Discs & Pads

[pridders]

Hey All,

It is now time to change pads front and back and thought I may as well change the discs at the same time If I could get up rated discs and pads that will work well together.

Any suggestions? I have Revo Stage 1 so they take a bit of a hammering now and then! 

[08micsta]

Perhaps go for a .:R32 brake kit? They apparently work pretty well.

Or maybe even upgrade to Robins Racing Brakes. AP racing pots or something. Sorry cant remember. Its cold and my brain is slow 

Porsche do a kit too but its mostly for looks and costs a fair bit 

I will keep quite now and wait for the boffs to come blow you away with info 

[joesgti]

COLD!!!!!! U DONT KNOW WHAT COLD IS!!!   

as for the brake pads n discs id be interested in doing this aswell as i cant really be botherd to spend a grand on some brakes,,,,,,not if these standard ones can be good with new pads and discs

[RedRobin]

Perhaps go for a .:R32 brake kit? They apparently work pretty well.

Or maybe even upgrade to Robins Racing Brakes. AP racing pots or something. Sorry cant remember. Its cold and my brain is slow 

Porsche do a kit too but its mostly for looks and costs a fair bit 

I will keep quite now and wait for the boffs to come blow you away with info 

....As posted elsewhere, there are a number of options which range from just changing pads/lines/fluid to discs and a whole big brake kit (BBK).

The most expensive way is the BBK but you do get a complete package which has been professionally tried and tested and is fully supported. I have AP Racing's 4-pot kit which will cost you about £1,700. Without any doubt at all, the AP's are faultless and perfectly matched for the Mk5 GTI for both fast road use and trackdays. Only this morning at about 70 on dual carriageway was I very glad of them when someone who hadn't seen me pulled into my path. I've used them at 130 mph in Germany too and they can be trusted - It's then mostly down to tyres and road surface conditions. The problem with having AP Racing's brakes is the guy behind you!! What I particularly like about them is the pedal response and direct feel.

[08micsta]

Only this morning at about 70 on dual carriageway was I very glad of them when someone who hadn't seen me pulled into my path.

Dont tell me you out the AP Racing brakes on the Yaris?! 
I assume the wind was blowing pretty hard to get you to that speed 

[RedRobin]

Only this morning at about 70 on dual carriageway was I very glad of them when someone who hadn't seen me pulled into my path.

Dont tell me you out the AP Racing brakes on the Yaris?! 
I assume the wind was blowing pretty hard to get you to that speed 

....Please don't mention that fecking Yaris!! I returned it last night, which involved 30 extra miles as I needed to be back at my dealer's this morning and could have kept the Yaris another night.

I'm gonna write a serious warning review about the Toyota Yaris!

[Cass]

I'm gonna write a serious warning review about the Toyota Yaris!

Wifes got an Aygo RR - be carefull

Cass

[SteveP]

Anyway back to topic. 

I believe Gaz had the Zerosixty disc's on his moddified ED30 with the standard pads?

I am torn between a set of the these discs with the Ferodo DS2500 pads or the Seat Leon Cupra/R32 bigger brake upgrade for mine in the future 

[pridders]

I do not want to spend £1000's on this really as the missus will do her nut and I am wanting to get turbo back milltek by the end of the year! So as mentioned by SteveP and I think by others on previous treads Zerosixy Discs with Ferodo DS2500 pads front and back will be a nice small upgrade to standard, would you all agree?  I would imagine this will cost me about £500?

[gazbutmk5gti]

Yes I did run zero-sixty front and rear on standard pads and there was a deffinate inprovement in bite and feel, be careful not to put to hard a compound pad as they need heat to work effectively so can be a bit dodgy on the road if enough heat isn't built up. I ran some mintex pads a few years ago and they were lethal on cold mornings, had a few heart stoppers