Ceramic Brakes, an option?

Post by **Dom81** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:59 pm

It's a tick-box too far

Spoke at reasonable length to a ceramic owner, who's best thing to say after nearly £5k and 5k miles was how clean the fronts stayed without the brake dust...

Post by **Janspeed** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:03 am

Dom81 wrote:It's a tick-box too far

Spoke at reasonable length to a ceramic owner, who's best thing to say after nearly £5k and 5k miles was how clean the fronts stayed without the brake dust...

HEHE, that is reason enough!

Post by **tomyeh** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:55 am

I think the ceramic breaks last 3 times longer.. not sure that would justify its costs though, and if its only the fronts you get for the extra option, then i'm glad i don't have it on my avant

Post by **Janspeed** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:11 pm

tomyeh wrote:I think the ceramic breaks last 3 times longer.. not sure that would justify its costs though, and if its only the fronts you get for the extra option, then i'm glad i don't have it on my avant

HEHE

Post by **fredfunk1975** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:24 pm

The discs should last about 200-300k miles! The pads on mine (ceramics) need changing very soon and i have done 16k miles, Audi say the pads alone will cost about £400!

Post by **Janspeed** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:21 pm

fredfunk1975 wrote:The discs should last about 200-300k miles! The pads on mine (ceramics) need changing very soon and i have done 16k miles, Audi say the pads alone will cost about £400!

So they are worth it!!

Post by **VARSITY** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:40 pm

Can you retro fit them?

Post by **RS4-Junkie** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:43 am

Its just awesome how you can use the CISC! Only 19" alloys fits but hey ... the hotter they get, the better they brake ... no fading at all! Just a simple must-have-option

Post by **RussianM3_dude** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:50 pm

But how hard should one drive on the street to take advantage of that????

Post by **RS4-Junkie** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:30 pm

German Autobahn & Racetrack is the right answer

Post by **Dom81** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:12 pm

Can't remember the last time I braked hard on a motorway, other than to avoid a sudden & unexpected accident (in which case, standard brakes woud surely be better)

Ceramics certainly fade less and grab quicker when hot, but how does that apply to motorways?

Post by **audijohn** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:59 pm

You can change the Pads if you want a different feel/more stopping power.

Post by **RussianM3_dude** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:12 pm

RS4-Junkie wrote:German Autobahn & Racetrack is the right answer

You never brake on the Autobahn and RS4 is not suited for the racetrack.

Post by **tartan_rob** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:26 pm

A retrofit requires calipers, pads and discs. As John says for cheaper stopping power why not get some race pads? The pads i have ordered have a massive operating temp range, upto 800deg C. And the friction never drops below about .53 at any temp. That is way, way higher than std pads even at optimum operating temperature. To put that into perspective, EBC Blue pads have a max temp of 750degC and a nominal friction of .4...!

In fact that has got to be ceramic type friction levels when hot...?

Post by **VARSITY** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:42 pm

RussianM3_dude wrote:
RS4-Junkie wrote:German Autobahn & Racetrack is the right answer
You never brake on the Autobahn and RS4 is not suited for the racetrack.

Do you talk bo11ox alot?

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