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Im looking at two different Used brakes....

Both are in great condition...

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Item: Front pair genuine PORSCHE 6-spot brakes, including PORSCHE brakepads (99% unused) and PORSCHE 353mmx34mm crossdrilled discs.
Item Condition: Excellent. Inspection welcome for serious buyers.
Reason for Selling: Not needed at the moment, snap them up before we think of something to put them on!

Item: Front pair BREMBO 4-spot brakes + 2nd hand pads, + slotted discs
Item Condition: Great
Reason for Selling: Not needed
Extra Info: Came off a Honda DC5 Type-R Integra.


Looking a smidge under a grand for the brembo's... And about $1800 for the porsche...

brembos will fit under 17s and the porsche under 18s...

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Are the stud fitments the same as 114.3? but good price for brembos
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Yeah i saw them the other day as well, just a exxie for me at this stage (i know they are a bargin though). You have GPX ones at the moment dont you. I might consider buying yours off you if you do buy these, so that might help with the decision making :D
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not sure on the porsche ones... but the brembo's off the integra would fit... I've swapped wheels with a teggie before without a problem...
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What size are the Brembo rotors? The 354mm Porsche ones are too big, the 330mm UAS ones I have are too big. The pads simply wont heat up to operating temperature on daily driving. My next brake upgrade will be a Brembo, but I'll be down sizing to something like 310 - 300mm.
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Already asked about rotor size on them...

Aparently they only just fit under 17s so im assuming 330mm or so...

i dont drive my car daily... if i drive it, its only for long drives (1-3 hours) and hopefully some track days soon..
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Yeah, the other problem I run into thou, is that when selecting a pad, I cant choose a high spec race pad like an EBC... I cant even heat them up on the track! I have to use a standard pad on the track - thats all good & well, they stop on a dime, but I use upto 50% of the pad after a days track use. So, Im stuck between a rock & a hard place, on the street the standard pads dont heat up enough & I have to use excessive force to pull the car up - and when you dont use the brake in 5 minutes, then temp drops to low again & you face the same issue. On the track they heat up perfectly & work like a charm - but I use over half the pad. If I went for a better pad, it would be even more useless on the street & still useless on the track! Yet I wouldnt wear half as much of it down...

So Its a fine line to tread, but I've decided on my 160kw track used car, 330mm is just too big. I reckon I'll gor a for a 300mm setup, with a mid range pad like EBC green. That size & pad combo I reckon would be perfect - yet untested.

Having said all that, I have heard rumors of a pad coming out from Japan, that is apparently just as good cold as is hot. Dont know if I can hold my breath for that long thou... adding pad replacement cost to my nos & tyre bill is really starting to make my track days very expensive!
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Just spoke to a performance shop near me...

Getting pics of the porsche brakes to send them...

They said the porsche brakes (6spots) are worth $3500 per caliper new...

so they said at $1800 they are an absolute steal..

they said they can also get pads that dont wear, yet heat up very fast...

i dont care about wear anyway... never even drive the bloody thing...

oh gawd, 353mm discs with a porsche caliper is going to look sexy as!!
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:lol: I knew you wouldn't listen to me.

They will look hot, but they will be useless. Dont say I didn't warn you!

Of course the shop has "pads that will heat up fast"..... :money:
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lol... different shop then the one thats selling me the brakes...

and they didnt say THEY had pads... the lady said you can get pads that heat up anywhere...

I told them i only wanted them to fit the brakes...
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Post by jonowong »

sam never listens!

ive got the camskill drilled rotors and stainless steel brake lines and ebc green stuff pads..

awesome on the street...
track... i dunno yet...
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hehehhee...


Sam... dont turbo your car... or at least budget a lot more....


hehehe that sounds familiar...


i really dont think these could be that bad... after all they are standard porsche brakes...

Rather than a set of Group A HSV racing brakes (pretty sure thats bens), these were initially built for a street car...
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I was gonna go & write up a big 'how & why' including maths & a whole bunch of stats, but Im not going to bother cause your gonna buy them anyway :lol: Its more of the 'having' for you :lol:
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the other reason is the fact they are SO DAMN MASSIVE! should look good at shows...

especially with the "Porsche" written on the caliper
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Did you see my first post dickhead :lol:
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What about it?


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Have to agree with Bennoz they will be effectivly useless but dam they will be sexy as :twisted:
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surely with six pistons, they'll pull up alright...
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they are from boost cruisin are they not.
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didnt see them there...

but id say the person is advertising them there as well
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