Bigger or better rear brakes on Audi RS4 B5???

[Mr.RS4]

Bigger or better rear brakes on Audi RS4 B5???

I need new rear brake disc to my RS4.

My old rear disc is the drilled (quattro GmbH) versions.


Are the any upgrade, or even little better disc then these?

[stumpyrs4]

Why not the B7 RS4 rear brakes, or AP Racing...?

[juice]

or Movit

[R5YUG]

I went for B7 RS4 ones... a good priced alternative when you look at the OEM prices of B5 discs

[pomy]

I've got Movits allround.. awesome stopping power and zero fade!
Might need replacement rotors though if i can't get mine refurbed due to lack of use... anyone know prices for new rotors?

[don]

I went B7 brakes all round, the rear discs I think are 324 mm up from 312 mm. Seems like an easy and economical option.

[KiwiRS4]

and keeps in the insurance boffins happy as well as they're OEM RS4 brakes

[jimbo1234567]

b7 rears are 322mm, i have the ap,s which are 343mm with 4 pot caliper and seperate handbrake caliper

[dace]

No need to upgrade the rears as they contribute very little, IMO.

I have replaced mine with OEM discs and pagid blue's. I have the B7 set up on the front with Phaeton Discs and cooling ducts. Braking is superb and no fade whatsoever on track.

Just my 2p as I know many people feel the need to have bigger brakes on the rear!

[don]

I know what you are saying re: rears not doing much particulalry on stock suspension given the b5 RS4 has a lot of dive. However, uprated suspension must help to keep more weight over the rears meaning they may help.

Would be interesting to see a comparison in stopping distance with and without rear upgrade.

[jimbo1234567]

its a very interesting arguement, the last time i drove my car was 3 weeks ago and i caned it over 15 miles, when i got home i went round the car and felt the wheels , the back ones were as hot as the fronts which tells me me the back brakes are doing a lot of work, when ap developed this conversion why did they increase the diameter of the fronts from 360-365 and the rears from 312 -343 and slap a big caliper on there, ?

[dace]

Would be interesting to see a comparison in stopping distance with and without rear upgrade.

I agree, it would be a good comparison.

I've never been "out braked" by the guys with the upgrade, there again they have never been close enough to try

[Blue_Thunder]

when ap developed this conversion why did they increase the diameter of the fronts from 360-365 and the rears from 312 -343 and slap a big caliper on there, ?

Because no one would have paid their prices for OEM sized items!