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Avantgarde said:
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Gary(SF) said:
The only thing ceramics have going for them is looks and brake feel.
Gary
And also the fact that Ceramic brakes equipped cars do not require regular washes to rid the unsightly brake dust off the wheels ever so often
It's not just the brake dust that forms on the wheels of F430's it's the rust that forms on the hubs that doesn't come off. The current 997 P-Car's steel set-up is where the real mess is though.
After having CCM's on my last F-Car and now my current and at the same time having steel on my P-car imo even if the CCM's weren't better performing brakes and didn't look so much better I would happily pay the option prices on both the F-car's CCM's & the P-Car's PCCB's ONLY to save myself from having to deal w/ the mess the steel brakes create and the rust that forms on the brake hubs (F430) etc. On the P-car the steel brakes create a soup of rusty water in your rims and on the 430 rust forms of the rotor hubs and on the discs that would drive me mad if I had to look at. My current P-car w/ steel w/ be the very last sports car I will ever own w/ steel brakes, going forward if the car doesn't have ceramics as an option I wouldn't even consider the car.
For anyone that's considering which way to go just fyi- Obviously I'm fed up w/ steel brakes so you may want to learn something from my mistake. Who knows why but the older versions like my 996 turbo didn't have this steel brake issue & imo unless you're using your very last nickel and the ONLY way to afford your F430 or 997 turbo is to get steel brakes - get the CCM's and not just because they perform better.
ps: Besides the above in my area if you get the CCM's you get that option money back when you trade/sell so it would be crazy not to enjoy the better brakes the entire time of ownership. Return on investment on Porsche's PCCB's is another story.