A8 to A8L brake upgrade questions..

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11-22-2003, 09:14 PM

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A8 to A8L brake upgrade questions..

Since i am looking for what is needed to get to upgrade.. im hoping its only a caliper carrier to allow for the slightly larger rotors to be added..

here is what i found

A8
Front (312x25)
w/ ATE Calipers

A8L
Front (323x30)
w/ Girling Calipers

??? Unknown
Front-w/Sensors (8 Pad)
w/ Lucas Calipers
321x30 Rotors

S8

Front - w/ Sensor
w/ Brembo Calipers
345x30 mm Rotors

Can anyone tell me what the 8 pad set is for the front with the 321X30?

So far mechanics have told me that it should only be a $100 a set bracket that will allow the A8 to gain the .5 inches in the front and the 1 inch in the rear for the A8L rotors. Same caliper and pads.

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11-23-2003, 05:19 AM

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That might be a real nice upgrade for 97-99 users

However, new calipers at the Audi dealer is probably as expensive as my Porsche 996 calipers.

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11-23-2003, 06:05 AM

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I think we can just get away with the caliper carrier..

Like the A8 brake upgrade using the A8 caliper carriers. No mroe than $200 for all 4.

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11-23-2003, 07:08 AM

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So keep your exisiting caliper and use the new rotor and carrier?

Wouldn't be bad......but you would still have the single piston caliper.

However, you could find the 4 pad S4 calipers (I believe they are two piston) that come on the 00 and newer cars pretty cheap from somebody who upgraded.

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