2016 S3 - brake service... both pads & rotors??
08-09-2019, 09:23 PM
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2016 S3 - brake service... both pads & rotors??
Have a 2016 S3. First Audi. Replaced brakes many times before on other cars. I've heard that you're supposed to replace rotors with each pad replacement, i've not heard such a thing before on other cars. The claim is the rotors are too thin to be resurfaced so the advice is to replace rotors each time. Fact or fiction? I am feeling like fiction...
(though tbh i do not resurface my rotors every time i change pads on other cars, until i just wind up replacing the rotors instead)
(though tbh i do not resurface my rotors every time i change pads on other cars, until i just wind up replacing the rotors instead)
08-10-2019, 10:46 AM
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B/S. Audi publishes specs on the minimum thickness of rotors. I have over 76K miles on my Audi original rotors and they are still within spec. I'm on my second set of brake pads.
I love my two Audi's, but don't let the name and the dealership fool you. At the end of the day, it's just a machine. Nothing magical just because it's an expensive car. The dealerships WILL however try to convince you otherwise and recommend lots of unnecessary repairs for their own profit. For the A3, it's just an upmarket Golf. I've owned both and the brake pads on the Golf work exactly like on the A3 and I only had to change the rotors once on my Golf in 19 years, 180K miles.
I recommend you upgrade to Akebono ceramic pads. Quieter, less dust, and won't wear out the rotors as fast. It'll probably be 150K before I need to even consider changing my rotors.
I love my two Audi's, but don't let the name and the dealership fool you. At the end of the day, it's just a machine. Nothing magical just because it's an expensive car. The dealerships WILL however try to convince you otherwise and recommend lots of unnecessary repairs for their own profit. For the A3, it's just an upmarket Golf. I've owned both and the brake pads on the Golf work exactly like on the A3 and I only had to change the rotors once on my Golf in 19 years, 180K miles.
I recommend you upgrade to Akebono ceramic pads. Quieter, less dust, and won't wear out the rotors as fast. It'll probably be 150K before I need to even consider changing my rotors.
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09-08-2019, 06:49 PM
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B/S. Audi publishes specs on the minimum thickness of rotors. I have over 76K miles on my Audi original rotors and they are still within spec. I'm on my second set of brake pads.
I love my two Audi's, but don't let the name and the dealership fool you. At the end of the day, it's just a machine. Nothing magical just because it's an expensive car. The dealerships WILL however try to convince you otherwise and recommend lots of unnecessary repairs for their own profit. For the A3, it's just an upmarket Golf. I've owned both and the brake pads on the Golf work exactly like on the A3 and I only had to change the rotors once on my Golf in 19 years, 180K miles.
I recommend you upgrade to Akebono ceramic pads. Quieter, less dust, and won't wear out the rotors as fast. It'll probably be 150K before I need to even consider changing my rotors.
I love my two Audi's, but don't let the name and the dealership fool you. At the end of the day, it's just a machine. Nothing magical just because it's an expensive car. The dealerships WILL however try to convince you otherwise and recommend lots of unnecessary repairs for their own profit. For the A3, it's just an upmarket Golf. I've owned both and the brake pads on the Golf work exactly like on the A3 and I only had to change the rotors once on my Golf in 19 years, 180K miles.
I recommend you upgrade to Akebono ceramic pads. Quieter, less dust, and won't wear out the rotors as fast. It'll probably be 150K before I need to even consider changing my rotors.
09-08-2019, 08:29 PM
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Audi lists wear limits for brake pads and for brake disk. My experience at 28 k miles suggests that disks will need replacement at about the 3rd pad replacement if present wear rates remain unchanged. That seems reasonable from past experience with other cars.
Pad material choice obviously has trade-offs. I like my OEM pads for their linearity and smoothness.and when the time comes I will choose the same type material as the OEM. Does anyone know what that is for the '15 S3 ?
Lots of people saying this and that about pad material performance without saying exactly why and under what service conditions. Not at all credible, Can someone point to an impartial info source?
Pad material choice obviously has trade-offs. I like my OEM pads for their linearity and smoothness.and when the time comes I will choose the same type material as the OEM. Does anyone know what that is for the '15 S3 ?
Lots of people saying this and that about pad material performance without saying exactly why and under what service conditions. Not at all credible, Can someone point to an impartial info source?
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