[s-cars] Whoa, me too... follow-up

Matt twentyV matt_20v at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 23 17:48:05 EDT 2007


Swapped the brackets and rotors over the weekend. 
With the machined brackets from 034, the alignment
with the rotor is perfect:
http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/1955/img_0057.jpg
As I said previously, the ECS bracket showed some very
slight stress cracks:
http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/1955/img_0060.jpg
There are a couple more pics I took during the install
on my audiworld pictureposter, for those with
absolutely nothing better to do.
-Matt
'91cq//20vt
'95.5S6//avant
'00S4//30vt (for sale)
'08A4 avant 2.0t (in customs)
--- Matt twentyV <matt_20v at yahoo.com> wrote:

> After trading a couple notes with Javad at 034, I'm
> going with his brackets.  On his website he has 2
> versions of the RS2 bracket, the stock OEM version,
> and a "machined" version- he machines that 1mm so
> the
> caliper is perfectly centered on the A8L rotor.  The
> price difference is $70, so for those with access to
> a
> machine shop it is probably cheaper to DIY but I
> want
> to get this done so I'll pony up the $70.  I'm local
> (SJ CA) so I will be picking up the brackets and
> bolt
> sets at lunch today.  
> 
> His web pricing for the A8L rotors is $125 vs $85 at
> autohausaz.com- which I pointed out to him.  He is
> giving me a better price given I'm buying a full
> package, but I want to get the job done this weekend
> so it isn't that big a concern.
> 
> I also inspected the 2Bennett brackets on my '91cq,
> they are fine.  They look quite beefy compared to
> the
> ECS ones.  I uploaded a couple pics to my audiworld
> pictureposter
>
(http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/users/1955.phtml).
> 
> Thanks to all of you who have shared your knowledge
> and experience, I feel very comfortable going in to
> this swap and will be able to tackle future BBK
> projects on my own with much more confidence.
> 
> -Matt
> 
> 
>        
>
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