[urq] No parking brake has led to recommendation to G60 conversion.

[urq]

... there's not that much particularly special about the ury's rear brakes
... you just need to make sure they have the correct e-brake cable mounts.
$900 for a "cheap" solution?  How well do you know/trust this shop?  What
are your goals?  If you are thinking upgrade, I would recommend that you
consider all your options first ... I do not consider the G60 alternative an
upgrade myself ... but then I'm weird, I like the UFO brakes on both my V8s
too ...

As I've said here before, my idea for a "cheap" upgrade will be to go with
A4 front brakes and V8 vented rears ... The A4 brakes actually use a rotor
that is bigger that the ury's G54s (the G60s rotor is smaller than the G54)
... and are considerably lighter than G60s ...

Steve B
San Jose, Kaleefohnia (USA)


> I took just acquired urq project car to a quattro shop.  The parking brake
doesn't work because the mechanisms at the rear calipers are frozen.  I had
checked ETKA and saw a lot of NLA for many parts.  Shop is thinking urq rear
calipers will be to costly.  The left front brake was dragging and the wheel
was warm after a 20 mile drive.   So the shop is recommending a G60
conversion for all 4 wheels as a cheap way out.  About $900.  This would be
for new calipers, rotors pads and labor plus having working emergency brake.
I'll try to get my old F&R calipers returned - as who knows maybe someday
they can be rebuilt.