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This is due to a number of beers being consumed during lunch.
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I just replaced my mounts with rss mounts not too long ago.
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Yes, some colors are clearly used by Porsche AG to denote certain 'special' models, options, or characteristics.
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Not sure if ts just the angle of the photo but looks like muffler tips are "sagging"...might be worth checking your engine mounts
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I'm not even against changing their color, just don't like the idea of using a model specific color on a model that it isn't.
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So you have fake PCCB's now? Or is that the hybrid brake caliper color? So many brake colors, I get confused.
*edit* Yeah, that's the e-hybrid caliper color. OP, is there a backstory?
On the plus side, you should be able to get away with Cayenne/Panamera badging now...
Color match?
Well, the 996 DOES have several electric motors...radiators, starter, AC, SAI, engine bay fan. I think it's a hybrid. It even has a battery and a way to recharge it while driving. Definitely a hybrid.
Hahahahahaha. I'm shooting for 50+ combined miles per gallon with the natural gas motor, the electric motor, and the gas motor I have.
The color is from the Porsche e hybrid cars. N knack story, I just personally just like the color. I know it's a personal thing and if I like it thats all that matters but just looking to get some other opinions. I have the same color on my cayenne and it looks pretty cool. I still have the red ones on the car.
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Not really digging it on the Cayenne but I think it will be a good contrasting color on your blue C4S. I actually think it would look better than the red on there on that color.
Nice thing about that mod is that if you decide you don't like them in the end, then you can just repaint 'em. Nothing really lost. It's your car and these cars were meant to be fun and modded, so give it a try.
Oh, and I just figured out what that first picture is of - I thought it was your original sample of just painting a business card or something to see the color. Duh.
I'm for colored calipers (or is that calibers Schnelly?
), but certain colors have special meaning in the Porsche world and I don't like the color used if that's not what it is (e.g. red on a non-Turbo or S car).
But then I put a Turbo bumper on my diesel P!g, so my opinion doesn't count for ****. Even with me
Every post I read from you I find entertaining, I don't know why. But I do get that. It's near the same playing field as someone putting a gt3 emblem on the back of their basic 911 with the aero package. Dammit. I just like the color ok?! Haha. Hopefully once their on the car it'll pull it all together.
And yes that's the S emblem on the back of the car. I figured maybe tie it all together with that. We'll see soon enough
Every post I read from you I find entertaining, I don't know why. But I do get that. It's near the same playing field as someone putting a gt3 emblem on the back of their basic 911 with the aero package. Dammit. I just like the color ok?! Haha. Hopefully once their on the car it'll pull it all together.
Also gnat, what year is the pig? I looked into the turbo front end conversion for the 957 but the led markers won't be functional.
And yes that's the S emblem on the back of the car. I figured maybe tie it all together with that. We'll see soon enough
It's a 958 (13). Don't know about the 957, but the signal bars on the 958 still worked, but I had to build a harness adapter to allow them to act like the DRLs (TT and GTS have them in the headlights rather than the single bars like the "cheap" models).
Could be where the valve "stem" goes. I had some 20s for my XK8 that were like that where there was a fake bolt you removed and inserted an adapter when you wanted to put air in the tires. I don't see a stem anywhere anyway, so that's my guess.
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So you know, AMG comes with 8 piston loaf breads on the front from the factory ... I haven't held them in the hand, but mechanic said that those massive calibers are extremely light. They don't know how/why.
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I only count 6 in the pic. They are light as $hit because they are monoblock construction just like Porsche. Try holding up a 2 piece GM brembo(Camaro, Cadillac, etc) vs 1 piece monoblock Porsche/Mercedes/etc. and you can tell the difference.
There are ten on the other front wheel. It's an average of 8 between the two front wheels.
This is due to a number of beers being consumed during lunch.
Braking performance matches the E55's appetite for speed as stopping duties are tackled by massive 8-piston calipers/14.2-in. vented rotors up front and 4-piston calipers/13.0-in. rotors in back. This racing-derived hardware never fails to effortlessly slow the big sedan no matter what the speed or circumstance. Assisting these mechanical components is Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC), which lends the E55 an enhanced feeling of security under hard deceleration and panic stops.
I like my black calipers. Although if they were red, I would live with it.
I have 6 piston front and 4 piston rears on my Z06. They do look good n haul the car down from speed well.
