I was looking to get new brakes and was wondering if the Slotted/Drilled Centric Cryogenic (or non-cryogenic) Brakes are better than the stock porsche brakes? Why or why not?

Thanks in advance

 

by new brakes I assume you mean new rotors (if you are talking about brake pads or race fluid different story) and cryognenically treated rotors theoretically last longer than stock

I wouldn't waste the time or money if it is not a car to be used on the track

the slotted vs drilled vs both is another story, again wounldnt get into that discussion unless you were talking about track

 

Yes I understand, but the reason I'm asking is because it would be less expensive for me to get those rotors and brake pads than if I went to get the porsche rotors and calipers. I simply want to find out if installing these rotors and pads would be as good or even better than the stocks. If not I guess I'll pay extra to get normal porsche rotors and pads.

 

Honestly the OEM Porsche rotors and pads are a reasonable price compared to higher performance two part floating rotors and say padgid pads

If it is a money issue saving it on brakes I don't think is wise especially with a car of this weight

But just my two cents

Tom

 

I'm just asking if those brakes are better or not...I can somehow get them much cheaper than the original pricing...I want to know if they are better or not. I'm not trying to cheap out otherwise I would've gotten a Kia, but if I can save and get better brakes then I will. If OEM is better then ill stick with OEM

 

I found on my Audi RS6 (+4200lbs twin turbo V8 sedan with a performance envelope similar to the Panamera Turbo) that the cryo treating easily doubles the life of the rotors which was good because up until I bought my 970TT they were the most expenseive OEM rotors I had every purchased. You can send the OEM rotors out for the treatment as well. At the end I was running 2Bennett hats with Brembo rings on the RS6. I could just order the rings and 2Bennett would ship them straight to FrozenRotors for treatment. Replacement rings were only about $300ea once you had the hats. If you find someone who is building 2 piece rotors for the Panamera I'd be interested in hearing about it.

 

I guess I will go with the centric brakes because I can get an unbelieveable discount on them. Nobody has said anything bad about them and the fact that I'll probably pay double for OEM brakes that are probably not as good I think I'll go for the centric. Thanks guys and I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Just as an FYI - these are not the same design as the OEMs. The OEM is a floating design on an alloy hat while the Centric is a one piece cast iron unit. The floating design is more immune to warping than a one piece design. That being said, you can probably discard several sets of warped ones for the price of a single set of OEM's. There will be a weight penalty as well with the one piece cast iron rotors.