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Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:41 am
by Jules
HI All

I'm thinking of removing my 16 pot tarox from the b7 and selling seperate.
Last night i picked up some regular rs5 front brakes,the calipers etc look the same the discs
are one piece but the same size.
Also the centre bore will of course be different but easy to remedy.
But its the offset im unsure about being different so wondered if anything was required to make them fit.
They also come with almost new yellow stuff pads so would be good to use them.

Or worse case is it just swapping the discs and its a straight fit ?

Thanks
Jules

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:05 pm
by nij
The caliper mounts might be different too.

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:08 pm
by rob-s
I just had 1 front and rear pair of new RS5 brake discs at my office and took the change to measure them:)

Now the piece of paper with the results are at my office desk but the only main difference is at front.
There is a difference in depth of appr. 7mm meaning that they will not straight fit with RS4 brake calibers
on a RS4 B7. They did fit straight on a S5 B8 with RS4 B7 brake calibers.

Centre bore is identical on both RS4 B7 and RS5 B8 discs. The rear discs are straight fit.

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:40 pm
by Jules
rob-s wrote:I just had 1 front and rear pair of new RS5 brake discs at my office and took the change to measure them:)

Now the piece of paper with the results are at my office desk but the only main difference is at front.
There is a difference in depth of appr. 7mm meaning that they will not straight fit with RS4 brake calibers
on a RS4 B7. They did fit straight on a S5 B8 with RS4 B7 brake calibers.

Centre bore is identical on both RS4 B7 and RS5 B8 discs. The rear discs are straight fit.

Thats great thank you :thumbs:
Really surprised about the centre bore

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:41 pm
by Jules
nij wrote:The caliper mounts might be different too.
Cheers mate,ill try and check against a friends but hoping and thinking they would be the same

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:30 pm
by flying_tomatoes
:bigwave: Hi Jules

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:54 pm
by Jules
flying_tomatoes wrote::bigwave: Hi Jules
Miss you :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:50 pm
by RossDagley
Jules wrote:HI All

I'm thinking of removing my 16 pot tarox from the b7 and selling seperate.

Jules
please be kind and drop me a pm if you do decide to do this - I don't trawl the FS section here very much. :)

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:35 pm
by Jules
RossDagley wrote:
Jules wrote:HI All

I'm thinking of removing my 16 pot tarox from the b7 and selling seperate.

Jules
please be kind and drop me a pm if you do decide to do this - I don't trawl the FS section here very much. :)
Hi mate

Well i am hoping to collect some b7 discs this week,if thats the case i will get calipers painted and fitted to the car.
I will defo try and message,im in no rush to sell anything but it would help with future s4 plans lol.
Feel free to message if you would like to chat price etc.
These are custom made and the only set in the world,I also had every single part replaced for brand new back in march
when i changed the colour of the anodising and tarox sent them back to Italy for me :thumbs:

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:03 pm
by Rick_RS4
the rs5 6 disks sit too far in and the disk hits the dust shield and a small nipple on the suspension leg, not sure if you have the rs5 caliper carriers as these may make the caliper sit further in and fit the disk,

you could get some 7mm spacers and fit them between the disk and hub

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:09 am
by Jules
Rick_RS4 wrote:the rs5 6 disks sit too far in and the disk hits the dust shield and a small nipple on the suspension leg, not sure if you have the rs5 caliper carriers as these may make the caliper sit further in and fit the disk,

you could get some 7mm spacers and fit them between the disk and hub
Thanks Rick
Good shout with the spacer but I've hopefully
Sourced some b7 discs so hoping the calipers
Are the same so it will now be a straight fit

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:39 am
by rob-s
so hoping the calipers
Are the same so it will now be a straight fit
RS5 calipers are identical to RS4 B7 front brake calipers so it will be straight fit, Jules.

Re: Fitting rs5 brakes

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:27 pm
by Surrey Sam
Callipers would be the same but I'd have thought the RS5 mounting brackets could be different?