01-12-2009, 05:51 PM
When I was removing my front calipers last night, by removing the large, 19 mm head bolts that hold the calipers to the hubs, I found that on the passenger side only, there is a spacer on each bolt that sits between the caliper and the hub. It looks just like a washer, but it's a little thickner than a normal washer.
The strange thing is that these spacers are only on the passenger side - the drivers side doesn't have them. My brakes were upgraded by the PO to "Big Red" calipers, though I'm not sure of the actual brand, with Zimmerman cross-drilled rotors. I called my local Porsche dealer, who told me the spacers show up as belonging on the M030 cars, but not on the standard model. My car was not an M030 car. I know for a fact that thicker versions of the same spacers are on my back calipers, on both sides. Any idea what may be going on here? I would assume I should have them on both sides, right? They're dirt cheap, at 54 cents apiece (the rears are over $5 each!), so I went ahead and ordered a pair. Thoughts?
The strange thing is that these spacers are only on the passenger side - the drivers side doesn't have them. My brakes were upgraded by the PO to "Big Red" calipers, though I'm not sure of the actual brand, with Zimmerman cross-drilled rotors. I called my local Porsche dealer, who told me the spacers show up as belonging on the M030 cars, but not on the standard model. My car was not an M030 car. I know for a fact that thicker versions of the same spacers are on my back calipers, on both sides. Any idea what may be going on here? I would assume I should have them on both sides, right? They're dirt cheap, at 54 cents apiece (the rears are over $5 each!), so I went ahead and ordered a pair. Thoughts?
