Got the new brakes in and on.

[102487thedude]

Here they are








the back will go on later.

[Turb_Oh_A4]

Wow, they must work great! They already stopped showing up!!!

[sambrody44]

You have to upload your pictures before you put them up here.

[Turb_Oh_A4]

now i see them, and those are hott!

[102487thedude]

it is fixed just needed a few more secs but you guys already looked.

[Hamotee]

Wow, they must work great! They already stopped showing up!!!

Hah. What is in the green box?

[4Rings3Liters]

Looks awesome, what kit is it?

[QuattroRocket]

Those S4 calipers ?

[Hamotee]

Are you using different pads on each end?

[102487thedude]

They are s4 calipers whith the ecs light weight rotors using hawk pads.

and in the back they are zink coated rotors with stock s*** pads

the reason i did so was becuase there was no reason to have an aggresive pad on the back rotors.

[Turb_Oh_A4]

Stock what pads on the rear?

Where did the rear rotors come from, ECS as well?

[102487thedude]

the rears cam from ecs and they are diffrent from the front becuase ecs doesn't make a light weight rear rotor. and the rear pads are pbr.

[4Rings3Liters]

Is this the OEM big brake kit they offer for under $400?

[J-jizzle]

Hell yeah dude. I'm putting my S4 breaks on this weekend.

[102487thedude]

there is a big diffrence in quality between the front and the rear but you payfor that in the price.
front light weight rotors=$680
rear rotors =$140
front pads =$130
rearpads =$40

but when it comes time to replace the fronts i only have to buy the rotor ring for about $200 for the set and use the same hat's.

[Turb_Oh_A4]

Cool cool, looking at them now...

And im bored as Shizzle, and was just joking around about the s*** pad comment

[102487thedude]

Is this the OEM big brake kit they offer for under $400?

for rotors and pads after shipping i paid $1,090.00

and the powder coated s4 calipers ran me $400

[102487thedude]

Cool cool, looking at them now...

And im bored as Shizzle, and was just joking around about the s*** pad comment

it is all fine.

you can tell i really dont car about the back.hahahah

[4Rings3Liters]

I was going to say they look awfully nice to be the $400 kit.

[Turb_Oh_A4]

lol, well the front does the most work anyway. cant wait to see more pics, and your impression on them.

[102487thedude]

i saved about 14 pounds on the rotors as apposed to the stock ones.
and i figured i would post this chart for you guys to see how much it helps.

Static vs. Rotating Weight

Here's a very interesting comparison between static and rotating weight.
I got it from the Herb Adams Chassis Book, which you all should have.
There is some excellent info in this book.


Baseline Car Weight Less 15lbs
112.95mph

Weight Less 15lbs @ Axle Speed
113.34mph

Less 15lbs @ Engine Speed
115.70mph

[Turb_Oh_A4]

Oh no! the x's are back

[J-jizzle]

for rotors and pads after shipping i paid $1,090.00

and the powder coated s4 calipers ran me $400

I wish we could do a stop distance comparison between yours and mine. I found mine here on AZ. (craigslist is down but still has the info)

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=248325

Of course the calipers were not new-40k, and the rotors and pads had almost no wear at all (guy said about 750miles and it looks about right).

[102487thedude]

I wish we could do a stop distance comparison between yours and mine. I found mine here on AZ. (craigslist is down but still has the info)

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=248325

Of course the calipers were not new-40k, and the rotors and pads had almost no wear at all (guy said about 750miles and it looks about right).

I was not only going for stoping power i was also going for weight. and for light weight things you pay good money.

[J-jizzle]

Yeah those rotors are sweet. Not trying to bust balls

[A4 Moda]

did you use quieting compound?

[BARRY]

you should not run mismatched pads. braking at the limit your car can lose control very easily.

hawk makes upgraded pads for the rear of the A4.

[yung turbo]

;ooks good but are you sure your rotors are going the right direction?

[mtxsho93]

;ooks good but are you sure your rotors are going the right direction?

The internal vanes of the rotor determines the direction that it is installed, not the slots or holes. I found this out a few years ago when I wasn't sure myself.

Ian

[102487thedude]

you should not run mismatched pads. braking at the limit your car can lose control very easily.

hawk makes upgraded pads for the rear of the A4.

i track my car alot and one thing i now for a fact is that the back brakes count almost for nothing so i dont need the back pads to bite and eat away the rotor becuse it will be just a wast of money and i will need new rotors after 1 year as apposed to maybe two the way i have it set up.