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Offline Mk7 rzy

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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #10 on: 06 February 2018, 13:59 »
Quote from: Gnasher on 06 February 2018, 13:47
I specced the PP on mine and whilst I don't regret it, it was a luxury. I've not driven a non PP car, but I can guarantee that 99% of the time in normal daily driving (IE, not 'spirited') you'll never notice the difference.

I did (partly) get mine as I knew I was putting aftermarket 19" wheels on and thought the standard brakes might look a bit 'weedy' behind them, but that definitely wasn't the most important factor in my decision... probably!

Yeah I checked the brakes last night and they are quite weedy hidden behind my Austins  :nerd:
I don't intend on upgrading the brakes or the alloys, quite happy with the stopping power so far. I am wanting an exhaust upgrade soon though  :whistle:
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #11 on: 06 February 2018, 15:35 »
I also have a non PP golf. I admit that the beefier brakes would have been nice, as would the diff, but that's coming from an astra vxr with a drexlar diff and brembos. It is still a fantastic handling car ! Correct me if I'm wrong, but the mk6 wasn't available at all with an lsd bar the xds, and it was a great car too.

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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #12 on: 06 February 2018, 17:01 »
Quote from: MjrSharpe on 06 February 2018, 15:35
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the mk6 wasn't available at all with an lsd bar the xds, and it was a great car too.

Yeah you're right, I believe the LSD came into play only in the Mk7
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #13 on: 06 February 2018, 17:21 »
No PP for me either on my 7.5 and didn't ever really consider speccing it. The GTi is driven 90% of the time by my wife who would gain nothing from PP so for me it would have been pointless.

Put the extra money into getting non purple paint and nice wheels  :grin:
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #14 on: 06 February 2018, 17:33 »
Quote from: MjrSharpe on 06 February 2018, 15:35
I also have a non PP golf. I admit that the beefier brakes would have been nice, as would the diff, but that's coming from an astra vxr with a drexlar diff and brembos. It is still a fantastic handling car ! Correct me if I'm wrong, but the mk6 wasn't available at all with an lsd bar the xds, and it was a great car too.

If you had ordered the PP & come from an Astra VXR with Brembos & a Drexlar diff you might have been disappointed ...

The PP brakes are the statdard "R" ones which do the job, but are cast iron sliding fist single piston & would weigh twice the ammount of those Brembos...which would be nice & light weight & at least 4 pots

& the PP VAQ is an Electro-hydraulic Front Diff Lock & not a mechanical LSD like the Drexlar....two completly different animals trying to achive the same result, but with different reactions & feel if compared side by side in the same situation...

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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #15 on: 06 February 2018, 17:34 »
Quote from: davyk31 on 06 February 2018, 17:21
No PP for me either on my 7.5 and didn't ever really consider speccing it. The GTi is driven 90% of the time by my wife who would gain nothing from PP so for me it would have been pointless.

Put the extra money into getting non purple paint and nice wheels  :grin:

She wanted purple? That would have been interesting...  :shocked:
I like the Austins that are stock, what have you gone for?
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #16 on: 06 February 2018, 21:10 »
Quote from: golfdave on 06 February 2018, 17:33

The PP brakes are the statdard "R" ones which do the job, but are cast iron sliding fist single piston & would weigh twice the ammount of those Brembos...which would be nice & light weight & at least 4 pots

That's interesting. I never knew they were like that... particularly the single piston. That's not as good as I expected.

Even the R's Performance Pack brakes are just lighter calipers on the front, keeping the single pot.

Disappointing really TBH.
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #17 on: 06 February 2018, 21:34 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 06 February 2018, 21:10

That's interesting. I never knew they were like that... particularly the single piston. That's not as good as I expected.

Even the R's Performance Pack brakes are just lighter calipers on the front, keeping the single pot.

Disappointing really TBH.
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The new performance pack for "R" just uses the same calipers as the old "R"..they just paint them silver & give you the two peice discs from the CCS...& those are badly designed as the internal vanes rotate the same as from the same blank, so one disc the vanes rotate the wrong way & the disc gets hot...
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #18 on: 06 February 2018, 22:15 »
Are aftermarket discs like that too??
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Re: Mk 7 GTI non/PP - all hope lost?
« Reply #19 on: 07 February 2018, 09:05 »
In Sweden there is only the PP for sale the last 10 years. Because it is such cheap option. And if you want some similar to retrofit it cost 3times as much... :smiley:

But think the Non is also a great car!  :smiley:
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