GTI PP Front brake calliper paint

[madstaff]

Your local TPS should be able to order them for you, some won't deal with the public though.

https://tps.trade/info/centre-finder

[A-Kai]

Your local TPS should be able to order them for you, some won't deal with the public though.

https://tps.trade/info/centre-finder

Awesome, thank you! I’ll give them a buzz

[Finglonga]

Good luck, list time I checked there were non available anywhere in Europe only ones for Seat and Golf R's.

[A-Kai]

So fun update… could not source a new caliper plate from anywhere so decided to get some vinyl and “GTI” stickers and do it myself. Should’ve been a 20 min job to remove the wheel and the plate.

From what I understood, the plates should just pop off and may require gentle persuasion using a screw driver or trim removal tool. Exactly what I did and now my plate is in two pieces.


Didn’t take much for the plate to snap and no matter how I angle the screw driver, the plate won’t budge. In fact, it broke one of my screw drivers… I have a slight feeling that whoever owned it before may have glued them in place, as I’m sure it should not take this much force to remove them.

Any one got any advice on dealing with this? If it’s actually glued on, I may need to replace the whole caliper.

[willni]

So fun update… could not source a new caliper plate from anywhere so decided to get some vinyl and “GTI” stickers and do it myself. Should’ve been a 20 min job to remove the wheel and the plate.

From what I understood, the plates should just pop off and may require gentle persuasion using a screw driver or trim removal tool. Exactly what I did and now my plate is in two pieces.


Didn’t take much for the plate to snap and no matter how I angle the screw driver, the plate won’t budge. In fact, it broke one of my screw drivers… I have a slight feeling that whoever owned it before may have glued them in place, as I’m sure it should not take this much force to remove them.

Any one got any advice on dealing with this? If it’s actually glued on, I may need to replace the whole caliper.

You can still buy the plates for the R and Cupra, I'd just buy them and paint them red.

[Finglonga]

Good luck getting a new plate, VW dealers told me last year that there are non available and VW are not making them anymore separate from a new PP caliper.

[joe6]

There appear to be some seat cupra plates on ebay- same part number. If you are repainting callipers and plates then you will get a perfect match. Need decals. Suggest you get just the letters as there is often a poor colour match if you get decals with red background. Good hunting.

[A-Kai]

Cheers folks. Well turns out that the plates are glued in. The only viable method of removal will be a complete caliper change. So instead I glue the piece back on and wrapped it using some reflective vinyl wrap. (If you’re ham fisted like myself, I recommend getting a professional to do it because it’s a nightmare…)

I’m expecting the wrap to peel and lift at some point, so while it was a fun experiment I’ll likely need to replace the caliper in the near future. A new one is going for around £260-280…

[MinchCS]

Good job. But vinyl wrap? Won't that come off as soon as the brakes get hot?

[A-Kai]

Good job. But vinyl wrap? Won't that come off as soon as the brakes get hot?

It’s a vinyl wrap designed for brake callipers and should easily withstand the temperatures. A friend of mine used the same wrap on his C63 AMG and it’s still going strong 6 months later!