A6 replacement brakes

[Eliot Sennett]

Thanks guys. Actually, it's just that I know a little more about driving a
car than I do about how it's put together (I'm learning). With the old
brakes, when the car was new, I would test out ABS by braking very hard -
but now that I think about it, I did it in bad road conditions where ABS
should've kicked in...

Eliot

-----Original Message-----
From: speedracer.mark at gmail.com [mailto:speedracer.mark at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:31 PM
To: john at westcoastgarage.net; Eliot Sennett
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: A6 replacement brakes

I think he might be attempting to explain initial pad "bite."  John is
correct... A more aggressive pad wouldn't cause a car to not activate ABS as
often.  Perhaps changing parts, flushing fluid, and lubricating the sliders
is the cause of his strange ABS observation?


Mark Rosenkrantz
Sent from my CrackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "john at westcoastgarage.net" <john at westcoastgarage.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:57:33
To: Eliot Sennett<emsennett at hotmail.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: A6 replacement brakes

Eliot Sennett wrote:
> Hi:
>
>  
>
> Quite a while back I asked for recommendations for new brake pads for 
> my
> 2006 A6 Quattro and received some nice suggestions, along with 
> requests that I let people know what I did. A couple weeks back, I got 
> Hawk Performance Ceramics, front part# HB538Z.760 rear part# 
> HB544Z.628, and also put in new rotors.
>
>  
>
> Although I'd been warned that in this car aftermarket brakes are 
> notoriously noisy, these are quiet as a mouse. They stop really well, 
> although factory brakes are pretty good too. You can hit them really 
> hard and they'll stop fast without ABS kicking in, unless the road is
really slick.
>
>  
>
> I can't tell yet about their claim of being nearly dust-free, because 
> I haven't cleaned the black dust from the original brakes off the wheels
yet.
>
>  
>
> Also, the parts seem to be much cheaper than the factory parts. The 
> pads were $125 front and $75 rear.
>
>  
>
> Eliot
>
>
> ABS "kicks in" when it senses a deviation in wheel speed, one from 
> another.  The quality of the brake pads or rotors has little, if 
> anything, to do with it.  John

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