Time for new pads all around, and new rear rotors. As in they are totally shot so I have to do them asap hahah.
Seems like there’s not really any oem+ upgrade options without upgrading calipers. Should I just get oem rotors and pads? I don’t want them to be noisy or have poor pedal response, so I’m uneasy about going with aftermarket pads based on reviews. The shop offered either oem rotors or sport ones, which I’m assuming are just cross-drilled.
What is the upgrade option for rear calipers anyways? S4? I would stick with OEM pads all around unless your going BBK, OEM is good enough. Aftermarkets are usually just way more dusty and harder on the rotors. Are you going to do the install yourself?
s4 rear, b7 a4 rear, b5s4 rear, and aftermarket bbk of course.
Shop is doing it. Yea I’ll probably just go oem, not much point in paying more for something that won’t do anything It would be cool if someone made a vented rear rotor for the a4 instead of a solid one. Aside from the size, a big drawback to the rear oem is that it’s solid and not vented like the fronts are.
I have slotted rotors on my rear to match my fronts. EBC rotors & red stuff pads.
Akebono Euro Ceramic pads are awesome. If you want some extra braking power and then get some DBA rotors and Fereodo ds2500 pads
Are these comfortable daily driving pads with improved performance? Or aggressive squealing pads with poor initial bite… I can’t find the DBA rotors or ferrodo pads at any of my regular sites, but they seem pricey.
I know this thread is for rear, but does anyone know what the stock rotor up front weighs?? JHM LW Rotors are 17lbs each, and they only compare them to the weight of S4 rotors which are 25lbs. I was just curious how much weight it shaves for the 3.0.
http://audirevolution.net/forum/index.php?topic=144.0
Edit- says 19.5 in this thread…so how much difference will 2.5lbs each wheel make?
Probably not much, but every pound counts… Plus it’s pretty sweet to switch to a way bigger rotor and SAVE weight
Im a fan of adams rotors
Brembo, JHM or nothing.
Aren’t they just OEM rotors with useless holes drilled in and a 250 % markup?
Not that im aware of. He offers replacements rotors for.bbk too. Most ones ive seen from him are slotted or dimpled
Yeah I meant just modified OEM.