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Old 09-24-2011, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 01quattro
And one last thing to make sure, i wont have any fitment issues with my stock 16" sport wheels correct?
Nope, you need at least 16" wheels to clear the 12.3" rotors. You should be fine. It's pretty damn close, but they fit.
 
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Old 09-25-2011, 08:02 PM
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One more question, is there any sort of "A8" brake upgrade for the rear? to bigger rotors or something using the same method as the fronts?
 
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Old 09-25-2011, 10:21 PM
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If anything, you could upgrade to S4 rear brakes. It's not necessary though - the A8 upgrade is a great mod for the car but nowhere near extreme enough to necessitate balancing it out with bigger rears. For the amount of parts needed (rotors, pads, calipers, carriers, spindles, lines) it isn't worth it.
 
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:03 AM
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^This. If you end up running Porsche or Touareg front brakes you'll need to balance out the braking. Otherwise, unless you get all the S4 parts pretty much for free its not really necessary
 
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Old 09-26-2011, 11:46 AM
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I had a feeling since the converting the fronts would be easy, rears would probably end up not as easy .

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Old 09-26-2011, 08:23 PM
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Another thing i forgot to ask, i had my wheel off today to check if i had the brake sensor wire, which i do. But for the A8 Rotors, they will fit within the dust shield i assume?
 
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Old 09-27-2011, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 01quattro
Another thing i forgot to ask, i had my wheel off today to check if i had the brake sensor wire, which i do. But for the A8 Rotors, they will fit within the dust shield i assume?
You could probably bend it and leave it on, but I always take them off.
 
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