Genuine or Four Plus

[shabazmo]

I will be replacing the brake discs and pads fairly soon on my A7. There is a big price difference between Four Plus and Genuine parts from TPS. Can anyone tell me if there is a big difference in quality and whether Four plus is a good alternative or any other brand.

Crasher, do you have a view?

[M1tchy]

When you say you are replacing them, do you mean yourself or they just need doing? I did the wife's A5 recently and put Brembos on the front. Fitted myself and had over £100 left from the "specialist" quote.


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[shabazmo]

Myself. I am a bit of a diy nut. Just installed an infloor hydraulic scissors lift to go with my pit I had built 15 years ago.

The link explains what I bought. The poblem today is that cars are too reliable so don't use the lift too much. My younger friends like me though.

EverLift, EE-6503 In-ground scissor lift - YouTube (https://youtu.be/JcJAnEcCsnM)

[M1tchy]

Very nice!

I got my spares from euro car parts and as I say upgraded to Brembos.


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[A6S]

Some of the non Audi discs don't have a coating/paint on the hub part of the disc and within days it will look like a rusty hub next to your shiny wheels. Bear that in mind when picking your discs.
Pads I would also go with a good brand or Audi. Remember these cars are 2 ton barges so pads can overheat/fade quite quickly if they use a cheap/unsuitable compound.
Would agree with Mitchy the oe equivalent brembo stuff is good quality even if it isn't the high end racing stuff people associate with brembo.

[shabazmo]

Thanks for the info. I only tend to buy from the Audi trade centre called TPS. They supply the genuine part or Four Plus which is Audi for cars more than 4 years old, as the marketing literature says. most garage will buy from TPS, so I was hoping for a view from one of the garages who use this site, whether the Four Plus brand was worth buying.

The link is https://tps.trade/