[s-cars] "procrastination" and A4 big brakes HELP

[Lee Levitt]

Dave,

Check out audizine.com...lots of parts and parts cars listed 
there, even a set of RS4 brakes.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155597

Dave, what were you running for brakes? I have a set of the 
aforementioned Boxster calipers Rossatoed in the garage and I 
don't yet have a bracket to mount them...ideally I'm looking for a 
Bira System 1...or alternately a purems.com bracket.

Lee




On Tue Sep 11 13:02:32 PDT 2007, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

> Spinning off of Lee's offhand reference to A4's and big 
> brakes...? I picked up a full set of B5 RS4 brakes for my little 
> A4.? The rears were a simple bolt on... and awesome.
> 
> However, the front will require me to swap the front suspension 
> "uprights" due to the fact that the A4 uprights have the wrong 
> bolt pattern for caliper mounting.
> 
> If anyone has a line on a B5 S4 that is being parted out, could 
> they send me a heads up... please.? I've been looking around for 
> a while to no avail.? Really looking forward to bolting up those 
> 360mm front brakes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
> To: stott at gwi.net; 'Robert Myers' <robert at s-cars.org>; 
> s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 1:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, they are more expensive...about $250 for a pair rather than 
> $100, IIRC, but that's not 5X.
> 
> If you're going to go through all the trouble of installing HID 
> projectors, and then upgrade the lenses, you might as well spend 
> the extra bux and do it right...
> 
> This of course is why I want to run 996tt calipers on my 3200 lb 
> A4 rather than Boxster calipers :)
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue Sep 11 12:10:30 PDT 2007, Stott Hare <stott at gwi.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Only problem being the HID lenses were 5x as expensive last time 
>> a group buy
>> was done.
>> 
>> -Stott
>> 95 S6A
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Lee Levitt
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:40 PM
>> To: Robert Myers; s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?
>> 
>> Hold on there Bob!
>> 
>> I would not install the Euro lenses over HID lamps. If you're 
>> going to bother with swapping the lenses, buy a set of the HID 
>> lenses from PG Performance.
>> 
>> The difference is that the HID lenses have little or no fluting, 
>> whereas the Euro lenses have a moderate amount. What this means 
>> to you is that with the Euro lenses, the HID beam pattern will 
>> be somewhat distorted, on the order of 10-20% (guessing).
>> 
>> With the HID lenses, you'll get less dazzle (uncontrolled light) 
>> and more illumination where you want it (or at least where it's 
>> supposed to go!).
>> 
>> I've got two sets of HID'ed euro lamps in my driveway, and as 
>> soon as I can't find anything else to spend the money on, I'm 
>> going to buy a couple of sets of HID lenses...
>> 
>> Just my .02.
>> 
>> Lee
>> '01 A4 stock xenons
>> '99 A6 allroad xenons
>> '97 A6 HID'ed euros
>> '96 A6 HID'ed euros
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue Sep 11 09:16:58 PDT 2007, Robert Myers 
>> <robert at s-cars.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Y'all,
>>> 
>>> I'm _FINALLY_ ready to install the Euro lenses on my '95.5 urS6 
>>> HID'd headlights.  It looks like replacing the lenses should be 
>>> pretty straightforward except for the usual "gotchas".  Looks 
>>> like pull the headlights, snap off the several spring clips and 
>>> separate the lens from the light body/reflector assembly and 
>>> then reassemble w/ the new lenses.  It also looks like there is 
>>> some sort of gasket (adhesive?) to deal with.  So what are the 
>>> gotchas?  Do I need anything special or unusual for the job?  
>>> Surely it can't be as simple as it looks at first glance.
>>> 
>>> Beuller?
>>> 
>>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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