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Rear calipers cost for S8?
Morning All,
My rear calipers bleed nipples are seized and I need to flush the brake fluid. What are my options? I'm going to get my fronts refurbished so wanted new or refurbished rears to match. My thoughts: 1. New set of rears from TPS? Anyone know the price for 2 x rears? If so is that on an exchange basis? 2. Refurbished rears - any recommendations? 3. Non original calipers - pattern part? Can you get them and are they any good? Thoughts and comments welcome. Cheers Rich
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Glacier White |
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I had one of mine seized; had to get a whole new caliper. Wasn't that outrageous. Garage did it all so no idea if it was an exchange.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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If you go the refurb route, I would recommend Bigg Red Calipers (nr Worcester). They cost me £198 to fully refurb and paint both rear calipers. There is a cheaper option dependent on required finish.
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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I recently had to change mine. Looked around but actually there aren't any non OEM ones out there that are a decent fit as far as I'm aware. OEM is safest and wasn't too bad - about £380 fitted as I recall.
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2002 S8 Aqua Pearl, entirely original apart from FE 20" OEM wheels and Milltek exhaust. |
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I changed both of my rears in 2014, I used brakeparts.co.uk to buy new calipers. I think I went for TRW Aftermarket New Caliper. It came to £274 for the pair, but re-claimed £60 by sending old calipers back. New calipers still going strong 3 years later.
Last edited by Goran; 18th July 2017 at 03:06 PM. |
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Don't go to Brake Calipers Specialists in Long Easton, Nottingham! See my post earlier this afternoon.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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All parts I install on my car I buy brand new genuine Audi from TPS.
Always cheaper in the long run.
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I got mine exchange from BMS in Oldham around £95 each ( I do get trade discount from there) they are only Lucas calipers not Audi on the Back. They are Referbished by Budweg and are the correct Alloy Lucas calipers and look as good as new fully plated the same as OEM. I was impressed! Brakes international are the Autherised Dealer for Budweg, all they do is Brakes!! a great company to deal with I've used them for over 20 years
Dave
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Thread resurrection!
I’ve decided to replace with genuine rears from Audi. Is there a slider/guide kit available for these? Is it worth doing or just leave them?
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Glacier White |
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