Several people have made their own rear disc brake "kit" from Audi Turbo
model 5000 or 200 rear brakes. The non-turbo Audi cars have the wrong
lug bolt pattern so those rotors won't work but the calipers may be the
same as the turbo models. With all the engineering involved in this it
seems smart to pay the professionals at SmallCar for their efforts. The
Audi rear calipers have a provision for a cable actuated parking brake
so they are more suitable than many. Front calipers don't work on the
rear for that reason.

Mark

John Rodgers wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Would this mean perhaps, that one could locate the parts themselves and
> do the rear brake thing, and maybe save a bit of money??
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Tom Sinclair wrote:
>
>> What that means is the calipers were used on a car
>> sold in the US--unlike the SA kits--so the pads and
>> rotors are easy to get. My Smallcar rear disk kit came
>> with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000
>> TQ stationwagon.
>