Porsche Brembo 996 BBK Conversion-- let's figure out how to fix the dust boots

[Obioban]

Yea no I don’t have insider information 🤨 I also use the FCP lifetime replacement program obviously, I just don’t bank on it being around forever. 12 years is an eternity for a program like that so I’m just being a realist. And when you say it would be messy, what do you expect will happen? There’s no language anywhere in their terms that state how long the program will exist for or that it can’t change again. One day it’s just going to be done out of nowhere and that will be that.

"lifetime"

[audipwr1]

keep pads fat - reduces heat to boots
use ceramic pucks - reduces heat
use titatium etc shim - same

full tilt braking = rebuild brakes once a season.

I have all sorts of fancy brake systems on my different cars - this is just the answer

Silicon boots better than rubber

[Nate047]

It's been around since 2012. I thought you might have insider information we normal folk don't have but it's just a hunch. It doesn't make any sense as a company to remove it when one of their bigger competitors now offer lifetime and with the pretense of selling all your parts since 2012 with a lifetime guarantee to all of a sudden disappear. That would be messy.

Yea no I don’t have insider information 🤨 I also use the FCP lifetime replacement program obviously, I just don’t bank on it being around forever. 12 years is an eternity for a program like that so I’m just being a realist. And when you say it would be messy, what do you expect will happen? There’s no language anywhere in their terms that state how long the program will exist for or that it can’t change again. One day it’s just going to be done out of nowhere and that will be that.

[Tonggi]

I dunno, I just don't bank on things like that lasting forever.

It's been around since 2012. I thought you might have insider information we normal folk don't have but it's just a hunch. It doesn't make any sense as a company to remove it when one of their bigger competitors now offer lifetime and with the pretense of selling all your parts since 2012 with a lifetime guarantee to all of a sudden disappear. That would be messy.

II'll def buy their giro disc for the fronts to try and help with the cooling of the brakes, even with ducting it was still very warm on zcpo rotors. If I had the fronts on lifetime I wouldn't care but got them used.

[Nate047]

I dunno, I just don't bank on things like that lasting forever.

[Tonggi]

You can swap dust boots with the caliper still on the car. Have done it like four times now...

Good to know, I will keep the setup I have now, Spoke to Ian offline and convinced me to hold on esp with how much i track. What is the consensus for which boots held up the most?

Ill do everything I can to help with cooling, GIRO Titanium plates, GIRO Disc rotors and cooling. AP Kit is nice but out of my scope for my means

Dunno if it’s just me but I feel like that program is going to end kinda soon.

what makes you think that? Are there any signs? They have a page that pushes this and they have ECS to compete with. ECS is doing lifetime warranty now. I still think its like Costco. How many people buy a spatula, 1000? 10000? How many of that actually return it? <1%? I feel its the same with the warranty program, most parts last longer than their ownership.

[Nate047]

I'd prefer to make this kit work, with giro discs and pads from fcpeuro. That lifetime is hard to beat.

Dunno if it’s just me but I feel like that program is going to end kinda soon.

[heinzboehmer]

I'd prefer to make this kit work, with giro discs and pads from fcpeuro. That lifetime is hard to beat. I need to see how hard it is to rebuild these dust boots. Jickel claims his gt3 dust boots have been gone a while and his braking is still fine.. tracks at Cota on his gt3 but has the AP kit on his e46 😂

You can swap dust boots with the caliper still on the car. Have done it like four times now...

[OPS]

Yeah I was banging my head for a while and just gave up to be honest. A former employee of Stoptech posted an inside view of what went wrong over there. It was insightful. Frenkit is full of motor heads which is exactly who I like to deal with on this hobby of ours. And they listen. Been working with them for almost 2 years now and it is a breath of fresh air.

[Tonggi]

Well, no dust boots on the AP calipers, so you definitely wouldn't need to worry about them then

I'd prefer to make this kit work, with giro discs and pads from fcpeuro. That lifetime is hard to beat. I need to see how hard it is to rebuild these dust boots. Jickel claims his gt3 dust boots have been gone a while and his braking is still fine.. tracks at Cota on his gt3 but has the AP kit on his e46 😂

[Tbonem3]

Unfortunately I do not as Frenkit does not make their kits like that. The cost of changing packaging and part numbers make it a tough to be honest. You can check out their complete line by going to their website however! Frenkit.es. I will bring this up to them when I meet with them next.
Mike

Nice to see you guys get another seal than those grey stoptechs (perhaps it was a forced situation with the centric issues, but still).

[heinzboehmer]

Unfortunately I do not as Frenkit does not make their kits like that. The cost of changing packaging and part numbers make it a tough to be honest. You can check out their complete line by going to their website however! Frenkit.es. I will bring this up to them when I meet with them next.
Mike

Ah no worries. The entire kit is super affordable anyway, so I'll probably just buy it anyway and keep the seals as spares.

[OPS]

Unfortunately I do not as Frenkit does not make their kits like that. The cost of changing packaging and part numbers make it a tough to be honest. You can check out their complete line by going to their website however! Frenkit.es. I will bring this up to them when I meet with them next.
Mike

[heinzboehmer]

Yeah I don't expect these dust boots to last forever with the cooling scoops, but I'm happy knowing that they do extend the service life.

The OPS/Frenkit boots are next on my list to try. OPS do you sell just the dust boots? All I see on your website are kits comprised of boots + seals.

[OPS]

We are always here also should you need another choice for silicone boots and/or pistons. Frenkit performance just finished their trade show in Germany two weeks ago.