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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2013, 01:09:46 pm »

Again. Apologies for the delay, I'm involved in the national event for Armed forces day this week & have been mega busy!

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #31 on: July 17, 2013, 09:20:24 pm »

Updated, work in progress.

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2013, 10:12:57 pm »
These look epic.

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2013, 10:36:23 pm »

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #34 on: July 17, 2013, 10:51:16 pm »
Great review Mike  :happy2:. Plenty of technical info.

I can confirm this brake kit is awesome! Can shed huge amounts of speed very quickly. I have done two track days with these brakes and they have been fantastic. Once they have got some heat in them it is very confidence inspiring around track. Also I have not had any brake fade at all yet. They do get a bit noisy when really hot but still perform well.

Alex also provides a great service and if you decide to go for one of these kit I would recommend making the journey to AKS to meet Alex and see how things should be done properly.

Here is a cheeky picture. Sorry about the dirty car  :ashamed:


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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2013, 11:08:20 pm »

Thanks for the pic Ben, great to meet you at inters mate  :happy2:

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #36 on: July 18, 2013, 08:22:58 am »

Thanks for the pic Ben, great to meet you at inters mate  :happy2:

Good to meet you too mate. Hopefully we will meet on track soon. Just need to make sure we dont get into a competition seeing who can brake latest  :driver:

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #37 on: July 18, 2013, 09:11:45 am »

Thanks for the pic Ben, great to meet you at inters mate  :happy2:

Good to meet you too mate. Hopefully we will meet on track soon. Just need to make sure we dont get into a competition seeing who can brake latest  :driver:

Haha. That could be interesting  :driver:

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #38 on: July 18, 2013, 11:58:44 am »
Nice write up Mike, they look amazing.  :happy2:
I maybe should of went for this kit instead of the TTRS setup.  :confused:
What discs are you planning on running for the 335mm rears?


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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #39 on: July 18, 2013, 12:26:57 pm »

I haven't decided on the 335mm kit as ££ is short & I have things higher on the list.

Alex has them on the Octavia and they look  :drool:


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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2013, 02:13:21 pm »
Just seen them on AKS Tuning FB page. That will be some stopping power with that setup  :evilgrin:
I can imagine it wont be cheap with the alloy hubs too.

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2013, 03:18:47 pm »
How much do these discs cost? Could I use them with the rs3 calipers

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2013, 03:32:07 pm »
How much do these discs cost? Could I use them with the rs3 calipers

The 370mm fronts or 355 rears?

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2013, 04:09:26 pm »
How much do these discs cost? Could I use them with the rs3 calipers

The 370mm fronts or 355 rears?

The 370mm fronts

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Re: AKS Brembo Big Brake Kit ~ 370mm of awesomeness...
« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2013, 06:24:47 pm »
How much do these discs cost? Could I use them with the rs3 calipers

The 370mm fronts or 355 rears?

The 370mm fronts

You can use the 362mm AP kit on the RS3's.  The person to get a review of the 362's is Rich (Cupra R on here) great kit