Hi Folks, sorry I'm not much of a contributor here, mostly because I don't know very much about Porsche. I am learning however but need some help. I need to replace both front and rear rotors and of course pads. I have a 2001 996 turbo and I would like advice on where to purchase the correct rotors and pads. I would like to just put stock replacements but I have a feeling that if I go to my local Porsche dealer I will pay twice as much for the same parts available elsewhere. Also are there different sizes (diameter), meaning are two different diameter front rotors sold or are they all the same? Just a little confused and would like to have all the right parts on hand before surgery.

Thanks,

Peter

 

Go to Ecstuning.com and enter your vehicle. They will give you various options for manufacturer at a good price. Personally, if they list them, they will be of high quality and sincertainly their website is vehicle specific, you will definitely get the right goods....

 

I recommend Pelicanparts.com for ATE brand rotors.

For pads Rockauto.com has a huge selection of OEM compound pads at reasonable prices.

 

Thank you guys! I will get my order together and report back- Appreciate the help.

Peter

 

I went to Pelican but they said they were out of stock on a bunch of stuff so I went to ECS and bought the SERBO "kit" and a set of parking brake shoes. My car has 92K on her so I figure the shoes could use replacing. I'll let you know how they work out when I do the install. I'll probably do a fluid flush after replacing everything. Any other comments on replacing the brakes would be most appreciated. Again,thanks!

 

Biggest thing is to make sure you do not over torque or cross thread any bolts. Make sure you do not overflow your reservoir when pressing the Pistons of your calipers back in and a power bleeder is awesome!

Oh, and bed the pads as recommended by the pad manufacturer.

 

i also use pelican parts ate ( oem supplier ) rotors and oem pads for the street.

 

Any recommendations on a power bleeder? Sometimes tough to find a volunteer who can follow instructions :-)

Thanks

 

https://www.ecstuning.com/ES3474/?gc...zvqBoCb5rw_wcB

This is the one I have, and I use it ALL OF THE TIME. Dont even know if I could bleed the brakes the old way anymore, and takes the thought out of the back of your mind that there still MIGHT be some air in the line.

 

Not to derail thread, but can you replace pads without bleeding?

 

Yep. The only reason to bleed brakes is to maintain the fluid replacement schedule or if the fluid may have been overheated (air in system or burnt fluid) due to heavy brake use.

If you replace pads, just make sure you do not over fill the reservoir and the fluid level is appropriate once you have bedded them.

 

What did we say we were out of in specific? We do have Ate rotors in stock. Did they tell you about our brake overhaul kits HERE? Comes with Zimmerman Coat Z rotors and Textar pads. Also, the nice thing about our kit above is you can delete out components that you do not wish to purchase with the kit once you add it to your cart. If you run into this in the future please do not hesitate to shoot me a PM and I'd be more than happy to assist you with any parts questions/orders that you may have.

We also recommend the Motive power bleeders for a much easier brake bleeding process: http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/...pg4.htm#item17

 

And again, THANKS! BTW, this forum was recommended to me by some folks on the e9coupe.com forum, yes- I am a glutton for punishment as I maintain 2 of those and this 2001 996t. I'm glad there are such a bunch of knowledgeable owners here and I am grateful for all the input . I purchased the bleeder recommended but I got the adapter kit that does "most" cars as my wife and kids have cars and I do the maintenance on many of my employees cars as well. The Motive unit seems to have some good reviews besides being recommended here. To answer the Pelican Parts folks, when I went to add the Brake Kit it actually said the kit was no longer available, I had been bouncing around on the PP site and there was some confusion (on my part) as to the slotted/drilled (I think there might have been some image issues) but I put that on me as I'm not the best at hunting around and I'm not familiar with the Porsche stuff. I use Pelican for lots of BMW stuff though!

As a side note, I took the Porsche to COTA in Austin where they set up some "parade" laps for a small donation, I had visions of pushing 150 down the back stretch... not, but it was fun to go around a few times :-)

 

Stock the 996T came with a single size of steel rotors, and a (different) single size of optional ceramics. If you aren't whaling on your car (eg at track days), then the stock rotors should be more than adequate. If you work your car hard on track (or overbrake a lot), the stock rotors will quickly start cracking radially around the little holes, and the cracks will grow with every session.

For that reason I usually run Sebro slotteds from Pelican Parts (Suncoast or Sonnen are others) but delivery problems last time saw me having to buy and fit stock Porsche Turbo front rotors for a 3 day series of club sprints. Across five sessions I ran less than 40 laps total (under one hour on track) but several people let me know that the rotors were glowing bright red on slowing for the turn at the end of the main straight. So after three quarters of an hour of use (plus a short bedding run prior), the factory rotors already have 2 to 3mm cracks showing around most holes. The Sebros arrived just afterwards and are back on the car. And I'm looking to upgrade the cooling ducts too. Can't think of any public roads where you'd legally get your brakes that hot though so the better looking cross drilled factory ones are just fine on road, even if more expensive.