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Sweet ride! Please share more pics of your brake setup.

Brakes are being fitted next Saturday.

Gave the car a bit of a spruce up again today. Needed it.


6R Polo GTI Clean by LukeDeakin, on Flickr


6R Polo GTI Clean by LukeDeakin, on Flickr


6R Polo GTI Clean by LukeDeakin, on Flickr


6R Polo GTI Clean by LukeDeakin, on Flickr


6R Polo GTI Clean by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

More pics next weekend from the Big Brake Kit and also the H&R Springs.

Did you get it from VW in Bolton ? behind Audi?

Which NGK plugs did you install (or intend to)? BKR7EIX? The car is looking good.

Donny wrote:Did you get it from VW in Bolton ? behind Audi?

Nope. Birmingham VW.

Tsuku wrote:Which NGK plugs did you install (or intend to)? BKR7EIX? The car is looking good.

Yes. I will be changing to these plugs.

Deako wrote:I havent done anything yet! They are being fitted on the 10th March.

Believe it or not, this isnt the first car i have modified however. But take a look at Hurdys running 6 pots on the front and standard rear brakes too.

However, well aware i need to balance the rears up, and a 284mm rear vented setup is on the cards. However, it wont be for a few months, as im a little skint and it needs some R&D by the main man Dave Brown who is a braking legend.

I didn't mean to offend, yeah, I have mentioned this to Hurdy too, he doesn't seem to mind about balance considering he has decreased huis battery size, though the meth tank in the boot might take up some of the dfference;) Poor hurdy seems to be worried about straight line speed ;);) No offence Hurdy, it is all in good fun:)

I have noticed how different the car becomes handling wise by altering the anti-roll bar balance and tyre pressures on the reefton spur here in melbourne https://www.youtube*.com/watch?v=oMMsRnvtPHg so when you're going from a brake balance of F/R 70.1%/29.9% to 74.8%/25.2%, that will be a noticable difference, hence why I will be doing front and rear at the same time at the same incremental ratio:)

I was hoping to have my rear brakes fitted this weekend, along with the fronts, but they are not ready in time now. They will hopefully be fitted in a week or two.

Cool, what rears you going with, 256mm?

gavs wrote:Cool, what rears you going with, 256mm?

They will be 284mm. A bit of a custom test setup for vagbremtechnic.com

Can't wait to see those brakes on Luke

Re the rears, I will be fitting a 256mm vented rear set-up from the mk1 Cupra before I take it on a track with bends . Shouldn't need any more than that really for such a lightweight car.

Here it is. The first ever production NQSBBK fitting kit for the PQ25 platform. Big thanks to Dave Brown (vagbremtechnic.com) to pulling out the stops to get the kit manufactured in time for my installation on Saturday.


vagbremtechnic.com by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

Hurdy wrote:Can't wait to see those brakes on Luke

Re the rears, I will be fitting a 256mm vented rear set-up from the mk1 Cupra before I take it on a track with bends . Shouldn't need any more than that really for such a lightweight car.

You will now crazy man! 4.9 sec 0-100kph?!?! :):):)

After installation of the kit at Jabba.


Now low with Porsche brakes by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

Bit dirty from the drive up and installation. Cleaning to come as soon as i get home.


Now low with Porsche brakes by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

A quick stop off at Tesco Express.


Now low with Porsche brakes by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

After a clean back at home!!!


NQSBBK Fitted on Polo 6R GTI by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

Discs will look better after a quick drive. This was a partial completion of the clean today in prep for UD tomorrow.


NQSBBK from vagbremtechnic.com by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

Quick beauty shot at the garage. Had to take the car out this evening after its clean unfortunately. Might require a quick once over in the morning.


6R Polo GTI by LukeDeakin, on Flickr

Which H&R Springs have you got fitted mate?