Greetings,

The brake pad indicator came on this morning, and almost made me spew
my coffee across the dash. I'm not going to the dealer to get this
done, so I'm considering two options: a local Audi shop or doing it
myself. Here are some questions:

1. Do I need any special tools to do it myself (something to open the
calipers)? If so, how much do they cost?

2. If I go to a shop, what is a reasonable rate for replacing all
four corners?

3. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what brand pad to use?
I was considering Greenstuff...but if anyone has any good input let me
know.

Thanks fellas.

Elroy
2000 S4

 

"Elroy the Seedy Impaler" <elroy@seedy-impaler.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> The brake pad indicator came on this morning, and almost made me spew
> my coffee across the dash. I'm not going to the dealer to get this
> done, so I'm considering two options: a local Audi shop or doing it
> myself. Here are some questions:
>
> 1. Do I need any special tools to do it myself (something to open the
> calipers)? If so, how much do they cost?
>
> 2. If I go to a shop, what is a reasonable rate for replacing all
> four corners?
>
> 3. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what brand pad to use?
> I was considering Greenstuff...but if anyone has any good input let me
> know.
>
> Thanks fellas.
>
> Elroy
> 2000 S4
>
even though it is no different the S4 will be charged more over the A4, I
would suggest going to an independant garage and have them put some decent
discs and pads on.

If you do it yourself you will need a caliper screw, it fits on the caliper
and you use a spanner to screw the piston back in, cost around 10-20£ here
in uk.

Plenty of articles on audiworld, about how to change pads, Green stuff are
fine, but I would get some Grooved or drilled discs, and some fast road
pads, I have put 30k on my pads now and still they look like new.

Kevlar mix is what you should look for.

Zimmerman Discs and Pagid fast road pads, together cost around £200.00 about
$300.00 us

And they will look nice through your 17's

Ron

 

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 08:51:11 -0400, Elroy the Seedy Impaler
<elroy@seedy-impaler.com> wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>The brake pad indicator came on this morning, and almost made me spew
>my coffee across the dash. I'm not going to the dealer to get this
>done, so I'm considering two options: a local Audi shop or doing it
>myself. Here are some questions:
>
>1. Do I need any special tools to do it myself (something to open the
>calipers)? If so, how much do they cost?
>
>2. If I go to a shop, what is a reasonable rate for replacing all
>four corners?
>
>3. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what brand pad to use?
>I was considering Greenstuff...but if anyone has any good input let me
>know.
>
>Thanks fellas.
>
>Elroy
>2000 S4
>

For what it is worth, I was told by a dealer brake job is $1,000 Cdn
or L440. Yowch.

 

OEM quotes are from vwparts.com

OEM fron parts:
Rotor: 8D0 615 301 K - $130.00 (2 rotors needed)
Pads: 4B0 698 151 D - $230.23 (I would think this is a whole set for 2
fron rotors)

OEM rear parts:
8D0 615 601 D - $55.77 (2 needed)
4B0 698 451 - $66.03

After market:
From www.ecstuning.com
Fron rotor set: $189.95-289.95
Fron pad set: $81 - 119.95
Rear rotor set: $149.95 - 189.95
rear pad set - $36.50 - 69.95

From www.tantrumwerks.com
Front rotor: $145 - 310 (2 needed)
Front pads: $90
Rear pads: $45
(Rear rotors not in stock yet)

From www.awe-tuning.com
Front rotors: $299.95
Rear rotors: $189.95
Front pads: 84.95
Rear pads: 36.95

I have seen many posts from VW/Audi owners praise about the Mintex "red-box"
brake pads and I would go with that. They produce much less brkae dust and
perform equal to stock pads and they are cheaper.

Not many choices for stock replacement rotors. It's either stock, DBA or
no-name brand from ECS. DBA is the best and I don't know much about the
no-name from ECS. I would say get them base on your budget.

