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Offline Neil gti

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S3 rears
« on: 31 July 2012, 06:51 »
After wearing my rear brakes down to nothing & got sick of the sight of the rusty hubs,
I decided I'd get some discs to match the VWR fronts and upgrade at the same time for a better brake balance, got this refurbed set up off the Guru DaveB on the other forum,
Getting them fitted today so will sort a few piccies out later  :smiley:

 
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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #1 on: 31 July 2012, 09:30 »
Nice one Neil. I thought you had been up to something as you have been quiet on here of late    :wink:

The brakes will not only look the part but will hopefully make a noticeable improvement.

The rusty hubs used to drive me potty.


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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #2 on: 31 July 2012, 10:03 »
Neil

they look the business  :cool: - will be better balanced after they're fitted too

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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #3 on: 31 July 2012, 11:29 »
I've tried to buy brakes from him loads of times but never has the courtesy to reply so your lucky I suppose.
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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #4 on: 31 July 2012, 11:34 »
Very nice, lets hope they work better, especially after all that effort!!

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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #5 on: 31 July 2012, 13:55 »
Those look great and am sure there be a great improvement over std...
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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #6 on: 31 July 2012, 20:31 »
Nice one Neil. I thought you had been up to something as you have been quiet on here of late    :wink:

The brakes will not only look the part but will hopefully make a noticeable improvement.

The rusty hubs used to drive me potty.

Not been about much cos been busy busy at work,
Got em fitted today and they look the part now, got a bit more pedal travel than before  :sad: will give em a couple of days to bed in and maybe get em re bled ?
I've tried to buy brakes from him loads of times but never has the courtesy to reply so your lucky I suppose.
He was a nightmare to pin down took nearly 2 months to get em but they are top quality for refurbs, he even machined the S3 discs with grooves to match the fronts  :smiley:
Those look great and am sure there be a great improvement over std...

Will have to wait and see a bit spongy at the mo  :sad:
Only done about 10 mile on em tho

A couple of crappy iPhone pics, they look small in the pics but really look the part in the flesh





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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #7 on: 31 July 2012, 20:36 »
looks nice and a much better performance i bet.

today again reminded me how poor the GTI brakes are. :angry:




do you not need to reset something with VCDS to allow for new pads and hill hold assist?
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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #8 on: 31 July 2012, 20:40 »
Very nice!

Offline Neil gti

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Re: S3 rears
« Reply #9 on: 31 July 2012, 21:03 »
looks nice and a much better performance i bet.

today again reminded me how poor the GTI brakes are. :angry:




do you not need to reset something with VCDS to allow for new pads and hill hold assist?

standard brakes are very poor especially when remapped, was the 1st thing I changed after adding more power,
Would like to know a bit more about the vagcom option  :rolleyes: :wink:

Very nice!


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