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  1. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #51 Jack-the-lad, May 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
    Has anyone here had experience with PCCBs? I’ve found a 997.2 S with 77K miles, no apparent track use based on appearance and service records. Totally stock car with decent options, colors, etc., but I’m concerned about the potential for disc replacement.
     
  2. crispy123

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    #52 crispy123, May 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
    I have a 997.1 C2S 94k miles. PCCB's show almost no wear and last forever (assuming you don't track)
     
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  3. willwork04

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    #53 willwork04, May 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
    I loved the PCCBs on my 997.1 gt3. Minimal brake dust was fantastic.

    There is a conversion to steels available. Something to look into if you are worried about cost of replacement on PCCB.
     
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    #54 Jack-the-lad, May 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
    Thanks. I’ve done a lot of reading about PCCBs and the conventional wisdom seems to be that the “early” ones were subject to unusual wear, even though they were touted as lasting the lifetime of the car. The problem is I’ve never seen any identification of what years the “early” ones were.
     
  5. willwork04

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    #55 willwork04, May 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
    I had 45k miles on mine when sold. I beat on them. Completely fine.
     
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    #56 zygomatic, May 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
    This, unfortunately is true. Ultimately disc wear is measured by weight - so that’s definitely something to have looked at in a PPI.

    If you like the car, I would suggest either driving it with the current brakes until it comes time to change the rotors (if you don’t care about resale) OR putting the PCCB rotors in a box in the garage and replacing them (and the pads!!) with steel rotors and “normal” brake pads.

    PCCBs should last a good long time (100K miles +) but they’re expensive little things, even if they’re resurfaced (Surface Transforms does this, but again it is spendy, albeit less so than Porsche replacements)

    Word is keeping the pads thick - not letting them wear below ~1/3 thickness - helps life of the discs.

    In the end. if you like the car, don’t let the PCCBs stand between you and buying it!
     
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