No, if you stay with oem rotors and brake pads. YES, IF one has special purpose wants/needs !Living in the country, as I do, I expect +100K, like I got from my 02 TDI Wagon. This time, the pads are fine at 60K on the 2010 SportWagen but the rear disks are both quite scored, although I plan to leave them until the pads need replacing. My experience with after-market disks on the 02 Wagon was not good (pulsation on braking.) In fact, I decided that I would only use OEM disks in future; yet, with badly scored rear disks on the 2010 SportWagen, I'm not so sure. Are high quality disks are hard to come by, these days?
I've been buying pads. rotors, and hardware kits from rapidparts.com for previous VWs and my previous A4 Avant. I'll go there when I need rotors and pads.Are high quality disks are hard to come by, these days?
A little google-foo: http://www.swag.de/en/home.htmlI should know this but what does SWAG mean in VW braking terminology? All I can think of is swagger...which makes no sense!
Scientific is a swear word?I know that WAG stands for Wild A** Guess (or similar) so I will assume the 'S' is a colorful adjective to add more pizzaz to this acronym!
Huh??Scientific is a swear word?
The more common (?) definition of SWAG is Scientific Wild A$$ed Guess. Thus confusion about the use of the word SWAG...Huh??
You set the bar way, way up there, amigo. Gives us all a goal.tadurkee;4053232[I said:]201,500 miles still all original brake components.[/I] Yes, I do lots of highway miles but drive in snow and ice too.
That's what I did. My Indy guy asked me if I wanted to upgrade (he doesn't sell upgraded kits but said knowing how I love my car that now would be the time to upgrade) but I hadn't really given it a lot of thought and said nah just do the OEMs for now. I get home and tell the wife and she said you should've upgraded if it makes you stop better. Now I'm pissed off I didn't do a higher end systemWhen I replace, I'm planning on sticking with OEM rotors and pads. One after market pad I've had great luck with (many different makes of vehicle) is Wagner's ThermoQuiet pads. Great quality imo.