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Old 3rd September 2012, 04:40 PM
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Took the A8 for an MOT this morning and came away with a straight pass, then on the road home the brakepad warning light came on. It must have been right at the limit of the material when it was being tested as there is still at least 6mm of material left on the back plate. There is however a lip on the disc and this is what has cut the sensor

Off to price new discs and pads now
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Old 3rd September 2012, 05:05 PM
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Took the A8 for an MOT this morning and came away with a straight pass, then on the road home the brakepad warning light came on. It must have been right at the limit of the material when it was being tested as there is still at least 6mm of material left on the back plate. There is however a lip on the disc and this is what has cut the sensor

Off to price new discs and pads now
I thought TPS were reasonable for disc's and pads, not sure if they do the economy range for the 8
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Old 3rd September 2012, 07:11 PM
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Ha nice one .......mine want through last week

I have 60% left on my discs and pads though Tps as said are the cheapest
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Old 3rd September 2012, 07:59 PM
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fingers and toes crossed mine goes in on Thurs
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Old 3rd September 2012, 08:21 PM
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Well if TPS are the cheapest I'm selling the car

Front pads with discount are £147.46+VAT
Front discs with discount are £87.44+VAT each
So the total is £386.81

Now for the interesting bit...

I pulled the near side apart to inspect the pads, the off side had a broken wire last winter and the sensor wires were joined together so I knew it wasn't that side that was causing the problem.

There is still 6.5mm-7mm of material left on the pads, however there is a small lip on the disc and the inner lip has cut the sensor wire causing the light to illuminate. My initial thought was to change them, but with 6mm of material I feel it is a bit of a waste.

The discs and pads are all genuine Audi parts and I suspect original as the car has only done 73k and the person I bought it from was elderly and certainly not a fast driver. I am now left wondering if Audi err on the side of caution with the sensors, my Mercedes never showed a light until there was 2.5mm of material and even then with spirited driving another 1000 miles could be easily done without any problems.

Genuine Audi pads....most likely original


This is the groove and sensor cut by the lip on the disc


6.5mm-7mm of material left


Evenly wearing top and bottom


So I have joined the sensor wire and rebuilt it and will fit new pads and discs at a later date
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Old 3rd September 2012, 08:24 PM
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fingers and toes crossed mine goes in on Thurs
Fingers crossed it passes Brian

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Ha nice one .......mine want through last week

I have 60% left on my discs and pads though Tps as said are the cheapest

Well done Amanda, the 6.5mm on my pads is around 50%, so expect your light to come on in the near future
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Got told my rears were about 90% done at the service this weekend.. Will wait until it bitches at me for them. Anyone got any views on ATE pads? Wasn't impressed with the Pagid ones, or may just go to Audi for OEM.
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Old 3rd September 2012, 09:53 PM
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Mine goes in on Thursday so fingers crossed it passes - my rear discs look shocking, but do work!

For brakes try Murrays Direct - always been good for me and quality is excellent. Certainly better quality than ECP etc.

http://www.murraysdirect.co.uk/

Full set of discs and pads all round for the A6 had change from £250 delivered.
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Old 3rd September 2012, 10:20 PM
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I changed my read discs and pads a few months ago and cost was just under £110 total for parts, the pads were Jurid which is the same as the OE fitted to my car and the discs were Zimmerman


ATE are a reputable company, they supply MB for OE
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Sounds like a decent deal.. where did you go? might do the discs as well as they are the originals with 86k on them.
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