I don't think he was arguing that your car has 8-piston calipers - but the caliper in your pic would need 5 pots on the back to add up to 8...
The brakes on my '96 Corvette are a little scary. I need to quit being lazy and upgrade.
I figure him not bringing Tink into his comment is a sign of how much he really likes the color. I don't think I've ever seen a Tinkerbell-less post by him before....
Blk car, blk wheels and acid green combo I can see working... Blue car, silver wheels and green calipers is stretching a bit but hey lets wait to see the finished product. Op has a vision...
RVCA Have you seen the birch green GT3RS yet? Careful, it might haunt you amigo
You know... you really gotta love the one piece design of Porsche type calipers. I just changed out my wife's Volvo XC90's pads and rotors. Man, it was a major pain. The caliper is a three piece design with weird retainer clips to hold the pads tight. Those things go on super tight too! I was worried they'd fly off and hit me in the face when clamping them back on. Porsche brake swap out is crazy easy compared to Volvo.
I agree! This is a beautiful machine, but the yellow calipers clash with the unique green body color. Definitely needs a different compliment color or something neutral even like a pale grey.
Yes, but: Porsches have been every color under the sun in the past 60 years.
Yes, some colors are clearly used by Porsche AG to denote certain 'special' models, options, or characteristics.
To which I say: **** them. It's not as if the board of VW/Porsche lies awake at night, thinking
"What exactly can we do this year to make Porsche buyers and drivers more satisfied, at a lower cost, and profit margin be damned?".
Hardly.
Personally, I like the OP's color choice, although it's clearly not one of those 'for everyone' tones. For my own blue C4S, I am carrying the red caliper color through as the accent for what is, admittedly, a fairly quiet if not outright dull combination (midnight blue/gray). Is that the 'stock' appearance? Nope. Are my interior soft touch plastic fitting replacements (carbon fiber) 'OEM'? Not hardly. If I had nothing better to do with time and money, I'd have repainted mine birch green. Should I ever secure another air-cooled model, I plan to do exactly that. First Porsche that ever caught my attention at 15 was viper green, signal green, whatever they called it in the 70's, so: I have perhaps a disproportionate liking for a color that many find just butt-ugly.
It's not hanging a mirror ball in the cathedral. It's just brake calipers and lettering. Nobody at Porsche AG would find it an outrageous outrage that 'their' hybrid color is being 'misapplied'.
Please post final pix.
I think you missed the part where I mentioned that I put a Turbo's bumper on my Cayenne
At the end of the day only one person has to live with it and like it. He asked for opinions and I gave with with a bit of my reasoning.
Sounds cool. The unbroken black/black in ours, while classic, is a little dull. I've been thinking about bringing the exterior color (Dark Blue Metallic) of my Cayenne inside to highlight it's interior a bit too (problem is I want to paint the wheel too but Porsche did a number on me with their stupid design of the shift buttons
).
Personally I say screw stock and make the car yours in whatever way you see fit. We don't all have to agree on what we think is best for ourselves
Personally I think the greens Porsche uses are the only non-monochromatic colors that they get right. I've seen a 958 GTS and a 991 TTS in the Peridot green and it is just stunning. I actually really like the Acid Green calipers too as they are a striking bit of flash.
In some ways, however, I have a bit of the Porsche snob in me though and caliper coloring is oddly one of those places. I'm not even against changing their color, just don't like the idea of using a model specific color on a model that it isn't.
Ok so here it goes...
Still debating on putting the green S on the back to match the brakes. Similar concept to when people have the red S matches the stock calipers.
OK, I was one of the negative Nancies about this, so here are my $0.02 on the final product.
I like the distance shot. It gives a nice pop. Not a fan of them up close though.
I also like the green S. Again, nice little pop.
The green definitely works with the blue body in my opinion.
My 0.02: Skip the green S.
You can't see the calipers and the S at the same time, so they don't blend together visually. From the rear, the green S doesn't go with the blue car.
Love the calipers, those look great with the dark wheels. I'm a bit more ambivalent towards the S, you could really go either way between the green and the gray. I'd probably go green just to be different, I love that neon shade.
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I'm glad that after all this time away from these forums, I can still count on a 5-page thread of people arguing over something like the color of another guy's brake calipers.
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