Bmw asks about 15 000 for carbon ceramic brakes on its 149 615 m4 for example while mercedes amg s 155 615 c63 asks about 10 000 extra for its superior stoppers.
Porsche carbon ceramic brakes cost.
Aftermarket carbon brake kits made just for porsche and that can be refurbished cost 14 949 in one instance 21 895 in another or 29 000 from brembo.
From a typical driver s perspective the main drawback of carbon ceramic brakes is their sky high price.
I looked up the parts myself and it appears that just the parts rotors and pads are somewhere in the neighborhood of 11 000.
Selecting them as an optional extra will set you back on average 10 000 to 18 000.
According to watson porsche s target audience for its carbon ceramic brakes are those that don t like cleaning their wheels because these brakes don t leave a build up of brake dust those.
If you re a professional driver or regular track enthusiast splashing out for these brakes could be worth it.
According to several people on the amg forums they received a carbon ceramic brake rotor and pad change estimate of somewhere between 15 000 and 18 000 when the time finally came to do the work.
And they require specific expensive pads.