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GLENDA'S AUDI A6 AVANT

DON'T STOP ME NOW, I'M HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME, I'M HAVING A BALL...

I'll be honest, progress on the AS has been pretty slow of late but, that's about to change. Over the next few months I'm going to be looking at making some significant changes to my trusty steed in what will be a complete refresh for 2015. Over the coming months my plans include a colour change, some new wheels (hopefully), some interior upgrades and as you can probably guess from these pictures some new stoppers.

In fact, as I write these very words the brakes are on route to me in Bristol all the way from PB Brakes in Taichung City Taiwan.

Main man Dan Newton, at PB even sent me a picture of TNT picking them up for delivery from PBHQ. So, why have I ordered my new brakes from the other side of the world? Well, because buying these direct means no middlemen hiking up the cost and some serious savings for me. If I were to buy brakes of this quality in the UK, they would be well out of my price range.

Obviously you still have to account for delivery and import taxes when buying from abroad, but don't let this put you off as there's still great savings to be made. The main thing is to make sure you buy from a reputable company that you can trust, which is another reason I chose PB Brakes. They recently supplied brakes to our Midge for his Audi TT build and I also dealt with them when I got my 304mm 6-pot brake kit and coilovers for my DC2 a few years back, both of which were awesome.

Aside from the price and quality, another great reason for choosing PB is the amount of choice they have when it comes to deciding on your dream brakes. For rotor sizes you can choose from 286 to 405mm, with either drilled, slotted or a combo discs, and caliper sizes range from 4 to 8-pot. Then there's the colours, choose from 18 anodized finishes or 14 different powder coated options. Nice.

So what have I gone for? Well, I've gone big with a 380mm 8-pot kit with the drilled and slotted disc with red powder coated calipers. Fingers crossed the TNT man will be here soon, maybe if I stare out the window he'll get here a bit quicker...

Ding dong... Well would you Adam 'n' Eve it? Within a few hours of writing the above a very nice man just arrived with a big package for me (oh behave -Midge). From Taiwan to Bristol in just 5 days, amazing!

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