[s-cars] I HATE my Porsche brakes!!!

[Jimbo]

hrm.. I have the ECS stage III kit and the brakes make no noise at all. I
used the porsche noise pads.. No filing of the pads.

but Ill trade you a 1984 coupeGT for your S6.. haha

Jim

> Paul,
>
> I'm running BIRA S6-S6 on my sedan, would have shown it to you
> if I hadn't driven my truck and we knew your were going to have
> this problem after you headed south.
>
> Anyway, the BIRA parts were brackets $250, hats $450.  I didn't
> use any funky noise plates or anything else, just used the standard
> Porsche pads and I have NO vibration problems.
>
> Yah know, I think chiny red 996tt clips would look fantastic on that
> black beasty....
>
> Charlie
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Friedenberg [mailto:paulunm at msn.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:52 PM
>> To: S Car; Darin Nederhoff, Managing Editor
>> Subject: [s-cars] I HATE my Porsche brakes!!!
>>
>>
>> --
>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
>> Yes, that's right, I hate them and now I am starting to hate
>> my car! Anyone want a S6 with 51k miles? Take it please. Not
>> really. So as previously posted, I am having some vibrations
>> (making a humming noise) coming from my front end. (993
>> carrera calipers, S6+ rotors) It almost sounds like a wheel
>> bearing, but it is not. It is the pad hanging up on the
>> rotor. I replaced my aluminum brackets with RS2 steel
>> brackets with some custom made spacers. Nothin'.  I called
>> Dave Jones (he has seen this, however only on URS6s, not on
>> URS4s), he said to file down the leading edge of the pad,
>> well, tonight I did that, nothin'. The sound (which I can
>> feel vibrations in the steering wheel and floorboard)
>> actually got worse. My next step is to turn the rotors, then
>> move them left to right, to reverse the direction of the
>> slots, which are now facing away from the direction that the
>> rotor is spinning (I've seen both ways) . If this does not
>> work, its new brakes time. I am thinking 996 turbo calipers
>> over Porsche rotors. How does this work? Do you need a new
>> hat (not for your head silly)?
>> Anyone have any suggestions???? PLEASE?????????
>>
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