Hi. Have you seen the front spoiler in the red A2? This is unique! The only one in the worlt and it hase a german "TÜV" (allownis to use this). I don't know why, but some others does. I also know one person (A2 TDi, also in this forum) whohase one A2 only for driving on the "Nordschleife/Nürbungring" racing track...mjs4x4 said:So you can fit 312mm discs and big callipers - but why would you?? An A2 is not a Seat Leon Cupra 225 and neither is is chpped Fabia VRS that might be knocking out 190bhp.
Mike
Hi Ricardo, did you buy standard EBC discs or perfomance?Years ago I found that my 1.4 TDi A2 in the dry, whilst attempting an emergency stop from 100mph - that the ABS never kicked in no matter how hard I pressed the pedal. That is to say that from that speed the OE setup/temperature in the pads/discs meant the wheels were unable to lock at all. I have never come across this on a road car before (I have driven a lot of them) so I upgraded to some EBC discs and green stuff and I have stuck with this ever since. With the EBC's from 100mph the ABS will kick in around 25mph on a dry surface and the car stops in much shorter distance than OE.
I can understand serious brake fade on a road setup after one emergency stop but not during the first one!
I am hard on brakes, at my first 30K service I complained about rumble to my Audi dealer (Derby) and they said the discs looked OK - after the service the brakes still felt bad to me so I removed the discs myself and the inside surface of the OE discs had delaminated! and the inside pads were knackered. It was at this point I switched to EBC and have never had the problem since (145,000 miles now).
The stock brakes are OK for driving about town, but not for an emergency stop from (relatively) high speed.
this thread might not get a reply given the 10 years since it was posted although Ricardo still appears to be active here. If you don't get any further with this query I am sure that you will be able to find assistance on the site with a bit of searching and asking the right people who appear in the searches - I recently added a 310mm front brake set to my BHC Tdi car and it does feel very strong although I don't have any figures to prove improvements of this over a conventional 256mm set up that I have on my other Tdi (or for that matter, any improvements over normal discs, normal pads). Best of luck though - these questions are always interesting when new replies are added.Hi Ricardo, did you buy standard EBC discs or perfomance?
Thanks
Thanks for the answer @Robin_Cox!this thread might not get a reply given the 10 years since it was posted although Ricardo still appears to be active here. If you don't get any further with this query I am sure that you will be able to find assistance on the site with a bit of searching and asking the right people who appear in the searches - I recently added a 310mm front brake set to my BHC Tdi car and it does feel very strong although I don't have any figures to prove improvements of this over a conventional 256mm set up that I have on my other Tdi (or for that matter, any improvements over normal discs, normal pads). Best of luck though - these questions are always interesting when new replies are added.
A question regarding replacing only the front discs with larger ones. What happens with the weight transfer when braking hard?I recently added a 310mm front brake set to my BHC Tdi car and it does feel very strong although I don't have any figures to prove improvements of this over a conventional 256mm set up that I have on my other Tdi (or for that matter, any improvements over normal discs, normal pads).
Is it me or the orientation of the picture? To me the front discs seem to spin against the forward movement of the car. According to the orientation of the brakes I’m looking at right rearbrake caliper (NS) and the left front caliper (OSF). Am I right or not?