[s-cars] Brake pad recommendations on a 2001 A6?

Ian Duff iduff at comcast.net
Wed Dec 19 09:59:46 PST 2007


FLAPS=Favorite Local Auto Parts Store

On 19 Dec, 2007, at 11:17, <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>  
<theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Harold
> Fronts or rears?
>
> Fronts are the HP-2 calipers, and I went with stock pads on the  
> allroad.  They're not dust free but in a week's time they're not  
> going to make the wheels black either.  The front pads are easy to  
> change on those calipers too....simple quick-release style clips  
> and you can spread the calipers with a long flat-blade  
> screwdriver.  Really a nice easy job if the rotors don't have to  
> come off.  No caliper-retraction tool necessary, as the back of the  
> pad is what you leverage against to push the calipers in before  
> removing the pads.
>
> In the rear, you can use almost any off-the shelf pad available at  
> your local auto parts store (FLAPS?, I always wondered if that  
> acronym meant anything) with trouble-fee results.  Been doing it  
> for years on just about any Audi I've owned.
>
> --
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v sport
> 92 UrS4
> 01 allroad
>
>
> ---- Harold McComas <HaroldMcComas at comcast.net> wrote:
>> My dad just emailed me asking for recommendations for pads for his  
>> 2001 A6
>> 2.7T. He is in North Dakota so they need to work at -40F as well  
>> as at 90F.
>> :-) He washes the car once a week so dust free would be nice. No  
>> racing pads
>> needed. I "think" I had a set of Repco Metalmasters ( possibly   
>> Mintex Red
>> Box, I don't remember) on my old '85 GTI that caused my sphyncter  
>> to pucker
>> the first time I tried to brake at 10F. I thought I had no brakes  
>> going
>> towards a stop sign leading to a busy street.
>>
>> Harold
>>
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