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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: bobbarley on 24 January 2012, 18:40
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Has any body fitted them? If so, notice any difference?
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m50b0s4098p54237/_HEL_BRAIDED_BRAKE_LINE_HOSE_KITS_-_HEL_Brake_Line_Kit_-_VW_Golf_1_8T_2_3V5_2_8V6
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i have with the 312mm set up. Not really a massive difference in breaking powwwa but you do get a ever-so slightly firmer brake pedal
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Goodrich is what you want :cool:
Wazzzer has them IIRC they do help :wink:
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Huge improvement braking wise, they don't feel squiggy at all. braided hoses, slightly better brake fluid and some mintex disc and pads and it feels superior to the 312mm setup everyone keeps w@nking about.
However I'd recommend Goodridge, I looked at blackdiamond and hel ones before, ended up ordering the supposedly correct kit which was made fresh by black diamond only to find out they got the fitments all wrong, they used the connectors for a mk3 setup. Went goodridge from C&R and they fitted straight away without any time wasted, I did however go for a complete kit:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk4-Goodridge-Braided-Brake-Hoses-6-Line-Kit-G6-ZZGC0320-005-6-Lines-/110748181513?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c91b2409
otherwise you can buy front and back kit separately:
Front: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk4-Goodridge-Braided-Brake-Hose-Lines-FWD-G6-1-SVW0607-4P-4-Line-Kit-/120783634381?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c1f43ffcd
Back: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Golf-Mk4-Goodridge-Rear-Braided-Brake-Hose-Lines-G6R-/120784888058?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c1f5720fa
Also expect them to take a while to come, as companies tend to send the order to the manufacturer for the kits to be made as rarely they are sitting on the shelf unless there's a return.
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In everyday use they make very little difference tbh
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In everyday use they make very little difference tbh
All depends how you drive gramps :cool: :grin:
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In everyday use they make very little difference tbh
All depends how you drive gramps :cool: :grin:
I am only 14yrs older than you :grin: have driven cars with them fitted and never noticed any real difference, I am sure on a track with lots of braking you may see some small gains.
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In everyday use they make very little difference tbh
All depends how you drive gramps :cool: :grin:
I am only 14yrs older than you :grin: have driven cars with them fitted and never noticed any real difference, I am sure on a track with lots of braking you may see some small gains.
:grin: :grin: :grin: that makes you 36...?
Its a huge improvement till the pads start baking and smoking thats when you know you need a better setup, but I refuse to pay silly money for a brake setup rather buy a better car :grin:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: that makes you 36...?
Indeed, not sure what is worse, knowing I am 37 this year or the fact I have been doing the same job for 13 years in July. :cry: how time flies
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:grin: :grin: :grin: that makes you 36...?
Indeed, not sure what is worse, knowing I am 37 this year or the fact I have been doing the same job for 13 years in July. :cry: how time flies
Don't! They take the piss out of me at work, saying I'm middle aged, talking of extensions, damp proof course, having a misses, a child and settled down in a mortgage, soon I'll take up golf :cry: :grin: :grin: :grin: Also this is the first job that I have been in over 2 years usually I would of changed by now :sad: and its the job I've hated the most.
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:grin: :grin: :grin: that makes you 36...?
Indeed, not sure what is worse, knowing I am 37 this year or the fact I have been doing the same job for 13 years in July. :cry: how time flies
almost twice the age of me...
just had to get it in to make you feel a bit better :D
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Well I've 312mm at the front, 232mm on the rear still. I've got EBC discs and pads fitted all round, and the brakes still feel pretty spongy at the best of times. Brake fluid change made no difference. Master cylinder was changed about 6 years ago by the previous owner, so should be fine.
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Well I've 312mm at the front, 232mm on the rear still. I've got EBC discs and pads fitted all round, and the brakes still feel pretty spongy at the best of times. Brake fluid change made no difference. Master cylinder was changed about 6 years ago by the previous owner, so should be fine.
Air in the system - who changed the brake fluid?
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Well I've 312mm at the front, 232mm on the rear still. I've got EBC discs and pads fitted all round, and the brakes still feel pretty spongy at the best of times. Brake fluid change made no difference. Master cylinder was changed about 6 years ago by the previous owner, so should be fine.
Air in the system - who changed the brake fluid?
VW
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Well I've 312mm at the front, 232mm on the rear still. I've got EBC discs and pads fitted all round, and the brakes still feel pretty spongy at the best of times. Brake fluid change made no difference. Master cylinder was changed about 6 years ago by the previous owner, so should be fine.
Air in the system - who changed the brake fluid?
VW
May not have been done correctly :undecided: When was it changed as it should be done every two years because brake fluid absorbs moisture from the atmosphere.
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hygroscopic :nerd:
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hygroscopic :nerd:
Indeed :nerd: :laugh:
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hel get my vote but i have never used goodridge.
The guys at hel were very helpful when i got mine - double checked what lines/fitments and split the kit so i could just get the specific lines i needed.
You may notice a difference by going braided if you flog the brakes but you may also not noice much difference on standard brakes.
The hel lines i have are the rear flexy ones so in themselves made no real difference to my braking performance but seem good quality and fitted. (I got them as originals had been split during some otehr work and decided to uprate for the few £ extra! My fronts are the tarox big brake kit so are braided lines but in no way a comparison for you on braided lines with standard brakes.)