[s-cars] Which Big Brake kit

[hoog23@aol.com]

I've been going through the same dilemma for the past year...  What a headache.  
 
I originally tried contacting bira but after a couple of emails I never heard anything back from them.  It sounded like I would have had to wait until they had enough people interested to make a run of brackets.
 
So I ended up buying euro a8 rotors at ECS and having billzcat1 make me a set of brackets (and SS lines) for 996 (ala sys 3).  Once the brackets arrived (a few mos later) I then found a pair of used black 996 calipers (for $500!).  A few weeks later I then found a set of new calipers (boxster S = red) for $650 from brandywine porsche and bought those and was able to sell the used set for $500.  Textar pads cost me about $120.
 
So everything is sitting in my basement and now that fall is here I'm thinking of letting them sit until next spring.  From my research I know that I need to swap the vent lines but I'm still not sure if I need to swap the left and right calipers when I do the install. 
 
Total spent was about $1150.  You may save some money if you can find a used set of calipers.
 
As someone mentioned, your best bet may be the rs2 bracket (alex at europrice) and 993 tt calipers with s8 rotors.  Also, as someone mentioned, the price of the 993tt calipers (used to be able to get them for about $300 each new) have gone up considerably.  Crescent City porsche (if they still exist) used to run specials.  They have them listed on their site for $299 still but the page is very very old.  The last dealer that I spoke to who had a special on them was Brumos Porsche - although I don't see the special listed on their site any more.  May not hurt to call Brandywine either.
 
If it wasn't for my wife seeing the $1500 charge on mastercard I kind of wish I just went the ecs kit route - although I believe that I may have a little more clearance flexibility with the 996 calipers.
 
Dave
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
To: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:46:53 -0400
Subject: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit


So I'm planning a big brake upgrade. Must fit under stock 16" wheels. So far
only found one vendoe, that being ECStuning Stage 2 at $1500 for the big
black kit.

E-mailed Richard of Billzcat1 2 weeks ago but haven't received a reply.

Looked around at others but they can't match ECS for price. Are there any
others comparable to what ECS are offering?

TIA

Tony
96 S6

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