Brake bad upgrades and possibly brake upgrades....
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Brake bad upgrades and possibly brake upgrades....
What can I get?
I'd kinda like brake dust free pads and maybe some new rotors for front and back?
Also, there any brake upgrades for my '91 100?
Thanks guys!
-Aaron-
I'd kinda like brake dust free pads and maybe some new rotors for front and back?
Also, there any brake upgrades for my '91 100?
Thanks guys!
-Aaron-
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Re: Brake bad upgrades and possibly brake upgrades....
Muhammed had a nice note about dust less pads. I do not care about dust as match, so I do not know.
The way to get better brakes are:
1. better pads. Ferodo, AXXIS, EBC Green Stuff are good examples. I just put AXXIS and have no complaing so far. Do not go for extreem - racing pads have better fade resistance, but they do not brake when cold.
2. Put sloted and/or crossdrilled rotors. You can fins a lot of con/pro for each of approaches. I personally preffer sloted - they help with wet braking and somewhat in brake fade. Of cause the plane rotors can be resurfaced and that is why they can be used twice longer then sloted or xdrilled. xdrilled look nice (but somewhat stupind, because it is not a big red brakes on the sport car).
3. get A8 rotors (see ref for how-to). I did the front and heppy with it. Rear calipers are different for 100 and S4 so I am havving problems. I think this is reasanoble upgrage and it is "proportional" to the price of the old car.
4. SS lines. They suppose to firm up pedal. I installed them and would say, they give minor improovement. Check your lines. If they have any damage and you need to replace them - replace with SS. Otherwise it does not worth it.
5. Replace brake fluid with hight quality DOT4. It really might help.
6. If you brake and ABS kicks in, it means, that you have enough brakes and you need to install better tires.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel1.shtml">ref for A8 upgrade.</a></li></ul>
The way to get better brakes are:
1. better pads. Ferodo, AXXIS, EBC Green Stuff are good examples. I just put AXXIS and have no complaing so far. Do not go for extreem - racing pads have better fade resistance, but they do not brake when cold.
2. Put sloted and/or crossdrilled rotors. You can fins a lot of con/pro for each of approaches. I personally preffer sloted - they help with wet braking and somewhat in brake fade. Of cause the plane rotors can be resurfaced and that is why they can be used twice longer then sloted or xdrilled. xdrilled look nice (but somewhat stupind, because it is not a big red brakes on the sport car).
3. get A8 rotors (see ref for how-to). I did the front and heppy with it. Rear calipers are different for 100 and S4 so I am havving problems. I think this is reasanoble upgrage and it is "proportional" to the price of the old car.
4. SS lines. They suppose to firm up pedal. I installed them and would say, they give minor improovement. Check your lines. If they have any damage and you need to replace them - replace with SS. Otherwise it does not worth it.
5. Replace brake fluid with hight quality DOT4. It really might help.
6. If you brake and ABS kicks in, it means, that you have enough brakes and you need to install better tires.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel1.shtml">ref for A8 upgrade.</a></li></ul>
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