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Brake caliper rebuild- not so fun surprise

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Old 09-29-2015, 10:29 PM
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Thank you.

I am considering my options in preparation for next year. Car has 30k miles (95% track) and calipers probably need refreshing. I've replaced dust boots a few times and have had to replace 2 of those ceramic pucks during the last month when I found them to be broken like yours (let me tell you that they are not easy to come by).
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I just put in titanium heat shields between the pads and Pistons to hopefully alleviate dust boot and puck wear. We will see.
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Have pic of the Ti heat shield?!
Old 09-30-2015, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by tgavem


Yes, you need to add a dog bone shim.
Brembo actually sells a bracket kit to fit the larger rear discs on the 996 GT3.
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Originally Posted by cfjan
Have pic of the Ti heat shield?!
They look kind of like this.. just .5mm shims. Obviously this pic isn't gt3 fitment.

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Old 09-30-2015, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by kk2
I just put in titanium heat shields between the pads and Pistons to hopefully alleviate dust boot and puck wear. We will see.
Source? Producer?
Old 09-30-2015, 07:27 PM
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Hard brakes. Cost was around $180 for 4 corners. From what I read, .5mm was the way to go.



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