jmgarage wrote:
If you get Porsche disks from Porsche, they should be ATE or Brembo (to name but two) but there are a lot of dodgy parts dealers and online who sell disks as OE or OEM which are not.
One particular nationwide dealer sells OEM disks for Porsche models.. which ARE NOT Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) but are in fact made (or repackaged) by a company called OEM. This is a seriously worrying situation as the disks have no connection to the Porsche supply chain what so ever.
The only problem I have with genuine (OE) brake disks from Porsche are the Boxster and 996 items, which seem to have a low nickel content, which results in them rusting very quickly and not having much wear resistance, which is compounded by these cars also having traction control which uses the brakes to stop wheels spinning, causing increased wear.
Be carefull what you buy, there are a lot of lies and con's going on in the parts world right now, with a lot of parts being sold as OEM which are not.
There was also one of the nation wide parts companies who were or still are selling knock of Bosch parts, which come in what looks like Bosch boxes, but are not the real deal and are manufactured in Turkey. Porsche notified me of this a few months ago, but I can't name and shame the company, but needless to say you will all know of them!
Its a shame you can't identify the culprit. I understand why. I wish there was a way of having a list of these dodgy companies as they cause us no end of pain and expense.