Dust Boots for front caliper - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource

Jul 21, 2009 | 06:10 AM

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Dust Boots for front caliper

Anyone know what size dust boots I need for the front caliper for my car? Also, where do you source these parts? Anyone have any suggestions as to how I change them?

Thanks

Jul 21, 2009 | 05:32 PM

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call your local, knowledgeable Porsche parts guy. I think you can get the dust boots, and only them from him.

Jul 22, 2009 | 06:26 AM

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They are like $1 each. Really easy to replace.

Jul 22, 2009 | 07:49 AM

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WTF is a dust boot????

Jul 22, 2009 | 05:31 PM

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What he said...

Jul 22, 2009 | 06:16 PM

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Rubber boots that go around the Brake caliper pistons, keeps crap out.

Jul 22, 2009 | 07:49 PM

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If it keeps dust in, it must keep the heat in also.
Plus I have seen them where you see an ugly pliece of plastic instead of the caliper, rotor etc..

German cars don't have them because it affects brake cooling too much.
I took of my inside duct shields to help cooling at the track. At the sedated street driving speeds in the US, I guess it won't matter...