[s-cars] Time for Rear Brakes

[Ian Duff]

Tom makes an excellent point. One pad I've used on a daily driver that  
does a fairly good job of reducing dust is Mintex Red Box.

-Ian Duff.

On 30 Sep, 2009, at 14:41, Tom Green wrote:

> For daily driver rear pads, the biggest difference is the amount of
> dust produced by your selections - and the price.
>
> The premium rotors may be plated or coated to prevent rust on
> the non-contact sections.
>
> One more time, miramar audi is a dealer and sells genuine audi
> parts on the genuinevwaudiparts website.  The catalog however,
> is the pits.  You can not call them but have to order online.  Enter
> with the part number instead of using the catalog.  You have priced
> A6 rotors not S6 857 615 601 for $65.50 plus shipping.
>
> Tom
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:15:23 -0400
>> From: Paul Luevano <paul at clarity.net>
>> Subject: [s-cars] Time For Rear Brakes
>> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>>
>> Hey all-
>>
>> 	The S6 need some new rear brakes.  This is just a daily driver, so
>> nothing special required.  Looking at SJM, there are 4 different
>> rear pad
>> sets available:
>>
>> 	Pagid:	$40.21
>> 	Textar:	$37.63
>> 	PBR:	$35.47
>> 	Akebono "Euro Ceramic":	$74.09
>>
>> 	Is there an advantage to one set versus the other?
>>
>> 	Same deal with the rotors:
>>
>> 	Zimmermann: $61.02
>> 	ATE Premium One: $80.95
>>
>>
>> 	On http://www.genuinevwaudiparts.com I can get the rear rotors for
>> $54.60, but no idea of brand.
>>
>> 	Any thoughts?  Just go with cheapest?
>>
>> 	TIA!
>> 	
>> -- 
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