[V8] $500 V8 For Sale

[Bastian Preindl]

Hi Roger,

> Hello, Bastian:  The problem with my UFO calipers was that they appeared to
> be leaking.  The car had sat for some time and we believed that the calipers
> might need to be rebuilt or replaced since it appeared that the seals might
> have dried out or otherwise deteriorated.
>   

Would be definetely easy to repair.

> We tried very hard to find rebuilding kits for the calipers.  The authorized
> dealer has said that the rebuilding kits are not available from Audi USA,
> and despite contacting around 30 parts retailers on the Internet and
> directly, NO one that we contacted actually had the kits OR calipers.
>   

Auto-Teile-Legan (http://www.autoteile-legan.de) ship spareparts I guess 
whereever you want them (at least they already shipped to Turkey ;) and 
you get EVERYTHING Audi in Germany has to offer even though it's not on 
the webpage and most of the time cheaper 'cause they have special deals. 
Just contact them and tell them what you need and refer to my name so 
that they have a connex. They are also a very good point if you wanna 
get in touch with Tim A. who overhauls the hydraulic stuff.

> Recently another lister located what appear to be nine UFO rebuild kits
> somewhere in the middle of the US.  He is going to try to buy all of the
> kits and will, IF they are indeed the ATE rebuilding kits for the calipers.
>   

I hope you're lucky. I've so often heard from sparepart companies like 
ATU and others that they deliver both UFO discs and stuff for it and 
everytime it worked out that they can only ship the Girling brakes Audi 
has put in some Canadian V8s.

> If it is possible to send the calipers to Germany or to Europe for rebuild,
> that would solve the issue in the future as well.  I will prefer to maintain
> the UFO's on my cars that have those brakes rather than to go to larger
> wheels and a completely different brake system.  
>   

Are you currently running 15"?

> Did you meant that you pay 250 EU for one UFO Brake caliper or brake disc?
> That seems to be quite a lot for a rotor or disc, but it would be less than
> 1/2 what the Audi dealer charges for a caliper.
>   

250.- EU for one UFO brake disc, or even more, as far as I remember. If 
you can get them significantly cheaper, tell me ;).
I've no idea what the calipers cost over here.

Bastian