Seems to require a magic trick to avoid the dealer mark up.
Ferrari, I am sure they will give you a decent discount, well you can 10% in the UK. I bought rotors from EuroSpares that were not even round and I had to kick up a stink before they would take them back. On an FF they would probably buy them from Ferrari and by the time you have added post and tax I wonder if they would be any cheaper.
And don't forget these are your brakes. If you push your FF properly then you're going to want to know that your parts have gone through the Ferrari ok. Is one tire better than the other? How about wheels, cast, forged, etc. Probably ok to modify those components, but don't forget these are your brakes..............
Not sure where you are, but a lot of Ferrari Dealership service departments give 10% discount to the Ferrari Club of America. Buy them through your business and there's another 30%, hahaha
Please let us know which place you ultimately end up buying from. BTW, are you replacing the front or the rear?
Can one do this job DIY with just tools or is the Ferrari dealership computer required to "code" the brakes somehow?
Unless you have already ordered them, shoot me the last 6 of your VIN in a PM and let me just look at cost for you. It is my understanding that you need the Dealership computer in order to reset the " timer " for the pads or rotors ... with a " challenge code " to even access the counter. S
I remember reading that some people replace the Brembo rotors with (I think) surface transforms from the U.K. - supposedly much better/longer lasting and refurbishable (no first hand experience as thank god I have not had to replace any rotors yet) Edit: this was a general theme, not FF specific though so don’t know if they have rotors fitting the FF
A challenge code is not required to access the brake replacement information located in the instrument cluster ECU when using the DEIS (factory computer), But the serial numbers of the new brake rotors will need to be noted and entered when updating the information. The serial numbers are located on stickers that are on the new rotor friction surfaces and are also on the rotor hats, but it can be difficult to figure out which number on the hats are the serial numbers, as there are multiple numbers on them.
