At Law

Did Porsche offer or do they still offer yellow painted brakes
without the PCCB option?
Thanks.

Edgy01

You can have practically anything as long as you pay for it. One of the guys in our club has brake calipers painted like the PCCBs (ordered by the original owner) on his 996TT cabriolet. Reportedly, the guy paid something north of $5000 for that. He had to practically beg, and beg again for nearly a year to finally break them down.

At Law

Edgy1,

Did Porsche actually do the caliper painting?

THPorsche

I don't think they do but they should do a PTS like the other parts on/in the car.

gota911

You can paint them yourself for $35, including the PORSCHE decals.

Dan, are you kidding? $5K to paint the calipers???

$5,000 for Porsche to do it versus $35 to do it myself..... Which way should I go??? Hummm..... I'll have to think about that one for a while!

9elf S

Funny you mention it. My local dealer had a 996TT on trade-in with yellow calipers. I thought they were PCCBs, but the salesperson informed me that the calipers were only painted yellow. At the time, I thought the previous owner had painted the calipers, rather than ordering them from the factory that way as an option. What a colossal waste of money. For a few grand more, you can buy the PCCBs.

But when you paint yourself, you don't get a warranty on the paint.

Jetpilot

Are you frickin kidding me?.... repaint them for another 35.00

gota911

Oh, you're right!!!! That makes the decision MUCH easier!

Edgy01

Porsche actually did deliver the car with the yellow calipers. (The car is speed yellow with yellow everything).

But the original owner paid a fortune for that silly thing.

Sadiq

it aint gonna look good if you do it for $35 yourself

granted, if you get a pro to do it for a couple hundred bucks, it'll look fine.

Gaspasser19

Works for me....

Sadiq

guess i was wrong, good job

gota911

Worked for me too! Mine were originally black.

rijowysock

really good paint job guys^

i love them being black myself... so im happy with non S :-D

Edgy01

I really don't get the whole yellow caliper thing. If I didn't think I'd mess it up I would just paint mine black!