Porsche failed MOT - Quote £1000

[MikeHunt79]

/dons flame suit

go to kiwk-fit, they offer free replacement pads for the life of the car apparently

 

[Dunks]

Better update your post in the 'most expensive MOT fail' thread from £5 to £1000.

 

[Concrete]

I would take your car to an on hub disk skimming place. If they are only moderately pitted they will just cut it back, had the same problem with my Skyline and they fixed it for 70 quid.

 

[-Ad-]

And the contractor who sits next to me at work told me he walked across the road to the porsche dealership after an M3 service because their costs had finally annoyed him enough. Thus bought a 997 turbe

Buy a Sagaris, something special, plus you can gain lots of experience playing with wiring looms, sticking on bits with glue, and looking like a complete awesome god of a man when you drive around

 

[eidolon]

pitted front brake discs

You could take a brand spanking new Porsche to the dealers and they'd fail it on discs, it seems to be a way of them making a lot of money!

I'd be willing to bet that the brake discs are absolutely fine and 99% of other garages would pass them.

 

[eidolon]

local place quoted £508 for disks and pads using OEM

now then , it looks like my Tesco Finest warranty covers discs, looking into this now

I'd be interested to see if they pay up cos I've got Tesco finest too.

 

[Dr Who]

Porsche treat disks as a "service consumeable" so eidolon is right, never take to a main delaer for MOT

 

[Bakedgoods]

Rotty have you got a Carrerra 4?

Wouldn't mind chatting abit more if you do

 

[Dr House]

Rotty have you got a Carrerra 4?

Wouldn't mind chatting abit more if you do

judging by the pic of the Cayman in the sig I would assume not

 

[Bakedgoods]

Yeah it's more obvious now from having a proper look, I just glanced first time round then posted

 

[DJMK4]

Make sure an suitable amount of lube is applied please.

Health and safety must come first!

 

[malfunkshun]

EBC OEM fron disks for 997 (correct car?) £252inc the pair ?

 

[AmDaMan]

Pitted disc? How old are they? Can they not been skimmed?

 

[saitrix]

How about this?

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/fr...year=2008&ProdGroup=Brakes&ProdSubGroup=Discs

Then say £100 labour, will be sub £400 which isn't bad thinking what car it is.

Edit - The ebay links are good with being Porsche branded.

Edit 2 - If you really want to go cheap then eurocarparts sell eicher ones for £112 for the pair.

 

[Rotty]

Try ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DRILLED-BRAKE...3a49afbcae&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_7743wt_996

or OEM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-PORSC...s_SM?hash=item53d82d144d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I found cheaper OE stuff on web but it appears that the Tesco warranty is going to pick up the costs of discs and fitting

not sure if they will pay for the pads though, I would doubt it

 

[Rotty]

You could take a brand spanking new Porsche to the dealers and they'd fail it on discs, it seems to be a way of them making a lot of money!

I'd be willing to bet that the brake discs are absolutely fine and 99% of other garages would pass them.

has been checked by 2 places

 

[ryder]

Just get some crazy uprated ones to make it seem worth it

 

[eidolon]

I found cheaper OE stuff on web but it appears that the Tesco warranty is going to pick up the costs of discs and fitting

not sure if they will pay for the pads though, I would doubt it

That's good then, I think I'll take mine to Porsche next month and hope they pick up the discs as failures! (although I checked em earlier and they look absolutely fine to me)

 

[oneilldo]

I had all 4 discs done on mine and two new front tyres before I picked it up. If they tell me I need new discs when I get my MOT done next may after < 8000 miles I shall poke them in the eye. I do need two new rear tyres soon though

 

[julianhj]

The OP should be thankful he's not trying to service a TVR. Service bills of £1k are generally tame!