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Oct 31, 2007 | 08:39 PM

#11

TheJazz7

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Joined: May 2005

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From: Boston

RE: Big Brake Advice

Doesn't work that way in terms of the parts...and you can buy arear brake kit,if you must, but it would be a waste of money. You do not need to upgrade your rear brakes, period.Has nothing to do with keeping the car "balanced." All carsare biasedto have more braking power up front than in the rear...you're not going to throw anything out of whack byadding a bit more braking powerto thefrontof astock car (which I'm guessing yours is).

Nov 1, 2007 | 01:02 AM

#12

ggoodling

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RE: Big Brake Advice

balanced as in looks not performance. I can read what Cincy writes just as well as you can.

Nov 2, 2007 | 03:15 AM

#13

pyropenguin

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Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 715

From: San Diego

RE: Big Brake Advice

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ORIGINAL: ggoodling

so i can't do anything for the rears? that sucks. i mean even just to keep the car more balanced. seems like i should be able to do something with my left over front parts.

Sure you can.
http://www.034motorsport.com/product...oducts_id=1170

It's REALLY not worth it unless you're doing lots of racing (on a roadcourse that loves to give you brake fade).

Just get some nice pads, SS lines, and the a8 upgrade in the front.

Nov 2, 2007 | 12:23 PM

#14

cincyTT

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RE: Big Brake Advice

I thought this was very well put.....

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ORIGINAL: TheJazz7

Doesn't work that way in terms of the parts...and you can buy arear brake kit,if you must, but it would be a waste of money. You do not need to upgrade your rear brakes, period.Has nothing to do with keeping the car "balanced." All carsare biasedto have more braking power up front than in the rear...you're not going to throw anything out of whack byadding a bit more braking powerto thefrontof astock car (which I'm guessing yours is).

Unless you get your so desired 2.7T swap and rs4/6 upgrade.... THEN you can look into upgrading the rears along with the fronts. Increasing the fronts will make a much larger improvement than increasing the rears. With big fronts and with stock vs big rears, your probably only looking at < 1' of stopping length for the hundreds spent.