Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
#1
03-09-2006, 12:56 AM
Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
Hey guys, im about to order some x-drilled and slotted zinc plated rotors, and ceramic PBR pads.
is there anything else that i should order, aside form steel braided lines, that I would overlook?
ex, carrier bolts, anti-noise goop, etc...
thx -Z
is there anything else that i should order, aside form steel braided lines, that I would overlook?
ex, carrier bolts, anti-noise goop, etc...
thx -Z
#4
03-09-2006, 01:32 AM
RE: Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
I'd at least go a8 brakes up front... I think ECS had them on sale for 299... and yeah, stainless lines and fluid would be a nice touch... I'd like to do that over the summer, provided I keep my car... I don't even know what the hell I am doing anymore 
#5
03-09-2006, 01:57 AM
RE: Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
yea, i really wanted to go a8 brakes up front, but i needa keep a few extra dollars around in case of emergencies, if i were to upgrade to a8, i would want x-drilled and slotted, or at least slotted. the main reason why im upgrading is because i get way to much brake fade on the downhill. Bigger a8 plain brakes will make me stop faster on the street, but if im at the track on or a twisty road, im still gonna get fade, and more of it, so im gettin x-drilled and slotted stock size
fluid will come with lines next month, waitin for that next paycheck
so there's nothing else i should get in terms of little misc. stuff?
i'm glad the a8 uses the a4 calipers, or at least the same rotor size, that gives us like a 1.5 stage, where other cars have to upgrade caipers when they upgrade rotor size. and that means big buks!
fluid will come with lines next month, waitin for that next paycheck
so there's nothing else i should get in terms of little misc. stuff?
i'm glad the a8 uses the a4 calipers, or at least the same rotor size, that gives us like a 1.5 stage, where other cars have to upgrade caipers when they upgrade rotor size. and that means big buks!
#6
03-09-2006, 02:12 AM
RE: Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
ORIGINAL: luvin_the_rings
yea, i really wanted to go a8 brakes up front, but i needa keep a few extra dollars around in case of emergencies, if i were to upgrade to a8, i would want x-drilled and slotted, or at least slotted. the main reason why im upgrading is because i get way to much brake fade on the downhill. Bigger a8 plain brakes will make me stop faster on the street, but if im at the track on or a twisty road, im still gonna get fade, and more of it, so im gettin x-drilled and slotted stock size
fluid will come with lines next month, waitin for that next paycheck
so there's nothing else i should get in terms of little misc. stuff?
i'm glad the a8 uses the a4 calipers, or at least the same rotor size, that gives us like a 1.5 stage, where other cars have to upgrade caipers when they upgrade rotor size. and that means big buks!
yea, i really wanted to go a8 brakes up front, but i needa keep a few extra dollars around in case of emergencies, if i were to upgrade to a8, i would want x-drilled and slotted, or at least slotted. the main reason why im upgrading is because i get way to much brake fade on the downhill. Bigger a8 plain brakes will make me stop faster on the street, but if im at the track on or a twisty road, im still gonna get fade, and more of it, so im gettin x-drilled and slotted stock size
fluid will come with lines next month, waitin for that next paycheck
so there's nothing else i should get in terms of little misc. stuff?
i'm glad the a8 uses the a4 calipers, or at least the same rotor size, that gives us like a 1.5 stage, where other cars have to upgrade caipers when they upgrade rotor size. and that means big buks!
#7
03-09-2006, 02:47 AM
RE: Brake swap! new rotors and pads...
there's some pretty wickid roads that have a hardcore decline, after like 10 turns i gotta pull over and let my brakes cool.
im not worried so much about raw stopping power, i kno the a8 brakes are better for that, im just saying that i dont have the cash to drop on the x-drilled and slotted a8 rotors, i just want no more fade, and the x-drills will do that for me
im not worried so much about raw stopping power, i kno the a8 brakes are better for that, im just saying that i dont have the cash to drop on the x-drilled and slotted a8 rotors, i just want no more fade, and the x-drills will do that for me
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