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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: rio_gti on 02 March 2013, 21:41

Title: little treat i picked up today :D
Post by: rio_gti on 02 March 2013, 21:41: (http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i408/rioracer/6657271C-E3B7-4C4E-9F1D-9F6364726628-844-000000297D02D781_zpsf31b588c.jpg)

just need to clean them up and get new disks (suggestions please!!!!) and paint them red (cheers grant)
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 03 March 2013, 08:47: Just get solid Brembo, cheap even direct from them and are good, run them all round on mine.
Been looking at big brake kits, but they aren't cheap
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Post by: rio_gti on 03 March 2013, 10:57: Just checked, they are really well priced.... But what disks standard or max grooved??
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Post by: Granta Gti on 03 March 2013, 12:50: Grooved tend to eat pads up quicker.
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 03 March 2013, 13:53: I went solid, yes grooved look cool, but they do chew pads
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Post by: rio_gti on 03 March 2013, 13:55: standard it is then.......mind you, is there any advantage in stopping ie are the disks actually better???
sometimes i think i dont drive it enough to worry about pad wear!! (oh btw im on 80k now haha)

you think there is enough meat on those pads?

when you say solid?.....
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Post by: Granta Gti on 03 March 2013, 13:57: The way your mileage goes up they good for another 5years :grin:
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Post by: rio_gti on 03 March 2013, 14:11: hahaha done 8k in 3 years!!!!
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Post by: asboGTI on 04 March 2013, 14:16: tbh your car spent long off the road :whistle:
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Post by: scarr89 on 04 March 2013, 18:31: Drilled and grooved disks are more suited to a track cars where you will be braking heavily corner after corner. The Benefits I believe are that they dissipate heat quick, therefore you should get less brake fade under heavy loads. Also maybe something about channelling brake dust away for the track pads which give off more 'dust', if you know what I mean.

Standard disks for road use will be more than fine.
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 04 March 2013, 19:29: Standard won't be fine with a hybrid, you want fast road at the very least and 312mm disks, my 288mm disks, get very hot when braking from my stage 2 and I'm running brembo with EBC red stuff pads, that's why i am looking at some kind of big brake kit, Cayenne setup probably
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Post by: scarr89 on 04 March 2013, 20:26: Lol, that is what you get from not reading all the posts! :lipsrsealed:

If you are going big you should get some decent pads and disks for sure!
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Post by: rio_gti on 04 March 2013, 21:20: They are 312's!!! And I'm not a mad driver so ill prob just go with ungrooved then whilst funds are low!!!!
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Post by: rio_gti on 04 March 2013, 23:15: Gave them a good clean with a wire brush and started giving coats of paint thanks to grant :wink:

Left has had 2 coats, the right just one, think 3-4 coats will be spot on

(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i408/rioracer/087D1EA4-1D57-4548-84F0-A82984061EFD-2590-0000015F462C915C_zps37d3fd46.jpg)
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Post by: Granta Gti on 05 March 2013, 01:17: Looking good ! I did a couple of coats on mine.
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Post by: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 07:26: We need a like button yo :grin:
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 08:52: Red calipers = CHAVTASTIC :grin:
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Post by: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 08:53: Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 08:52
Red calipers = CHAVTASTIC :grin:

repeat my last post on this one now
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Post by: rio_gti on 05 March 2013, 11:44: Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 08:52
Red calipers = CHAVTASTIC :grin:

Don't be jel!!!

Anni ones are red!! Was gonna go blue but think I prefer red

And leave me alone ill do what I want hahaha
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:11: I went silver - so I dont look like a chav :wink:
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Post by: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 12:23: Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:11
I went silver - so I dont look like a chav :wink:

silver= bling = gangster wanna be :evil:
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:26: Quote from: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 12:23
Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:11
I went silver - so I dont look like a chav :wink:

silver= bling = gangster wanna be :evil:

Most OEM parts are silver when it comes to calipers :kiss: :smug:
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Post by: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 12:39: lol i still like that it equals gangster a little bit :whistle:
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Post by: rio_gti on 05 March 2013, 12:42: Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:26
Quote from: asboGTI on 05 March 2013, 12:23
Quote from: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 12:11
I went silver - so I dont look like a chav :wink:

silver= bling = gangster wanna be :evil:

Most OEM parts are silver when it comes to calipers :kiss: :smug:

not on fast cars........
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Post by: Dalo Harkin on 05 March 2013, 13:00: yours isn't fast......................yet :grin:
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Post by: rio_gti on 05 March 2013, 14:44: it will be when those brakes go on :grin: