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gonna do the A8 brake upgrade with slotted rotors...

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Old 09-06-2003, 11:42 AM
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Default gonna do the A8 brake upgrade with slotted rotors...

sould i save $ and just get plain rear rotors? i know the majority of the braking is done in the front....is there much point in spending the extra $ for slotted rears?
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Save the cash.
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Default Re: slotted rear rotors -- cosmetic only, ...

though you may notice that when I went to a larger diameter rear rotors on my S8, well ... they're slotted.

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Default Buy the slotted rotors

never try and save money by buying "the next best thing" you'll regret it later
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get the ecs 2p 13" w/ stock calipers
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Tru that, and they can be upgraded to larger calipers later
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