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  1. 05-19-2015, 12:26 AM #1
    Elferhelfer
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    Which piston for 911 S aluminium brake caliper

    Hello,
    Actually I would like to restore my 911S brakes and would like to get some information from you. In my aluminium brake callipers I would need new pistons, but I don’t know which ones would be the best for restoration. I found some pistons in aluminium (anodized) and some in stainless steel, but I have just some doubts about contact corrosion….

    Which one, could you recommend? What would be OEM, anodized aluminium or steel?
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    OE was hard chrome plated Steel
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  3. 05-19-2015, 06:06 AM #3
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    Hi, thanks a lot for the information. It seems to be difficult to get OEM ones, which ones are chromed… Would it be best to go for stainless steel?
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  4. 05-19-2015, 06:22 AM #4
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    in Germany I'd buy at
    http://www.rst-classic.de/fileadmin/...te_Bremsen.pdf
    in the us here
    http://www.pmbperformance.com/catalog.html

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    I went with the hard anodized aluminum pistons made by PMB. The "like metal" manufacturing made sense to me after pulling out the heavily corroded originals.

    http://www.pmbperformance.com/catalo...91/8573492.htm
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    Is anyone doing phenolic pistons?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richardnew View Post
    Is anyone doing phenolic pistons?

    Richard Newton
    Why would one do that when you can get aluminum ones from PMB? I really like Eric's pistons. I have taken apart dozens of 911S aluminum calipers and have never been able to salvage an original piston. It has to have a lot to do with dissimilar metals.

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