Porsche Ceramic Brakes Review

Watson sheepishly admits that when porsche first brought carbon ceramic brakes to market they advertised them as lasting the lifetime of the car before quickly being proven wrong by owners.
Porsche ceramic brakes review. After the technology was unveiled to the world at the 1999 iaa in frankfurt porsche carbon ceramic brakes a joint project between porsche and sgl carbon was launched in 2001 on the 911 gt2. Tungsten carbide coated rotors which offer some of the. There s a right way and a wrong way to do anything and through the thick storm of relentless marketing hype that line can get a little blurred. Porsche asks 8 520 to put pccb on the 992 series 911.
Order received in timely manner. Being so expensive and so challenging to make you would expect carbon ceramic brakes to have a number of advantages over their steel counterparts and they do. Reviewed by gabriel q plano il reviewed for a 2009 porsche 997 7 22 2019 8 22 pm. How porsche built the game changing brakes on the 2019 cayenne you ve got your iron rotors your carbon ceramic rotors and now these.
Below we outline their key benefits. The most affordable car i was able to find that offers a ceramic brake option is the porsche boxster 50 400 base price where the upgrade to ceramics cost a whopping 7 400 1. Forum threads going back at least five years debate whether the porsche carbon ceramic brakes pccb justify their new and replacement costs. Finally in 2001 the first production car to feature carbon ceramic brakes appeared the porsche 911 gt2.
They increase in price as you move up the porsche range with the pccb porsche ceramic composite brakes system for a 911 turbo costing 21 990. Those looking to add a set of carbon ceramic brakes to a 992 gen 911 need to part ways with 8 520. In the real world though not every brake pad. Bmw asks about 15 000 for carbon ceramic brakes on its 149 615 m4 for example while mercedes amg s 155 615 c63 asks about 10 000 extra for its superior stoppers.
Pccb discs are constructed of a carbon fibre reinforced ceramic core covered with an additional ceramic friction layer. I find it hard to justify that increase in price especially with the flaws that accompany ceramics during everyday driving.