[s-cars] 16" Avus wheels and ECS Stage 3

[Eric Phillips]

> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:50:23 +0800
> From: J3 <jay003 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] 16" Avus wheels and ECS Stage 3
>
> Hello,
> I am considering purchasing the ECS Stage 3 brake kit for my 95.5 S6. My
> stock set up is ready for new rotors and pads so I wanted to get some better
> braking.
> My snows are the stock 16" Avus 6 spoke wheels. Will I have any problems
> mounting this kit with the stock 16" wheels? I searched the archives and it
> seems that they will fit as long as the weights are the clip on kind.
>
> Any things else I should know or consider?

At one time, ECS had a bit of a problem with their aluminum caliper
brackets cracking and breaking.  Maybe they've fixed it, or maybe
merely delayed repeat occurances.

It's your money/life, so that's a gamble that you make the call on.
When I made my call, I went with 993TT calipers, RS2 steel brackets,
and 323x30 A8L (D2) rotors, with Hawk HPS pads.  At the time, I had to
source all those things separately, and it was a bit of a pain.

These days, if you can get 993TT calipers, Apikol will sell you the
rest of the stuff.  Or, go 034 for the Boxster conversion.  I would
avoid ECS brake products, but only because i have heard more negative
than I like about their products.

As far as clearance goes, I ran 5mm spacers (also from Apikol) when I
was running my 16" AVUS.  I have 17" AVUS now, and need no spacers.
:)

Eric