If you plan to work on the brakes yourself then you should get this caliper
tool (highly recommended by the people from the S4 forum over at
audiworld.com):

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40732

It's $40 and some people said it was once on sale for $30 but I never seen
it on sale. I have a set myself but I haven't had the need to use it yet on
my 2000 S4.

Well, the parts are not cheap ($500-700) even if you do it yourself but,
hey, it's a 40K car. Gook luck.

David



"Elroy the Seedy Impaler" <elroy@seedy-impaler.com> wrote in message
news:r5okivkf5vi66v2935vn8buiglvt3iv2kn@4ax.com...
> Greetings,
>
> The brake pad indicator came on this morning, and almost made me spew
> my coffee across the dash. I'm not going to the dealer to get this
> done, so I'm considering two options: a local Audi shop or doing it
> myself. Here are some questions:
>
> 1. Do I need any special tools to do it myself (something to open the
> calipers)? If so, how much do they cost?
>
> 2. If I go to a shop, what is a reasonable rate for replacing all
> four corners?
>
> 3. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what brand pad to use?
> I was considering Greenstuff...but if anyone has any good input let me
> know.
>
> Thanks fellas.
>
> Elroy
> 2000 S4
>

 

"Pronto Breakneck" <no_address@example.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:10:57 GMT, jetta@badcar.com (JJ) wrote:
> >For what it is worth, I was told by a dealer brake job is $1,000 Cdn
>
> Sure, but that's Canadian money. What's that, like $12.50 American?
>
>

Care to compre $ to Euro ?. You loose!

 

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:40:50 -0400, "Tony" <tshimi@comcast.net> wrote:
>"Pronto Breakneck" <no_address@example.com> wrote in message
>> Sure, but that's Canadian money. What's that, like $12.50 American?
>>
>Care to compre $ to Euro ?. You loose!

What does the currency exchange rate have to do with me being loose?
And which one of you filthy continentals is talking about me behind my
back?

 

"Pronto Breakneck" <no_address@example.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 16:40:50 -0400, "Tony" <tshimi@comcast.net> wrote:
> >"Pronto Breakneck" <no_address@example.com> wrote in message
> >> Sure, but that's Canadian money. What's that, like $12.50 American?
> >>
> >Care to compre $ to Euro ?. You loose!
>
> What does the currency exchange rate have to do with me being loose?
> And which one of you filthy continentals is talking about me behind my
> back?
>
>
>
******.

 

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:53:06 +0100, "The Incredible Swearing Manİ"
>******.

******?

That's a pretty mundane insult, especially coming from someone billed
as the *incredible" swearing man.

Does your handle have a certain element of irony that I'm missing?

 

Elroy the Seedy Impaler <elroy@seedy-impaler.com> wrote in message news:<r5okivkf5vi66v2935vn8buiglvt3iv2kn@4ax.com>. ..
> Greetings,
>
> The brake pad indicator came on this morning, and almost made me spew
> my coffee across the dash. I'm not going to the dealer to get this
> done, so I'm considering two options: a local Audi shop or doing it
> myself. Here are some questions:
>
> >
> Thanks fellas.
>
> Elroy
> 2000 S4

Elroy--

Aren't you in NE Ohio? Seem to remember mention of that a while back.

If so, try ecstuning.com (a previous poster also mentioned them)
I had all four corners, pads & rotors replaced (ok, it was an A4, not S4) for $500.

My local audi dealer wanted $1000 for the same job.

 

"Pronto Breakneck" <no_address@example.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:53:06 +0100, "The Incredible Swearing Manİ"
> >******.
>
> ******?
>
> That's a pretty mundane insult, especially coming from someone billed
> as the *incredible" swearing man.
>
> Does your handle have a certain element of irony that I'm missing?
>
>
>
>

You call folk names like that & don't like to be called back by one of the
folk you insult?

If you want to check google, you'll see some of my more prolific insults,
however I like this NG & the content is good. I don't want to bring it down
to gutter level, but you are a chop.