Re: Upgrading everything else

["Karl Nordstrom" <KXN2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>]

>Date: Tue, 03 Nov 92 18:44:07 -0500
>From: edudley@mailbox.syr.edu


>Karl:
>>I just got my '86 4000S Quattro back from the shop.
>>It needs brakes all around.  That will cost me over $400 just for parts.

>I'd be leary of that $400 brake job, I'm looking at receipts for pads
>at $35 each end.

>Unless you've ruined the rotors they should not need turning.  I like
>to clean the ring of rust around the outer edge with a grinder, which
>requires removing the caliper...

I've been told I need rotors all around, because they are no longer thick
enough.  He said the rear rotors are rusting away.  I'm suprized that rotors
rust.  He's quoting me $79 apiece for rotors.