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Greetings.
I am trying to find the plate that is used to hold the anti rattle spring in the front caliper. The ones on my A7 are rusted and would like to replace them. Havel looked on line with no luck and I could always sand them really well, prime them and paint them with caliper paint. I am including a couple of photos.
I think the sanding and recoat is the best way, I painted mine black and put white Audi logo (since I don't have OEM wheel with Audi logo)... not needed but point is they come off easy and can be prepped/painted/back on with an hour using fast dry high heat enamel paint.
But to answer your question, I don't know where, as I have been wanting to replace mine for over a year and finally broke down and painted them.
Thanks for your replay Tuscany66 and I think your solution is the best and cheapest. Autozone sells caliper paint in different color for about $9 and I may go back with the Silver color or even red. It is also rated to resist an extremely high temperature. May I ask what kind of paint you used and where you bought it?? I found a page from an Audi dealer and I think they want $121 EACH!!! Highway Robbery.
I used Rust-Oleum, was only $6 at Walmart, withstands up to 900... I went with Black but here is a link for the red: Walmart LINK
Good luck, simple and straight forward, can't go wrong in my opinion. I also added the Audi logo for the final touch - was a little tacky but grew on me but mostly because I don't have Audi wheels so there is no double logo look IMO.
TUSCANI66 WHERE DID YOU SCORE THE SLOTTED / DRILLED ROTORS ?... COSTS?? IT'S MY NEXT PROJECT BUT THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS AND SUCH,.... JUST FISHING AROUND FOR IDEAS BTW, NICE TIP ON THE PAINT COST AND WHERE TO BUY INFO
MY DISCS (FRONT) ARE 356mm ....REARS, I THINK ARE 330mm
TUSCANI66 WHERE DID YOU SCORE THE SLOTTED / DRILLED ROTORS ?... COSTS?? IT'S MY NEXT PROJECT BUT THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS AND SUCH,.... JUST FISHING AROUND FOR IDEAS BTW, NICE TIP ON THE PAINT COST AND WHERE TO BUY INFO
MY DISCS (FRONT) ARE 356mm ....REARS, I THINK ARE 330mm
Vinniem3,
I bought the rotors/pads from eBay and I ordered sensors from the dealership for 10bucks each... I did that because the eBay ad did not mention that they came however the eBay seller sent me sensors as well, nice touch, so I returned my sensors to the dealer.
I think shipped was less than $350 for 4 rotors/pads (and sensors apparently). I ordered black ones, as you can see, naturally the pad bite removed the black but the rest of rotor is black and will help with preventing surface corrosion and give it an overall better look.
01-08-2019, 07:25 AM
Caliper plate for A7
BTW, NICE TIP ON THE PAINT COST AND WHERE TO BUY INFO