Jeans Beetle Circuit Racer

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Originally Posted by flat

The regular Boxster (non-s) caliper will have part number starting with '986'.

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That is the problem - I spent months last year trying to find that caliper. None of the Porsche breakers I spoke to can find a rear caliper like that. I trawled eBay and Porsche swapmeets as well. Every early 2.5 (non-S) caliper I have seen that is set up for the 20mm disc is exactly the same casting as the S, and the only difference is in the pin setup for different thickness discs. This includes grey/black rear calipers removed from a '97 base model Boxster, which I thought should have been the 986 caliper. I heard from several people that there is an early base model 986 casting but just couldn't find any - were there different ones for different markets? Have you got a picture of the 986 caliper so I know what I am looking for?

Not to worry really - I had a play last night - I got the 996/BoxsterS caliper on an S disc fitted inside the 6x15 Teledial with just a 5mm wheel spacer. It's tight but it's in there and the tyre/wing clearance with the 5mm spacer should hopefully be fine.