audiboostin16
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i got a 98 audi a4 1.8t....trying to figure out what calipers fit on my audi for the front and rear
I would disagree... First, the most cost effective brake upgrade is a set of 312mm discs and caliper carriers. They will sharpen up the feel and make a big difference in braking from high speed... I wont waste me time with s4 calipers as they are too heavy and offer not soo much impreovement over the 312mm brakes. If you want to see improvement, a set of front Porsche calipers radial mounted calipers(as fitted to the Seat Cupra R) with caliper brakets will work much much better. Throw a set of s4/audi s8 front brake discs and Bob's your uncle. However, you will need to upgrade the rear brakes as there will be an inbalance bettween front and rear. I have 4pot ATE Power Calipers and discs(custom bells and brakets) on the front and rs4 rear 312mm brakes and calipers. They not much, much sharper than the previous 312mm OEM set-up i had prior that on the front of me a4 quattro.
Mate, i dont drive like a **** and first i drive on the continent a lot wich 70Mph limit is pedestrian to us ( driving test should be like an university exam here!) ! On the other hand, i only drive fast when oportunity occurs and its not the speed that kills, but the sudden stop ! If there would not be twats sitting in the fast lane, there would not be faster drivers undertaking and where i am comming from people know how to drive... I took me driving test at 16 and drove a few good million km in me humble life(used to be a cab driver for about 10 years) ! I am 33 by the way(hardly any teenager) and i only had one accident in me life due to black ice- nothing serious ! In Europe, the police can do you if you drive too slow and hinder the traffic. A few years ago, i came from Spain with a faulty auto gearbox(would not go higher than 3rd gear) and i had to drive nearly 2000 miles with the engine on the rev limiter so i could cruise at 100Km/H or 60 Mph to you and me... There were loads of angry lorry drivers on the autobahn, i tell you ! Funny thig is, when i see English drivers on the continent, they rarely go in the middle lane, the just stay in the slow line... rings any bells ? Its the same line they drive here... By the way, my **** is bigger !Aragorn...I took them off because I could see fu*ck all point in having them fitted. I couldn't notice a difference, and am not a **** on public roads so fade would never be an issue.....That aside, I got them for ****** all ( mates sorn tt) , and sold them for lots of beer tokens!......
"If i was doing it again, for a standard power car, i'd seriously consider just leaving the 288's on there and fitting some decent pads like DS2500's or M1144."........As stated by you mate a few weeks ago in reply to my question. Advice I have followed and I am not dissapointed.
Adam....If it were that much of an issue the design engineers would have had the big engined Audis fitted with them from the get go. FACT. They didn't spend 4+ years at uni for nothing! Mate, we're not argueing (pointless on a forum anyhow, my ***** bigger than yours etc etc...)or about to get into one. Simply exchanging validated opinions. Mate, not trying to mother you here, but why the ******* are you admitting to going at over a ton on a motorway? HATE to say this....If you had to use a makeshift tourniquet made out of a belt on a mates leg that had just been bolloxed by a collapsed bulkhead, you wouldn't be going so fast. Seems like fantasy...Untill its your fu*king leg.