Stop Tech brakes

[Hurdy]

Has anyone heard of Stop Tech brakes before?

The reason I am asking is that I talked to one of their reps on their stand at the Autosport show  and they do a ceramic brake set-up for the MKV Golf. 4 or 6 pot calipers and a 328 mm vented ceramic rotor. Pricey at  - - - wait for it - - - £3800 but the only one I have seen that is specific to the MKV.
Rep let me hold the rotor and hub in one hand and the standard rotor in the other. OMG the difference in weight is unbelievable I could have held three of the ceramic ones in one hand and they still wouldn't have weighed what the standard one did. Link below but unfortunately doesn't show the new ceramic ones

 http://www.jikan.co.uk/

[Peskarik]

Has anyone heard of Stop Tech brakes before?

The reason I am asking is that I talked to one of their reps on their stand at the Autosport show  and they do a ceramic brake set-up for the MKV Golf. 4 or 6 pot calipers and a 328 mm vented ceramic rotor. Pricey at  - - - wait for it - - - £3800 but the only one I have seen that is specific to the MKV.
Rep let me hold the rotor and hub in one hand and the standard rotor in the other. OMG the difference in weight is unbelievable I could have held three of the ceramic ones in one hand and they still wouldn't have weighed what the standard one did. Link below but unfortunately doesn't show the new ceramic ones

 http://www.jikan.co.uk/

money, money, money
must be funny
in a rich man's world

money, money, money
all ceramic
in a rich man's world

 

[k4ith]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

[Peskarik]

Has anyone heard of Stop Tech brakes before?

The reason I am asking is that I talked to one of their reps on their stand at the Autosport show  and they do a ceramic brake set-up for the MKV Golf. 4 or 6 pot calipers and a 328 mm vented ceramic rotor. Pricey at  - - - wait for it - - - £3800 but the only one I have seen that is specific to the MKV.
Rep let me hold the rotor and hub in one hand and the standard rotor in the other. OMG the difference in weight is unbelievable I could have held three of the ceramic ones in one hand and they still wouldn't have weighed what the standard one did. Link below but unfortunately doesn't show the new ceramic ones

 http://www.jikan.co.uk/

slowly you start to go nuts.... first it was thinking about remapping, then you've done that, now you speak about ceramic brakes... 

[Hurdy]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

The ceramics are tempting. What I deliberately didn't mention was that they aren't widely used (for obvious £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ reasons) and are therefore relatively untested. I will end up going for a standard rotor as competition spec "put your face through the windscreen" brakes are a bit excessive.

I had originally made my mind up on the ECS stage 5 brake kit, but as it is basically a Porsche Cayenne stopper I'm not too keen. Porsche brakes are good, but have been known to bind and lock on as well as squeal. The search continues

[R32UK]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

The ceramics are tempting. What I deliberately didn't mention was that they aren't widely used (for obvious £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ reasons) and are therefore relatively untested. I will end up going for a standard rotor as competition spec "put your face through the windscreen" brakes are a bit excessive.

I had originally made my mind up on the ECS stage 5 brake kit, but as it is basically a Porsche Cayenne stopper I'm not too keen. Porsche brakes are good, but have been known to bind and lock on as well as squeal. The search continues

Having big brakes is one thing.. but stopping is usually limited to the level of grip your tires have. Believe me I have had mine lock up on me many a time. Its not bigger brakes you need... its another tire

[Hurdy]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

The ceramics are tempting. What I deliberately didn't mention was that they aren't widely used (for obvious £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ reasons) and are therefore relatively untested. I will end up going for a standard rotor as competition spec "put your face through the windscreen" brakes are a bit excessive.

I had originally made my mind up on the ECS stage 5 brake kit, but as it is basically a Porsche Cayenne stopper I'm not too keen. Porsche brakes are good, but have been known to bind and lock on as well as squeal. The search continues

Having big brakes is one thing.. but stopping is usually limited to the level of grip your tires have. Believe me I have had mine lock up on me many a time. Its not bigger brakes you need... its another tire

I'm not just talking about sheer stopping power, I'm also talking about brake fade issues and the ability to brake later when I do trackdays.

[R32UK]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

The ceramics are tempting. What I deliberately didn't mention was that they aren't widely used (for obvious £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ reasons) and are therefore relatively untested. I will end up going for a standard rotor as competition spec "put your face through the windscreen" brakes are a bit excessive.

I had originally made my mind up on the ECS stage 5 brake kit, but as it is basically a Porsche Cayenne stopper I'm not too keen. Porsche brakes are good, but have been known to bind and lock on as well as squeal. The search continues

Having big brakes is one thing.. but stopping is usually limited to the level of grip your tires have. Believe me I have had mine lock up on me many a time. Its not bigger brakes you need... its another tire

I'm not just talking about sheer stopping power, I'm also talking about brake fade issues and the ability to brake later when I do trackdays.

I guess thats fair enough. Only spending nearly 4k on brakes is crazy talk!! You seem to have got the stronger strain of the Gti retuning bug i thinks!

You must be getting close to S3 money now Hurd??

[Hurdy]

woosh £3.8k  what you planning on doing Hurdy sounds a serious bit of kit.
surely a 4 pot set up would be more than enough for a mapped ed30.

The ceramics are tempting. What I deliberately didn't mention was that they aren't widely used (for obvious £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ reasons) and are therefore relatively untested. I will end up going for a standard rotor as competition spec "put your face through the windscreen" brakes are a bit excessive.

I had originally made my mind up on the ECS stage 5 brake kit, but as it is basically a Porsche Cayenne stopper I'm not too keen. Porsche brakes are good, but have been known to bind and lock on as well as squeal. The search continues

Having big brakes is one thing.. but stopping is usually limited to the level of grip your tires have. Believe me I have had mine lock up on me many a time. Its not bigger brakes you need... its another tire

I'm not just talking about sheer stopping power, I'm also talking about brake fade issues and the ability to brake later when I do trackdays.

I guess thats fair enough. Only spending nearly 4k on brakes is crazy talk!! You seem to have got the stronger strain of the Gti retuning bug i thinks!

You must be getting close to S3 money now Hurd??

I'm well into it!

£25.5k for the car
£2,400 for audio
£600 for remap
£200 for Carbonio fitted
£200 for Forge DV - to be fitted
£1200 for Milltek - ordered and to be fitted
£150 for retro fit cruise at dealers
£800 over 3 yrs for servicing, maintenance and tyres
£300 for GAP
£80 for CG locks

Coming shortly:-

Suspension mods £1k?
Brake mods up to £2k? ish

So it will be close to £34k once everything is done.

Well you have to spend your money on something don't you

[Fatandre]

What is this retro fit cruize?