Brake upgrade

[boneybradley]

If your going for the 1.8t route I would look at running 312mm setup but you will need 16" wheels.

but not bbs 16's as they don't fit with 312mm

[thai-wronghorse]

I believe they do if you run spacers and grind the high points off the calipers.

[hobbiniho]

312's arent really needed but if you can get the carriers cheap then it might be worth it, but the biggest difference comes from the pads, think i paid about £150 for my front pads and the difference from oem is absolute night and day

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

I agree.  Stick with standard brakes and get uprated pads (front)

[boneybradley]

I must try some uprated front pads on the vr6 when I sort the brakes. It's hard to guess which are best as there's a huge choice between ebc red - ferrodo ds -  Pagid rs and brembo hp to name a few, I might even give ate ceramic pads a whirl as the prices are very low.

choices choices 

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

Ferrodo DS2500, and answer my question about what price you can do full Brembo disc and pad set up

[boneybradley]

Ferrodo DS2500, and answer my question about what price you can do full Brembo disc and pad set up

Sorry for missing your pm. I posted a reply on the other thread last night unless you mean an upgrade or 280mm set?

288's mintex or brembo discs and pads (full set up) is £95 delivered

[mark-mk3gti]

im running 280 grooved black diamond discs and pads all round and they are pretty sharp, well in my 8v hopefully they may do for a while when my hopefull conversion gets done 
had all underneath welded and hammerited, so next up is convincing the missus to let me do it    but she aint that keen, lol, to be fair, do need to buy a house to live in first haha