BoxsterSteve
still plays with cars...
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- Steve
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- Baden, ON
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- 2000 Porsche Boxster S, 2018 Civic Touring sedan
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The weather has been cold and crappy the past few weeks with a couple of snow days thrown in.
I postponed replacing the rear brakes hoping for a not-so-shitty day that I could get greasy and today was finally the day.
PowerStop Z17 Evolution Geomet coated rotors & ceramic pads had been ordered & delivered and I had picked up a 7mm Allen socket and an E-11 Torx socket to wind back the EPB mechanism.
Suffice it to say, this job was long overdue, and rather easy to boot.
Accessing, winding back the parking brake drive mechanism, compressing the brake piston and reassembling the EPB added less than 10 minutes a side.
Taking my time, this project took less than 2 hours, including going back and pulling one wheel again to refit the anti-rattle spring that flew off after I had put the car back on the ground.
And generally, since a post is worthless without pics, this is the better looking of the two rotors I replaced.
The brake parts were surprisingly roached after 2 years and 31,000 miles of pretty sedate mostly highway driving.
I’m especially (un)impressed by how glazed the OEM factory rotors got and the big areas of the friction surface that have just flaked off.
Especially considering that I drive this car like an old man.
I save the driving like an asshole for the Boxster S and the R56 Cooper.
I postponed replacing the rear brakes hoping for a not-so-shitty day that I could get greasy and today was finally the day.
PowerStop Z17 Evolution Geomet coated rotors & ceramic pads had been ordered & delivered and I had picked up a 7mm Allen socket and an E-11 Torx socket to wind back the EPB mechanism.
Suffice it to say, this job was long overdue, and rather easy to boot.
Accessing, winding back the parking brake drive mechanism, compressing the brake piston and reassembling the EPB added less than 10 minutes a side.
Taking my time, this project took less than 2 hours, including going back and pulling one wheel again to refit the anti-rattle spring that flew off after I had put the car back on the ground.
And generally, since a post is worthless without pics, this is the better looking of the two rotors I replaced.
The brake parts were surprisingly roached after 2 years and 31,000 miles of pretty sedate mostly highway driving.
I’m especially (un)impressed by how glazed the OEM factory rotors got and the big areas of the friction surface that have just flaked off.
Especially considering that I drive this car like an old man.
I save the driving like an asshole for the Boxster S and the R56 Cooper.
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