Cost of carbon ceramic brakes retrofit?

kinimod · 09-30-2014, 12:02 AM

What would need to be changed/replaced to replace iron brakes with carbon ceramics?

Rotors, calipers with pads, fluid?

Is that it?

E.g. if I purchased these parts, it would just fit and run?

tom @ eas · 09-30-2014, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by kinimod

What would need to be changed/replaced to replace iron brakes with carbon ceramics?

Rotors, calipers with pads, fluid?

Is that it?

E.g. if I purchased these parts, it would just fit and run?

That's pretty much it. S2NKA-specific brake booster is needed as well.

karussell · 09-30-2014, 10:28 AM

why on earth would you bother? won't improve braking. just lighten your wallet a good deal. paint the calipers austin yellow and save 5 figures.

jackkk · 09-30-2014, 11:32 AM

Get the Brembo BBK, it will be much better and cheaper.
The way to get the CCB is to order it with the car, the retrofit cost more than twice more.

rmedeir1 · 10-01-2014, 10:09 AM

$14,995 or somewhere about there I would bet....http://www.shopbmwusa.com/PRODUCT/44...C-BRAKE-SYSTEM

vantagesc · 10-06-2014, 04:40 PM

I made sure I was sitting down before clicking on this thread.

The carbon vs. iron brakes debate has raged on for years on Porsche forums. The unsprung weight savings seem great, but I cannot get over the initial cost or the rotor replacement cost.

kinimod · 10-07-2014, 01:34 AM

Right. I'm sticking with the iron brakes. $15K is absurd.

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karussell Lieutenant Colonel 353 Rep 1,749 Posts Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NorCal iTrader: (1)	why on earth would you bother? won't improve braking. just lighten your wallet a good deal. paint the calipers austin yellow and save 5 figures. __________________ "It gave you amazing satisfaction, but anyone who says he loved it is either a liar or he wasn't going fast enough." - Jackie Stewart on racing at the Nurburgring
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jackkk Lieutenant 73 Rep 549 Posts Drives: M3 F80 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Moscow iTrader: (0)	Get the Brembo BBK, it will be much better and cheaper. The way to get the CCB is to order it with the car, the retrofit cost more than twice more. __________________ F80 M3 SO/SO \|BM3 St.1 91 oct.\|Cattless DPs\|Tractive P'n'P\|Brembo 6pot\|Rays G25 with CUP2 tires\|GTS coding\| 1M VO FBO (KW DDC) PTF st.2+ sold e90 335i FBO jb4 sold
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rmedeir1 First Lieutenant 132 Rep 370 Posts Drives: BMW MW M4 - MPE, CCBs, all CF Join Date: May 2014 Location: windermere, FL iTrader: (0)	$14,995 or somewhere about there I would bet....http://www.shopbmwusa.com/PRODUCT/44...C-BRAKE-SYSTEM
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vantagesc First Lieutenant 45 Rep 365 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I made sure I was sitting down before clicking on this thread. The carbon vs. iron brakes debate has raged on for years on Porsche forums. The unsprung weight savings seem great, but I cannot get over the initial cost or the rotor replacement cost.
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kinimod Lieutenant 134 Rep 480 Posts Drives: 911 GT3 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (0)	Right. I'm sticking with the iron brakes. $15K is absurd.
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