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Brake upgrade.
veedubbubh:
Any advice on brake upgrades?
Nothing silly people please - I use this car as a car not as garage jewellery or as a mobile sound system!
OEM brakes are not good enough at high speed and too grabby at low.
On OEM 17inch rims so upgrades have to fit in these.
Thank-you.
BMX:
i fitted the Audi S3 front and back and i must say for fast road they are amazing compared to the standard edition 30 ones. they have some serious grab, i would even say they are better than the porsche ones i had on my TT and they were a lot more money. dunno about track use but for the road i would recomend
RedRobin:
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AP Racing BBKit fit the Monza 17's but they now cost about £1,800 for 4-pot fronts. About 85% of the braking on the Mk5 GTI is on the front and the car isn't heavy enough to warrant more.
Unless you are doing loads of track I would suggest that you need only upgrade your fronts and only need 4-pot. The main problem with the oem brakes is the pedal feel (not confidence inspiring) and it is much easier to induce fade.
If you don't want to spend so much on a proper big brake kit such as AP's then there are other half-way house methods such as stainless steel braided hoses and pads. Some folks have used brakes off other VAG cars but I can't comment on those. I'm sure info on such alternatives will get posted here.
Hurdy:
My TAROX 10 pot kit fits 17" with the Pro race alloys (good front clearance), but don't know if it would clear OEM 17" Monza's.
RedRobin:
^^^^
Oh, I should have added you don't need more than 4-pots unless you drive like Hurdy! :evilgrin:
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