I live in Baldwinsville, ny (near syracuse) am an orange b'ball fan and my summer track car is a 1995 968 hardtop (red) which loves to go to Watkins Glen!! I am now in the midst of replacing original pads with racing (semi-metallic) pads and the job was no where near as simple/easy as the Porsche website guy stated..thank god for Paragon products..they were a saviour. Just waiting on some parts to finish the rear and then on to the front! I would definitely recommend removing the calipers to do this, so mush easier and you will need to bleed the brakes, but should do that every year anyway.