[s-cars] Big Red Knockoffs on Ebay - Junk?

[Sean Douglas]

If they are indeed 993tt replicas, they should fit to your S4 with RS2
brackets and A8 rotors.

But, why bother? For $100 more you can get the real deal, albeit in black.

Sean Douglas 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bishoff
> Sent: October 24, 2007 7:44 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Big Red Knockoffs on Ebay - Junk?
> 
> I've been finally thinking about upgrading the front brakes 
> on my '92S4 and started poking around ebay for some deals on 
> used big red setups. I noticed two separate listings that 
> show Porsche 993tt Big Red replicas and was wondering if 
> anyone has any experience with the knockoffs?
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> One of the listings shows an unpainted, but what looks like 
> nicely machined parts and the other listing shows the 
> replicas painted red to emulate the Big Red look. Neither one 
> of these listings is claiming to be an actual Porsche Big Red 
> and they state so clearly.
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> I could only find the listing for the red pair.
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BIG-RED-4-PISTON-CALIPER-BRAKES
-PORSCHE-911-9
> 44-TURBO_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42605QQihZ019QQitemZ290173
> 697609QQrdZ1QQ
> sspagenameZWDVW
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> I realize that you sometimes get what you pay for, but are 
> these junk? And.
> as importantly, are they the same models that can be fitted 
> to a  1992 S4 with the appropriate adapters and rotors?
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> Your insights appreciated.
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> Mike in Seattle
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