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decided against painting the calipers so they're silver still. taking it easy on them at the moment, as they're pretty much brand new. woohoo! http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=17092006043bw6.jpg

what sort of paint do i use? and what colour should i go for, jalpac signal red? :) or maybe hammerite black for a stealth look, on a black car..

i spoke to a bloke who said he'd fit the new brakes for me, £30 :D he also said that if i reused the existing caliper, they he wouldnt need to cut into the brake line, or something thereabouts.

this guy's doing it at 255 including delivery, found him through a vw beetle forum so had to sign up for the forum just for the brakes :)

what specs should i be looking for when it comes to brake fluid?

so what brake fluid will i need? i think the manual suggests DOT4 or something another? cant remember off the top of my head.

hmm, my brake fluid was last changed at 42k, now on 68k. i'll have to call audi tomorrow and see if it had been done but not stamped :/ methinks i should get this done sooner rather than later! EDIT: i now wonder if it had been done privately but not stamped, hmm doh! i dont get any brake...

yeah not exactly looking forward to that, although if i stagger it as in do the brakes now and cambelt in janurary, it wont seem so bad.. :)

i wonder if its worth buying the kit now (or a bit closer to the date) then waiting till my next annual service (jan07) which unless i can find a decent independant in SE/SE London area, will be fontain in bucks and ask them to install the new brakes, at the same time as a cambelt change, im on...

think i'll leave it to a mechanic to put the new kit in. any clearance problems of any sort with the new setup on a a3 t sport with 17" s3 avus alloys?

i got something from guernsey last week, got hit for an extra £11 payable to customs :/ is fitting the new kit difficult or a case of simply a straight swap of old kit out for new kit? (im not the most technical person when it comes to cars) or best left to a mechanic or something?

i think its starting to look like a really good deal. you said they're shipped direct from germany, did you get stung by customs at all?

given that i'll need new discs and by the sounds of it, new pads and the carriers, i dont think i'd be able to save much from £255 if i got those seperately, or could i? i've seen a pair of golf 312mm caliper carriers on fleabay, £160 though.

my front-right brake pad looks like the first pic, not the second one so likely to need new pads (cant remember off the top of my head how badly worn the discs are) how much are the OE calipers when brought seperately, might see if i can get the price of the calipers knocked off seeing as how...

hehe! im not sure how good the pads are, especially on the right-front, it doesnt look like the pads make proper contact with the disc, looking at the caliper, it looks something like this: _____ | / | | / | | / | |/ | ^ ^ | | pad disc...

is £255 (incl delivery) a good price for the following: pair of OE brake discs, pair of OE calipers, pair of OE caliper carriers, two pairs of OE brake pads (with wear indicators) ..taken from an audi TT with delivery mileage on them? (so practically brand new)

ta :)

what would you suggest suspension-wise to reduce nose diving under heavy breaking, as well as possibly lowering the car ever so slightly as i've put s3 avus alloys on my 1.8t sport.

i think the brembo kit is drilled 288mm discs, im running standard 150bhp power atm, but potentially looking to revo in the near future, hence asking about brakes. how much difference is there in stopping power of the 312mm brakes over the standard 288mm setup on a non-revo'd car?

what would be the better route to take, fitting the bigger S3 brakes or the brembo sports kit? EDIT: any links (other than ebay) to where i could get the bits i need in the event that a scrappy dont have the bits..