A6 Brakes issue?

[Sean Ford]

The smaller brakes are there to be able to fit into the base wheels, which are
actually 15" wheels. Probably the rarest wheels in all of A6land, I've only
ever seen a set once. 

The 2.7t and 4.2 (I believe) HP2 brakes will fit, but you can probably throw
away your current set of wheels. I know for a fact that they don't fit inside
the wineglass wheels. The HP2s would most likely fit inside my 17" Mille
Miglias but then I'd be stuck using them year round, or I'd have to buy a
larger set of wheels for the winter. 

--- Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

> Scott writes:
>  
> > 
> > I just learned something today.
> > I thought the '99 A6 avant brakes were pathetic.
> > Turns out today that I had to go into the spare tire well to 
> > retrieve a code for the brakes I ordered today. 1LB or 
> > something close.
> > 
> > Turns out, that this 4,000 lbs cruiser is on the smaller 
> > rotors even WITH the upgraded 16" wheels 
> > option.................276? vs 312x25mm
> > 
> > WHOA : smooth move AOA IMHO....................
> > 
> > There is some speculation of a similar A4 "upgrade" where TT 
> > carriers and A8 rotors are used to increase the A4 (and 
> > hopefully the A6) braking performance.
> > 
> 
> Scott,
> 
> BIRA.org offers System 6 for our cars. It's pretty expensive tho...
> 
> I'm looking for an alternative for my 2002 A6.
> 
> The most obvious OE upgrade may be the HP2 brakes from the 2.7t.
> 
> I have not looked into it, so I don't even know if that is a plug and play
> upgrade.
> 
> Let me know what you learn...


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Sean [1999 A6 2.8q]
http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=9728


	
		
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