Price for rear disks and pads 2010 Boxster S

Andy Pandy · 14 Jan 2016

Hi all my Local Porsche dealership have advised me to get new rear disks and pads for my 2010 Boxster S and have quoted me £834.74 for this to be done. Is this a fair price? It seems a little high to me but I may be wrong! It's the first time I've needed to have them replaced.

Thanks

wasz · 14 Jan 2016

Do you have a Porsche warranty? If so you don;t have much choice but to fit genuine parts.

Otherwise Pagid discs and pads can be had for under £200.

It will probably take them about an hour or 2 at the most to do the job.

Does that seem like good value?

I would be ringing round local Porsche specialists if you don't have a local trusted general mechanic. Discs and pads are about the simplest job on a car.

Also - get a second opinion if they are actually needed yet. I was once by a dealer told my pads were 80% worn and needed changing. The car had 50k miles on it (original pads), by my reckoning the remaining 20% would last another 10k miles.....

Andy Pandy · 14 Jan 2016

Yeah I have warranty so I guess I have to stick to genuine parts then. The lady I was dealing with said they had about 1mm left in the pads when she checked them on the ramp. My car has only done 29000 miles And I think they are on original pads and disks all round.

I will try and find a local specialist and see what they charge.

Thanks

cheshire911 · 14 Jan 2016

Your OPC (main dealer) should tell you the disc thickness and the maximum permitted tolerance for wear. Ask them for this - it is whether they are down to the tolerance level. Off memory the disc is around 34mm thick and permitted tolerance is around 32mm (don't take my word for it - google it and Porsche dealer should be able to tell you).

The price from OPC will reflect the use of Porsche genuine parts and their labour rates which will be higher than indy's if the car does not come under their modern classics status which enjoy fixed price servicing and a selection of fixed price repairs and include a TWO year warranty as standard.

If you have an OPC Warranty, you are probably better off getting OPC to do the job even though any indy can change the discs (so long as they use the genuine Porsche-supplied parts). The saving in such a case is only labour and as this job is not labour intensive, the savings are minimal getting an indy to fit genuine Porsche discs and pads.

If its not under warranty, you have an open choice in the use of parts as well as fitter. Pagid are the cheaper end. Middle road might be Seebro and premium will be Porsche parts. I don't know who makes them for Porsche - some say its Pagid, others say its Seebro. I know on the 996 Turbo the genuine part is not available on the open market and it is not Pagid or Seebro for 996 Turbo rear discs.

If you go for after-market (or as some people refer as OEM), check the disc thickness matches the original Porsche supplied part. can't help you is the after-market part wears as well as or better than a Porsche supplied original part. That's your or anyone's guess.

Zingari · 14 Jan 2016

Mister Auto do a good price for disc/pads. How do you distinguish Porsche discs/pads from OEM as surely they are not made by Porsche but are they stamped with the usual serial number format :dont know:

Nothing to stop you buying the parts over the counter at OPC and then fitting yourself or getting someone to fit them for £50 :thumb:

I'm in the same boat with my Cayenne that have notched up 40k and whilst I haven't yet measured the thickness of the front discs they do have a lip on them :roll:

cheshire911 · 14 Jan 2016

This may shed some light:
http://rennlist.com/forums/964-forum/763176-what-brake-discs-are-you-using.html

Note the general comments around Pagid supplied from ECP. Boxsey is a UK poster on Rennlist. Interesting thread - the comments about the crap quality of ventialtion holes not even matching he number and pattern of the genuine thing and getting blocked with dust etc.

I saw a post on here about DIY rear discs on 996 Turbo and a mechanic mentioned in a post that the rears asre by SHW who supply Porsche and they do not supply the open market. Design 911 on another post state SHW are available as Textar with an original Porsche part number, so it all gets head-scratching - that old chestnut of what is OEM? Is it the guy who makes it for Porsche to their exacting standards and supply with a Porsche part number and then flog off surplus (that do/don't meet Porsche standard) on the open market to car Parts 4 Less and ECP etc. But as far as I know genuine Porsche part number parts at "OEM" (= Cheaper) prices is a misnomer. An "OEM part with a different non-Porsche part number is entirely possible.

As always, it is down to choice. The Porsche supplied and fitted part for discs and pads is invariably going to be the most expensive option.
Is it more durable, better wearing and longer lasting/better constructed? Anyone's guess or put another way, wahtever each of us believes before we part with our cash.

phil84afc · 15 Jan 2016

Not sure if it helps but I have a 2009 Cayman S (which I would assume has the same brakes as your car) and I recently had my front discs and pads and rear pads replaced by Cridfords (who were excellent) for £675. This was £200 cheaper than my usual Porsche indy and about £700 less than Porsche Reading.

Finestjammy · 15 Jan 2016

Andy Pandy said:
Hi all my Local Porsche dealership have advised me to get new rear disks and pads for my 2010 Boxster S and have quoted me £834.74 for this to be done. Is this a fair price? It seems a little high to me but I may be wrong! It's the first time I've needed to have them replaced.

Thanks

I paid £348 all in, including VAT, for rear discs, pads, damper plates and sensors with a two year warranty. I used http://www.pecarspecialists.co.uk not insanely far from you and they open Saturday mornings. I can highly recommend John and John (handy when either of them pick up the phone

). My Cayman S is under OPC warranty but remember that discs and pads aren't warranted at all anyway. I've had a couple of other warranty claims since fitting and they've never mentioned anything.

I dare say if the rear suspension clapsed, being deliberately extreme, they'd try and prove that an OPC hadn't fitted the brakes so the work couldn't be guaranteed etc etc. If the aircon compressor, for example, failed I really can't see them denying a claim because someone else fitted discs and pads. In fact I had the rear light unit replaced and a couple of other minor bits done, no issues. John mentioned that he's done lots of brake/disc changes on cars under warranty with no issues what so ever, give him a call to chat through options if you like.

Obviously if you plan on renewing the warranty when it expires everything has to be spot in on for the 111 check, even down to the wiper blades apparently!

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