Hey folks, given a car was used for spirited street use and not track duty, how many miles would you think to get out of a set of CCB's? I know different driving styles will effect this, but just a general idea. I've been looking at a car with 34k miles and just wondering if the brakes will be an issue soon? Some of the guys on the Gallardo forums reported 60k - 70k miles with little wear at all. Thanks!
You should just get a wear measurement on the rotors and pads. I was given that when I bought my car (single figures % in 20k miles). The numbers you quoted aren't unreasonable for rotors.
If you are not tracking the car, the CC rotors should last you forever. The break pads it's a different story but not too expensive to change them anyway.
I have CCBs on another one of my cars( a heavy one at that ) and even under pretty heavy street abuse they are still practically new. Like mentioned the pads take all the abuse, but are not expensive to replace.
Thanks for the feedback! I love the idea of having the CCB's but was afraid to step into a very expensive service that may have been due.
Street car will almost never wear them out. The pads yes but not the rotors. Racing the car can kill anything.
As far as I know, the discs will not get thinner, but at the end of their life, very little parts of them will start to peel off. So basically they will look "as new" almost to the end of their life . I'm also not so sure how the onboard computer measures the wear, but I saw a company in Germany, that can recycle them.
I think the only way to tell how "worn" the CCB rotors are is to weigh them. The minimum weight should be stamped on them someplace. Unless the prior owner was a track hound, they should be good for many miles; probably longer than most people own their cars before trading them.
Here it is: SICOM EUROPE - CCM Refurbishment service - SICOM Brakes - High performance ceramic braking systems - CCM brakes
There is also a thread on here somewhere about these guys. Back then someone tried them and posted that they were good but there wasn't much detail.
Someone on one of the UK forums just posted their experience with SICOM refurbished ceramic disks. SICOM CCM Discs
Great Link! Thanks for sharing, seems like Carbon brakes are going to get cheaper and theres going to be more solutions very soon. definately going to be tracking my car on CCB more knowing there are disk refurbishing solutions.
You can also replace the rotors & pads w steel for the track, gyro disk makes hats & rotors, and keep the CCM perfect for later resale. On track they won't last 30 days. The ccm are better- lighter & virtually no fade but hardly worth the 35k it will cost to replace. IMHO - steel for the track, ccm for the street. Look at the 458 challenge cars, most guys take them off. Dealer told me the abs computer would freak out- not true.
I'll wait to hear from trusted sources not the Internet, before I consider an "rebaked" ccm disk equal to OEM and ok for my car on track. Good luck!
I'll wait to hear from trusted sources not the Internet, before I consider an "rebaked" ccm disk equal to OEM and ok for my car on track. Good luck!
For sure if this company exists and offers its service in Germany, where they have these strict technical checks, called TÜV, they can't afford to offer a mediocre service. The fact, that they have their representative in the UK is also not to be underestimated.
