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Title: what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: turbo on 04 April 2004, 18:34
just wondering what you guys have got!

ive got ate power discs with pagid pads and they were sharp and the other day i replaced them with ferodo premier! cant notice much difference... but on saying that the groove in the discs have worn!........ they have gone flat! i may try and replace the brake fluid! :-\
actuly i think my brake are s*** in the first places......

the vr6 are much better only reversed it out the garage pressed the brake and i jolted back! ;D
i aint drove for a week or 2.......
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: S11EPS on 04 April 2004, 18:46
Just had genuine VW discs and pads fitted all round. I've put a couple of hundred miles on them since friday and they are sh1t hot again  ;D
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Post by: Dizzie on 04 April 2004, 18:56
G60 front: mintex self-drilled vented 280mm discs with mintex pads
8v gti back: mintex will be self-drilled with mintex pads

:)
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Post by: vixteris on 04 April 2004, 19:35
im too embaressed to say  :-[
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: kniterider on 04 April 2004, 19:50
standard vw discs and pads on mk4 (for now) and on the mk2 there cross drilled discs, with fast road pads, good setups on both really

Gaz 8)
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Post by: AdamB on 04 April 2004, 20:51
Black Diamond 256mm grooved discs, and predator pads, with uprated calipers - finally got some stopping power!!
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: golfvr6 on 04 April 2004, 20:58
I thought that all mk1s didn't have brakes  ;)
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: AdamB on 04 April 2004, 21:02
Quote from: golfvr6 on 04 April 2004, 20:58
I thought that all mk1s didn't have brakes  ;)

Adds to the "adrenalin factor" - will I stop, wont I stop?

Got fed up of having complete brake fade taking me by surprise when doing some country road driving, so thought it may be wise to uprate it them a bit!!
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Post by: Cupra Turbo on 04 April 2004, 21:23
Standard VW
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Post by: modulater on 04 April 2004, 23:43
Standard VW discs, pagid fast road pads all round with braided lines.

 ;) lovely
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Post by: gibby on 05 April 2004, 08:30
Dunno ! I just step on the middle pedal  ;D
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Post by: nrgizerbunny on 05 April 2004, 09:53
standard (anniversary) mk4 brakes, lucas calipers, lucas pads (I think) and whoever made the discs.

have a nice day


sanj
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: turbo on 05 April 2004, 16:32
Quote from: gibby on 05 April 2004, 08:30
Dunno ! I just step on the middle pedal  ;D

i take it you hope and pray you stop! :D ;D

if people want an adrenalin rush buy a vw first you get the rush of speed and then you get an even bigger one when you come to stop! :D ;D
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: turbo on 05 April 2004, 16:45
why do vw have bad brakes when fords dont!!!!!!
what causes it! it is the master cylinder or the calipers! ???

tsr said in a video that the rear brakes can give a soggy feel the the pedal!
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Post by: GavG60 on 05 April 2004, 17:23
standard VW discs, and pagid fast road pads all round.

everything new two months ago after coming over the top of a hill in outside lane of dual carriageway at a fair lick to find a caravan sideways in road blocking both lanes.......took a trip over the double white lines to the other side to find enough room to stop, came up a few feet in front of the traffic rozzer who was trying to sort the whole mess out  :o :o

don't know who sh!t themselves the most, me or him  ;D
Title: Re:what brakes / pads do you all have.....
Post by: jte on 05 April 2004, 17:30
Standard vw everything, brand new discs and pads at the back, but at my last service they said the front discs were from a vr6!  That's on the mk3 16v.  Stops pretty well.
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Post by: golf on 20s on 08 April 2004, 22:35
mk1 cab has full g60 conversion with rotordiscs and pagid fast road pads
mk4 has 312 rotordiscs with 4pot brembos