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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: jhunter_83 on 28 June 2013, 11:05
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I must have looked into every brake disc and pad made for the mk6 gti to find one that is good but not too expensive. I looked at replacing standard with standard but that was a waste of time as I wanted something upgraded.
I looked at ebc green and yellow stuff and read mixed reviews.
I have decided to order some Pagid discs front and rear and ordered some tarox pads to go with them.
Have anyone had any experience with either of these?
I will use them as fast road mainly including a couple of track days when the car is the way I want it to be running.
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Ds2500
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Ds2500
Haha, they don't do them for the mk6 apparently.
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I thought they were available for the mk5 and 6 GTI.
Pagid pads get very good reviews and are meant to last well so I'm sure the discs will be good too. they will be a big improvement over standard I would guess.
What pads did you go for? Tarox do a fast road and track pad.
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I thought they were a aika me cor the mk5 and 6 GTI.
Pagid pads get very good reviews and are meant to last well so I'm sure the discs will be good too. they will be a big improvement over standard I would guess.
What pads did you go for? Tarox do a fast road and track pad.
They are tarox strada which are the fast road pads. I was trying to put off changing them until after my holidays but with eurocarparts having the reduction, I had to buy the discs.
I bought the pads from revolution which were comparable in price that I could find on the Internet.
Next will be handling :)
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I thought they were a aika me cor the mk5 and 6 GTI.
Pagid pads get very good reviews and are meant to last well so I'm sure the discs will be good too. they will be a big improvement over standard I would guess.
What pads did you go for? Tarox do a fast road and track pad.
They are tarox strada which are the fast road pads. I was trying to put off changing them until after my holidays but with eurocarparts having the reduction, I had to buy the discs.
I bought the pads from revolution which were comparable in price that I could find on the Internet.
Next will be handling :)
Are they any bigger or same size? What make are the standard brakes.
You got links to the discs and pads, as i may going down there tomorrow for some spark plugs
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GSF had or has a 25% sale on brake parts and they sell a few decent makes
Maybe worth checking
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GSF had or has a 25% sale on brake parts and they sell a few decent makes
Maybe worth checking
The discs look about the same price. Eurocarparts also had a 25% sale on also.
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I thought they were a aika me cor the mk5 and 6 GTI.
Pagid pads get very good reviews and are meant to last well so I'm sure the discs will be good too. they will be a big improvement over standard I would guess.
What pads did you go for? Tarox do a fast road and track pad.
They are tarox strada which are the fast road pads. I was trying to put off changing them until after my holidays but with eurocarparts having the reduction, I had to buy the discs.
I bought the pads from revolution which were comparable in price that I could find on the Internet.
Next will be handling :)
Are they any bigger or same size? What make are the standard brakes.
You got links to the discs and pads, as i may going down there tomorrow for some spark plugs
The discs are the same size, 312 fronts. They are the only Pagid discs available for my car on eurocarparts.
Sorry I can't link as I'm on my phone.
I got the Ngk spark plugs from Ecp a few weeks ago. Cheapest I could get for them.
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Sadly Pagid discs and pads via ECP are no longer the decent stuff they once were...
ECP own the rights to the Pagid brand name in the UK and use it on everything from air freshener to screen wash, Unfortunately this means that the discs are cheap generic tat proudly made in the people's republic of China..
Do yourself a favour and buy some OE discs from the dealer :smiley:
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+1. ECP Pagid brakes are utter tripe. Dealer for OE.
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There is good and bad views over everything, everyone has their own opinion.
Have you had experience with pagid discs?
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whats to say the dealers aren't using crap from china and repacking it??? the dealers are all about profits. nothing else. they don't care what junk they sell you.
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^^^Good point. We'll never know.
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http://www.dubmeister.co.uk/webshop/brakes/ferodo/ds2500-rear-pads/vw/mk5-golf-gti/vw-mk5-golf-gti-ferodo-ds2500-rear-pads-09-06-on-fcp1636h-2-0-gti-09-06-on-fcp1636h/
http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/product_info.mhtml?product=281716
Worth the money
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There is good and bad views over everything, everyone has their own opinion.
Have you had experience with pagid discs?
Yes I've had experience with Pagid discs from ECP and also experience of them before ECP bought the exclusive rights to the Pagid brand and the difference in quality and longevity is easily noticeable...
Many others over on the mk5golfgti forum have had the same issues, poor resistance to fade, increased disc wear rates etc
My 'Pagids' came with foundry casting marks from a foundry in China, the many sets of OE discs I have purchased all came marked with German foundry markings and 'made in Germany' stamped on them, well worth the extra £20 a pair over the ECP tat for the increased performance alone imo :smiley:
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whats to say the dealers aren't using crap from china and repacking it??? the dealers are all about profits. nothing else. they don't care what junk they sell you.
The fact that the OE ones are stamped 'made in Germany' and if you decode the foundry casting marks stamped into the hub area it tells you which foundry cast them, that was in Germany too :wink:
With discs, the amount of carbon in the mix is key to performance, the cheap Chinese stuff just doesn't cut it quality wise and myself and many others have had issues with the ECP Pagids and seeing as OE discs if sourced via TPS are only £20 a pair more expensive than the ECP ones it's worth every penny imo
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The pagoda discs I bought have made in Germany stamped on them?
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whats to say the dealers aren't using crap from china and repacking it??? the dealers are all about profits. nothing else. they don't care what junk they sell you.
The fact that the OE ones are stamped 'made in Germany' and if you decode the foundry casting marks stamped into the hub area it tells you which foundry cast them, that was in Germany too :wink:
With discs, the amount of carbon in the mix is key to performance, the cheap Chinese stuff just doesn't cut it quality wise and myself and many others have had issues with the ECP Pagids and seeing as OE discs if sourced via TPS are only £20 a pair more expensive than the ECP ones it's worth every penny imo
I am after a set of oe front discs, can you purchase from them anywhere apart from vw themselves?
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Im an EBC dealer if anyone is after EBC brakes. I will try do a discount if possible too.
The best combination in them is Ultimax Discs and Yellow Pads. Which i run myself too.