458 Brake Pad Wear Sensor? Only as a part of OEM Pads?

we used to pull the sensors out our 997.2 gt3, cut the wire off about an inch off the connector and solder them together. Then plug the connector back in. Was able to fool the car to thinking all is ok.

 

Interesting

 

From around 2008+ the bmws were a total pain but you could buy sensors. This is oems trying to control your aftermarket purchase. You cannot fake out the bmw. You had to plug in good sensors turn off light with their scan tool and tue the sensor out of the way. On bmw I would rather wear out my pads tham my brake sensors. Bmw mil lights also go off with "TIME" or wear. thats extra suckage. Hope ferrari doesn't do that

 

As flips mentioned...just tie up the original sensors....or see if your dealer will give you any worn out ones and just cut the wires a couple inches from the plug and solder them together. A brake pad sensor is just a simple loop system...when the pad wears and the sensor wears...it opens the loop and triggers the light.

 

You can try these.
Note that the price is for one sensor. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FERRARI-BRAKE-SENSOR-FOR-458-488-FF-AND-OTHERS-/113049018832

Seller is definitely taking advantage of the fact that they are no other sellers and Ferrari don't provide them.

I'm wondering if the plug at the end of C6 ZR1 sensors will work. The calipers and pads interchange.


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Any info on this?


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No. Just keep an eye on your pads. It's easy.

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I believe there are ones that fit the pad but the plug on the other end differs. I also believe you can clip the wire and fit your old plug onto the new wire.

I’m not sure where but I read that somewhere once when researching to replace my pads.


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Yeah, you can do that. I have made an adapter that works like that. I have a small piece of wire with Fiat plug on one end, and a Bosch plug on the other. That makes it possible to use Porsche pad wear indicators. I just went away from it because the car still needs an indicator reset if the wire trips.

Just so much easier to eyeball the pads. I just take the indicators out of the pads and wind up the indicators with a zip tie.

 

I eyeball measure my pads after every track session. I just want a solution to get rid of the error message with aftermarket pads.