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YOUR RESEARCH2002 996 c4 - Brake pads & Rotors
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Set on my girlfriend's vw
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I use them on all my cars and just put a set on my girlfriend's VW.
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Use pagid/textar standard metallic pads (same as porsche oem)
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I used pagid/textar standard metallic pads (same as Porsche oem).
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I am going to replace front and rear pads, rotors and sensors.
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Ceramic needs to warm up a bit to bite, lighter color dust so does not stick/show as much, wears longer and easier on the rotors in light use, performs better at temperature, low noise.
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Here is what I am thinking and could use some advice: I saw a post and comments on here from ECU Tuning and looked into a brake kit for approx $800.
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Ceramic needs to warm up a bit to bite, lighter color dust so does not stick/show as much, wears longer and easier on the rotors in light use, performs better at temperature, low noise.
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Hi All -
My brake sensor warning light came on this week. I am going to replace front and rear pads, rotors and sensors. Street only, no track. Currently I notice there is way too much brake dust. Here is what I am thinking and could use some advice: I saw a post and comments on here from ECU Tuning and looked into a brake kit for approx $800. It is Sebro rotors (the rotors with the small air holes) front & back, and Hawk ceramic pads (front and rear) and they throw in the sensors. Are the hawk ceramic pads okay for daily driver, street only? Brake dust issues? Anything else I may be missing or should look into?
Thanks everyone...
Hey others may say differently but I just did my rear rotors due to an inspection failure and have been pricing up and deciding before doing the job myself. I settled for the same rotors Sebro (with advice from several posters) and I think you made a good choice. Ceramic pads are supposed to be the best from what I read. Brake dust?,,,,,,, I can't say anything about that. Dust can be washed off and all pads must loose particles of dust as they wear. There are 4 great videos on this page if you are doing the job yourself.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...-tutorial.html
I changed my back pads about a year back so they didn't need changing. However I needed to take the car out on a braking run to break the old pads into the new rotors. They work just fine now and the car stops on a dime as usual again.
Hawk HPS is a great pad. Easy on rotors, low dust, quiet, very good at fade resistance. I use them on all my cars and just put a set on my girlfriend's VW.
I looked at ceramic pads versus metallic versus carbon last year for my bmw. Quick summary .. Metallic is cheapest , bites well from cold , makes black dust , perf drops off at high temp ( like on track) . Ceramic needs to warm up a bit to bite, lighter color dust so does not stick/show as much, wears longer and easier on the rotors in light use, performs better at temperature, low noise. Carbon works best at high temp .. Good for track, potentially noisy, most expensive, does not bite as well cold.
I used pagid/textar standard metallic pads (same as Porsche oem). Dust doesn't bother me and I'm not hard on the brakes. Ok for light track use. I put akebono ceramics on front of BMW.. Light dust, works well, quiet, but you can notice longer to bite on first couple of stops from cold. I'd only go with carbon if it was primarily track car and driven hard ...
