cincy, first off thanks a million for your help!! second i got on the ecs website and i didnt find an upgrade kit for my 03 3.0 other than the s4 and thats like 1300 or better [sm=jawdrop.gif]haha i will keep lookin but if you happen to find them give me a shout... thanks again man

 

woops i think i just found em... wow540 for just the front rotors then id have to buy the stage II upgrade to get em to fit wooo i dont have that kinda money, i think i stay oem[8D]

 

hawk hps pads front and rear, with the OEM slotted rotors sounds good enough for me, im not going to be takin it to the track or racin it so im not too worried about the other big brakes and all that, although it would be nice to have haha... now what about anything else for the brakes while im in there? i have 43000 miles on the car and im pretty sure its mostly all original parts on her

 

There's not really much else to look into. You could swap in SS lines if you're so inclined, but that really pretty much covers the braking system.

 

alrighty... thanks i just noticed a bunch of hardware and such on ecs i didnt know if i should replace any of it..

 

If you're talking about new bolts and such, why not? Even though they don't actually wear out, it is possible through multiple jobs, to round off bolt heads or strip out allen heads. Maybe not a bad idea to replace your hardware.

 

Cobra, didn't know that you were rolling with a 03 3.0. The reason that the big brake upgrades from ESC are so much is that your stock brakes are already 312mm. Which is what we with older (B5) A4's upgrade our 288mm rotors to.

 

Yeah, in that case you're gonna be looking at big bucks, as you saw, to upgrade those. In your case, maybe a better (but same-sized) set of rotors with more performance-oriented pads and some SS lines. As Cincy (I believe) said, StopTech is a waste of money on a purely street-driven car. It's like using your Gallardo as a grocery-getter.

 

yeah i found some on ecstuning oem slotted with hps hawk pads all the way around... bout 500 bucs for everything not too bad

 

You should check prices at http://www.germanautoparts.com/, they're right in NY.