I am about to pull the trigger on these brakes:
CLICK HERE

My question is has anyone had these?
I want to get a second opinion about quality, etc.
There are so many out there.

If not, any good affordable alternatives?

Thanks.

 

Are you looking to do all 4 corners?

I went with Zimmerman Coat Z(CoatZ is a coating on rotor to prevent rust).

Go to Autohausaz.com

Fronts are 350mm for Turbo on my 2005
Front LEFT Part # 7L6615301K Currently $95.77 each
Front RIGHT Part # 7L6615302K Currently $95.77 each

Rears are 330mm and same part number for both side
Part # 7L6615601J Currently $79.58 each

I went with these rotors cause they were recommended by another forum member.

For pads I went with OE Genuine Pads from SunsetImports.com. My receipt shows a total of $476.23 for all parts and shipping to me in Georgia.

Includes Brake Pads, Wear Sensors, and all new hardware and bolts.

I spent a total of about $850 for everything.

Hope this helps.. Let me know if you have any questions.

 

When changing rotors/pads, what is recommended to replace as well?
My wear sensors did not activate yet.
Any requirements/recommendations to change bolts/bushings, etc?

List would be nice so I can get it all in when the rotors/pads arrive.

Thank you.

 

We offer a kit that includes everything you need to do all four corners or just do the front or back. It's a good idea to replace the rotors if you haven't done so already or if there starting to show wear. As far as the sensors, they sometimes break during the process of removing them. Porsche recommends you change the bolts every time you do a brake change. For more information Click Here.

 

awesome. really appreciate it. Thank you.

 

+1.. unless you upgrade the brake rotor size, I would say that drilled/slotted rotors are mostly for looks.

 

+2, but I bought this car not only because it gets me from point a to point b quickest, but because besides it being very capable, it also looks good imo. So many of the things we do are for looks on our cars.
As long as my braking is not degraded, I will be good to go.

Really thanks for input. Decided to go with yet another vendor for the entire set.
Since my sensors are not turned on yet, I assume they will be fine to reuse. Read up on bolts too and the consensus is that as long as not overtorqued, not many shops put in new ones on a replacement, but do replace after a few re-uses. I will follow that path too.

Will show some pics after the change if I get some time.

 

Don't forget you need a t-16 triple square for the rear calipers! Not the easiest driver to find! I'm in ATX if you need any help...Cedar Park'ish.

 

Cool. Yeah, when I was planning for rotors replace way back last year (yes, I was really proactive...lol), I ended up getting a triple square set, which includes all sized I would need for the CTT.

Nice to know others in area. Are there people that meet up sometime?
Would love to see other cars for compare reasons - sometime you have no clue something is off until you see other cars and have a chance to compare, then you see things you would not otherwise.
Just wondering.

 

Always? FALSE

I've seen it happen. But not all that often. Quality drilled rotors don't crack around the holes. Old tech cheap ones used to!

I've had several sets of drilled rotors, none have ever cracked. Even on my track car.

Fwiw, most of my motorcycles have come with drilled rotors stock. None have ever cracked.

 

I've been looking at 991 images and every single one of the so far has drilled rotors on it!

Porsche must be throwing caution to the wind! Obviously just for looks and won't cost anything to replace all those under warranty.

 

2013 Cayenne GTS with factory brakes.

 

I am a firm believe in you get what you pay.. I'm sure if you got some low end ****ty quality drilled rotors then they will crack.

 

For the sake of not really caring to debate I have retracted my statement. You win:-)

@Ciaka, those are nice rotors. Please let us know how they work for you, because the price is nice as well!

 

Not sure if you bought your brake kit yet.

I recently put on the Powerstop kit. Part number "K4500" for the turbo. (There is some confusion about the part number on some of the sites. I verified the right parts with Powerstop).

Came with pads, discs and new sensors for right around $500.

Both front and rear are drilled and slotted. (Lightly drilled as you can see).

My Cayenne has seen track use but more importantly it tows a car hauler over the Colorado Rockies from tie to time, and I run 265/65/18 in the winter and 22s in the summer. So getting rid of excess heat trying to slow down a trailer, even with trailer brakes, is why I went with these over standard rotors. And of course they look "more Porsche"