NEED A8 ROTORS, any help?

[Beatty, Robert]

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From: Brett Dikeman [mailto:brett at cloud9.net]

At 2:49 PM -0500 2/24/02, QUATTRO1869 at aol.com wrote:
>Does anyone know where I can find cross drilled/slotted rotors for the ront
>and rear of the Audi A8?  I am coming up with dead ends everywhere I turn.\

A waste of time & money.

-The slots will fill with rust and pad material
-The holes will cause cracking and fill with pad material/rust
-Both will reduce the mass of the rotor, which is bad(for thermal reasons.)
-Both will reduce the surface area of contact between pad and rotor,
which is bad(for obvious reasons.)
-Your wallet will be needlessly lightened(also bad, for obvious reasons.)

The only "plus" is that they look cool(until they fill up w/rust or
pad material.)  The negatives outweigh the positives significantly.

Brett


I would have to disagree here Brett.

Slotted keeps water out from between the pads and the rotor.  If done
correctly (ATE Powerdisc), they are outstanding.  I had a pair on my last
5ktq for well over a year and when I sold the car, the rotors were still in
fine shape, no rust filling the slots.

Cross drilled, I would agree with you however.

Rob
86 5ktq
89 200tqa