Hey guys...

i'll be changing my front brake pads on my 2000 a4 1.8l in about 2 weeks and was just looking for some feedback... how tough is the actual job itself... i use to change the brake pads and rotors in my jeep, which was simple enough... what do u guys think about the cross-drilled rotors??? worth the cash or no??? where can i find a good step by step diagram for the pad replacement? i know its here somewhere...

also, a buddy of mine works for magnaflow exhaust and i was talking to him the other day about doin mine... worth it? benefits? i don't know pretty much anything about exhaust work

cheers

 

what brake pads come highly recommended on our cars?

pretty much any info u guys can share to do with maintenance on this car or any hidden tricks would be wicked... i just got it 3 weeks ago or since and i'm still finding different things

 

Brakes are not that bad you can do them yourself ...
Drilled rotors are just for looks this days there is no diff compaired to
the vented or soild rotors.
You must be in Cnd ? Im from T.O myself
maganflow sounds really good on my 2.8
I droped both my resonators at the back and went with
one muffler it sounds real nice at High rpm but pretty damm loud
in traffic and low rpm
Im going to add another resonator to bring it down by 20% or so
but it will still have that Growl @ WOT

 

thats alright... ya i'm in mississauga, usually in toronto too...

the cross drilled rotors do nothing extra? faster cooling, more air circulations or anything? theres gotta be some advantage to them, no?

 

there sappose to move heat away faster
reduce Brake fade, or gasing between the pad and rotor
thats wat the advantages are sappose to be
but with improvements with brake pads materials
this is not a real big problem
Im in Miss right now, work the night shift on a Saturday night
grrrrh

 

The job is pretty easy all in all.

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel139.shtml

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel25.shtml

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel2.shtml

Hawks are great pads in my opinion.

 

thanks guys... gonna try my luck at changing them myself... i'll try and keep my eyes open for the hawk pads, thanks jestnomen, whats your take on the different rotors out there????

where abouts in mississauga do ya work shaunp05? night shift on a sat night can be shitty, i usually work the sat day shift, seniority rocks, but then again i work 6 days a week...

 

I installed ECSTuning slotted rotors on my B5, and all they did was create tons of dust. I would go with oem from ecstuning.

 

Im on a Central Parkway West, its cool its my part time job
I spend most my time on the internet getting paid
so its all good

ECStuning is pretty good I got soem front end stuff fo my car but Shipping and
Dutys is pretty high, it sometimes ends up more expensive
If you search JRP racing in Mississauga there carry rotors and brake pads
for our cars

 

i'll try to remember that guys... thanks

cheers