Mk5 R32 Brake upgrade.

[k4ith]

I have for some months now been searching for a MK5 R32 brake set up on here, other forums and ebay narrowly missing out on one set to a UKMKivs member for £350 .I managed to source the relevant part no's and called my local VW & Seat Parts Dept(same set us R32) The prices are different for what is essentially the same parts.Interesting prices to see end of my post, today though i am going to start with my build with what i think is a bargain! While speaking to someone at Awesome reg discs etc they mantioned i should try Euro Car Parts as they stock OEM parts too which i did and nearly fell of me seat, now VW charge £161 for 1 R32 calliper, euro car parts  advised £156 for 2 this is made up of £51.67, part plus 17.5% vat and £15 fee for non return of old calliper.I was sceptical that they would be pattern parts but when they arrived after less than 24hrs wait(VW or Seat couldn't even give a date in the month lol!) they are the gen article made by ATE with the VW & Audi stamp pic provided, only bad bit they dont do the carrier :cry:I have to go to VW and wait.


VW
LH Calliper: 1K0 615 123J - £161.63
RH Calliper: 1K0 615 124J - £161.63
Carriers: 1K0 615 125F - £119.10 each
Seat
LH Calliper: 1K0 615 123K - £109.32
RH Calliper: 1K0 615 124K - £109.32
Carriers: 1K0 615 125G - £146.05 each

[182_blue]

are the R32 brakes any good ?, i had ATE brakes like the R32 ones on the ST and they used to fade quite easily !!!, so i swopped them for a set of AP's

[R32UK]

No fade. but i do find the abs a bit crap at dealing with braking hard on bumpy surfaces.

[182_blue]

No fade. but i do find the abs a bit crap at dealing with braking hard on bumpy surfaces.

do you get them hot enough 

[R32UK]

No fade. but i do find the abs a bit crap at dealing with braking hard on bumpy surfaces.

do you get them hot enough 

Oh yeah! they are still smoking in the morning sometimes

[k4ith]

In this months VW Driver an Ed30 driver has them fitted and he's happy, uses them for tackdays too.
312mm standard gti/ed30, 344mm r32 set up, I tried them on the MK2 Cupra and was happy about them.

[neg]

I noticed that article too, he did have bigger 12pots which caused too much dust or something - says the R32's are fine.

I also used Euro Car parts for my brake pads when VW didnt have any UK stock and I needed some, genunie stamped parts cheaper

[Bolle]

Sounds interesting. Isn't more convinient to order the Seat Cupra versions as these are painted red already AFAIK.

I just missed out on a set of R32 brakes going for 350 EUR on the German Ebay.

[topher]

Could just be the way the pics are taken but they look a bit small, and the stamping is different to mine. Did you check part #'s to make sure they didn't send you rear calipers?

[k4ith]

Sounds interesting. Isn't more convinient to order the Seat Cupra versions as these are painted red already AFAIK.

I just missed out on a set of R32 brakes going for 350 EUR on the German Ebay.

That was my first port of call as i had imagined that the R32 would come as blue and would req painting, but Seat & VW wanted the money up front and could not give me a delivery date, but i will have to do that anyway now unless i can get in touch with the manufacturer instead.

I am 100% sure they are the fronts, they weight a fair bit too.