[200q20v] Help-UFO brake problems!

[Don Lillig]

I'm the guy in the midwest (KC) and it has been a year since I had my rotors turned and they are still excellent! A friend of mine in St. Joseph had his turned also with great results. Thanks for the great resource Steve.

Don Lillig




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: steve_scalmanini at agilent.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:43:46 -0700

>
>How shot is shot? If they're just warped you can have 'em 
>turned in San Jose, CA, for ~$50 each if you can do without 
>the car for ... a week or two? (Call ahead for their lead 
>time). See Chris's site (as he mentioned). (I'm the originator 
>of finding that shop in San Jose. At least one other peron 
>has used the shop successfully from a distance ... the Midwest; 
>' don't know where you are.)
>
>If they're worn to undersize (rare to my knowledge), or you 
>can't wait, replace 'em via Carlson (Palo Alto, CA; (800) 762-7883 
>in CA, (800) 523-2408 outside CA) or Shokan in upstate NY (800) 
>255-2834. 
>
>Oh, and since your warning indicator triggered, you'll need 
>replacement wires with fresh ends that fit into one of the 
>brake pads on each side.  ' expensive for what you get, if 
>I recall; ~$50 each and you may need both sides. 
>
>
>Good luck, 
>
>Steve 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: digital leopard [mailto:digitaleopard at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 4:45 AM
>To: 200q20v at audifans.com
>Subject: [200q20v] Help-UFO brake problems!
>
>
>Ok, I've had my 91' 200 for about a year now, and love driving it.  Had my 
>warning indicator for the brakes come on last week, so I took her into 
>Werner Masterwerks today.  BAD news-the UFOs are shot, and I need new rotors
>
>and pads.  And the rotors cost a ton.  And I am, of course, currently 
>unemployed.  Have been looking into brake options, but am not sure which way
>
>to go.  For right now, want to go the cheapest way possible-so that means
>
>a) finding a used set of rotors somewhere, or
>b) back/updating the brakes to the non-UFO spec.
>
>For option (a), does anyone have a used set they want to sell?  (And just 
>how big of a pain will it be to do the UFO's myself?)  And for option (b), 
>does anyone have any advice about this?  Should I scavenge the brakes from 
>an earlier 100/200 non-UFO setup, or buy the upgrade kit the shop says Audi 
>sells to replace the UFOs?
>
>And (in the longer term, when I can afford it) does anyone have a preference
>
>as to brake upgrades?  2Bennett and Moveit have kits-any preference?  Other 
>suggestions?  Thanks for the help.
>
>Ron Merrell.
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