Goodridge Hoses on standard brakes?

[thephatmaster]

Hi there,

I have a 1.9 TD (no 'I') and the brake fluid is due to be replaced soon.

The brakes are ok and had new discs, pads & O/S front caliper last year. As far as I know the TD has the smallest size of disc up front and drums on the rear.

I find that all the brakes on MK3's i've driven feel a bit spongy/wooden compared with newer/lighter cars.

Is it worth fitting goodridge hoses to improve pedal feel on a non-performance application like mine. Has anyone done it?

Steve

[tweed]

Hoses are worth doing in any car.

If you want them to feel good then I would get new master cylinder, caliper rebuild kit on all 4, braided hoses. And standard issue discs and pads as they work cold. 

[Khare]

As tweed said, any car will benefit from hoses.

[Gavv8]

Much more worthwhile than many other so called 'upgrades'.

[thephatmaster]

Cheers, have finally got round to doing this now (and r-wheel cylinders, drums, shoes, pads and master cylinder)

Brake pedal is still long as f**k but firm now. Reminds me of my mates old breadvan Polo, hard as F brake pedal but still no brakes!!

That said, I was never going to get modern-car-with-ABS style short pedal with lots of bite.

Defo a worthwile upgrade + cheaper than standard hoses.