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Has anyone done the a8 rear brake upgrade on their ar?

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Old 04-05-2006, 07:20 PM
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Default Has anyone done the a8 rear brake upgrade on their ar?

There is a tech article (linked) which states:

"...269mm x 20mm rear A8 upgrade kit will work on the following cars:
... allroad: AWD, 2.7T ..."

It uses the b5 s4 rear calipers, and the a8 rotors/caliper brackets.

I'm thinking of doing this on my ar (which unfortunately has the not-so-great non-vented rear rotors). Was it worth the effort?<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel1.shtml">https://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel1.shtml</a</li></ul>
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Pretty sure that is what the 4.2 ar has on the rear; possibly different part numbers
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I have the parts sitting in a box in the basement, I'll let the board know how it goes.
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If they've been sitting for over a year, you're not going to get to it - sell 'em to me!
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Only got parts early this year, just waiting for warm weather,&amp; a break from full day Sat work.
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Where did you get the rear calipers?
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Default Rear calipers, and rotors from ecs, carriers from that vw place in MD.(all new)

You got me wondering if you could buy rebuild calipers from an auto parts store, and return allroad calipers for core. I don't know if chain auto part stores even sell Audi parts?
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