My RS4 now has 35000 miles down and I'm slowly but surely planning to change my current brakes and upgrade to some ceramic brakes on my car.
The factors that speak for a ceramic brake are: Less weight, less unsprung weight, less rotational inertia at the points were it counts, the outer edges of the brakes, less fading, more heat resistance, less brake dust, better acceleration, better handling, better feel, better stopping power and a much longer 120000+ miles lifetime.
The manufacturer I am looking to buy these from says that if the brakes outlive the car, you can just go ahead and swap them onto your next car. All you need to do is swap the disc hat for the assembly, eh voila, you've got the ceramics on your new car. The manufacturer will provide the new disc hat for any audi model you need.
The factor which isn't so nice about the ceramic brakes, is that they cost alot The ones from Audi for example, for the RS4 cost arround 8500 Euros in Europe. The R8 ones cost arround 9000-10000 Euros. Over here they go for way above 10000 $ just for the front ones. In Europe, there is some crtiticism regarding the price/ performance comparrison of the OEM kits that Audi has to offer.
The manufacturer I'm planing to buy the brakes from is known very well among European performance car forums and the sports car press.
They get very good ratings among the users.
Their brakes are not only just as good if not even better, their prices are also lower than Audis OEM ceramic brakes. For Audis brakes you mainly pay for the OEM Tag and the name.
For a set of two 370mm X 35mm front discs including two 4 piston calipers the price is still above 7200 $. Alot lower than Audis brakes, yet still alot of money to me.
I went ahead and tried to aproach them, get them to move twoards a lower price. I asked them if and how it would be possible to get a better price on these very cool brakes.
The good old joint venture / group buy method came into my mind. So, my point is: I want some of these brakes. Basically can't get any better than these. I would like to see if there would be the possibility of a group buy discount.
Before I go ahead and open a group by thread, in the group buy section I just wanted to feel through if anyone here would be interested in a set of these and how meany would be interested. If we get 10 people together we will be able to drop the price significantly.
You can join with any Audi Model: A4, S4, RS4, A5, S5, A6, S6, A8, S8, TT & R8. Discs and disc hats are available for all Audi models.
Let me know and I'll try to form a group in the "Group Buy" section including all information about the manufacturer, the seller and order details.
I sure hope some of you guys are looking for some new brakes aswell because I really want these, "bad"!. I have confidence that we can get a good price for this type of braking league.
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