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with the A8 rotor upgrade and slotted rotors you will have some serious water splashing problems

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Old 08-09-2005, 05:46 PM
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Default with the A8 rotor upgrade and slotted rotors you will have some serious water splashing problems

at least i had those the last couple of days here in virginia. the rain was so bad, lots of flooding.. lots of water!
well the brakes made a funky sound when the pedal was applied for the 1st couple of seconds, noise went away and brakes started grabbing as they should. i guess its related to the splash problems that were evident with the stock rotors and the small splash guards. the new a8 rotors are currently running without any splash guards at all.
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Default Can you run the splash guards from an a8?

I got the s4 ones on the rear of my car with no problems, wondering if its the same way with the a8 fronts?





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Default i would have to install etka again and look it up. if the mounting wholes are the same

that it might be possible
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Default your stock splash shields didnt work?

im interested because i have a A8 kit just sitting here waiting to go on.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1344152.phtml">here's someone with a 2000 who says they do.</a></li></ul>
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Default they wouldnt fit on mine. so i left them off, they are still sitting in the garage

the top lip needs to be bended away iirc when i was trying to install them. i honestly cant remember, we did the swap so fast that i maybe didnt even try to make it work.
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That's weird. My A8 rotors fit fine with my splash shields. No modifications
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didn't someone run s4 splash guards on a8 fronts?
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I'm running S4 splash guards on the front. A8 disc diameter = S4 disc diameter
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2nd.
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i will look into that
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