In this video I'm not posing with a press car, I show you the parts, tools and work needed to replace the rear brake discs on your series 1 Audi R8 and save lots of money. AND get a buzz from doing so!
The easiest and costliest option is to go to your Audi main dealer and pay their fixed price of £1200 for rear discs and pads while you drink the most expensive 'free' coffee you will ever have. However, if you shop around and do some simple DIY you can do the same job, probably more carefully, for under half the price.
We got our genuine Audi discs from audipartsdirect.co.uk for £510 the pair inc. VAT and delivery (we used the 'Make an Offer' facility on Ebay to get them down from £525). You can do this too, it's not a trade discount. The website is run by Audi main dealer group Mon Motors who have sites in the South west of England.
We got the pads from Sabre Auto Spares Ltd, a small motor factor in south Birmingham a few mins from J3 M42, they are doing a great job of converting me from grudgingy using Euro Car Parts, they have an ebay shop so give them a try wherever you are;
www.ebay.co.uk/str/saberautos...
TRW are a massive global automotive parts company and are an OEM supplier so quality is top notch;
£25 for the handbrake pads (the box said Aston Martin DB9 and Jaguar S type but they were perfect)
£54 for the main pads (the box said Audi R8 / R8 Spyder)
For the record, TPS who are a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group UK are supposed to supply the trade with genuine parts at trade prices yet they want £540 (PLUS VAT!!) for the brake discs. Since dieselgate VW Group have increased parts price and reduced trade discount so I now do everything I can to avoid buying parts from them. Ironically the discs I purchased came from a main dealer with no special trade discount who is also paying Ebay & Paypal commission and the cost of a courier for some very heavy items - it just doesn't make sense how they can be so cheap (or TPS so dear) but I am not going to argue! Clearly the dealer is getting a MASSIVE discount from VWG UK (only fair as they are a franchisee) and kindly passing some of this on.
I calculated after making the video that I got the genuine Audi discs, OEM quality pads (2 sets), the piston windback kit and the punches for LESS than buying JUST THE DISCS from TPS (which is meant to be a discounted trade outlet!)
We got some tools from Amazon delivered next day:
Dremel 3000 £42 (optional)
Set of punches £10
Piston windback kit £15 (£20 as stated is the going rate though)
We also adjusted the handbrake which I'd expect Audi to charge extra for, and cleaned up the front brake discs as well. In fact I suspect the £1200 Audi quote doesn't include new handbrake pads as the front discs and pads are £1250 from Audi, are very similar and only use one pad set.
There is no reason why with the right tools this can't be done on a DIY basis so give it a go and comment here if you need any advice!
This video is a longer than I'd have liked but rest assured it has been edited down by around 50% to make the DIY process as concise as possible while showing sufficient detail.
Apologies for the heavy rain noise which made it into a few sections of the video - this is unavoidable, we did however try 2 new techniques for voice quality which seemed to work OK.
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