Performance Brakes

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:11 am

Has anyone fitted performance brakes to there Gti was thinking of doing this and just wanted to know what to go for.

DMWRIGHT · Post by **DMWRIGHT** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:12 am

Was thinking about this too, I know some have fitted the seat Cupra brakes, but has anyone done anything else ?

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:15 am

I was thinking of ebc or red dot or black diamond just wanted to know what to go for.

neilw · Post by **neilw** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:37 pm

Look at my post from afew weeks back think its called "more brakes"

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:30 pm

i'm going to try and custom fit some brembo's in the standard size disks! as i want to keep a 15" wheel

ICEYPOLO · Post by **ICEYPOLO** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:29 pm

I've fitted blueflame rotor discs - http://www.blueflameperformance.com/car/rotordiscs.asp and pagid pads which have improved the braking slightly...

i am tempted by the brembo's but Â£500+ is out of my budget at the mo... i think thats the only way to go to majorly improve over standard!

scott

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:07 pm

These Brembo's that we all talk about, when fitted what happens to the ABS system of the car?

And what what kit will fit the Polo? Are they the ones that are on the Seat Ibiza Cupra? What would you be expecting to pay for one of these kits?

mikegti · Post by **mikegti** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:36 pm

ICEYPOLO wrote:I've fitted blueflame rotor discs - http://www.blueflameperformance.com/car/rotordiscs.asp and pagid pads which have improved the braking slightly...

I was thinking of fitting these too, as my discs and pads are getting a bit low.

Have you noticed any noise increase with those discs?

Johnmk4 · Post by **Johnmk4** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:43 am

mikegti wrote:
ICEYPOLO wrote:I've fitted blueflame rotor discs - http://www.blueflameperformance.com/car/rotordiscs.asp and pagid pads which have improved the braking slightly...
I was thinking of fitting these too, as my discs and pads are getting a bit low.

Have you noticed any noise increase with those discs?

i now supply Rotor Discs, so if you want a good price PM me

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:12 am

For those who don't know what the rotor discs look like...

www.rotordiscs.com : Awesome

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:15 am

Â£450 for the brembo kit but you need just the right wheel! 16" min, ET35 and quite abit of caliper clerance!

when you get disks and pads from GFS are they the same as another car? i remember someone saying that are the same as the MK3 golf gti?

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:38 pm

I believe you are right about the MkIIV Golf GTI brakes being the same as the Polos, there is a posting above called 'More Brakes' that discusses this topic.

16" min, been told that even these won't fit over Brembos! Hmm...

dubpolo · Post by **dubpolo** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:40 pm

i've been looking at the hi-spec brake kits today! by the sounds they custom make the kit for you! also there racing brake's get this, 280mm +4 or 6 pot caliper under a 13" wheel!

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:49 pm

dubpolo wrote:i've been looking at the hi-spec brake kits today! by the sounds they custom make the kit for you! also there racing brake's get this, 280mm +4 or 6 pot caliper under a 13" wheel!

The 4-pots I've seen on modded Minis, behind Minilite wheels...iIs it physically possible to get 6-pot callipers behind a 13" wheel?!

ttaw2 · Post by **ttaw2** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:49 am

IIRC When I looked into this, the guys I spoke to said that the only way to really improve the brakes was to swap out the master cylinder with a larger diameter, which enables you to exert more force on the pistons of the calliper. To go for a for a 6 pot and massive disks on the standard master cylinder wouldn't be very effective, as you're not adding any more force/pressure into the system to drive the bigger parts. I think the main issue with the polo might be finding the space to fit the bigger MC, but if you can do it. Will try to dig out the other VAG sizes, but off the top of my head the corrado vr6 ran a 22mm MC, that'd sort things out from the standard 19mm.