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

[Eric Phillips]

Guys,

I did not know that actual listers had the hassles.  Good to know that
there are some BTDTs on the list.

When I did my brake stuff, I had only heard about the issues
third-hand, and that raised doubt.  Then I heard about StopTech and
their aluminum bracket cracking/failure.  I decided that the
Porsche/Audi-designed solution was the best choice for me.

Having a bolt-on solution is great, but I'm inclined more toward a
solution that is robust.  That's kinda how I am.

Eric

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Darin Nederhoff <scarsgo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll have to double check for sure but it almost seemed like it was the
> summer of 2008 when my father went through the bracket fun.  Then again,
> time does fly lately it seems....
>
>
> Darin
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM, pmische <pmische at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> That’s certainly not going to make them any friends – makes no sense in
>> light of what’s known and what’s at stake.
>>
>>
>>
>> ECS replaced both my brackets, no questions asked and no apparent cracks,
>> in July 2007.  The question is, for anyone who might consider using ECS in
>> light of these facts – is what I experienced the new policy or the old
>> policy?
>>
>> PJM
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Darin Nederhoff [mailto:scarsgo at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:04 PM
>> To: pmische at comcast.net
>> Cc: Eric Phillips; s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] 16" Avus wheels and ECS Stage 3
>>
>>
>>
>> My father's car also has ECS Stage 3 and it did in fact experience a
>> bracket failure on the driver side.  ECS did replace it at no charge but
>> they would only do the one side for him.  I never understood the logic there
>> and sure enough the passenger side showed hairline cracks not much later and
>> was then replaced by ECS.  Would have been nicer to just get it all done in
>> the first place instead of having vehicle down-time twice.
>>
>> I too would want RS2 brackets.