewal-europe.com/cpx_p96172.htm

But this includes rear calipers which the posts above state you don't need.

Camber

Thanks again!

NJ-GT

ViperBob

roberga

if you are getting the car from a dealer, make the replacemet of the front rotors a condition of the sell. I have GEN II on the front and they are great.

nmex

Fayed did you got your 997 back ?????? What happen I saw it at the shop 2 weeks ago DAME!!!!!!!